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GE eucalyptus tree investigation urged

Science Daily

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WASHINGTON, June 14 (UPI) -- Several U.S. environmental groups are

upset concerning a possible link between a pathogenic fungus and

genetically engineered eucalyptus trees.

The organizations want the departments of Health & Human Services,

Agriculture, Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency to

determine if the pathogenic fungal organism Cryptococcus gattii is

present in genetically engineered eucalyptus trees being grown by

ArborGen LLC in Alabama.

The request was made by the Sierra Club, the Global Justice Ecology

Project, The Center for Food Safety, the Dogwood Alliance, and the

Southern Forest Network.

" We know the Cryptococcus gattii pathogen is associated with

eucalyptus trees in other countries and a federal investigation is

urgently needed to fully assess ArborGen's proposed Alabama outdoor

field trials of genetically engineered eucalyptus, " said Neil Carman

of the Sierra Club.

Smolker, a research biologist with the Global Justice Ecology

Project, said " Cryptococcus gattii is considered by the Centers for

Disease Control as an 'emerging infectious disease.' Inhalation of

spores causes respiratory and central nervous system infection

leading to fatal fungal meningitis. "

[Guest guest]

Why did they make genetically engineered eucalyptus tree in the first

place? The normal one wasn't good enough? Have they completely gone

out of their minds?

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> GE eucalyptus tree investigation urged

> Science Daily

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> http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science & article=UPI-1-

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> WASHINGTON, June 14 (UPI) -- Several U.S. environmental groups are

> upset concerning a possible link between a pathogenic fungus and

> genetically engineered eucalyptus trees.

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[Guest guest]

That is what I was thinking, but then I thought of Alba, the green rabbit

that glows in the dark.

They do these things because they then can be patented and sold for high

prices, unlike natural things.

They also make seeds that can self destruct after one generation, so they

can sell new patented seeds every year, rather than have farmers be able to

'grow their own'.

However, sometime thse efforts backfire, when the new genes spread out into

the

'natural' population like they did with corn in Mexico.

On 6/15/07, Branislav <arealis@...> wrote:

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> Why did they make genetically engineered eucalyptus tree in the first

> place? The normal one wasn't good enough? Have they completely gone

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> > WASHINGTON, June 14 (UPI) -- Several U.S. environmental groups are

> > upset concerning a possible link between a pathogenic fungus and

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