GMW: GM pigs on your dinner table

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"GMWatch" <gmwatch-dailyFebruary 20, 2010 3:55:17 AM HSTvivlernerSubject: GMW: GM pigs on your dinner table"GMWatch" <gmwatch-daily GM pigs on your dinner tableGMWatch, 20 February 2010It seems the Candian Government regulatory body Environment Canada is about to announce that the University of Guelph has successfully satisfied the requirements of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, allowing GM "Enviro" pigs to be "produced using approved containment procedures."http://bit.ly/9YXzqR This brings GM pigs a big step closer to North American dinner tables. But if anyone takes any comfort from those "approved containment procedures", then consider how many times containment has broken down even at an experimental, rather than commercial, stage of production.For instance, when nearly 400 GM pigs used in biotech research entered the U.S. food supply, the FDA said "it could not verify the researchers' claim [that the pigs weren't dangerous] because they failed to keep enough records"! (US biotech researchers careless with 386 pigs - FDA)http://ngin.tripod.com/060203a.htmAnd there have been previous problems in Canada - in fact at the University of Guelph! Here are some more missing GM pigs from the same report:"One year ago, several genetically altered pigs ended up in Canadian poultry feed. Researchers at the University of Guelph in southern Ontario discovered 11 dead [GM] piglets were mistakenly sent to a rendering plant."The year before that we had:"Tainted pork from genetically altered pigs stolen from the University of Florida showed up in sausage served at a funeral in High Springs, university police said."The stolen pigs were genetically engineered to develop a disorder similar to diabetic blindness in humans. University officials do not know what effect, if any, the treated meat could have on people who eat it."The pig incident is one in a series of missteps at the university's Animal Resources department which oversees the treatment of biomedical research animals." (Tainted pigs show up in sausage at funeral, GAINESVILLE, Fla. The Associated Press, June 3 2001)http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE2/Pig-Sausage-Funeral.htmPigs themselves were put at risk by a lab break out just a year later:"WASHINGTON -- Federal authorities are investigating the disappearance of genetically altered bacteria fatal to pigs that appear to have been stolen from a research laboratory at Michigan State University."Investigators said that while the bacteria apparently are harmless to humans, they could devastate the pork industry if replicated and released, and they are treating the case as a potential terrorist threat." (Authorities Probe Case Of Missing Bacteria, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL) http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/Missing-APP-Bacteria19sep02.htmAnd then of course that same year there was:Alarm as GM pig vaccine taints US crops, (The Guardian, December 24 2002)http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0,2763,865030,00.html Non-GM pork anyone? You'll be lucky! =====In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.

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"GMWatch" <gmwatch-dailyFebruary 20, 2010 3:55:17 AM HSTvivlernerSubject: GMW: GM pigs on your dinner table"GMWatch" <gmwatch-dailyGM pigs on your dinner tableGMWatch, 20 February 2010It seems the Candian Government regulatory body Environment Canada is about to announce that the University of Guelph has successfully satisfied the requirements of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, allowing GM "Enviro" pigs to be "produced using approved containment procedures."http://bit.ly/9YXzqR This brings GM pigs a big step closer to North American dinner tables. But if anyone takes any comfort from those "approved containment procedures", then consider how many times containment has broken down even at an experimental, rather than commercial, stage of production.For instance, when nearly 400 GM pigs used in biotech research entered the U.S. food supply, the FDA said "it could not verify the researchers' claim [that the pigs weren't dangerous] because they failed to keep enough records"! (US biotech researchers careless with 386 pigs - FDA)http://ngin.tripod.com/060203a.htmAnd there have been previous problems in Canada - in fact at the University of Guelph! Here are some more missing GM pigs from the same report:"One year ago, several genetically altered pigs ended up in Canadian poultry feed. Researchers at the University of Guelph in southern Ontario discovered 11 dead [GM] piglets were mistakenly sent to a rendering plant."The year before that we had:"Tainted pork from genetically altered pigs stolen from the University of Florida showed up in sausage served at a funeral in High Springs, university police said."The stolen pigs were genetically engineered to develop a disorder similar to diabetic blindness in humans. University officials do not know what effect, if any, the treated meat could have on people who eat it."The pig incident is one in a series of missteps at the university's Animal Resources department which oversees the treatment of biomedical research animals." (Tainted pigs show up in sausage at funeral, GAINESVILLE, Fla. The Associated Press, June 3 2001)http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE2/Pig-Sausage-Funeral.htmPigs themselves were put at risk by a lab break out just a year later:"WASHINGTON -- Federal authorities are investigating the disappearance of genetically altered bacteria fatal to pigs that appear to have been stolen from a research laboratory at Michigan State University."Investigators said that while the bacteria apparently are harmless to humans, they could devastate the pork industry if replicated and released, and they are treating the case as a potential terrorist threat." (Authorities Probe Case Of Missing Bacteria, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL) http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/Missing-APP-Bacteria19sep02.htmAnd then of course that same year there was:Alarm as GM pig vaccine taints US crops, (The Guardian, December 24 2002)http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0,2763,865030,00.html Non-GM pork anyone? You'll be lucky!«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»§ - PULSE ON 21st CENTURY ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE! §Subscribe send email to: - DETOX WITH ALL NATURAL PURE GREEN CALCIUM BENTONITE CLAY USED INTERNAL/EXTERNAL http://clayadvantage.com/THE OPEN LINE NEWSPAPER, HEALTH NEWS, SPIRITUAL, ENVIRONMENT, ETC. http://WWW.THEOPENLINE.ORG RELAXATION TECHNIQUE FOR CHRONIC PAIN, PTSD + OTHER ISSUES THAT TROUBLE YOU. http://relaxationheals.webs.com

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