These are some GM Food Companies and Organisations:
A North American based company, Monsanto has a long history of producing toxic chemicals such as PCBs and Agent Orange (the notorious pesticide used during the Vietnam War).
The company’s powerful weed-killer, "Roundup", kills almost all plant life except Monsanto’s own GE crops.
Monsanto produces GE soy, corn, cotton and canola, with GE canola commercially released in Australia for the first time in 2008. The chemical company, Nufarm, currently holds the licence to market Monsanto’s GE canola in Australia.
www.monsanto.com.au
Bayer, a German-based company, has been repeatedly criticised for its corporate behaviour. For example, in 2003 it was revealed that a Bayer subsidiary continued to sell blood-clotting medicine for haemophiliacs to Asia and Latin America for over a year after the product had been withdrawn in the West, due to evidence that it was infecting haemophiliacs with HIV.
Another investigation found that Bayer had fed students a highly hazardous pesticide linked to serious disorders. Bayer tried to use the results of the study to argue that restrictions on pesticide use should be eased because no immediate adverse effects were suffered.
In 2004, it was revealed that Bayer had kept its anti-cholesterol drug, Baycol on the market for four years after it first became aware of the dangers associated with it. The drug has been associated with approximately 100 deaths and 1600 injuries worldwide from side-effects, including severe muscle wasting and kidney damage.
www.bayercropscience.com.au
Swiss-based Syngenta was formed when two other chemical companies — Astra Zeneca and Novartis – decided to fold their genetic engineering divisions into a new company.
Syngenta has attracted criticism for its continued manufacture and sale of the insecticide Gramoxone or paraquat. A number of countries in Europe and the global south have banned or resticted the use of the chemical. Workers and farmers regularly exposed to paraquat experience serious problems with their health. The high toxicity of the chemical can lead to serious ill-health, and even death, following exposure.
www.syngenta.com.a
There are also organisations in Australia that speak on behalf of GE companies or GE food. Key groups include the following.
CropLife – the peak body of the agricultural chemicals industry.
Agrifood Awareness Australia – a pro-GE lobby group founded by CropLife Australia, in conjunction with the Grains Research and Development Corporation and the National Farmers Federation.
www.croplifeaustralia.org.au
Grains Research and Development Corporation – has strategic partnerships with Bayer and Monsanto.
www.grdc.com.au
The Institute of Public Affairs – think tank that receives funding from the GE industry.
www.ipa.org.au
The Producers Forum – a GE industry front group.
www.producersforum.net.au
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) – invests in GE crop research and has strategic partnerships with Bayer and Monsanto.
www.csiro.au
Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited
www.afaa.com.au
National Farmers Federation
www.nff.org.au
Dow AgroSciences Australia Ltd
www.dowagro.com/au
Florigene Pty Ltd
www.florigene.com
florigene@florigene.com.au
AusBioTech LTD
www.ausbiotech.org
admin@ausbiotech.org
Australian Seed Federation
www.asf.asn.au
enquiry@asf.asn.au
Australian Food and Grocery Council
www.afgc.org.au
info@afgc.org.au
Australian Oilseeds Federation
www.australianoilseeds.com
aof@australianoilseeds.com
Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
www.acpfg.com.au
acpfg@acpfg.com.au
Molecular Plant Breeding Cooperative Research Centre
www.molecularplantbreeding.com
mpb@molecularplantbreeding.com
CLICK HERE to Send this GM Food Message (by your mail system)
florigene@florigene.com.au,admin@ausbiotech.org,enquiry@asf.asn.au,info@afgc.org.au,aof@australianoilseeds.com,acpfg@acpfg.com.au,mpb@molecularplantbreeding.com,ogtr@health.gov.au
Monsanto
A North American based company, Monsanto has a long history of producing toxic chemicals such as PCBs and Agent Orange (the notorious pesticide used during the Vietnam War).
The company’s powerful weed-killer, "Roundup", kills almost all plant life except Monsanto’s own GE crops.
Monsanto produces GE soy, corn, cotton and canola, with GE canola commercially released in Australia for the first time in 2008. The chemical company, Nufarm, currently holds the licence to market Monsanto’s GE canola in Australia.
www.monsanto.com.au
Bayer Crop Science
Bayer, a German-based company, has been repeatedly criticised for its corporate behaviour. For example, in 2003 it was revealed that a Bayer subsidiary continued to sell blood-clotting medicine for haemophiliacs to Asia and Latin America for over a year after the product had been withdrawn in the West, due to evidence that it was infecting haemophiliacs with HIV.
Another investigation found that Bayer had fed students a highly hazardous pesticide linked to serious disorders. Bayer tried to use the results of the study to argue that restrictions on pesticide use should be eased because no immediate adverse effects were suffered.
In 2004, it was revealed that Bayer had kept its anti-cholesterol drug, Baycol on the market for four years after it first became aware of the dangers associated with it. The drug has been associated with approximately 100 deaths and 1600 injuries worldwide from side-effects, including severe muscle wasting and kidney damage.
www.bayercropscience.com.au
Syngenta
Swiss-based Syngenta was formed when two other chemical companies — Astra Zeneca and Novartis – decided to fold their genetic engineering divisions into a new company.
Syngenta has attracted criticism for its continued manufacture and sale of the insecticide Gramoxone or paraquat. A number of countries in Europe and the global south have banned or resticted the use of the chemical. Workers and farmers regularly exposed to paraquat experience serious problems with their health. The high toxicity of the chemical can lead to serious ill-health, and even death, following exposure.
www.syngenta.com.a
Pro-GE groups
There are also organisations in Australia that speak on behalf of GE companies or GE food. Key groups include the following.
CropLife – the peak body of the agricultural chemicals industry.
Agrifood Awareness Australia – a pro-GE lobby group founded by CropLife Australia, in conjunction with the Grains Research and Development Corporation and the National Farmers Federation.
www.croplifeaustralia.org.au
Grains Research and Development Corporation – has strategic partnerships with Bayer and Monsanto.
www.grdc.com.au
The Institute of Public Affairs – think tank that receives funding from the GE industry.
www.ipa.org.au
The Producers Forum – a GE industry front group.
www.producersforum.net.au
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) – invests in GE crop research and has strategic partnerships with Bayer and Monsanto.
www.csiro.au
Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited
www.afaa.com.au
National Farmers Federation
www.nff.org.au
Dow AgroSciences Australia Ltd
www.dowagro.com/au
Florigene Pty Ltd
www.florigene.com
florigene@florigene.com.au
AusBioTech LTD
www.ausbiotech.org
admin@ausbiotech.org
Australian Seed Federation
www.asf.asn.au
enquiry@asf.asn.au
Australian Food and Grocery Council
www.afgc.org.au
info@afgc.org.au
Australian Oilseeds Federation
www.australianoilseeds.com
aof@australianoilseeds.com
Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
www.acpfg.com.au
acpfg@acpfg.com.au
Molecular Plant Breeding Cooperative Research Centre
www.molecularplantbreeding.com
mpb@molecularplantbreeding.com
CLICK HERE to Send this GM Food Message (by your mail system)
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SUBJECT:GM Food is potentially dangerous
We know that GM food and crops:
1) are not adequately tested
2) may cause serious health problems such as allergies, immune system damage or cancer
3) currently have NO nutritional or consumer benefits
4) contaminate non-GM crops and foods
5) cannot be recalled after release
Protect your family and your customers:
DO NOT PRODUCE GM FOODS AND CROPS UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN PROVEN SAFE, BY THOROUGH INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC TESTING.
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to these GM Food Company email addresses:florigene@florigene.com.au,admin@ausbiotech.org,enquiry@asf.asn.au,info@afgc.org.au,aof@australianoilseeds.com,acpfg@acpfg.com.au,mpb@molecularplantbreeding.com,ogtr@health.gov.au
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