Re: ecological disruption by GMO

d.parthasarathy (dp@hss.iitb.ernet.in)
Thu, 4 Feb 1999 11:40:23 +0530 (IST)

On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, joel b gruver wrote:

> If developed countries decide that there is a serious risk involved with
> planting GMOs in their center of origin... do they really have any power
> to stop Mexican farmers from planting fields of terminator corn
> adjacent to wild teosinte that includes unique and valuable germplasm ?
>
I would say yes, developed countries should have the power to stop
Mexican or any developing country farmers and vice-versa. As the famous
slogan of environmental movements goes "Think Globally, act locally". If
everybody followed that then there would no linger be any need for
monitoring what is happening elsewhere.

Regards

D.Parthasarathy

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