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Subject: Eleven on Biotech Panel Call for USDA to Dump Terminator
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Eleven on Biotech Panel Call for USDA to Dump Terminator
(1 September - Cropchoice News) -- Eleven
members of the USDA's Advisory Committee
on Agricultural Biotechnology have sent a
scathing letter to the Agriculture Secretary
calling on Glickman to pull the plug on
government involvement in Terminator
technology.
USDA owns Terminator with DeltaPine, the
Mississippi-based cotton and soybean seed
company. Critics say that Terminator is a
financial nightmare for farmers and will cost
producers millions. The GMO, which is being
tested by DeltaPine, makes it impossible to
brown bag seed, since the second generation
is programmed not to germinate. DeltaPine
calls Terminator "Technology Protection
System", or TPS, and says it needs TPS to
protect its profits from seed-saving farmers.
According to the committee members, "We are
steadfast in our view that USDA=92s continued
association with the Terminator patent is a
fundamental mistake." The 38 member USDA
committee, formed by Glickman earlier this
year, studied and discussed Terminator at its
last meeting in July. Those signing the letter
concluded that "Terminator technology has only
one primary purpose - to allow private
companies to exert greater control over the
seed markets and extract more income from
farmers forced to buy their products on an
annual basis...
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