The magazine Ökotest discovered in five impurities with gene rape, genetic of 30 mustard samples. Of it also well-known marks and offerer were concerned. Also in nut Nougat cream the testers became found. Here the Lecithin was not perfect.
With the mustard Düsseldorfer lion mustard and a mustard were of Aldi north just as of the impurities concerned as an imported genuine Dijon mustard. Probably the mustard originated from Canada, where gene rape is far common in the meantime as weeds and is hardly noticeable because of the relationship on mustard fields. 2004 and 2005 had already found Ökotest in the lion mustard gene rape genetic make-up. The manufacturers of lion mustard and the Aldi product explained opposite Ökotest that the deliveries at mustard seed were regularly examined. Nevertheless small impurities could not be completely excluded by genetically changed rape. Unfortunately Ökotest did not give data over it whether it around quantifiable quantities (between 0,1 and 0,9 per cent) acted, or around traces in smaller quantities
This is valid also for the nut creams of Zentis and Lidl, in which the laboratory traces found of Roundup ready soy beans. The manufacturer Zentis communicated Ökotest, which Lecithin referred as genetic engineering-free Lecithin, certified with a load analysis. One goes out of a nonspecific trace contamination within the range of the delivery chain, which cannot be clarified no more.
A next to each other of genetic engineering and conventional agriculture is not possible any longer, warns Ökotest due to its finds.

The Federal state Hessen brought a resolution against patents on lives into the Upper House of Parliament. Those threatens to go down regarding the party-political Hickhack. The initiative a patent on lives does not call therefore to write the Prime Ministers Briefe.
Genetic engineering companies requested hundreds of patents on conventionally bred plants and animals in the last years with the European patent office. On the other hand a ever more broadly becoming movement does not resist coordinated of farmer, environment and church organizations, from the initiative a patent on lives. In the course of the protests against a patent on pigs, requested by Monsanto, the Hessian Secretary of the Environment expressed herself Silke sound racquet (CDU) against such bio patents. Its Bavarian colleague Markus Söder (CSU) followed this attitude.
The Hessian federal state government brought thereupon in the Upper House of Parliament a request in. The Upper House of Parliament is to request the Federal Government to use itself on European Union level to change the European Union guideline in such a way over bio patents that a patenting of inventions, whose article plants and animals are in the future is excluded, if they are based on classical breeding procedures such as crossing and selection. Despite the pedantic formulation the request is politically explosive. Because high-ranking CDU politicians took therein position for the first time against at present usual bio patenting. Besides the request would have forced the other federal state governments to admit color.
In addition it will not any longer come presumably before the elections to the Bundestag. The Upper House of Parliament referred the request into its committees. There the consultation was only once postponed. According to data of only Bavaria, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Thuringia against a shift would have tuned no patent on lives. Brandenburg, Bremen, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein would have contained. In particular the FDP and the government of Lower Saxony would have made themselves strong for the adjournment. The FDP is as extremely genetic engineering friendly admits and in Bavaria and Hessen in the government involved. There the respective national FDP did not want to snub the coalition partners directly, therefore now afterwards over the FDP coalitions in other Federal states one brakes. In Lower Saxony the seeds company engaged in the green genetic engineering is KWS at home. In Rhineland-Palatinate and Nordrhein-Westfalen, which were likewise correct for an adjournment, the companies BASF and Bavarian with their genetic engineering departments sit.
No patent on lives placed a specimen letter in the net. Therein one can ask the Prime Minister of its Federal state to pursue the request of the federal state governments of Hessen and Bavaria also with reproduction and itself beyond that for a general prohibition of patenting of seeds to make plants and animals strong. A goal can it be attained during the next Upper House of Parliament meeting on 12 June still another vote by means of the request. It should come there not to the vote, exists the danger that the request comes into the summer break and then after the election to the Bundestag is rapidly buried, fears Ruth taps of no patent on lives.
More information: News service genetic engineering, dossier patents in the agriculture
A public hearing of the Bundestag for the topic of bio patents

With top plate discussions Federal Minister of Research Annette Schavan tries to make advertisement for the green genetic engineering. To first these as dialogue titulierten meetings the minister – with 30 participants – invited straight once six genetic engineering critics, to one fair and reliable debate. Those did not bring concrete results: All involved ones are itself their responsibility for humans, animal and environment as also for the well-being issue of following generations conscious, communicated Schavan as result of the meeting and praised afterwards the chances of the genetic engineering.
Their positive attitude to the green genetic engineering made the minister last clear in a guest commentary for Financial Times Germany. Therein it demanded to the repetitive mark to use the chances of the genetic engineering: With traditional methods alone a moderate goal could not be secured like the stable yield under changing environmental condition. She does not see problems: Until today there are no scientific proofs for health or ecological damage by the green genetic engineering. With this position the minister lies on a line with the German research council and the German agriculture company. The two organizations demanded better conditions for the genetic engineering research in Germany and a clear political course in a memorandum in favor of the green genetic engineering
The web page of the federal Ministry of Research to rounding table plant genetics reads itself like an advertising brochure of Monsanto: More yields, is perfectly safe of fewer pesticides, better food and everything. In addition still untruths, about, come the cultivation of genetically altered far mA plants are intended in the free field. Last week planted the University of Rostock Pharmaknollen on an attempt field.
Of the environmental and bio federations harsh criticism at the meeting came: An extremely one-sided meeting was that, balanced for the federation ecological food economy BÖLW its chairman, Felix prince to lion stone. Thus the topic world nutrition formed an emphasis, without a representative of a development assistance organization was invited. For bio land president Thomas Dosch shows the composition of the invitations, that research minister Schavan no interest to of their notified value debate has, but on a blind & #8216; Further so& #8217; sets.
There was by the way already once rounding a table. The agriculture minister at that time Renate Künast had loaded 2002 to a discourse the Green genetic engineering. Its Referate and discussions are still worth reading.

In Germany for a clear line while handling the genetic engineering one struggles.

Bonn (ots) – Statement of the federation of German mineral wells (VDM) to the new discussion over uranium in mineral waters and drinking water: Consumers in Germany can

With the corn sowing in Germany in several cases genetically polluted seeds came on the field. The cases were discovered by the country wide GVO seeds monitoring. But pulls only samples. The dark figure might be higher.
Saxonian authorities had discovered slight traces of the genetically changed corn line NK 603 in a load of conventional corn seeds. The contents lay below the limit of determination of 0,1 per cent and over the detection limit of 0,03 per cent. NK 603 is not certified for the cultivation in the European Union. Polluted corn was sown exclusively in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. 20 farmers and 270 hectares of surface were concerned.
The there authorities recommended to farmers concerned to plough the corn plants already germinated and make a new sowing. Of the authorities however also one accepts, if the mouse plants are used in a biological gas facility. In this case the farmers concerned would have to inform the Bewirtschafter of neighbouring corn surfaces in a periphery of 300 meters about the situation. If the buildup of the neighbouring surfaces is not used in the enterprise or in a biological gas facility, the harvest must be examined in addition on traces of GVO. Environmental federations criticized permission for using corn also in biological gas facilities because thereby the gene corn polling and pollute neighbour fields as well as Bienenstöcke can go on a trip.
In Hessen the authorities discovered seeds that directly was polluted with four different gene corn lines. Had yielded it a Hessian farmer on four hectares. Of the load concerned more might have arrived however clearly into the trade.
The official authorities can work only with samples. Baden-Wuerttemberg analyzed 99 samples in this year of corn seeds, of it was five easily polluted. In Saxonia one was polluted of 33 samples. That suggests that by two to five per cent of the corn seeds can be polluted, usually in traces of less than 0.1 per cent. The authorities become active only, if the pollution comes from a sort, which is not certified for the cultivation. Impurities with gene corn MON 810 up to 0,1 per cent became (up to its prohibition) durchgewunken.

Many Mineralwässer, among them well-known marks such as S. Pellegrino and Überkinger, are so strongly burdening with uranium that health risks cannot be excluded. That comes out from a list with 825 uranium measuring data of 435 mineral water marks, which the consumer right organization published foodwatch today. 104 measured values of 55 marks therefore lie over two microgram uranium per litre. & #8220; Each respected mineral water is not too highly with uranium burdening and for babies and infants sicher& #8221; , foodwatch managing director explained Thilo Bode.
The heavy metal uranium can lead because of its chemical toxicity in particular with small children to heavy damages of the kidney. foodwatch federal consumer minister Ilse Aigner and federal health minister Ulla Schmidt requested to specify legal limit values for mineral and drinking water at a value of two microgram uranium per litre. & #8220; Health care must orient itself at those, which have a special protection need: Baby and Kleinkinder& #8221; , Bode said. & #8220; After today’s conditions of the science one is with a limit value of two microgram on the safe Seite.& #8221;
This view confirms a new scientific statement of the European authority for food security (EFSA). Although this statement had been assigned by Germany, the responsible German authorities draw so far no conclusions and evaluate uranium values of up to ten microgram per litre officially as harmless. There are general legal limit values so far neither for mineral nor for drinking water. Already those may with the reference &amp since 2006 Mineralwässer in Germany; #8220; been suitable for the preparation of Säuglingsnahrung& #8221; are applied, a maximum value of two microgram per litre not to exceed.
To approximately 87 per cent foodwatch of the available uranium measuring data of Mineralwässern are to microgram below two. With four marks (Griesbacher, source of ball castle, Waldecker and Winfried from the Sebastianquelle) as well as two Heilwässern (bath Griesbacher, bath Mergentheim source of Karl) more than ten microgram uranium per litre were measured. But and far spread Mineralwässer also admitted such as S. Pellegrino and Perrier (both Nestlé), Freyersbacher or Überkinger is riskily highly burdening after EFSA yardsticks.
foodwatch the manufacturers in the obligation see beside the legislator. & #8220; We request Nestlé as a world largest offerer of mineral water to take its responsibility for the health of infants seriously. Up to the introduction of limit values Nestlé must attach immediately warning references on the labels of S. Pellegrino and Perrier that this Wässer for babies and infants not suitably sind& #8221; , so foodwatch managing director Bode.
Already in August 2008 foodwatch country wide data over the uranium load of drinking water had published. About each respected that was appropriate for approximately 8200 of the authorities also here conveyed values with over two microgram per litre.

Berlin (ots) – foodwatch: Federal Government must specify legal limit value for drinking and mineral water Many Mineralwässer, among them admitted marks such as S. Pellegrino

Paris (ots/PRNewswire) – Institut Pasteur and the Mérieux Alliance signed a declaration of intent over a long-term research partnership.

The Dortmunder Forschungsinstitut for child nutrition takes part in a study to heavy metal load in child food. This European research project examines, to take up which risk exists for children, with the food of heavy metals, like lead and selenium, and coloring materials with the food. Children possess a smaller body weight and their elimination capacities are still