Press release from Stop GM Seeds Network Japan 2001-05-31

We do not want "LibertyLink" as Aventis puts it.

We strongly oppose against Aventis CropScience Japan's application of LibertyLink rice to Our Government of Japan since no one wants it and is immoral.

It is inconceivable for any person with reason that Aventis CropScience should dare apply for their glufosinate resistant Rice when their StarLink problem continue to pose threat to our health and environment with further findings of contamination. Aventis is taking a liberty of Japan's economic policy and link their corporate egocentrism to gain profit out of such unwanted garbage as StarLink corn and LL rice.

As it is immoral and beneath humanity, we strongly urge Japanese Ministries to decline and Aventis to withdraw such application of the LL rice that was dumped by thousands of tons for want of EPA approval in the US.

While Japan has no properly established test method of health assessment for GM crops, which is currently done by reviewing falsely translated version of application and less than satisfactory animal feed test as revealed by Dr.Kawata and consumer groups for Roundup Ready soybean, it is most likely that we would be victimised as guinea pigs at best if approved as was the case for MONSANTO RR soybean.

To accept this rice in exchange of export of industrial goods would mean a further discouragement to our rice growers and a higher risk of starvation when US grain production collapsed in the foreseeable future.

We are committed to stop stupidity being forced on us.


Stop GM Seeds Network Japan
Katsumi Yamada
cco58230 at syd.odn.ne.jp

[ June 05, 2001 | NGO's_infomation ]