[FIG-ALL] Fwd: Keep GE Corn for Ethanol Refineries Out of My Cornflakes!

[Margaret Ovitt]

Hi all,
If any of you might be interested in sending a petition, please read on.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Sarah Alexander, Food & Water Watch"  
> <fwwatch at mail.democracyinaction.org>
> Date: January 15, 2009 4:41:03 PM CST
> To: card at macomb.com
> Subject: Keep GE Corn for Ethanol Refineries Out of My Cornflakes!
> Reply-To: goodfood at fwwatch.org
>
> See Your Alert Online
>
> Say No to Industrial GE Corn for Ethanol!
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> January 15, 2009
>
> Dear Margaret,
>
>
> Keep GE Corn for Ethanol Refineries Out of Our Food Supply!
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> The United States Department of Agriculture is considering a  
> petition from Syngenta Seeds seeking nonregulated status for a new  
> genetically engineered corn seed that is modified to produce an  
> enzyme that facilitates ethanol production.  This new industrial GE  
> corn could pose significant threats to the human food supply.  Can  
> you tell the new Obama Administration USDA it's time time to stand  
> up for our food supply?
>
> Syngenta is asking the USDA for permission to plant their non-food  
> GE corn without any regulation.  The particular genetic change that  
> they've made to this corn is adding a plant pathogen from an exotic  
> enzyme derived from "thermophilic" (heat-loving) microorganisms  
> living near deep sea hydrothermal vents.  These exotic enzymes are  
> not currently in the food system. This corn designed for ethanol  
> refineries will almost certainly accidentally enter the food supply  
> as tortilla chips, corn oil and sweeteners.  Plus, the leftover  
> corn residues from ethanol production (called distillers grains)  
> are fed to cattle, hogs and chickens that end up on supermarket  
> shelves.
>
> The worst part about this proposal is that we're putting the food  
> system at risk to help the controversial ethanol industry save a  
> few pennies in processing. At best, ethanol has little impact on  
> global warming - and may even make the situation worse.  And the  
> rush to ethanol has created a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico  
> hundreds of miles long where no aquatic life can survive.  
> Fortunately, we've got a new Administration that we can ask to  
> stand up to corporate interests.
>
> Tell USDA to take a stand for food safety by saying no to  
> industrial GE corn for ethanol.
>
>
> Thanks for taking action,
>
> Sarah, Noelle, and The Food Team
> Food & Water Watch
> goodfood(at)fwwatch.org
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