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Calling Dr. Frankenstein, your TREES are ready
Apr 8, 2007
Focus: Environment
Action Request: Visit - online
Location: United States
hey, remember that sad movie "SILENT Running"? 
It's been reversed,
and our asses are gonna be the ones doing the running.

I thought this little sentence made 1 of the main points
fairly strong :::

" In addition, legal precedents indicate
that if a landowner's trees are contaminated by GE tree pollen,
they may be sued for patent violations
by the corporation that patented the GE tree. "

...Rob here again....
remember, trees are the Earth's filter
for taking
carbon dioxide from the air
& turning it into clean, breathable air.
hhhhmmmm......

so now we're gonna tamper with the ONLY air filter the planet has?
-----just Great.

The website:   http://www.stopgetrees.org/

...their video clip with renowned geneticist Dr. Suzuki :

http://www.customflix.com/Store/Trailer.jsp?id=207574

" Many red flags have been raised
about the
genetic  engineering
of  our
food  supply. 
Few people, however,
realize that trees
are also being genetically engineered.

...We have no control
over the movement of
insects, birds and mammals, wind and rain that carry pollen. 

Genetically engineered trees,
with the potential
to transfer pollen
for hundreds of miles
carrying genes for traits including
insect resistance, herbicide resistance,
sterility
and reduced lignin,
thus have the potential
to wreak ecological havoc
throughout the world's native forests.
GE trees could also impact wildlife
as well as
rural and indigenous communities
that depend on intact forests
for their food,
shelter,
water, livelihood and cultural practices...

Trees are being engineered to kill insects,
resist toxic herbicides, grow faster,
& have
reduced Lignin
(the substance that protects the tree
and makes it strong).

Release of GE trees into the environment
assures
that engineered traits
will escape,
contaminating native forests with these traits.

--Pollen studies by researchers at Duke University
in North Carolina
show that
tree pollen can travel
for over
1,000  miles,
meaning widespread contamination
by GE trees cannot be avoided
or prevented,
---except by not allowing the release
of GE trees
into the environment
in the
first place."

... rob here again... well yall,
ain't it great
when you
can't wash the herbicide
off of the apple
or other fruit
from a tree---
because the herbicides & other traits
will be IN the fruit.

Oi,,,  PLEASE  PASS this ALONG ,,,

Rob
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Rob M.
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Rochester, NY, USA
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