Environmental regulations, which are to prevent a resistance formation with insects, ignore a quarter of the US farmers, which cultivate genetically altered May. This revealed the US environment organization center for Science into the Public Interest (CSPI) in a study. It requested the US environmental protection authority EPA to only then extend the permission of the gene corn plants if the rules are kept.
2008 was bepflanzt 58 per cent of the US corn fields with genetically altered sorts, which a poison of the Bacillus Thuringiensis (Bt-Toxin) produce and thereby certain parasits to repel are. The permission of these corn sorts had been provided by the environmental protection authority with the edition that each farmer in or at the edge of such gene corn fields surfaces with genetic engineering-free corn should bepflanzen. These retreat areas for the harming insects are to prevent that these resistances develop against the Bt-Toxin. In the years 2003 to 2005 kept over 90 per cent of the farmers this edition, in the meantime the number on approximately 75 per cent sank.
The data, which the CSPI quotes, originate from annual Compliance reports, in which the genetic engineering companies communicate to the EPA, to what extent the farmers keep the editions for the resistance management. These data are an alert for the environmental protection authority that the present set of rules does not function, are called it in the study. Therefore the authority must make the readmission of existing sorts dependent on the fact that the editions were kept. Additionally both farmers and seeds suppliers should pay during disregard punishment.

The new Federal Government proved for the first time its genetic engineering-friendly course. Agriculture minister Ilse Aigner was correct with the meeting of EU-Secretaries of Agriculture in Brussels for the permission of the gene corn places MIR604 of the agrochemistry company Syngenta as fodder and food. So far Germany had always contained with such votes.
Also with the voices of Germany the genetic engineering proponents in the Council of Ministers did not achieve few the qualified majority. Now the European Commission in the single-handed attempt can decide and MIR604 shortly will nevertheless permit. Above all the animal feed industry pushes on it. Because again and again Sojalieferungen from the USA with gene corn are polluted. As long as it is not certified, such Sojalieferung may not be introduced to the European Union. The green Bundestag faction accused Aigner with their agreement to the Steigbügelhalterin of the animal feed industry to have made itself.
The minister held against the fact that the European food authority EFSA gene corn had certified the safety. That made the EFSA however also with gene corn MON810, whose cultivation forbade Aigner nevertheless. Besides the EFSA came only recently again into the gossip. The prominent woman employee of the EFSA responsible for genetic engineering permissions changed to the genetic engineering company Syngenta. Friedrich Wilhelm Graefe to Baringdorf of the working group rural agriculture described into taz the new strategy of the government in such a way: To release testing, as far one can go, without to strong protests – and a habituation effect at the people obtain. So that does not enter, the Internet activists calls from Campact to the protest: No to gene corn in Europe.

36 states approximately around the globe announced in the meantime finds of flax seed with genetic impurities. Also in bio Leinsaaten from Canada impurities with the gene flax Triffid were found, how several messages show in the European Union high-speed warning system RASFF.
At the 19.November Taiwan did not announce certified, genetically changed brown bio flax seed from Canada, via Germany in the RASFF . An identical message came already on 12 November from Cyprus. Their high-speed warning number 2009/1515 refers to a first find in Greece on 5 November. However the speech is, not yet from bio in this first message only from brown flax seed via Germany. The backtracing apparent led to the German dealer, because the next message from 11 November lists a load in Germany, those already into 17 European countries driven out was. Cancelling of the commodity concerned control measures intensified by the market, as measures are called. To this find the messages from Cyprus and Taiwan independent of it refer announced to Belgium on 12 November polluted bio Leinssat from Canada. Sweden three days had found before to bio flax seed with Triffid, which had come via Italy into the country.
Impurities are still by far more frequent in conventional flax seeds. So the British supermarket chain Marks&amp had; amp; Spencer at the beginning of November bread with meeting ID flax from the shelves vacate. In North Rhine-Westphalia the offices for investigation at the beginning of announced November that with surface covering controls in 20 by 58 samples traces of the Genkonstrukts Triffid was found.
The Canadian flax seed combination calls the pollution devastatingly. If the Canadian flax seed industry to survive and the legs come wants to be undertaken, must each only conceivable effort, in order to find and eliminate the sources of this pollution. it writes its members. Farmer, in whose harvest impurities were determined, comforts it thereby that it gives less sensitive markets than the European, on which one such portions nearly without anticipated payments sell can. Only such portions would have to be marked and acted separately, in order to cause no damage.

The cultivation of genetically altered soy beans, corn and cotton in the USA brought consumption of pesticides rise to let and numerous resistant weeds out. To this result comes a report, which several environmental’s groups in the USA submitted. Author is the American agrarian expert Charles Benbrook. He had already written 2004 a study to this topic. The developments pointed out therein progressed in the meantime rapidly.
For the study Impacts OF Genetically engine-talk Crops on Pesticide Use: The roofridge Thirteen Years evaluated Benbrook data of the US Ministry Of Agriculture. He came to the result that by the cultivation of the gene plants in these 13 years altogether 383 million US had been inserted pound more at herbicides; those are over 172.000 tons. 64 million were saved by the cultivation of Bt-corn and cotton pound at insecticides. That corresponds to 29,000 Tonnent, whereby the insecticide formed by the plants remains unconsidered. Altogether the cultivation of gene plant is thus responsible to 143,000 tons at pesticide active substances for an increased consumption of 319 million, accumulated so far, pound or in the USA.
The reasons for it are according to Benbrook dramatic increasing of herbicide-resistant weeds as well as the gradual decrease of the pesticide employment on genetic engineering-free managed fields. First weeds resistant to the RoundUp active substance Glyphosat emerged 2000 and in the last years epidemic-like spread, write Benbrook. Today there are nine or more weeds, those altogether millions acres at US pastureland struck. 2.5 acres correspond hectare. The south and the Midwest are particularly concerned. Some the stricken cotton fields were given up. In order to become the weeds invasion gentleman, the farmers either still more Glyphosat would squirt or nor more poisonous herbicides such as Paraquat or 2,4-D would use. In the last two years herbicide consumption grew particularly strongly.
Because the increased poison employment costs much money, the first Soja farmers turn away from the Gentech beans according to Benbrook. The demand of the farmers for conventional soy beans used up the supplies in some Federal States. Universities and regional seeds companies work to close the gap.
In the preface to the study write Margaret Mellon of union OF Concerned Scientists and Mark Retzloff of The Organic center: In their present advertising campaigns the Biotech industry promises to solve the problems of the climate change and nourishing security exactly the same, as it once promised, the pesticide consumption of the agriculture to reduce. Before one accepts gene plants as solution for the new challenges, one should soberly and on the basis available data to examine, what from the earlier announcements became.

Ever more frequently right-wing extremists try to cooperate in genetic engineering-free regions or antigen technique initiatives. The news service genetic engineering arranged to it a dossier genetic engineering and right-wing extremism. It offers a progress report just like concrete drop descriptions and addresses of consulting offers against right-wing extremism.
The classification of the entire Free State of Bavaria as genetic engineering-free zone demanded the Bavarian NPD in its electioneering program. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania the NPD parliamentary group protested against the enslavement of the farmers by Monsanto. In the right-wing extremist high polish magazine Umwelt& amp; The fight against the green genetic engineering actively takes likewise a prominent place.
This turn about genetic engineering does not only reflect itself NPD tactics, on problem situations with large emotional to focus plakativen and polarize-mixed potential writes Susanne Theilmann and Sebastian Striegel in their progress report Nazis in the corn field. The NPD encourages here also one characteristic ideological tradition under new signs. Homeland security, forest and nature protection, healthy nutrition, animal protection and biological agriculture were already topics and goals of the environmental policy of the NSDAP.
For their genetic engineering activities the right-wing extremists would avail themselves of other groups or scientific institutes predominantly from freely accessible material, determine the report. Those are then enriched with blood and ground ideology. At the same time the Nazis engage themselves in groups of interests and initiatives to local problems, under initial avoidance of ideological losses. The bio farmer Helmut Ernst coordinated two years long the initiative for a genetic engineering-free region fog/Krakow. Only then it became admits that it was NPD member and he withdrew himself due to protests from this function.
Particularly disorganized rights are often inconspicuous, regular customer in the bio shop and maintained a lasting lifestyle, are called it in the progress report. Whole obviously abstruse announcements are smiled at best or ignored. If this is facilitated by the broad spectrum within the Öko Szene’, into likewise utopian esoterische currents, however without contempting for human beings motives, are represented.
The two authors recommend more sensitivity in relation to such infiltration attempts and encourage to leave themselves if necessary advised and to accept the argument within local groupings: Where genetic engineering-free drauf also in the future no Nazis stand, should in it be.

Already in April into force the stepped European Union finished packing regulation leads with many manufacturers to Mogeleien, which accept always dreistere courses opposite the consumers. Although the price remains the same, packing contents sink. Now Hamburg consumer protection also with Schokoriegeln, Frischkäse and fish filets unmasked covered price increases. Brussels goals of loosening European-wide strict packing regulations for articles of the daily use and thus the freedom of the consumers of strengthening, seems frequently however missed.
No individual cases
The fact that the consumer protection of the consumer otherwise high-praised remains with the regulation on the distance shows up particularly with view of the food manufacturer Iglo, that the fish portion with its & Feasting he filet à la Bordelaise& from 70 to 52 per cent reduced. The price remained however the same. Consumer protections see therein a clear price increase, which is noticeable to the consumer only on the second view. Like the NDR magazine & Markt& in its new expenditure reported, is this no individual case.

Smaller packings, same price
& The packing of a product is made smaller, the price remains directly & #8211; that is for some months a long-lasting phenomenon in our Leserpost& , Veronika says emperor, boss of the service of the Austrian test magazine consumer. After the specialized woman the consumers would not only refund report on covered price increases. Also many turn in the meantime also directly to the enterprises concerned and convey their reactions. & An indication that the Austrians became here more critical and also more committed. They are annoyed not only, but protested also with the Firmen& , so emperors.
Those Hamburg consumer protection however referring on it that many customers know about the circumstance of smaller packing contents, these could not be determined however particularly with products such as Mars or Milky Way at first attempt. Also with Corny free are only six instead of ten Müsliriegel in the packing, in addition the bolts became smaller. The price sank, but not in the extent like it would have had to be reduced in the relationship. Under the line the NDR calculated a price increase of approximately 34 per cent. The manufacturers refer however to customer’s requests.
Alleged customer’s requests determine contents
The foodstuffs industry knows itself to defend meanwhile. Corny manufacturer Schwartau points out that the households in the Federal Republic become smaller for years ever and statistically seen ever more unmarried one and pairs gift and smaller units would correspond better to the consumer interest. Likewise the argumentation of Iglo. Customers would have expressed themselves for more Panade, as & representative Konsumententests& would have resulted in. On the other hand searches show that the fish for the processing in reality became more expensive.

The again created team of experts Testbiotech wants to look the European Union food authority EFSA more exactly on the fingers. Because supply the basis for the permission to their appraisals with that of genetically changed organisms (GVO) in the European Union. Environmental and bio federations criticize since the long uncritical and genetic engineering-friendly function of the institute. A reform of the EFSA and the procedure of admission stands for two years on the agenda of the European Union member states. With a monthly English-language newsletter named EFSA Watch wants Testbiotech in the future the work of the EU department to accompany critical.
The first expenditure takes too genetically changed corn sorts of the companies Monsanto (MON89034xNK603) and Syngenta (Bt11xGA21) to two appraisals of the EFSA under the magnifying glass. With both products it acts around so-called stacked events. That means that in this corn hybrids different genetic Konstrukte is combined. Thus they produce on the one hand in or several insect poisons (BtToxin) and contain on the other hand tolerances opposite of herbicides. The EFSA recommends to release the two corn sorts to the use in life and animal feeds.
Testbiotech criticizes that the responsible EFSA committee, which supports itself GMO panel, particularly on the already existing Risikoabschätzungen of the genetically changed plants, which serve as output products for the hybrids. This argumentation is scientifically doubtful, since it to a large extent ignores unexpected reciprocal effects between the artificial genes and its products. Special feeding attempts with MON89034 x NK603 or Bt11xGA21 were not undertaken. Besides already give it at the risk evaluation of the individual plants, substantial doubts. Thus herbicide-tolerant corn NK603 showed different statistically significant remarkablenesses in the feeding attempt with rats.
Testbiotech registered association was created 2008 of a group of critical experts, in order to promote independent research and the social debate over the effects of the biotechnology. The association understands themselves as a kind competence centre and Institut for independent risk and Begleitforschung. Members are under other Christian OF Then, genetic engineering Campaigner of many years of Greenpeace, Christof Potthof of the gene-ethical network and the Biologin Antje Lorch, which advises since years environment organizations to the Agro genetic engineering.

Several federations arranged, which would have to be considered everything, to set up in order a meaningful and holistic cost use calculation for the green genetic engineering. The list of questions is to help the Federal Government to settle their homework. Because in the future also such socio-economic criteria are to be considered during the permission of genetically changed organisms (GVO).
This had decided end of 2008 the advice of the European Union secretaries of the environment. The Ministers asked to catch up and exchange at that time the European Union member states on until January 2010 relevant information to the socio-economic effects of the Inverkehrbringens of GVO including the socio-economic use and the socio-economic risks as well as the agronomischen lastingness. Until June 2010 is to then report the European Commission on the basis the information delivered by the member states to the European parliament and the Council of Ministers.
Happened since then – not only in Germany – little. Therefore the genetic engineering-critical federations could be arranged from Institut work and economics of the University of Bremen proposals to the collection of socio-economic factors in Germany. Came out a catalog, which queries purposefully, as for example GV-plants affect the example of a lasting development or the cultivation for the food production or the tourism in a region has which consequences. With the topic social use is queried whether GV-plants create new possibilities of employment or displacing and which concrete use these plants bring small firms at all. The catalog of criteria deals in detail with the various costs, which result to the genetic engineering-free agriculture and the food manufacturers from the necessary protection devices against impurities and the analyses. Also the costs of cases of contamination like the gene rice scandal would have to be included into such a calculation. Listed such costs in the spring 2009 the federation ecological food economy in its to damage report genetic engineering.
Economical effects and social risks taken into consideration, then could harm the wide cultivation of genetically changed plants humans and the economy more than use, says Olaf Tschimpke, president of the nature protection federation Germany (NABU). The consequences of the genetic engineering employment were faded out to a large extent in Germany and most European Union countries.

The European Commission has the gene corn sorts MON88017 and MON89034 von Monsanto as well as pion he corn 59122xNK603 certified. All three kinds are immune to certain parasits. The permission took place for the import as fodder and food, a cultivation is not planned. With its resolution the commission facilitates primarily the import of animal feeds from the USA.
The European Commission could decide independently on the permission, after the vote of the EU-Secreatries of Agriculture ended on 19 October in a Patt. That the resolution fell so fast, a reaction on urge the animal feed industry might be and the large farmer’s associations. The three gene corn sorts are already cultivated in the USA. With samples the authorities in some cases discovered MON88017 in Sojalieferungen from the USA, which thereupon were sent back. The animal feed industry used these few cases, in order to warn of a threatening animal feed scarceness and to place the zero-tolerance principle in the European Union genetic engineering right in question.
This principle means that genetically changed organisms (GVO), which no European Union permission have also not in circulation be brought may. If they are discovered nevertheless in life or animal feeds, the polluted products must be taken immediately by the market. That concerned last with GVO polluted flax seed from Canada, occurs however more frequently in the case of animal feed supplies from the USA. Because in the USA new corn and Sojalinien are fast approved and cultivated, while in the European Union the security of the new GVO is longer examined far more thoroughly and therefore. With a postcard action the German farmer’s association makes at present mobile against the zero-tolerance principle. Also after the permission of the three gene corn sorts further gene corn lines and six Gensojasorten still wait for their permission for the import than fodder and food over a dozen.
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