Hello,
i have not followed this closely, but it was certainly not only Greenpeace
the one who campaigned against GMOs. Basically there is NO environmental
organization that is not involved in this campaign.
Maria-Stella
> You know, John, I never said Greenpeace doesn't or didn't do good things. My
> point was that if the motive for getting involved in GMO stuff is to recruit
> more members it really doesn't matter if GMO is good, bad, or indifferent.
> The motive is tainted; you can't say the end justifies the means if the end,
> in this case, is financial. I'm a bit surprised at you, in fact. You are the
> one on this list to constantly question the motives of corporations involved
> with environmental protection. It seems, to me, that Greenpeace has merely
> become another corporation, their product is environmental protest and their
> goals are fiscal, not environmental. Please, no more lists of good deeds, I
> gave money to Greenpeace for years and had all of the publications listing
> their achievements. I'm more interested in your response to the effort to
> recruit more members as the motivation to take on GMO.
> sb
>
>
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> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 2:23 PM
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> Subject: RE: Greenpeace USA Struggles in Anti-GMO Campaign
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>
> Steve Bissell writes:
> >I've been suspicious of Greenpeace for years, this sort of confirms it.
>
> Greenpeace did a tremendous amount of work in publishing a document of data
> and information on clhorinated hydrocarbons such TCDD, etc., emitted in pulp
> mill effluents. They published this information in "No Margin of Safety"
> authored by Paul Merrill, lawyer and co-author of "Bitter Fog". This
> document published data taken by the USEPA and corporations regarding toxic
> chlorinated hydrocarbons. This data was suppressed by industry and
> government for years, but was finally leaked to Greenpeace. It caused a
> revolution in the technology of pulping in the developed world. The cost to
> industry in BC for instance to reduce AOX compounds in effluent is estimated
> to be well over $1 billion. The benefits will be inestimable since there
> were many area closures for the shellfish industry.
>
> Greenpeace is very actively involved in the preservation of the Clayouquot
> Sound area which has been designated as a World Biosphere Reserve.
> Greenpeace is also very active working to preserve the Great Bear Rainforest
> which is the largest unlogged ancient temperate rainforest in the world.
>
> Greenpeace is working actively on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals as well.
> Greenpeace was instrumental in having the pulp and paper industry reduce and
> eliminate the productio of chlorinated compounds (AOX) from the pulp
> process. They hired a Chemist who was an expert on chlorinated compounds
> from pulp mills. She had a PhD in Chemistry and spoke at many public
> meetings.
>
> Greenpeace is active also in the discussion of policies regarding GMOs.
>
> This household donates money to Greenpeace. If they did not have funds, then
> much of the rainforests of the world would be further threatened.
>
> Greenpeace has been very active in the US informing about the dangers of
> phthalates in toys, and other products. They carried out their own testing
> to confirm that some toys contained phthalates for instance.
>
> john foster
>
>
> "When an idea is new, it is seen as crazy. This is followed by a period in
> which it is viewed as dangerous. After this, there is a period of
> uncertainty. In the end, you can't find anyone who disagreed with it in the
> first place".
>
> Stephen J. Gould
>
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