GE Crops Moratorium
Thursday, 25 July 2002, 4:07 pm
Press Release: Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Genetics
GE Crops Moratorium
Physicians and Scientists for
Responsible Genetics would like to reassure the public on
the effect of the proposed extension of the GE crops
moratorium, in the face of an emotive media campaign by the
Life Sciences Network.
Figures released by the
Sustainability Council of NZ at the weekend demonstrate that
only 3 percent of current research funding is involved in
activities which would be delayed by the Moratorium
extension.
A more appropriate use of that 3 percent public
funding and the science jobs that go with it would be in
biotechnology research such as organic food production or GE
in laboratory containment.
Organic biotechnology research
is an investment in an area with real, rapidly expanding
markets and proven economic and environmental worth, for
example organic apple growing and pheromone trapping of the
tussock moth.
In contrast, the benefits of GE release
research are at this point speculative and in addition this
research threatens New Zealand’s invaluable bio-security,
its clean green image and, therefore, the economy of all New
Zealanders.
PSRG has no affiliations with industry or any
political party.
ENDS
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