2014-08-13 | permalink

Scientists and members of social movements have appealed to Pope to get GMOs banned in Brazil

Brazilian scientists and members of social movements have appealed to Pope Francis to join forces in an attempt to persuade the Brazilian government no longer to allow growing and using genetically modified foods and its by-products in Brazil.

In a letter sent to the Vatican late in April, eight researchers from six countries argue that, if international companies are authorized to register manipulation processes or the properties of life forms, like seeds, food security would be threatened and biopiracy encouraged.

The letter includes a commission given by the Via Campesina (the International Peasant's Movement) to scientists involved in social movements and includes a number of initiatives launched by organizations from the civil society, like the petition, drawn up in 2009, that shows over 800 researchers who oppose the genetically modified organisms (GMO).

A copy of the document sent to the pope was delivered to the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil ("CNBB").

• Scientists Appeal to Pope to Get GM Foods Banned in Brazil
• Rubens Nodari
• Wanderlei Pignati
• Paulo Yoshio Kageyama
• Elena Alvarez-Buylla Roces
• Ana Maria Primavesi
• Vandana Shiva
• Andrés Carrasco
• Pat Mooney
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• La Via Campesina : International Peasant Movement