January 14, 2009

Have your say - no to gmo ethanol corn

You have until January 20 to voice your opposition to Syngenta's genetically modified Alpha-Amylase corn. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking public comment on a petition to deregulate corn genetically engineered (GE) to produce a microbial enzyme that facilitates ethanol production. Comments can be submitted on the the Federal eRulemaking portal at www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2007-0016 Click on "Add Comments" to view public comments and related materials available electronically.

see the Kerr Center for more information

2 comments:

Bishops Homegrown said...

Thank you for this link my friend, I too will post it to my blog!

anne said...

Good idea Alan.
I posted a comment on the site today but I don't see it registered. Maybe they ignore the Canadians..although there are only 2 comments for the 14th, so maybe there is a glich.