>From: Sprinkraft@aol.com
>To: lonrom@hevanet.com, ACLARK@plant.uoguelph.ca
>CC: sanet-mg@shasta.ces.ncsu.edu
>Subject: Re: corn pollen (was Beginning of end...)
>Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 13:31:43 EDT
>
>On contamination from GMO corn pollen on neighboring corn fields: an
>authentic field observation and analysis from Germany last year
>demonstrated
>percentages of contamination at 1, 5 and 10 meters from crops grown side by
>side. I hope by now that the Texas Dept. of Agriculture Organic Progam,
>Terra
>Foods and the Texas grower of the corn which may have been the
>contaimination
>source have done some research on how the certified organic corn was
>contaminated. I can check on that.
>
>On tolerances for contamination: I don't believe that there are any. If it
>shows up, it shows up, and percentages ( like the organic tolerances for
>synthetic contamination) have yet to be publicized, if they have been
>determined. Perhaps Dr. Fagin at Genetic ID has a handle on that.
>
>My concerns regarding dust, i.e., harvest/handling contamination, have not
>been allayed since I first brought it up some time ago. If there are no
>tolerances, and we are dealing with a molecular/DNA issue, I assume that
>dust
>may trigger a positive result. Therefore, the dust spewing out of a combine
>in a 15 knot wind might also impact a neighboring crop. Dr. Fagin claims
>that
>the actual crop, in visible quantities ( he suggested one cup of corn)
>would
>be the amount required to determine GMO contamination. My concerns also are
>on augers, bins, trucks, seed cleaning equipment. One mitigating feature on
>dust is that the crop may be washed prior to processing.
>
>Steve Sprinkel
>Fairfield, Iowa
>
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