Subject:        Brussels: US attorney to expose systematic GM deception
Invitation
Press conference
Dorint Hotel, Boulevard Charlemagne 11-19, Brussels
July 9, 2003   10:30 - 12:00
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American public interest attorney to expose how the US attack against EU policy on GM foods is based on systematic deception

Will also reveal how EU regulators are themselves misleading the public about GM food and have never truly upheld the precautionary principle

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US public interest attorney Steven M. Druker, director of the Alliance for Bio-Integrity, is coming to Europe to expose how GM foods only got on the EU market through systematic deception by the US government - and how the Bush Administration is deepening the deception in its attempt to overturn the EU regulatory structure.  Mr. Druker has extensive knowledge of the deception because he organized a lawsuit that forced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to divulge over 44,000 pages of its internal files on GM foods.  He is an authority on the legal and scientific issues of GM foods and has appeared on expert panels at conferences held by the US National Research Council and the FDA and has met with government officials around the world.

Mr. Druker will also demonstrate how EU officials have themselves misled their citizens by disregarding the well-recognized risks of GM foods and pretending they are substantially the same as other foods - and how they have violated the precautionary principle and EU food law in the process.

Basic points that will be explained:

q       Although the Bush Administration Attacks the Precautionary Principle As an Illegitimate Restraint on Trade, It is Actually the Cornerstone of US Food Safety Law

q       US Law Clearly Mandates that the Precautionary Principle Be Applied to GM Food - and to an Even Stricter Degree than Does EU Law

q       GM Foods Gained Approval in the EU Only Because the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Covered Up Extensive Warnings of Its Own Experts, Blatantly Misrepresented the Facts, and Violated Its Own Laws

q       The EU Regulatory Process Disregards Sound Scientific Practices and Has Approved GM Foods Based on Data that Is Grossly Deficient and that in Some Cases Even Indicates Potential Health Hazards

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