GMO - Monsanto at the door

[Prospero]

"GMO katastrofa za Srbiju - mutante na referendum"

 

Beograd -- Ukoliko Srbija dozvoli promet genetski modifikovane hrane, izgubiće deo tržišta vredan nekoliko milijardi evra.

IZVOR: VEČERNJE NOVOSTI 

PONEDELJAK, 21.12.2015. | 09:44

 

 

 

To bi moglo da znači i novu podelu u srpskom narodu  , jer ćemo zabraniti proizvodnju, a u interesu moćnih multinacionalnih kompanija dozvolićemo uvoz ovakve robe.

Srbija je uradila sve kako bi što pre ušla u Svetsku trgovinsku organizaciju, nemareći za činjenicu da su 124 opštine i grada usvojili deklaraciju protiv GMO, pišu Večernje novosti. 

 

“Naša zemlja ne sme da menja postojeći Zakon o GMO, a državnici moraju narodu da omoguće da se na referendumu izjasni da li je za proizvodnju, promet i upotrebu ovakvih proizvoda”, ističe agroekonomista profesor Miladin Ševarlić, savetnik Ekonomskog instituta. 

 

“To je demokratska obaveza predsednika i premijera Srbije, što ćemo i tražiti. Neprihvatanje GMO je u nacionalnom interesu. Ideja da Srbija brže-bolje izađe u susret lobistima koji se nalaze na značajnim državnim funkcijama, jer odatle imaju najviše uticaja, i multinacionalnim kompanijama i da podrži promet GM robe - ravna je katastrofi”, kaže on. 

 

Srbija, smatraju stručnjaci, mora da iskoristi to što su ovi "mutanti" zabranjeni i da plasira konvencionalne i organske proizvode. Profesor Ševarlić ističe da naša šasna leži u soji i kukuruzu, koji nisu GM, da ih usmerimo na stočarstvo, pa da plasiramo mleko i meso sa oznakom "bez GMO". 

 

“Ukoliko dozvolimo uvoz GM proizvoda, imaćemo u prodavnicama robu koja će verovatno tako biti i obeležena, ali naši građani time ništa ne dobijaju. Ne vidim zbog čega žurimo da uđemo u Svetsku trgovinsku organizaciju pre nego što i bude izvesno da ćemo ući u EU. Inače, od svih članica STO, Rusija je jedina koja ima potpunu zabranu svega što ima veze sa GMO”, smatra Ševarlić. 

 

Pravila Svetske trgovinske organizacije podrazumevaju da se ne može uvesti zabrana prometa robe za koju nije dokazano da šteti ljudskom zdravlju. I da dozvoljavanje prometa ne znači i dozvolu za upotrebu. 

 

U Ministarstvu poljoprivrede nedavno su rekli da se novim zakonom o GMO ne bave i da on nije na dnevnom redu. Ipak, kako Evropska komisija podseća da promet moramo da dozvolimo, stručnjaci u Srbiji upozoravaju da bi izmenjeni zakon mogao da stupi na scenu već sledeće godine.

Kakvo bi to bilo budalesanje, uloga "struke" bi bila ravna onoj kad je bilo pomračenje u avgustu 99, "ostanite u kućama i zamračite prozore" nivo odvaljenosti. 

[bigvlada]

Vote on controversial weedkiller's European licence postponed

Four EU states force delay of a vote to renew the licence for glyphosate, which has been found to be ‘probably carcinogenic’

 

 Glyphosate is a core ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup brand. 

 

Arthur Neslen in Brussels

Tuesday 8 March 2016 15.09 GMT Last modified on Tuesday 8 March 2016 15.11 GMT

 

A mutiny by several EU states has forced the postponement of a vote in Brussels on relicensing a widely used weedkiller that the World Health Organisation has found is probably carcinogenic.

 

Italy joined France, Sweden and the Netherlands in opposing a new 15-year licence for glyphosate at a meeting which had been expected to rubber stamp its reapproval on Tuesday.

 

The European commission may now bring forward a new proposal to cut the licence’s length, or create a list of “co-formulants” whose use can be limited or banned. These surfactants increase a plant’s uptake of glyphosate, and can be more dangerous than the herbicide alone.

 

But the Netherlands is calling for the relicensing to be put on hold until after a separate evaluation of glyphosate’s toxicity next year.

 

Greenpeace EU’s food policy director, Franziska Achterberg, said: “Rushing to grant a new licence now, without waiting for an evaluation by Europe’s chemical agency, would be like skydiving without checking your equipment first. As long as there is conflicting scientific advice, glyphosate should not be approved for use in the EU.”

 

Industry groups were shocked by the delay to the vote however, which they blamed on political interference by environmentalists.

 

Jean-Charles Bocquet, the director of the European Crop Protection Agency, said: “We are very upset that countries were influenced by significant political pressure from the environment committee of the European parliament, NGOs and the precautionary principle.”

 

If no new arrangement is found then the licence for glyphosate, a core ingredient in Monsanto’s $5bn-a-year Roundup brand, will expire at the end of June.

 

The next EU pesticides committee meeting is on 18-19 May, but the issue could also be discussed at a plant and animal health meeting, one month before.

 

A commission spokesperson said: “We would like a solid majority to take a decision on this kind of issue and some member states had sceptical observations that we will have to answer, so it [a postponement] was the wise thing to do.”

 

Among the national experts from the EU’s 28 countries, the UK pushed strongly for a vote today, while Germany expressed “no position”, due to disagreements between the country’s environment and agriculture ministries.

 

A high-profile spat over glyphosate’s safety between the EU’s regulatory body, the European Food Safety Authority (Efsa) and the UN’s World Health Organisation’s cancer agency, IARC, contributed to the stasis.

 

Efsa had disputed an IARC finding that glyphosate was “probably carcinogenic to humans” but Professor Chris Portier, one of the IARC report’s authors, said that their stance had been vindicated by events in Brussels today.

 

He told the Guardian: “France saying that they want glyphosate banned because of IARC’s call is a bit of a vindication of our position. But I would have been much happier if Efsa had come back and said they were now going to label glyphosate as ‘probably carcinogenic to humans’.”

 

A rancorous dispute between the two groups developed last summer, with 96 leading scientists calling on the EU’s health commissioner, Vytenis Andriukaitis, to disregard the Efsa assessment because it was “not credible”.

 

Monsanto, which manufactures glyphosate-resistant GM crops for use with Roundup, declared its “outrage” at the IARC report and filed a legal challenge in the US.

 

But public unease led 1.4 million people to sign a petition against glyphosate in the biggest online campaign since neonicotinoid pesticides were banned during the last commission.

 

No one at the EU’s negotiating table is talking about prohibitions, but green groups were quick to claim today’s stalemate as a victory.

 

“Despite the UK and the European commission lining up to protect Monsanto’s interests, governments across Europe have refused to treat their people has lab rats and approve a new licence for glyphosate,” said Alice Jay, the campaign director of Avaaz, which organised the petition. She added that the group would like to see glyphosate itself banned, rather than just co-formulants.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/08/eu-vote-on-controversial-weedkiller-licence-postponed-glyphosate

 

građani Evrope 1: ratni zločinac 0

[iDemo]

Jel će taj losos već biti dimljen čim se upeca, ili će možda da ima i batake? 

ma obican losos samo krljusht malo lepshe odbija svetlo - da bude seksije kad se peca... 

nije dimljen, nema batake i ne svetli u mraku

[Dr Arslanagić]

Niko da prenese da Bayer nudi 62 milijarde za Monsanto?

[Muwan]

Daj neki link. Iskreno mislim da će to pre da se završi kontraponudom.

[Dr Arslanagić]

http://www.wsj.com/articles/bayers-all-cash-offer-values-monsanto-at-62-billion-1463981986

[akibono]

Izgleda da bi opet Nemci^TM da porade na industrijskom smanjenju broja stanovništva 

[Anonymous]

Daj neki link. Iskreno mislim da će to pre da se završi kontraponudom.

 

Izgleda da neće

[bigvlada]

 

Monsanto-Bayer mega-deal a nightmare for America?

 

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/23/opinions/monsanto-bayer-douglas/

[djeneralche]

Ko ce sad da finansira anti GMO NVO i kampanje.

[bigvlada]

Ratni zločinci odbili ponudu za preuzmanje. 

[djeneralche]

Ništa od prestanka anti GMO histerije, Bayer će morati da pojača svoje lobiranje i finansiranje anti GMO-a.

[Čutura]

Ratni zločinci odbili ponudu za preuzmanje. 

 

to je zapravo dobra vest, qurac ce sad u eu da udju

[djeneralche]

Sve ce to Bayer da pozlati.

[Braća Strugacki]

Ratni zločinci odbili ponudu za preuzmanje. 

 

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