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NEWSLETTERS
30 Oct 2008
If you have not sent a submission on AgResearch plans to commercialise GM animals please send an e-mail submission ...before 5pm Friday 31st October to ERMA
Use the format and points below to send an email, or see www.giantexperiment.co.nz
Send email to: submissions@ermanz.govt.nz
Name
Contact details
I ask for the following suite of 4 applications to be declined, and to be notified of hearings
RE: Application GMC07012 to import live animals, sperm, embryos, human and monkey cell-lines, to develop GE animals;
Application GMD08012 for indoor development of GE animals for research, breeding and production;
Application GMF07001 for field tests in outdoor containment;
Application GMD07074 allowing outdoor production
Including cows, buffalo, goats, sheep, pigs, deer, llama, alpaca, horses, rats, mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, possums, chickens, and cell-lines from humans and monkeys.
- AgResearch are ignoring community values and risking New Zealand's reputation by applying to develop and commercialise use of GE animals, indefinitely, at sites around New Zealand
- The public have a right to be concerned about the ethics of using animals, and the harm to New Zealand's brand image.
- The applications are unreasonably ‘general’ and vague. The lack of detail makes case-by case consideration of ethics and economic risks impossible and breaches the HSNO Act.
- Alternative ways exist to produce many pharmaceuticals, which would avoid unethical use of animals.
- There is a risk of creating new diseases. Overseas investors benefit more than the public, as the public is liable for costs of clean-up when things go wrong. There is no commercial insurance, or bond paid by the biotech investors to cover risks.
Email to submissions@ermanz.govt.nz
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