Here are the applicable web site addresses, please forgive duplicatation - I meant to add them last post & hit "send" to soon: Friends of the Earth: http://www.foe.org/ Organic Consumers Association: http://www.purefood.org/ Public Interest Research Groups: http://www.pirg.org/ National Environmental Trust: http://environet.org/ Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy: http://www.iatp.org/ Pesticide Action Network North America: http://www.panna.org/ The Center for Food Safety: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/ > ---------- > From: Laurel Hopwood <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: call Kraft on Thursday, Nov 8 > > Sierra Club is targeting Kraft and requesting Kraft to move to genetically > engineered (GE) free production. > > We are pleased that several other major groups (Friends of the Earth, > Organic Consumers Association, Public Interest Research Groups, National > Environmental Trust, Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy, Pesticide > Action Network North America and the The Center for Food Safety) are now > targeting Kraft, as well. > > These groups have asked Sierra Clubbers to join their day of action this > Thursday, Nov 8, by calling Kraft. > > If you have not already contacted Kraft, you are welcome to help. > Call Kraft Foods at 1-800-323-0768, 9:00 a.m. - 8 p.m., EST. > > Talking points: > > For our health and the environment, I'm asking you to move to > genetically engineered (GE) free production. Transgenic crops, crops which > have been genetically manipulated with viral, bacterial, and animal genes, > pose risks and shouldn't be in our food supply until better tested and > clearly labeled. Dairy products made with milk from cows injected with > the genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (r-BGH) may promote > cancers of the breast, colon and prostate. > > If you have any questions about our campaign, please email me at > <[log in to unmask]>. > Laurel Hopwood > Genetic Engineering Committee Chair > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To get off the CONS-SPST-BIOTECH-FORUM list, send any message to: > [log in to unmask] ---------- Friends of the Earth: http://www.foe.org/ Organic Consumers Association: http://www.purefood.org/ Public Interest Research Groups: http://www.pirg.org/ National Environmental Trust: http://environet.org/ Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy: http://www.iatp.org/ Pesticide Action Network North America: http://www.panna.org/ The Center for Food Safety: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/ ---------- Posted by Ericka Dana Organic Consumers Association Regional Coordinator Iowa Sierra ExCom - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]