Ang kommentar vedr. mennesker der er døde af fødevareforgiftning i tyskland, hold det op imod denne mail der er sendt til fødevareudvalget. GMO- produktion er skyld i aborter og misdannelser hos mennesker!

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Til Udvalget for fødevarer, landbrug og fiskeri
 
Disse udklip må vække interessen for at få Roundup re-godkendt eller skrottet. Roundup er godkendt i 2009 og  skal godkendes igen i 2019, folketinget kan kræve at få godkendelsen revurderet  straks , og det vil indtil ny godkendelse evt. måtte foreligge, være muligt at forbyde brug af Roundup til nedvisning før høst.
 
Det virker forkasteligt, at Roundup er tilladt til specielt nedvisning, da det er en direkte indgang til fødekæden. Og al snak om GMO RR afgrøder i Danmark bør stoppe med dette indsendte materiale. Der omhandler GMO-dyrkning, Roundup og forbinder dette med misdannelser hos nyfødte og aborter hos kvinder, der er faldet dom i Santa Fe provinsen i Argentina, der forbyder Roundup og andre agrokemikalier udsprøjtet i nærheden af beboede områder, grundet den høje frekvens af aborter og misdannede børn, som forskere forbinder med brugen af specielt roundup, denne dom vil sandsynligvis danne præcedens. 
 
 Jeg har d.08.05.11 talt med Landbrugsministeren pr tlf. I samtalen roste jeg landbrugsministeren efter han havde nævnt for mig, at hans holdning til GMO afgrøder er, at herbicidresistente sorter ingen fremtid har i Danmark
 
 
 
Der er allerede lig på bordet, der er i det følgende gjort udførligt rede for hvordan godkendelserne er i dag, og hvilke huller kemiindustrien benytter sig af for at få deres midler godkendt, selvom der er konstateret skadelige effekter
 
Fra side 27 i første link.
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A report commissioned by the provincialgovernment of Chaco, Argentina, analyzedhealth statistics in the town of La Leonesa andother areas where soy and rice crops are heavilysprayed. Te report found that the rate of birthdefects increased nearly fourfold over the entirestate of Chaco in only a decade, coincidingwith the expansion of the agricultural frontierinto the province and the corresponding risein agrochemical use. Te report mentionedglyphosate as one of several agrochemicals thatwere causing problems. It noted that complaintsfrom sprayed residents centred on “transgeniccrops, which require aerial and ground spraying(dusting) with agrochemicals”.
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BVL dismisses newspaper reports of birthdefects and other severe health problems insprayed areas by saying “to our knowledge,there is no scientifc confrmation of thesereports so far”. BVL fails to mention that someof these newspaper reports mention localepidemiological studies conducted by doctorsand scientists showing an escalation in birthdefects.
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Carrasco also refers to clinicalobservations in his study.
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Te fact that thesesmall studies have not been translated intoEnglish or published in a scientifc journal isno excuse for BVL to pretend that they do notexist. Tis is particularly true as BVL’s reporton Carrasco’s study relies for its assurances of glyphosate’s safety on unpublished, non-peer-reviewed industry studies.
 
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In March 2010, just months after the release of Carrasco’s fndings, a court in Santa Fe provincein Argentina banned the spraying of glyphosateand other agrochemicals near populated areas.Te court found that farmers “have beenindiscriminately using agrochemicals suchas glyphosate, applied in open violation of existing laws [causing] severe damage to theenvironment and to the health and qualityof life of the residents”. While the decision islimited to the area around San Jorge, othercourts are likely to follow suit if residents seeksimilar court action.
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An epidemiological study in Ontario, Canadafound high levels of premature births andmiscarriages in female members of farmingfamilies that used pesticides, includingglyphosate.
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NOTE: The new report is available here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/57277946/RoundupandBirthDefectsv5
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*Public kept in the dark on Roundup link with birth defects
*Industry knew since 1980s, regulators since 1990s
Earth Open Source
Press release for immediate release, 7 June 2011
Contact: claire.robinson@earthopensource.org  

Industry and EU regulators knew as long ago as the 1980s-1990s that Roundup, the world's best selling herbicide, causes birth defects – but they failed to inform the public. This is the conclusion of a new report, "Roundup and birth defects: Is the public being kept in the dark?" co-authored by a group of international scientists and researchers and released today.[1]

The report reveals that industry's own studies (including one commissioned by Monsanto) showed as long ago as the 1980s that Roundup's active ingredient glyphosate causes birth defects in laboratory animals.

The German government has known about these findings since at least the 1990s, when as the "rapporteur" member state for glyphosate, it reviewed industry's studies for the EU approval of the herbicide. The European Commission has known since at least 2002, when it signed off on glyphosate's approval.

But this information was not made public. On the contrary, regulators have consistently misled the public about glyphosate's safety. As recently as last year, the German Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety, BVL, told the Commission there was "no evidence of teratogenicity" (ability to cause birth defects) for glyphosate.

BVL made this comment in its rebuttal[2] of an independent scientific study published last year by Argentine scientists. The study showed that Roundup and glyphosate cause birth defects in frogs and chickens at concentrations much lower than those used in agricultural spraying.[3] The study was prompted by reports of high rates of birth defects and cancers in areas of South America growing genetically modified (GM) Roundup Ready soy, which is engineered to tolerate being sprayed liberally with glyphosate herbicide.

In its rebuttal of the Argentine study, BVL cited as proof of glyphosate's safety the industry studies submitted for the Commission's 2002 approval of glyphosate (the approval that is currently in force).

But the authors of the new report obtained the approval documents and found that contrary to BVL's claim, industry's own studies, conducted in the 1980s and 1990s, showed that glyphosate/Roundup causes birth defects in experimental animals. In some cases, these effects occurred at low doses.

The German authorities and the EU Commission's ECCO expert review panel[4] whitewashed the findings and the Commission approved the herbicide.

Claire Robinson, a co-author of the new report and spokesperson for the sustainability NGO Earth Open Source, which published it, said, "This looks like a thirty-year cover-up by industry and regulators and it has certainly placed the public at risk. Roundup is used not only by farmers but by home gardeners and in school grounds and other public areas, in part because of false marketing claims that it is safe."

Commission delays review of glyphosate

A new, more stringent pesticide regulation comes into force in the EU this June. An objective review of glyphosate under this new regulation would almost certainly result in a ban. This is because under the regulation, independent studies have to be taken into consideration. Many of these studies, summarised in the new report, show that glyphosate and Roundup cause birth defects, cancer, genetic damage, endocrine disruption, and other serious effects, often at very low doses.

Glyphosate was due to be reviewed in 2012. But late last year, the Commission quietly passed a directive delaying the review of glyphosate and 38 other pesticides until 2015.[5]

Moreover, in 2015, glyphosate will be reviewed under lax, outdated standards. This is because the Commission has failed to complete the data requirements (the tests that industry has to do) for the new regulation in time for industry to do the new tests. So glyphosate will likely sail through its 2015 review and will not be reviewed under up-to-date, more stringent data requirements for another 15 years, in 2030.[6]

Claire Robinson said, "Glyphosate could get a free regulatory ride until 2030, at a time when biotech companies are pressuring the EU for permission to cultivate glyphosate-tolerant GM seeds in Europe. This would lead to a huge increase in the use of glyphosate in Europe, as has happened in North and South America. The beneficiary of the Commission's delay will be the pesticide industry; the victim will be public health.

"The Commission must cancel the delay and conduct an immediate review of glyphosate and Roundup, taking into consideration the independent scientific literature. In the meantime, it must apply the precautionary principle and withdraw the herbicide from use in Europe until the review has been completed."

ENDS

References

1. Antoniou, M., Habib, M., Howard, C.V., Jennings, R.C., Leifert, C., Nodari, R. O., Robinson, C., Fagan, J. 2011. Roundup and birth defects: Is the public being kept in the dark? Earth Open Source. June. http://www.scribd.com/doc/57277946/RoundupandBirthDefectsv5

2. BVL, Germany. 2010. Glyphosate – Comments from Germany on the paper by Paganelli, A. et al. (2010): "Glyphosate-based Herbicides Produce Teratogenic Effects on Vertebrates by Impairing Retinoic Acid Signaling". October 19. http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/File:BVL2010.comments.Paganelli.pdf

3. Paganelli, A., Gnazzo, V. et al. 2010. Glyphosate-based herbicides produce teratogenic effects on vertebrates by impairing retinoic acid signaling. Chem Res Toxicol 23(10): 1586–1595.

4. This review role is now performed by the EFSA's PPR Panel.

5. European Commission. 2010. Commission Directive 2010/77/EU of 10 November 2010 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards the expiry dates for inclusion in Annex I of certain active substances. OJ L 230, 19.8.1991.

6. The detailed reasons for this delay are explained in the new report. Details as above.

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