--- Laurel Hopwood <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 09:52:41 -0400
> To: [log in to unmask]
> From: Laurel Hopwood <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Help support legislation on genetically
> engineered food/crops
>
> Friends,
> Legislation has been introduced on genetically
> engineered food!
> Please contact your representative in the House of
> Representatives to
> support these bills and FORWARD!
>
> The five bills introduced by Dennis Kucinich
> (D-Ohio) are:
>
> * the Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act
> of 2002 (H.R. 4814)
> (requires food companies to label all foods
> containing ingredients from
> genetically engineered plants or animals)
>
> * the Genetically Engineered Food Safety Act of 2002
> (H.R. 4813)
> (improve the FDA's oversight and testing of
> transgenic foods)
>
> * the Genetically Engineered Crop and Animal Farmer
> Protection Act of 2002
> (H.R. 4812)
> (better protects farmers and ranchers against
> powerful biotech companies
> and restore farmers' traditional right to save seed)
>
> * the Genetically Engineered Organism Liability Act
> of 2002 (H.R. 4816)
> (clarify and reform liability and other legal issues
> associated with
> genetically modified crops and foods)
>
> * the Real Solutions to World Hunger Act of 2002
> (H.R. 4815)
> (expand research to help developing nations better
> feed themselves)
>
> To read more comprehensive summaries of these bills,
> please visit
> http://www.house.gov/kucinich/action/summary.htm
>
> Similar legislation will soon be introduced in the
> U.S. Senate.
>
> The bills have all been endorsed by the Sierra Club,
> National Farmers
> Organization, Center for Food Safety, Organic Trade
> Organization, and the
> American Corn Growers Association.
>
> To contact your Congressional rep by email:
> visit http://www.thecampaign.org/congressletters.htm
> and click on the name
> of your state.
> By phone: call the Capitol switchboard at
> 1-202-225-3121 and ask to speak
> to your congressman.
> By mail, write to your rep at:  U.S. House of
> Representatives: Washington,
> D.C.  20515
>
> Laurel Hopwood, Sierra Club Chair, Genetic
> Engineering Committee,
> [log in to unmask]
>
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