Re: Fwd: GEN2-7

Daniel Worley (dan.worley@mindless.com)
Wed, 10 Feb 1999 09:23:23 -0400

At 18:06 2/9/99 -0500, you wrote:
>In response to the following post...
>
>> >UK Government Burns Biotech Canola
[snip]
>A buffer zone of 6 m is hardly enough to minimize transfer of GM
>canola pollen...

Good points all Joel. Just how much of a buffer zone would be needed? I
don't know much about these things, but have heard that bees can travel as
far as a mile or more from their hive in search of nectar. So it would
seem plausible to me that a buffer of at least that far should be required.
Anyone with the credentials care to comment?

From the litigations in progress right now, it seems the seed companies
(Monsanto in particular) refuse to admit the fact that cross pollination
can occur at all.

--Dan in Sunny Puerto Rico--
dan.worley@mindless.com

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