FYI, highly critical comments from five environmental/ag/consumer groups
were submitted March 20, 2000 to EPA on Monsanto's full registration
application for Cry3Bb corn for rootworm control (another Bt-transgenic
corn technology, based on Bt.tenebrionis). This technology and application
are likely to trigger one of the most important and possibly contentious
regulatory reviews in year 2000 in the U.S.
Anyone interested in just how much science, and what quality of science
supports an application for a major new technology like Cry3Bb corn will
find the comments interesting reading.
The comments were submitted on behalf of Environmental Defense, IATP,
SEHN, CPI/CU, the Center for Food Safety, and Chuck Benbrook. Access the
comments on Ag BioTech InfoNet at --
http://www.biotech-info.net/Cry3Bb.pdf
They print 29 pages. Please feel free to pass this announcement around to
other lists.
chuck benbrook
Charles Benbrook CU FQPA site www.ecologic-ipm.com
Benbrook Consulting Services Ag BioTech InfoNet www.biotech-info.net
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