[Ngo-sanrm] PRESS ADVISORY -- March Against Monsanto

Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Working Group ngo-sanrm at ngocentre.org.vn
Fri May 23 09:41:00 ICT 2014


I am not aware of any activity or action planned in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh
City, or other place in Vietnam in connection with the international "March
Against Monanto" scheduled for Saturday.

Does anyone have any other information?

CHUCK

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March Against Monsanto
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May 24, 2014 'March Against Monsanto' planned for over 50 countries
INTERNATIONAL (May 24, 2014) - On May 24, millions of activists from around
the world will once again March Against Monsanto, calling for the permanent
boycott of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and other harmful
agro-chemicals. Currently, marches will occur on six continents, in 52
countries,with events in over 400 cities. In the US, solidarity marches are
slated to occur in 47 states.  A comprehensive list of marches can be
accessed at www.march-against-monsanto.com.

Tami Monroe Canal, founder of March Against Monsanto (MAM), was inspired to
start the movement to protect her two daughters. "Monsanto's predatory
business and corporate agricultural practices threatens their generation's
health, fertility and longevity. MAM supports a sustainable food production
system. We must act now to stop GMOs and harmful pesticides."

GMOs are not adequately monitored to ensure public safety. Long term,
independent, peer reviewed studies were not conducted before GMOs were
introduced for human or animal consumption. In the USA, the revolving door
between Monsanto employees, government positions, and regulatory
authorities has led to key Monsanto figures occupying positions of power at
the FDA and EPA. Monsanto has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to
obstruct all labeling attempts; they also suppress any research containing
results not in their favor. The scientifically established health risks
include, but are not limited to: organ damage, sterility, infant mortality,
birth defects, auto-immune conditions, allergies and increased cancer
risks. GMOs have been partially banned by Austria, Bulgaria, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Madeira, New Zealand, Peru,
South America, Russia, France, Switzerland and Costa Rico, and are
currently labelled in 62 countries. Despite this, factory farm animals
throughout the world are still fed GMOs.

Kelly L. Derricks<http://covvha.net/children-of-vietnam-veterans-health-alliance-surviving-agent-orange-and-dioxin-exposures/#.U3PYyCgUxqc>
started
March Against Monsanto's Agent Orange awareness program, educating
supporters on the deadly chemical weapon that Monsanto was the largest
manufacturer of during the Vietnam War era. Kelly is the president and
co-founder of the non-profit, Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance
(COVVHA). The organization fights internationally for the children exposed
to Agent Orange through generational exposure that is killing tens of
thousands with no recognition from the United States Government.  She is
quoted saying, "If we fail to realize that March Against Monsanto is not
about GMOs alone, then we have already lost the battle."

Josh Castro, organizer for Quito, Ecuador's march observes, "Ecuador is
such a beautiful place, with the richest biodiversity in the world. We will
not allow this Garden of Eden to be compromised by the destructive
practices of multinational corporations like Monsanto. Biotechnology is not
the solution to world hunger. Agroecology is. Monsanto's harmful practices
are causing soil infertility, mono-cropping, loss of biodiversity, habitat
destruction, and contributing to beehive collapse. GMO crops cross
pollinate with traditional crops, risking peasant farmers' livelihood."

In India, more than 250,000 farmers have committed suicide after Monsanto's
Bt cotton seeds did not perform as promised.  Farmers, left in desperate
poverty, are opting to free their families of debt by drinking Monsanto
pesticide, thereby ending their lives. Many farmers in other countries are
also stripped of their livelihood as a result of false promises, seed
patenting and meticulous legal action on the part of Monsanto and other
big-ag interests. In many parts of Africa, farmers and their communities
are left to choose between starving or eating GMOs.

An "Open Letter from World Scientists to All Governments Concerning
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)," http://www.i-sis.org.uk/list.php,
signed by 828 scientists from 84 countries, detailed concern regarding GMOs
coupled with a call for immediate 5 year suspension of GMO crops in order
to conduct "a comprehensive public enquiry of agriculture and food security
for all."

Supporting links:

The World according to Monsanto
http://tinyurl.com/mxvd3tx
Total Disinformation Awareness: Monsanto Suppresses Research On GMO Crops
http://bit.ly/1351Fal
Anniversary of a Whistle blowing Hero
http://huff.to/9NJ0lp
GMO Scandal: The Long Term Effects of Genetically Modified Food on Humans
http://bit.ly/11RB8wL

Data Pool of MAM:
http://on.fb.me/17bX7QP
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