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Concept letter for Dutch people for 7 may Greenpeace GMO campaign
Apr 30, 2008

I wrote a Dutch concept letter for the Greenpeace campaign directed at the 7 may vote for approval of certain GMO crops within Europe. Dutch people who have a hard time, or no time to write a letter could take this concept letter, change it to their likings and send it to EU Commisioner Neelie Smit Kroes Neelie.Kroes@ec.europa.eu

For the Greenpeace campaign you can click here



Geachte mevrouw Kroes,


Van Greenpeace heb ik vernomen dat op 7 mei een belangrijke stemming m.b.t. toestemming tot het kweken van verschillende genetisch gemanipuleerde gewassen binnen Europa wordt gehouden.

Hier ben ik volledig op tegen en ik hoop dan ook dat u Nee stemt bij de desbetreffende stemming.

Naast morele objecties, zijn er ook vele rationele redenen waarom genetisch gemanipuleerde gewassen geweerd moeten worden.

Het merendeel van de Europese bevolking is tegen genetisch gemanipuleerde gewassen en enkel al vanuit een democratisch oogpunt behoort u rekening te houden met de meerderheid van het Europese volk in uw stemming.

Er zijn nog vele onzekerheden m.b.t. genetisch gemanipuleerde gewassen waar de lange termijn effecten nog lang niet duidelijk zijn.

Zelfs de VN heeft al toegegeven dat genetisch gemanipuleerde gewassen geen oplossing zijn voor armoede, het wereldvoedselprobleem, of klimaatverandering.

Voor de manieren waarop de agro-business giganten onderzoek naar genetisch gemanipuleerde gewassen manipuleren en hun macht gebruiken om politieke steun te verkrijgen, kan ik u verwijzen naar vele bronnen, zoals het boek van Jeffrey Smith ‘Seeds of deception’, of de onlangs op Franse televisie uitgezonden documentaire ‘The world according to Monsanto’.

Er is veel informatie te vinden waardoor duidelijk wordt dat genetisch gemanipuleerd voedsel gevaren oplevert voor de volksgezondheid en de voedselveiligheid.

Bij deze wil ik nog eens benadrukken dat u op de stemming van 7 mei geen toestemming moet geven aan die agro-chemische bedrijven om genetisch gemanipuleerde gewassen binnen de grenzen van Europa toe te staan. Stem NEE.


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Posted: Wednesday April 30, 2008, 2:17 am
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Elena P. (512) 		Wednesday April 30, 2008, 4:57 am
I certainly hope a lot of people will take action. Thanks, Marc.

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