GMO row in oz

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AUSTRALIA'S NEW CHIEF SCIENTIST: CONFLICT OF INTEREST?

Australia's new chief scientist, Dr Jim Peacock, is aggressively lobbying for

removal

of the states’ GM moratoria – and ignoring the work of the scientists who

oppose

his stance. But he has not disclosed to the Australian public the personal or

financial

benefits he might gain from these changes, says an article for an Australian

blog.

 

The article points out that Peacock:

***is on the board of three biotech companies and on the payroll of one as an

'advisor'

***has at least two international GM patents. It's unclear whether they're

privately

owned by him; they appear to be owned by a small group including Peacock.

Peacock's

patents are for what appear to be (and what one microbiologist has confirmed

are)

GURTs, or gene use restriction technologies. Some GURTs produce 'suicide seeds',

preventing farmers from seed-saving and giving GURT patent owners monopoly

control

of fertility and food security. At the moment GURTs are illegal worldwide, but

at

a recent UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the Australian government pushed

to end to the global moratorium, a move supported by Peacock.

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6744

 

 

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