202-547-9429

**Yvonne Tasker-Rothenberg**

5211 Hook Circle , Jamesville, NY 13078

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Yvonne Tasker-Rothenberg

5211 Hook Circle

Jamesville, NY 13078

202-547-9429

**Barbara Hannelore**

47 Amador , Goleta, CA 93117

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Barbara Hannelore

47 Amador

Goleta, CA 93117

202-547-9429

**Norma J F Harrison**

1312 Cornell , Berkeley, CA 94702

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Norma J F Harrison

1312 Cornell

Berkeley, CA 94702

202-547-9429

**Eric Michielssen**

2310 Clark Valley Rd. , Los Osos, CA 93402

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Eric Michielssen

2310 Clark Valley Rd.

Los Osos, CA 93402

202-547-9429

**Lori Ann Burd**

3051 SE Belmont #4 , Portland, OR 97214

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Lori Ann Burd

3051 SE Belmont #4

Portland, OR 97214

202-547-9429

**Larry Wood**

405 Landis Circle , Auburn, CA 95603

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Larry Wood

405 Landis Circle

Auburn, CA 95603

202-547-9429

**Ruth Lanton**

15 Mitchell Ave , Plainview, NY 11803

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Ruth Lanton

15 Mitchell Ave

Plainview, NY 11803

202-547-9429

**Robert and Joan Ross**

P.O. Box 454 36 Madison Avenue East, New Baltimore, NY 121240454

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Robert and Joan Ross

P.O. Box 454

36 Madison Avenue East

New Baltimore, NY 12124-0454

202-547-9429

**Sister Carol Boschert**

204 N. Main , O\'Fallon, MO 633662203

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sister Carol Boschert

204 N. Main

O\'Fallon, MO 63366-2203

202-547-9429

**susan nowak**

1390 veteran , los angeles, CA 90024

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

susan nowak

1390 veteran

los angeles, CA 90024

202-547-9429

**Gonzalo Duran**

1116 Palms Blvd , Venice, CA 902913525

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Gonzalo Duran

1116 Palms Blvd

Venice, CA 90291-3525

202-547-9429

**Anne Louise Parry**

7425 Pelican Bay Blvd , Naples, FL 34108

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Anne Louise Parry

7425 Pelican Bay Blvd

Naples, FL 34108

202-547-9429

**Liane Casten**

1030 Asbury Ave. , Evanston, IL 60202

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Liane Casten

1030 Asbury Ave.

Evanston, IL 60202

202-547-9429

**Paul Wilkins**

2303 Cedros Cir , Santa Fe, NM 875055252

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Paul Wilkins

2303 Cedros Cir

Santa Fe, NM 87505-5252

202-547-9429

**Margaret Weston**

6810 Deatonhill #303 , Austin, TX 78745

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Who will be responsible for mistakes, contamination, and redress? This
technology is too dangerous to turn loose in the environment.

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat.

Contamination poses potentially serious risks to human health and
threatens farmers who may be held liable for contamination. Experience
shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology companies can be trusted
to prevent contamination, nor to take responsibility for the
consequences!

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Margaret Weston

6810 Deatonhill #303

Austin, TX 78745

202-547-9429

**William Douglas**

10100 Roe Avenue , Overland Park, KS 66207

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

You have no right to contaminate my state with irresponsible science
that creates life forms that can never be re-called, no matter what
unforseen damage they may cause to our environment.

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

William Douglas

10100 Roe Avenue

Overland Park, KS 66207

202-547-9429

**Kathy Robles**

59 Seafoam Avenue , Winfield Park, NJ 07036

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Kathy Robles

59 Seafoam Avenue

Winfield Park, NJ 07036

202-547-9429

**Cynthia Carroll**

2570 Coventry Road , Shaker Heights, OH 441201304

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Cynthia Carroll

2570 Coventry Road

Shaker Heights, OH 44120-1304

202-547-9429

**Art Hanson**

1815 Briarwood Dr. , Lansing, MI 48917-1773

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Art Hanson

1815 Briarwood Dr.

Lansing, MI 48917-1773

202-547-9429

**Abhi Sachdev**

2221 Historic Decatur Road #62, San Diego, CA 92106

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Abhi Sachdev

2221 Historic Decatur Road

#62

San Diego, CA 92106

202-547-9429

**Steven Taormina**

1401 Pearl Street , Boulder, CO 80302

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Steven Taormina

1401 Pearl Street

Boulder, CO 80302

202-547-9429

**Elizabeth Watkins**

6712 Granada Rd. , Prairie Village, KS 66208

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Watkins

6712 Granada Rd.

Prairie Village, KS 66208

202-547-9429

**Kurt Kiebler**

9816 Outlook Dr. , Shawnee Mission, KS 66207

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Kurt Kiebler

9816 Outlook Dr.

Shawnee Mission, KS 66207

202-547-9429

**Michael Murphy**

203 W 38th St , Kansas City, MO 64111

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Michael Murphy

203 W 38th St

Kansas City, MO 64111

202-547-9429

**Merle Hayward**

1574 Wailuku Drive , Hilo, HI 96720

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Merle Hayward

1574 Wailuku Drive

Hilo, HI 96720

202-547-9429

**Amy Agigian**

33 Corinthian Rd , Somerville, MA 021441823

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Amy Agigian

33 Corinthian Rd

Somerville, MA 02144-1823

202-547-9429

**Yoni Silberman**

PO Box 880010 , Pukalani, HI 967880010

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Yoni Silberman

PO Box 880010

Pukalani, HI 96788-0010

202-547-9429

**Mary Mclean**

P.O. Box 413 , Telluride, CO 81435

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

It has been proven that pharmaceutical and industrial food crops WILL
contaminate the food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in
tornado-prone Kansas, where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds
into neighboring fields of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses
SERIOUS risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held
liable for contamination. NEITHER the USDA nor biotechnology companies
can be trusted to prevent contamination. In fact, the USDA is not likely
to be trusted at all if these are the sorts of things it promotes.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the FRAGILE US rice market, and ENDANGER the health of the public.

I DEMAND that the USDA deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Mary Mclean

P.O. Box 413

Telluride, CO 81435

202-547-9429

**Terry Huey**

P.O. Box 22253 , Lexington, KY 405222253

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Terry Huey

P.O. Box 22253

Lexington, KY 40522-2253

202-547-9429

**Stefano Monti**

25 Atherton St. #24 , Somerville, MA 02143

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Stefano Monti

25 Atherton St. #24

Somerville, MA 02143

202-547-9429

**Jenny Leistikow**

171-B Hawaiiana Street , Kapaa, HI 96746

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jenny Leistikow

171-B Hawaiiana Street

Kapaa, HI 96746

202-547-9429

**Andrea Pike**

16120 Park Place , Bow, WA 98232

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Andrea Pike

16120 Park Place

Bow, WA 98232

202-547-9429

**Pat Blackwell**

1124 Red Coat Drive , Charlotte, NC 28211-4744

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Pat Blackwell

1124 Red Coat Drive

Charlotte, NC 28211-4744

202-547-9429

**Julie Glur**

1412 S. 28th Street, #10 , Arlington, VA 22206

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Julie Glur

1412 S. 28th Street, #10

Arlington, VA 22206

202-547-9429

**William Blackwell**

1124 Red Coat Drive , Charlotte, NC 28211-4744

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

William Blackwell

1124 Red Coat Drive

Charlotte, NC 28211-4744

202-547-9429

**Deborah Press**

9 Sedgwick Lane , Rockville, MD 20852

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Deborah Press

9 Sedgwick Lane

Rockville, MD 20852

202-547-9429

**Tammi Joy Parsons**

6986 County Road 8 NE , Kandiyohi, MN 56251

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Tammi Joy Parsons

6986 County Road 8 NE

Kandiyohi, MN 56251

202-547-9429

**Karen Eble**

58 Lee Lynn Lane , Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

Other crops have also been contaminated with GE material. Enough is
enough!!!

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Karen Eble

58 Lee Lynn Lane

Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006

202-547-9429

**Dan Golembeski**

627 Michigan St , Petoskey, MI 49770

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Dan Golembeski

627 Michigan St

Petoskey, MI 49770

202-547-9429

**Jennifer Christensen**

10611 20th Ave S , Seattle, WA 98168

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Christensen

10611 20th Ave S

Seattle, WA 98168

202-547-9429

**Lucy Nerus**

14343 Addison street apt 324, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Lucy Nerus

14343 Addison street

apt 324

Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

202-547-9429

**Theresa Tober**

1000 East Divide Avenue , Bismarck, ND 58506

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Theresa Tober

1000 East Divide Avenue

Bismarck, ND 58506

202-547-9429

**Marieken Volz**

179 Grove Street , Rutland, VT 05701

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Marieken Volz

179 Grove Street

Rutland, VT 05701

202-547-9429

**Scott Haas**

17980 SW Johnson St Unit F, Beaverton, OR 97006

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Scott Haas

17980 SW Johnson St

Unit F

Beaverton, OR 97006

202-547-9429

**Dave Jordan**

47 Franklin , Northlake, IL 60164

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Dave Jordan

47 Franklin

Northlake, IL 60164

202-547-9429

**Michael Glynn, ND**

321-8 Spring St. , Red Bank, NJ 07701

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Michael Glynn, ND

321-8 Spring St.

Red Bank, NJ 07701

202-547-9429

**Anthony Stapleton**

63 Sweet Briar Grove Edmonton, London, N9 9LU United Kingdom

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Anthony Stapleton

63 Sweet Briar Grove

Edmonton

London N9 9LU

202-547-9429

**T Hart**

, ,

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

T Hart

202-547-9429

**Robert Zai**

89 Lumley Ave. , Ft. Thomas, KY 41075

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Robert Zai

89 Lumley Ave.

Ft. Thomas, KY 41075

202-547-9429

**Vincent L**

129 reserve circle 109 , oviedo, FL 32765

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to irreversibly
contaminate the food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in
tornado-prone Kansas, where the winds could easily blow pharma rice
seeds into neighboring fields of corn, soybeans, or wheat. This
contamination poses VERY, VERY serious risks to human health and
threatens farmers who may be held liable for contamination. Experience
shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology companies can be trusted
to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I strongly urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for
outdoor production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to
institute a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Vincent L

129 reserve circle 109

oviedo, FL 32765

202-547-9429

**Judy Poe**

2900 kanuga road , Hendersonville, NC 28739

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Judy Poe

2900 kanuga road

Hendersonville, NC 28739

202-547-9429

**Laurel Wright**

3671 S. 2140 E. , Salt Lake City, UT 84109

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Laurel Wright

3671 S. 2140 E.

Salt Lake City, UT 84109

202-547-9429

**Deva Hauber**

, ,

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Deva Hauber

202-547-9429

**Concetta Cantelmo**

61 Clinton Ave , Budd Lake, NJ 078283119

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Concetta Cantelmo

61 Clinton Ave

Budd Lake, NJ 07828-3119

202-547-9429

**James Facette**

3140 Waialae Ave #323 , Honolulu, HI 96816

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

James Facette

3140 Waialae Ave #323

Honolulu, HI 96816

202-547-9429

**Les Dethlefsen**

10141 A Pasadena Ave. , Cupertino, CA 95014

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Les Dethlefsen

10141 A Pasadena Ave.

Cupertino, CA 95014

202-547-9429

**Mary K. Lassich**

768-B W. Pine St. , Bishop, CA 93514

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Mary K. Lassich

768-B W. Pine St.

Bishop, CA 93514

202-547-9429

**Patty Metz**

One Scenic Dr. Apt. 1101, Highlands, NJ 07732

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Patty Metz

One Scenic Dr.

Apt. 1101

Highlands, NJ 07732

202-547-9429

**Rebecca Tippens**

68 Van Nuys Rd , Colrain, MA 01340

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Rebecca Tippens

68 Van Nuys Rd

Colrain, MA 01340

202-547-9429

**Anita Soper**

16420 300 th Ave. , Gettysburg, SD 574428629

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Anita Soper

16420 300 th Ave.

Gettysburg, SD 57442-8629

202-547-9429

**gail kaiser**

5145 ashton pines lane , sarasota, FL 34231

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

gail kaiser

5145 ashton pines lane

sarasota, FL 34231

202-547-9429

**vitold kobisz**

6167 s. crawford , mt. pleasant, MI 48858

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

vitold kobisz

6167 s. crawford

mt. pleasant, MI 48858

202-547-9429

**Alfred S. Fuller**

2712 Sol Y Luz Loop , Santa Fe, NM 87505

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Alfred S. Fuller

2712 Sol Y Luz Loop

Santa Fe, NM 87505

202-547-9429

**Scott Stollenwerk**

2140 Madison st , la Crosse, WI 54601

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Scott Stollenwerk

2140 Madison st

la Crosse, WI 54601

202-547-9429

**Patricia Farrelly**

24 locust ave, Apt. 17 , Islip, NY 11751

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Patricia Farrelly

24 locust ave, Apt. 17

Islip, NY 11751

202-547-9429

**Anngela Leone**

235 E. 95th street , New York, NY 10128

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Anngela Leone

235 E. 95th street

New York, NY 10128

202-547-9429

**Laura Michaels**

112-E Crescent Ln. , Stelle, IL 60919

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Laura Michaels

112-E Crescent Ln.

Stelle, IL 60919

202-547-9429

**Gayle Conard**

11247 Bethesda Church Road , Damascus, MD 20872

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Gayle Conard

11247 Bethesda Church Road

Damascus, MD 20872

202-547-9429

**Mikel Russell**

, ,

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Mikel Russell

202-547-9429

**Cortni Weig**

3606 parkridge #214 , Dallas, TX

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Cortni Weig

3606 parkridge #214

Dallas, TX

202-547-9429

**Joyce Dillon**

, ,

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Joyce Dillon

202-547-9429

**Carl Stein**

45 Castro Street #402 , San Francisco, CA 94114

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Carl Stein

45 Castro Street #402

San Francisco, CA 94114

202-547-9429

**Joan McElwee**

2626 Kenzie Terrace , Minneapolis, MN 55418

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops often contaminate the food
supply especially with crops grown outdoors in tornado-prone on the
plains of the US as Kansas, where winds could easily blow pharma rice
seeds into neighboring fields. Therefore, possible contamination poses
serious risks to human health and threatens the lively hood of farmers
who could be held liable for contamination. Experience shows that
neither the USDA nor biotechnology companies can be trusted to prevent
contamination, which is certainly a troubling thought.

As we know, the rice industry is in trouble financially from two recent
contamination episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only
further threaten the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of
the public. We need to support our US rice growers and not import more
rice from overseas, as we to cannot control their growing conditions,
making the food product even more risky for us in this country.

I strongly urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for
outdoor production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to
institute a ban on this practice altogether. I strongly feel this is a
grave error, and if expermentation be done it be done in a strictly
controlled setting where wind and other weather condition could not
possibly endanger our lives.

PLEASE!!!! Do not allow such actions to continue as we value our health
and our wonderful planet, Mother Earth.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Joan McElwee

2626 Kenzie Terrace

Minneapolis, MN 55418

202-547-9429

**Debra Dean**

1325 Royal Saint George , Naperville, IL 60563

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Debra Dean

1325 Royal Saint George

Naperville, IL 60563

202-547-9429

**Greg Lewerenz**

734 N. 78th St , Seattle, WA 98103

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Greg Lewerenz

734 N. 78th St

Seattle, WA 98103

202-547-9429

**Jean Johnson**

, , BC Canada

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jean Johnson

BC

202-547-9429

**Joan Lawson**

308 E Republican St #907 , Seattle, WA 98102

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Joan Lawson

308 E Republican St #907

Seattle, WA 98102

202-547-9429

**Gregory Nerode**

406 Cayuga Heights Road , Ithaca, NY 14850

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Gregory Nerode

406 Cayuga Heights Road

Ithaca, NY 14850

202-547-9429

**Michael Ellenby**

118 East Palomino Dr , Tempe, AZ 85284

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Michael Ellenby

118 East Palomino Dr

Tempe, AZ 85284

202-547-9429

**George Robinson**

\"116 Pinehurst Avenue, K-12\" , New York, NY 10033

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

George Robinson

\"116 Pinehurst Avenue, K-12\"

New York, NY 10033

202-547-9429

**Kristen Rapsher**

4100 Saddlemire Road , Binghamton, NY 13903

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Kristen Rapsher

4100 Saddlemire Road

Binghamton, NY 13903

202-547-9429

**Gregory Baccari**

213A Gordon Street , Charleston, SC 29403

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Gregory Baccari

213A Gordon Street

Charleston, SC 29403

202-547-9429

**Evelyn Avoglia**

140-2 Woodside Green , Stamford, CT 06905

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Evelyn Avoglia

140-2 Woodside Green

Stamford, CT 06905

202-547-9429

**David Niimi**

402 River Ridge Dr , Asheville, NC 28803

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

David Niimi

402 River Ridge Dr

Asheville, NC 28803

202-547-9429

**michelle galo**

1059 s adams st , olympia, WA 98501

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

michelle galo

1059 s adams st

olympia, WA 98501

202-547-9429

**Karen Power**

185 Park Row Apt. 21B, New York, NY 10038

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Karen Power

185 Park Row

Apt. 21B

New York, NY 10038

202-547-9429

**Tom Taylor**

, , MN

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Tom Taylor

MN

202-547-9429

**Lee Bracker**

2000 N. Camino Serna #2, Tucson, AZ 85715

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Lee Bracker

2000 N. Camino Serna

#2

Tucson, AZ 85715

202-547-9429

**Jack Hill**

1445 N. Fairfax Ave. Apt. 205, West Hollywood, CA 90046-3927

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

I am absolutely OUTRAGED that companies can be allowed to commit this
kind of experiment in the open, whose effects are almost certainly
irreversible. Remember the \"kille bees\" in Brazil that were so
carefully confined to keep them from contaminating the honeybee
population? Now they\'re HERE. Nobody knows what the effects of
releasing such frankenfoods into the environment may ultimately be.
Haven\'t we already had enough evidence that they can be devastating in
unpredictable ways? PLEASE STOP THIS MADNESS!

Sincerely,

Jack Hill

1445 N. Fairfax Ave.

Apt. 205

West Hollywood, CA 90046-3927

202-547-9429

**Melissa Dyas**

26 East Fourth Street , Bloomsburg, PA 17815

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Melissa Dyas

26 East Fourth Street

Bloomsburg, PA 17815

202-547-9429

**Robert Stolzman**

14618 Tyler Foote Road , Nevada City, CA 959599316

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Robert Stolzman

14618 Tyler Foote Road

Nevada City, CA 95959-9316

202-547-9429

**Meri Dreyfuss**

7 Lakeview Ct , Novato, CA 94947

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Meri Dreyfuss

7 Lakeview Ct

Novato, CA 94947

202-547-9429

**K Renee**

, , 90043

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

K Renee

90043

202-547-9429

**Alexandra Nilsson**

5200 W Napoleon Ave #D , Metairie, LA 70001

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Alexandra Nilsson

5200 W Napoleon Ave #D

Metairie, LA 70001

202-547-9429

**L.A. Duram**

607 Surrey , Carbondale, IL 62901

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

We do not know enough\... Please do not allow this to move forward!

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

L.A. Duram

607 Surrey

Carbondale, IL 62901

202-547-9429

**Todd Lininger**

2090 N 28th St , Boise, ID 83703-5840

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Todd Lininger

2090 N 28th St

Boise, ID 83703-5840

202-547-9429

**Toni Snidow**

9323 Manchaca Rd., #1124 , Austin, TX 78748

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Toni Snidow

9323 Manchaca Rd., #1124

Austin, TX 78748

202-547-9429

**Angi Kizewski**

1396 Asbury Street , Saint Paul, MN 55108

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Angi Kizewski

1396 Asbury Street

Saint Paul, MN 55108

202-547-9429

**Val Hansen**

963 Hwy 287N #27 , Cameron, MT 597209724

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Val Hansen

963 Hwy 287N #27

Cameron, MT 59720-9724

202-547-9429

**Joseph Brandolo**

360 Almonesson Road , Blackwood, NJ 08012

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Joseph Brandolo

360 Almonesson Road

Blackwood, NJ 08012

202-547-9429

**David Goetze**

1726 lawrence st , Port townsend, WA 98368

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

David Goetze

1726 lawrence st

Port townsend, WA 98368

202-547-9429

**Stuart Kelso**

box 76 , Lenox, MA 01240

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

STOP MESSING WITH OUR FOOD !!! Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops
are likely to contaminate the food supply if grown outdoors\--especially
in tornado-prone Kansas, where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds
into neighboring fields of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses
potentially serious risks to human health and threatens farmers who may
be held liable for contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA
nor biotechnology companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether. PLEASE DO SOMETHING NICE FOR THE
AVERAGE AMERICAN. I WILL BE CONTACTING MY SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
AND URGING THEM TO CUT FUNDING FOR THE usda IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO NASTY
THINGS LIKE THIS TO ME.

Sincerely,

Stuart Kelso

box 76

Lenox, MA 01240

202-547-9429

**Debra Klein**

2076 Chanticleer Ave. , Santa Cruz, CA 95062

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Debra Klein

2076 Chanticleer Ave.

Santa Cruz, CA 95062

202-547-9429

**John Womack**

383 Stamey Mountain Road , Franklin, NC 28734

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

John Womack

383 Stamey Mountain Road

Franklin, NC 28734

202-547-9429

**Olga Zharkova**

7919 236th St. SW , Edmonds, WA 98026

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Olga Zharkova

7919 236th St. SW

Edmonds, WA 98026

202-547-9429

**Amy Todisco**

120 Maple Drive , Huntington, VT 05462

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Amy Todisco

120 Maple Drive

Huntington, VT 05462

202-547-9429

**Stephanie Tagtow**

3921 quail run , Pearland, TX 77584

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Stephanie Tagtow

3921 quail run

Pearland, TX 77584

202-547-9429

**Coral Stevenson**

10379 Knollside Drive , Parker, CO 80134

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Coral Stevenson

10379 Knollside Drive

Parker, CO 80134

202-547-9429

**Janet Ackerman**

15781 Hayes Trail , APPLE VALLEY, MN 55124

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Janet Ackerman

15781 Hayes Trail

APPLE VALLEY, MN 55124

202-547-9429

**Diane van Hoff**

20 N College St #3 , Weaverville, NC 28787

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Diane van Hoff

20 N College St #3

Weaverville, NC 28787

202-547-9429

**Jane Parr-Whitehead**

2765 SW Feroe Avenue , Palm City, FL 34990

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jane Parr-Whitehead

2765 SW Feroe Avenue

Palm City, FL 34990

202-547-9429

**Alexander Deming**

7 North Maryland Ave , Port Washington, NY 11050

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Alexander Deming

7 North Maryland Ave

Port Washington, NY 11050

202-547-9429

**Virginia Lewis**

1037 North Dwight Avenue , Dallas, TX 75211

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Virginia Lewis

1037 North Dwight Avenue

Dallas, TX 75211

202-547-9429

**Robert Stovall**

709 Old Coupland Rd. , Taylor, TX 76574

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Robert Stovall

709 Old Coupland Rd.

Taylor, TX 76574

202-547-9429

**Jacquelyn Bentley**

225Schoolhouse Rd. , ALbaNY, NY 12203

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jacquelyn Bentley

225Schoolhouse Rd.

ALbaNY, NY 12203

202-547-9429

**Sandra Spicher**

7314 White Oak Dr. , Lago Vista, TX 78645

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sandra Spicher

7314 White Oak Dr.

Lago Vista, TX 78645

202-547-9429

**Isaac Shamah**

219 N Broadway , NYack, NY 10960

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Isaac Shamah

219 N Broadway

NYack, NY 10960

202-547-9429

**Gladies Barker**

\"4600 Connecticut Ave., NW, Apt. 602\" , \"Washington,\", DC 20008

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Gladies Barker

\"4600 Connecticut Ave., NW, Apt. 602\"

\"Washington,\", DC 20008

202-547-9429

**Poosakey Poosakey**

960 Division Street , Bandon, OR 97411

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Poosakey Poosakey

960 Division Street

Bandon, OR 97411

202-547-9429

**Pamela Nordhof**

3135 60th St. , Hamilton, MI 49419

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Pamela Nordhof

3135 60th St.

Hamilton, MI 49419

202-547-9429

**Susan Demander**

10469 E. Pinewood Dr. , Parker, CO 801387803

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Susan Demander

10469 E. Pinewood Dr.

Parker, CO 80138-7803

202-547-9429

**Cyndi Seamon**

562 Norton St , Longboat Key, FL 34228

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Cyndi Seamon

562 Norton St

Longboat Key, FL 34228

202-547-9429

**Lisa Wong**

7751 10th Ave. SW , Seattle, WA 981062021

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Lisa Wong

7751 10th Ave. SW

Seattle, WA 98106-2021

202-547-9429

**E. Unum**

2035 San Pablo Ave. , Berkeley, CA 94703

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

E. Unum

2035 San Pablo Ave.

Berkeley, CA 94703

202-547-9429

**Jackie Hannigan**

625 W Anderson ST apt 3, Idaho Falls, ID 83402

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jackie Hannigan

625 W Anderson ST

apt 3

Idaho Falls, ID 83402

202-547-9429

**Sandra Heggen**

1571 CR 4953 , Kempner, TX 76539

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sandra Heggen

1571 CR 4953

Kempner, TX 76539

202-547-9429

**Ignacia Jensen**

P.O. Box 27496 , San Francisco, CA 941270496

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Ignacia Jensen

P.O. Box 27496

San Francisco, CA 94127-0496

202-547-9429

**alexandru megas**

lake parkway , webster, MA 01570

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I DEMAND the USDA, which has a history in making irresponsible deals
with many biotechnology/pharmaceutical companies, as part of what
appears to be a common AGENDA, to deny this and all other applications
for outdoor production of GE pharmaceutical and industrial food crops
and to institute a PERMANENT ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

alexandru megas

lake parkway

webster, MA 01570

202-547-9429

**Rachel Wolf**

403 Emeline Avenue , Santa Cruz, CA 95060

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Rachel Wolf

403 Emeline Avenue

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

202-547-9429

**Sara Schmidt**

2034 Hilltop Drive , Arnold, MO 63010

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sara Schmidt

2034 Hilltop Drive

Arnold, MO 63010

202-547-9429

**Glen Zorn**

1310 East Thomas Street Apt 306, Seattle, WA 98102

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Glen Zorn

1310 East Thomas Street

Apt 306

Seattle, WA 98102

202-547-9429

**Ronan Shannahan**

, , TX 78717

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Ronan Shannahan

TX 78717

202-547-9429

**Paula Mueller**

7053 Lindsey Ave SE #102 , Auburn, WA 98092

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Paula Mueller

7053 Lindsey Ave SE #102

Auburn, WA 98092

202-547-9429

**Jeffrey Smith**

P. O. Box 469 , Fairfield, IA 52556

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Smith

P. O. Box 469

Fairfield, IA 52556

202-547-9429

**Roland Goyette**

49 Dorrance St , Danielson, CT 06239

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Roland Goyette

49 Dorrance St

Danielson, CT 06239

202-547-9429

**Rick Mousley**

1798 Pine Ridge Dr/Box 2637 , Gearhart, OR 97138

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Rick Mousley

1798 Pine Ridge Dr/Box 2637

Gearhart, OR 97138

202-547-9429

**Jean Autrey**

3449 Golden Rain Rd. #4 , Walnut Creek, CA 94595

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

It is the height of insanity to continue testing genetically modified
food crops in wind pollinated varieties. It is particularly insane to
even consider approval of pharmaceutical rice testing when the medicinal
effects have not been reviewed or approved by the FDA.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Thank you for listening.

Sincerely,

Jean Autrey

3449 Golden Rain Rd. #4

Walnut Creek, CA 94595

202-547-9429

**Jen Hadraba**

2508 S. Blue Island Ave. #2 , Chicago, IL 60608

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jen Hadraba

2508 S. Blue Island Ave. #2

Chicago, IL 60608

202-547-9429

**Joele Jaffe**

3901 Center GAte Circle , Sarasota, FL 34233

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Joele Jaffe

3901 Center GAte Circle

Sarasota, FL 34233

202-547-9429

**Steven White DTR**

10 Garden Pl , Spring Valley, NY 10977

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Steven White DTR

10 Garden Pl

Spring Valley, NY 10977

202-547-9429

**Anne Shirinian-Orlando**

68 Koenig Lane , Freehold, NJ 07728

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Anne Shirinian-Orlando

68 Koenig Lane

Freehold, NJ 07728

202-547-9429

**Betsy Schildwachter**

1440 Ferris Pl , Bronx, NY 10461

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Betsy Schildwachter

1440 Ferris Pl

Bronx, NY 10461

202-547-9429

**Karen Miller**

155 E. Boardwalk #300, Fort Collins, CO 80525

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Karen Miller

155 E. Boardwalk

#300

Fort Collins, CO 80525

202-547-9429

**Robert Blackwell**

1124 Red Coat Drive , Charlotte, NC 28211

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Robert Blackwell

1124 Red Coat Drive

Charlotte, NC 28211

202-547-9429

**Naira Matevosian**

P.O.Box 359 , Agoura Hills, CA 91376

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Naira Matevosian

P.O.Box 359

Agoura Hills, CA 91376

202-547-9429

**Bob Lloyd**

499 Phinneys Lane , Centerville, MA 02632

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Although this letter is thw same as many others, it is no less sincere.
Allowing human gene GE rice to be grown in open fields, is an open door
to UNCHARTERED areas. Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are
likely to contaminate the food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in
tornado-prone Kansas, where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds
into neighboring fields of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses
potentially serious risks to human health and threatens farmers who may
be held liable for contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA
nor biotechnology companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Bob Lloyd

499 Phinneys Lane

Centerville, MA 02632

202-547-9429

**Donna Howarth**

2229 Montgomery Ave , Woodbridge, VA 22191

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Donna Howarth

2229 Montgomery Ave

Woodbridge, VA 22191

202-547-9429

**Francisco Costa**

67665 Ontina Rd. , Cathedral City, CA 92234

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Francisco Costa

67665 Ontina Rd.

Cathedral City, CA 92234

202-547-9429

**Ruby Ray**

1153 Powell street , San Francisco, CA 94108

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether. Please think seriously about what you
are doing and the damage to our food chain that this will cause.

Sincerely,

Ruby Ray

1153 Powell street

San Francisco, CA 94108

202-547-9429

**Aria Alpert Leonidov**

216 Notteargenta Road , Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Aria Alpert Leonidov

216 Notteargenta Road

Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

202-547-9429

**Dave Hermeyer**

1124 Page Street #4 , San Francisco, CA 94117

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Dave Hermeyer

1124 Page Street #4

San Francisco, CA 94117

202-547-9429

**Chris Sausser**

3645 N. Greenview , Chicago, IL 60613

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! STOP MESSING WITH OUR FOOD. THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE
YOUR OWN!!

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Chris Sausser

3645 N. Greenview

Chicago, IL 60613

202-547-9429

**Eric Slomanson**

1869 Golden Gate Ave. , San Francisco, CA 941154310

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Eric Slomanson

1869 Golden Gate Ave.

San Francisco, CA 94115-4310

202-547-9429

**Susan Davis**

6348 Pocahontas Club Rd. , Virginia Beach, VA 23457

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Susan Davis

6348 Pocahontas Club Rd.

Virginia Beach, VA 23457

202-547-9429

**Eugene Dunlevy**

5100 CHIPMAN DR. , COLUMBUS, OH 43232

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Eugene Dunlevy

5100 CHIPMAN DR.

COLUMBUS, OH 43232

202-547-9429

**Kathleen Terrell**

39 Van Wagenen Ave , Jersey City, NJ 07306

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Kathleen Terrell

39 Van Wagenen Ave

Jersey City, NJ 07306

202-547-9429

**Justin Lamkin**

P.O. Box 532 , Kittery, ME 3904

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

Moreover we have all the food and herbs already in our unaltered food
supply if we eat correctly. Stop pandering to the Industrial Food
Business Complex for money!

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Justin Lamkin

P.O. Box 532

Kittery, ME 3904

202-547-9429

**Dan Gotch**

1114 Kenet Pl. , Pacific Grove, CA 93950

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Dan Gotch

1114 Kenet Pl.

Pacific Grove, CA 93950

202-547-9429

**Sheila Globus**

4 Whispering Pine , Sudbury, MA 1776

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sheila Globus

4 Whispering Pine

Sudbury, MA 1776

202-547-9429

**Margot Boteler**

1403 Chelsea Way , Redwood City, CA 94061

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Margot Boteler

1403 Chelsea Way

Redwood City, CA 94061

202-547-9429

**Margaret Glowka**

55 Emmett Ave. 2405, Toronto, ON, ON M6M 2E4 Canada

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Margaret Glowka

55 Emmett Ave.

2405

Toronto, ON, ON M6M 2E4

202-547-9429

**Agi Groff**

25 Greenview Dr. , Defiance, MO 63341

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

I was born and raised in Germany and have lived (legally!) in the U.S.
for almost 10 years. I have started eating organic foods and foods from
local farmers since I do not trust in genetically engineered foods. How
do we know what the long term concequences of them are? Rice engineered
with a human gene? No thank you! How much do these companies pay the
USDA to approve these products?

Please do not let this happen!

Sincerely,

Agi Groff

25 Greenview Dr.

Defiance, MO 63341

202-547-9429

**Matthew Swyers**

1020 Dolores St. #28 , Livermore, CA 94550

March 26, 2007 6:40 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Stop experimenting on the population!

Sincerely,

Matthew Swyers

1020 Dolores St. #28

Livermore, CA 94550

202-547-9429

**Erenie Desipris**

1109 Farmingdale Rd , Jackson, NJ 08527

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Erenie Desipris

1109 Farmingdale Rd

Jackson, NJ 08527

202-547-9429

**Veronica Johnson**

499 West Morris Rd. , Morris, CT 06763

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

I hope that the USDA will protect the people they are supposed to serve,
not the companies that lobby the most.

Sincerely,

Veronica Johnson

499 West Morris Rd.

Morris, CT 06763

202-547-9429

**Dodie Needham**

PO Box 14671 , Tumwater, WA 98511

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Dodie Needham

PO Box 14671

Tumwater, WA 98511

202-547-9429

**William Crawford**

, ,

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

William Crawford

202-547-9429

**Will Beuscher**

94 Webster St. , West Newton, MA 02465

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Will Beuscher

94 Webster St.

West Newton, MA 02465

202-547-9429

**Genevieve Jacobs**

, ,

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Genevieve Jacobs

202-547-9429

**Annette Saroyan**

1838 Indiana St , Vallejo, CA 94590

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Thank you for your consideration in this urgent matter.

Sincerely,

Annette Saroyan

1838 Indiana St

Vallejo, CA 94590

202-547-9429

**Carol Castellow**

19 Ocean Drive Harborage, Key Largo, FL 33037

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Carol Castellow

19 Ocean Drive

Harborage

Key Largo, FL 33037

202-547-9429

**Elizabeth Stowers**

P.O. Box 2247 , Monterey, CA 93942

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Stowers

P.O. Box 2247

Monterey, CA 93942

202-547-9429

**John Miksa**

1124 W Euclid Ave , Milwaukee, WI 53215

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

John Miksa

1124 W Euclid Ave

Milwaukee, WI 53215

202-547-9429

**William Roark**

2705 Bluebell Circle , Antioch, CA 94531

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

William Roark

2705 Bluebell Circle

Antioch, CA 94531

202-547-9429

**Helen Altomare**

57 Clinton Ave , East Patchogue, NY 11772

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Helen Altomare

57 Clinton Ave

East Patchogue, NY 11772

202-547-9429

**Ethel Goosby**

3817 Bay Leaf Way , Oceanside, CA 92057

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Ethel Goosby

3817 Bay Leaf Way

Oceanside, CA 92057

202-547-9429

**Karen Jackson**

12554 Miranda St. , Valley Village, CA 91607

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny franken rice

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Karen Jackson

12554 Miranda St.

Valley Village, CA 91607

202-547-9429

**Craig McDonald**

211 Sunrise St. , Granville, OH 43023

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Craig McDonald

211 Sunrise St.

Granville, OH 43023

202-547-9429

**Landale Family**

116 Brooks St , Medford, MA 2155

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Landale Family

116 Brooks St

Medford, MA 2155

202-547-9429

**Irene Tsakiris**

64 Hollywood Ave , West Long Branch, NJ 07764

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Irene Tsakiris

64 Hollywood Ave

West Long Branch, NJ 07764

202-547-9429

**Rita Robbins**

11293 Shepard Hill Rd , Willis, TX 77318

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Rita Robbins

11293 Shepard Hill Rd

Willis, TX 77318

202-547-9429

**Maria Marchegiani**

1837 NW 111 Ave , Plantation, FL 33322

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Maria Marchegiani

1837 NW 111 Ave

Plantation, FL 33322

202-547-9429

**J Miyagi**

, Portland, OR 97210

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

J Miyagi

Portland, OR 97210

202-547-9429

**Joan Breiding**

PO Box 170625 , San Francisco, CA 94117

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Joan Breiding

PO Box 170625

San Francisco, CA 94117

202-547-9429

**Anne Padilla**

P.O. Box 1010 , Espanola, NM 87532

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Anne Padilla

P.O. Box 1010

Espanola, NM 87532

202-547-9429

**Dj Macfarlane**

2813 Melissa Ct , Vista, CA 92083

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Dj Macfarlane

2813 Melissa Ct

Vista, CA 92083

202-547-9429

**Myriam Vauthey-Marano**

30 Altura Way , Greenbrae, CA 94904

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Myriam Vauthey-Marano

30 Altura Way

Greenbrae, CA 94904

202-547-9429

**Ilona Kopacz**

P.O.B 678 , Palm Springs, CA 92263

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Ilona Kopacz

P.O.B 678

Palm Springs, CA 92263

202-547-9429

**Frank Szabo**

645 Susquehanna Road , Ambler, PA 19002

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Frank Szabo

645 Susquehanna Road

Ambler, PA 19002

202-547-9429

**carol maciejewski**

6271 sturbridge ct. , sarasota, FL 34238

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

carol maciejewski

6271 sturbridge ct.

sarasota, FL 34238

202-547-9429

**Becky Guthrie**

2457 Grant Hill Rd. , Waterville, NY 13480

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Becky Guthrie

2457 Grant Hill Rd.

Waterville, NY 13480

202-547-9429

**elvia diaz**

918 stubblefield ln , baltimore, MD 21202

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

elvia diaz

918 stubblefield ln

baltimore, MD 21202

202-547-9429

**Marilee Mendoza**

131 Cooley LN , DE QUEEN, AR 71832

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Marilee Mendoza

131 Cooley LN

DE QUEEN, AR 71832

202-547-9429

**Malcolm & Carol Faust**

9742 Dillwood Rd , Oakdale, CA 95361

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops WILL contaminate the food
supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas, where
winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields of
corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious risks
to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

We urge the USDA to DENY this AND ALL OTHER applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to INSTITUTE
A BAN ON THIS PRACTICE ALTOGETHER!!!!!

Sincerely,

Malcolm %pa_first_name% Carol Faust

9742 Dillwood Rd

Oakdale, CA 95361

202-547-9429

**Joyce Smykal**

PO Box 137 , Ash Fork, AZ 86320

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Joyce Smykal

PO Box 137

Ash Fork, AZ 86320

202-547-9429

**Constance Kosuda**

po box 308 , Mount holly, PA 8060

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Constance Kosuda

po box 308

Mount holly, PA 8060

202-547-9429

**Larry Arritola**

, ,

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Larry Arritola

202-547-9429

**Jennifer Mays**

1095 Rey Cir , Chico, CA 95926

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Mays

1095 Rey Cir

Chico, CA 95926

202-547-9429

**Gelse Tkalec**

314 Northwood Road , RIVERSIDE, IL 60546

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Gelse Tkalec

314 Northwood Road

RIVERSIDE, IL 60546

202-547-9429

**Kit Rebhun**

29306 Hidden Oak Place , CaNYon Country, CA 91387

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Kit Rebhun

29306 Hidden Oak Place

CaNYon Country, CA 91387

202-547-9429

**Rita Eccles**

815 E Maryland , Phoenix, AZ 85014

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Rita Eccles

815 E Maryland

Phoenix, AZ 85014

202-547-9429

**Robin Peacock**

5155 10th Ave. North , St. Petersburg, FL 33710

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Robin Peacock

5155 10th Ave. North

St. Petersburg, FL 33710

202-547-9429

**Dale Barrows**

1769 McGraw Marathon Road , Marathon, NY 13803

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Dale Barrows

1769 McGraw Marathon Road

Marathon, NY 13803

202-547-9429

**Gillian Austin**

1111 Allison Drive , Rockville, MD 20851

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Gillian Austin

1111 Allison Drive

Rockville, MD 20851

202-547-9429

**Andres Mejides**

25650 SW 197 Ave. , Homestead, FL 33031

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Andres Mejides

25650 SW 197 Ave.

Homestead, FL 33031

202-547-9429

**David Kosh**

120 Cabrini Blvd., #58 , New York, NY 10033

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

David Kosh

120 Cabrini Blvd., #58

New York, NY 10033

202-547-9429

**Radha Vignola**

2913 Crocker Ct , Aptos, CA 95003

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Radha Vignola

2913 Crocker Ct

Aptos, CA 95003

202-547-9429

**Steve Goldsmith**

124 anderson hill , enfield, NH 3748

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Steve Goldsmith

124 anderson hill

enfield, NH 3748

202-547-9429

**Bradley A Harris**

PO Box 11875 , Fort Smith, AR 72918

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Bradley A Harris

PO Box 11875

Fort Smith, AR 72918

202-547-9429

**Ed Frease**

603 Pleasant Plain Rd , Fairfield, IA 52556

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Ed Frease

603 Pleasant Plain Rd

Fairfield, IA 52556

202-547-9429

**Carol Yeh-Garner**

3192 Corte Tradicion , CArlsbad, CA 92009

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Carol Yeh-Garner

3192 Corte Tradicion

CArlsbad, CA 92009

202-547-9429

**Ardean Campbell**

, Manteca, 95336

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Ardean Campbell

Manteca 95336

202-547-9429

**Judith Detert-Moriarty**

23 S. Atwood Ave. , Janesville, WI 53545

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Judith Detert-Moriarty

23 S. Atwood Ave.

Janesville, WI 53545

202-547-9429

**Sage Holloway**

337 WCR 50. , Fort Collins, CO 80521

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sage Holloway

337 WCR 50.

Fort Collins, CO 80521

202-547-9429

**Isabel Feldman**

191-12 Station Rd. #3 , Flushing, NY 11358

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Isabel Feldman

191-12 Station Rd. #3

Flushing, NY 11358

202-547-9429

**David Sanor**

34869 Golf Club Dr , Salem, OH 44460

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

David Sanor

34869 Golf Club Dr

Salem, OH 44460

202-547-9429

**Phillip Rockey**

547 Del Rio cir , Oakdale, CA 95361

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Phillip Rockey

547 Del Rio cir

Oakdale, CA 95361

202-547-9429

**John Pauza**

235 Peach Hollow Rd , Derry, PA 15627

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

I can\'t understand why we would even need this. Money can\'t buy
health, and money is what this is about. History shows us that nature
can do a much better job than we can. What will it take for us to learn
this?

Sincerely,

John Pauza

235 Peach Hollow Rd

Derry, PA 15627

202-547-9429

**Kevin Kuehlwein**

1531 S 13th St , Phila., PA 19147

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Please Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

I am very worried that pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are
likely to contaminate the food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in
tornado-prone Kansas, where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds
into neighboring fields of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses
potentially serious risks to human health and threatens farmers who may
be held liable for contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA
nor biotechnology companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

As a healthcare provider, I urge the USDA to deny this and all other
applications for outdoor production of pharmaceutical and industrial
food crops and to institute a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Kevin Kuehlwein

1531 S 13th St

Phila., PA 19147

202-547-9429

**Darla Eaton**

W 1001 18th Ave. , Spokane, WA 99203

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Darla Eaton

W 1001 18th Ave.

Spokane, WA 99203

202-547-9429

**John Carapit**

11 Patterson St Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

The risk to the US food industry and internayional reputation is grave.

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

John Carapit

11 Patterson St

Mt Albert

Auckland

202-547-9429

**Wendy Stout**

406 marshall st , safety harbor, FL 34695

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Wendy Stout

406 marshall st

safety harbor, FL 34695

202-547-9429

**Lisa Gerson**

3312 Cardinal Ln. , Woodstock, IL 60098

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Lisa Gerson

3312 Cardinal Ln.

Woodstock, IL 60098

202-547-9429

**susan johnson**

5921 concord ave. , edina, MN 55424

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

susan johnson

5921 concord ave.

edina, MN 55424

202-547-9429

**Tracy Lopez**

48 W. 59th Street Apt. D, Westmont, IL 60559

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Tracy Lopez

48 W. 59th Street

Apt. D

Westmont, IL 60559

202-547-9429

**Santha Cooke**

68 Hibernia Road , Salt Point, NY 12578

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to effectively prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I STRONGLY urge the USDA to DENY this and ALL OTHER applications for
outdoor production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to
institute a ban on this practice altogether.

I am passing the word of this unsafe and irresponsible proposal
throughout my network of friends and colleagues \-- you will be hearing
from many of them who wish to have their health protected by the Federal
agency which is entrusted to do so \-- I hope you will live up to my and
their faith and trust by denying this proposal.

Sincerely,

Santha Cooke

68 Hibernia Road

Salt Point, NY 12578

202-547-9429

**D. Hughes**

143 Westwood Rd. , Columbus, OH 43214

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

D. Hughes

143 Westwood Rd.

Columbus, OH 43214

202-547-9429

**Catherine Guidry**

511 Rolling Mill Drive , Sugar Land, TX 77478

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Catherine Guidry

511 Rolling Mill Drive

Sugar Land, TX 77478

202-547-9429

**Robert Handelsman**

2643 Central Park , Evanston, IL 60201

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Robert Handelsman

2643 Central Park

Evanston, IL 60201

202-547-9429

**Elizabeth Papagni**

630 National Ave , Mountain View, CA 94043

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Papagni

630 National Ave

Mountain View, CA 94043

202-547-9429

**Marilyn Rock**

1939 gerritsen avenue , brooklyn, NY 11229

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Marilyn Rock

1939 gerritsen avenue

brooklyn, NY 11229

202-547-9429

**Helen Lembeck**

3270 Holly Way , Chula Vista, CA 919103217

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Helen Lembeck

3270 Holly Way

Chula Vista, CA 91910-3217

202-547-9429

**Gina Denn**

9M Research Rd. , Greenbelt, MD 20770

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Gina Denn

9M Research Rd.

Greenbelt, MD 20770

202-547-9429

**Thomas Windberg**

2416 Pace Bend Rd S , Spicewood, TX 78669

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Thomas Windberg

2416 Pace Bend Rd S

Spicewood, TX 78669

202-547-9429

**Gale Grossman,Ph.D**

1500 Oak Avenue , Evanston, IL 60201

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Gale Grossman,Ph.D

1500 Oak Avenue

Evanston, IL 60201

202-547-9429

**Jerri Lafeber**

4165 Stein Road , Ann Arbor, MI 48105

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jerri Lafeber

4165 Stein Road

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

202-547-9429

**Mont Livermore**

818 Lewis Gulch , Dayton, WA 99328

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Mont Livermore

818 Lewis Gulch

Dayton, WA 99328

202-547-9429

**Karen Hettig**

1058 e. 1st. st. #215 , santa ana, CA 92701

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Karen Hettig

1058 e. 1st. st. #215

santa ana, CA 92701

202-547-9429

**Jesse Wilson**

818 Cowper 3, Palo Alto, CA 94301

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jesse Wilson

818 Cowper

3

Palo Alto, CA 94301

202-547-9429

**Julie Machado**

22248 Main Street , Hayward, CA 94541

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Julie Machado

22248 Main Street

Hayward, CA 94541

202-547-9429

**Ken Jenkins**

312 A Auburn St. , San Rafael, CA 94901

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Ken Jenkins

312 A Auburn St.

San Rafael, CA 94901

202-547-9429

**Mark Hirschfield**

25 Alto Avenue , San Anselmo, CA 94960

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Mark Hirschfield

25 Alto Avenue

San Anselmo, CA 94960

202-547-9429

**Charon Mangino**

38 Finley Hill Rd. , Marlborough, CT 06447

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Please stop messing with our food supply.

Contamination poses potentially serious risks to human health and
threatens farmers who may be held liable for contamination. Experience
shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology companies can be trusted
to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Charon Mangino

38 Finley Hill Rd.

Marlborough, CT 06447

202-547-9429

**Sarah Delaloye**

2042 W. Caley Ave. , Littleton, CO 80120

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sarah Delaloye

2042 W. Caley Ave.

Littleton, CO 80120

202-547-9429

**Chris Wrinn**

56 Harborview Ave , Milford, CT 06460

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

NO! - IMMUNE COMPROMISED PEOPLE WILL BE AT HIGH RISK WHEN THIS
CONTAMINATES OTHER FOOD SUPPLIES.

This is pure insanity!

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Chris Wrinn

56 Harborview Ave

Milford, CT 06460

202-547-9429

**Mira Wonderwheel**

9554 Valle Vista Rd. , Forestville, CA 95436

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Mira Wonderwheel

9554 Valle Vista Rd.

Forestville, CA 95436

202-547-9429

**Lynne Lapidus**

10 Bunker Hill Place , Whippany, NJ 7981

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Lynne Lapidus

10 Bunker Hill Place

Whippany, NJ 7981

202-547-9429

**Elizabeth Norris**

670 Church St. , Royersford, PA 19468

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Norris

670 Church St.

Royersford, PA 19468

202-547-9429

**Diane Diggs**

P.O. Box 445 , Paterson, NJ 07544

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Diane Diggs

P.O. Box 445

Paterson, NJ 07544

202-547-9429

**Carolyn Butler**

1301 28thSt #3 , San Diego, CA 92102

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Carolyn Butler

1301 28thSt #3

San Diego, CA 92102

202-547-9429

**Kasey Kersnowski**

4165 Faria Rd. , Ventura, CA 93001

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Kasey Kersnowski

4165 Faria Rd.

Ventura, CA 93001

202-547-9429

**Suzy Star**

87948 Dowdy Ln. , Springfield, OR 97478

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Suzy Star

87948 Dowdy Ln.

Springfield, OR 97478

202-547-9429

**Prof. Joe Cummins**

738 wilkins street , london, ON N6C Canada

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Prof. Joe Cummins

738 wilkins street

london, ON N6C

202-547-9429

**Zona Hays**

1500 N Hedville Rd , Salina, KS 67401

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Zona Hays

1500 N Hedville Rd

Salina, KS 67401

202-547-9429

**Lisa Walzem**

1914 N. Vagedes Ave , Fresno, CA 93705

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Lisa Walzem

1914 N. Vagedes Ave

Fresno, CA 93705

202-547-9429

**Kathleen Zorn**

970 Taylor Street , Eugene, OR 97402

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Kathleen Zorn

970 Taylor Street

Eugene, OR 97402

202-547-9429

**Tony Defalco**

4703 SE Madison Street , Portland, OR 97215

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Tony Defalco

4703 SE Madison Street

Portland, OR 97215

202-547-9429

**Howard Redmond**

po box 5624 , Sacramento, CA 95817

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Howard Redmond

po box 5624

Sacramento, CA 95817

202-547-9429

**Pamela Anne Lowry**

834 Neilson Street , Berkeley, CA 94707

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny VEntria Bioscience Application APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public, and
the neighboring fields of corn, soybens, and wheat in the area proposed.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Pamela Anne Lowry

834 Neilson Street

Berkeley, CA 94707

202-547-9429

**Kathy Chechopoulos**

755 Evans Rd , San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Kathy Chechopoulos

755 Evans Rd

San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

202-547-9429

**Michelle Stephenson**

423 Waller Street #1 , San Francisco, CA 941143460

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Michelle Stephenson

423 Waller Street #1

San Francisco, CA 94114-3460

202-547-9429

**Sherry Sisson**

9 Elm Ave , Westmont, NJ 8108

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sherry Sisson

9 Elm Ave

Westmont, NJ 8108

202-547-9429

**Barbara Toynes**

P O Box 91376 , Austin, TX 78709

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Barbara Toynes

P O Box 91376

Austin, TX 78709

202-547-9429

**Whitney Falcon**

3202 barnsley dr , austin, TX 78745

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Whitney Falcon

3202 barnsley dr

austin, TX 78745

202-547-9429

**Lydia Schultz**

3Rd Street , Santa Cruz, CA 95060

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Lydia Schultz

3Rd Street

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

202-547-9429

**jan Seavey**

5 Ruffled Road , Henniker, NH 03242

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

jan Seavey

5 Ruffled Road

Henniker, NH 03242

202-547-9429

**Kristin Reed**

684 48th Ave, Apt 301 , San Francisco, CA 94121

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Kristin Reed

684 48th Ave, Apt 301

San Francisco, CA 94121

202-547-9429

**Christel Soper**

10145 Wintergreen St , Coon Rapids, MN 55433

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Christel Soper

10145 Wintergreen St

Coon Rapids, MN 55433

202-547-9429

**Susan Dorman**

1512 NE Jade St , Lee\'s Summit, MO 64086

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Susan Dorman

1512 NE Jade St

Lee\'s Summit, MO 64086

202-547-9429

**Susan Ellis**

26329 W. Plata Lane , Calabasas, CA 91302

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Susan Ellis

26329 W. Plata Lane

Calabasas, CA 91302

202-547-9429

**Michelle Flanders-Otey**

22 London Ln , Endicott, NY 13760

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Michelle Flanders-Otey

22 London Ln

Endicott, NY 13760

202-547-9429

**Stephen Yundt**

P.O.Box 771 , Hopland, CA 95449

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Stephen Yundt

P.O.Box 771

Hopland, CA 95449

202-547-9429

**Shelly Wolf**

P.O. Box 204 , St. Helena, CA 94574

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Shelly Wolf

P.O. Box 204

St. Helena, CA 94574

202-547-9429

**Sandra Cobb**

3880 Ellendale Rd , Moreland Hills, OH 44022

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sandra Cobb

3880 Ellendale Rd

Moreland Hills, OH 44022

202-547-9429

**Julieta Pisani Mccarthy**

2020 Delaware St. #1 , Berkeley, CA 94709

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Julieta Pisani Mccarthy

2020 Delaware St. #1

Berkeley, CA 94709

202-547-9429

**Jim Little**

292 Av. de la Vereda , Ojai, CA 93023

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jim Little

292 Av. de la Vereda

Ojai, CA 93023

202-547-9429

**John Farkash**

198 High St. , Wallingford, CT 06492

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

Haven\'t we learned that you can\'t contain GMOs.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

John Farkash

198 High St.

Wallingford, CT 06492

202-547-9429

**R Leo**

8480 SW Connemara Pl , Beaverton, OR 97008

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

R Leo

8480 SW Connemara Pl

Beaverton, OR 97008

202-547-9429

**Polly Stout**

21649 CR 26 , Carey, OH 43316

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006 - no exceptions

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are very likely to contaminate
the food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Polly Stout

21649 CR 26

Carey, OH 43316

202-547-9429

**Shirley Rogers**

2513 Fortson , Gulfport, MS 39503

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Shirley Rogers

2513 Fortson

Gulfport, MS 39503

202-547-9429

**Jon Leslie**

744 Elko Ave , Ventura, CA 93004

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jon Leslie

744 Elko Ave

Ventura, CA 93004

202-547-9429

**Nancy Bender**

6316 N. Hermitage Ave. , Chicago, IL 60660

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Keep our food supply safe! Please do not let them let this monster out
by letting they grow this type of rice. Kill it before it is too late!

Sincerely,

Nancy Bender

6316 N. Hermitage Ave.

Chicago, IL 60660

202-547-9429

**neil atler**

21946 cricklewood terr , boca raton, FL 33428

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

neil atler

21946 cricklewood terr

boca raton, FL 33428

202-547-9429

**Meredith Tucker**

498 Inverway Road , Inverness, IL 60067

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Meredith Tucker

498 Inverway Road

Inverness, IL 60067

202-547-9429

**Tracey Hammer**

90 Main Street No. 7 , Westport, CT 6880

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Tracey Hammer

90 Main Street No. 7

Westport, CT 6880

202-547-9429

**Michelle Frey**

2603 Camelback Lane #1 , Silver Spring, MD 20906

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

Please keep Americans safe by denying this and all other applications
for outdoor production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and
to institute a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Michelle Frey

2603 Camelback Lane #1

Silver Spring, MD 20906

202-547-9429

**Michele Miller**

8112 Manderson Circle , Omaha, NE 68134

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

There are not sufficient guarantees that genetically engineered crops
grown out of doors can be kept from contaminating other crops. Seeds
borne by the wind or by animals will find their way into neighboring
fields. Contamination of our food supply with genetically engineered
seeds poses unknown risks to our health and to the integrity of the
ecosystem. Please do not gamble with our future and the health of the
planet.

Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology companies can
be trusted to prevent contamination. And I am not convinced that it is
even possible to prevent contamination, no matter how rigorously we try
to control the cultivation of GE crops.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Michele Miller

8112 Manderson Circle

Omaha, NE 68134

202-547-9429

**Marilyn Farmer**

5351 MILLSTONE DR , CATAWBA, NC 28609

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Marilyn Farmer

5351 MILLSTONE DR

CATAWBA, NC 28609

202-547-9429

**David Burkhart**

7735 Sunnyside Road SE , Salem, OR 97306

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

David Burkhart

7735 Sunnyside Road SE

Salem, OR 97306

202-547-9429

**Leeann Taylor**

1630 Spruce Ave , Chico, CA 95926

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Leeann Taylor

1630 Spruce Ave

Chico, CA 95926

202-547-9429

**Judy Burlison**

422 Ross Rd. , Red Bluff, CA 96080

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Judy Burlison

422 Ross Rd.

Red Bluff, CA 96080

202-547-9429

**Judith L\'Heureux**

290 Drake Ave , New Rochelle, NY 10805

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Judith L\'Heureux

290 Drake Ave

New Rochelle, NY 10805

202-547-9429

**Linda Coonrod**

8700 David Avenue , St. Louis, MO 63114

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Linda Coonrod

8700 David Avenue

St. Louis, MO 63114

202-547-9429

**Christine Larson**

1091 Woolman Dr. , Richmond, IN 47374

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Christine Larson

1091 Woolman Dr.

Richmond, IN 47374

202-547-9429

**James Monaco**

31 EAST 12TH ST , New York, NY 10003

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

James Monaco

31 EAST 12TH ST

New York, NY 10003

202-547-9429

**Julia Pais**

30304 Spring River Drive , Southfield, MI 48076

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Julia Pais

30304 Spring River Drive

Southfield, MI 48076

202-547-9429

**Love Debberman**

9 Orchard Hills Rd. , Ulster Park, NY 12487

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Love Debberman

9 Orchard Hills Rd.

Ulster Park, NY 12487

202-547-9429

**Genevieve Goddard-Pritchett**

3015 S. Logan Street , Englewood, CO 80113

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Genevieve Goddard-Pritchett

3015 S. Logan Street

Englewood, CO 80113

202-547-9429

**rita krausova**

1295 Alemany Blvd , San Francisco, CA 941121403

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

rita krausova

1295 Alemany Blvd

San Francisco, CA 94112-1403

202-547-9429

**Frances Perlman**

219 Main St , West Paris, ME 4289

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Frances Perlman

219 Main St

West Paris, ME 4289

202-547-9429

**Jaime Ross**

, , 94110

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jaime Ross

94110

202-547-9429

**Sally Houghton**

PO Box 131 , Falmouth, MA 02541

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sally Houghton

PO Box 131

Falmouth, MA 02541

202-547-9429

**Julie Amato**

4251 Tujunga Ave #10 , Studio City, CA 91604

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

There is even evidence that the GE crops are killing off the HONEY BEE
population! That would be a MAJOR DISASTER. Please stop the madness! Do
NOT allow these crops. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Julie Amato

4251 Tujunga Ave #10

Studio City, CA 91604

202-547-9429

**JJ Sweeney**

2918 SE 43rd Ave. , Portland, OR 97206

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

How slow to learn are we humans? We are a clever and creative species,
but we have yet to learn that fundamentally altering Mother Nature
ALWAYS creates unintended negative consequences\...

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

JJ Sweeney

2918 SE 43rd Ave.

Portland, OR 97206

202-547-9429

**Annie Wyndham**

P.O. Box 94 , Burlington, VT 05402

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Annie Wyndham

P.O. Box 94

Burlington, VT 05402

202-547-9429

**James Ferrara**

1284 Balsam Dr , Decatur, GA 300332950

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

James Ferrara

1284 Balsam Dr

Decatur, GA 30033-2950

202-547-9429

**branwen gregory**

1766 las palmas LA, LA, CA 90028

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

branwen gregory

1766 las palmas

LA

LA, CA 90028

202-547-9429

**Lisa Leahy**

312 Rose Avenue , Yutan, NE 68073

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Lisa Leahy

312 Rose Avenue

Yutan, NE 68073

202-547-9429

**Tammi Brumfield**

1025-B Mansfield St. , Nashville, TN 37206

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Tammi Brumfield

1025-B Mansfield St.

Nashville, TN 37206

202-547-9429

**Lily Swartz**

7 Arden Way , New Hope, PA 18938

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Lily Swartz

7 Arden Way

New Hope, PA 18938

202-547-9429

**Susan Ventura**

2405 Bodega Ave. , Petaluma, CA 94952

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Susan Ventura

2405 Bodega Ave.

Petaluma, CA 94952

202-547-9429

**Jacqueline Horn**

6286 Rosebelle Avenue , North Ridgeville, OH 44039

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jacqueline Horn

6286 Rosebelle Avenue

North Ridgeville, OH 44039

202-547-9429

**Shawn Abtahi**

16820 solana lane , caNYon country, CA 91351

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Shawn Abtahi

16820 solana lane

caNYon country, CA 91351

202-547-9429

**Thomas Giblin**

25 Jackson St , Binghamton, NY 13903

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Thomas Giblin

25 Jackson St

Binghamton, NY 13903

202-547-9429

**Thomas Buford**

4718 25th Road N , Arlington, VA 22207

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

STOP THE INTRODUCTION OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANT CROPS! THEY CAN NOT
BE CONTAINED AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESULTS ARE UNKNOWN AND POTENTIALLY
LETHAL - DOES AFRICAN HONEY BEE MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU!

\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Thomas Buford

4718 25th Road N

Arlington, VA 22207

202-547-9429

**Tia Chew**

5003 Rainbows End , Culver City, CA 90230

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Tia Chew

5003 Rainbows End

Culver City, CA 90230

202-547-9429

**Luisa Garza**

POB 5088 , chico, CA 95927

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

food should be food and drugs should be drugs. NEVER THE TWO SHALL MEET.

NO to Genetic engineering of rice with human DNA!!!

Sincerely,

Luisa Garza

POB 5088

chico, CA 95927

202-547-9429

**Thelma Garvin**

3200 Netherland Avenue , Bronx, New York, NY 10463

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Thelma Garvin

3200 Netherland Avenue

Bronx, New York, NY 10463

202-547-9429

**Ted Fishman**

790 Villa Teresa Way , San Jose, CA 95123

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Ted Fishman

790 Villa Teresa Way

San Jose, CA 95123

202-547-9429

**kathleen cullen**

22010 marjorie Ave. , torrance, CA 90503

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

kathleen cullen

22010 marjorie Ave.

torrance, CA 90503

202-547-9429

**Andrew Curtis**

7 Park Ln. , Jamaica plain, MA 2130

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Please do not allow pharmaceutical or industrial food crops to
contaminate our food supply. If these crops are grown
outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas\--seeds and pollen will be
dispersed to neighboring fields. This contamination poses potentially
serious risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held
liable for contamination. Niether the companies who profit from this
research nor the EPA has done an acceptable job of preventing this
contamination in the past.

The rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination episodes.
Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten the fragile
US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Andrew Curtis

7 Park Ln.

Jamaica plain, MA 2130

202-547-9429

**Kelley Wiley**

PO Box 119 , West Falmouth, MA 02574

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Kelley Wiley

PO Box 119

West Falmouth, MA 02574

202-547-9429

**Aubrey Skye**

3477 B,I,A, Rd, #7 , Selfridge, ND 58568

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Aubrey Skye

3477 B,I,A, Rd, #7

Selfridge, ND 58568

202-547-9429

**Leanne Epina**

125 mountain rest rd , new paltz, NY 12561

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Leanne Epina

125 mountain rest rd

new paltz, NY 12561

202-547-9429

**Jabe Graham**

503 Harvestwood Rd SE , Floyd, VA 24091

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jabe Graham

503 Harvestwood Rd SE

Floyd, VA 24091

202-547-9429

**george marzocchi**

64 overlook dr , bolinas, CA 94924

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

george marzocchi

64 overlook dr

bolinas, CA 94924

202-547-9429

**kelly fernandez**

147 inkerman st , campbellford, ON K0L1L0 Canada

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

kelly fernandez

147 inkerman st

campbellford, ON K0L1L0

202-547-9429

**Franklin Eventoff**

16120 Park Place , Bow, WA 98232

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Franklin Eventoff

16120 Park Place

Bow, WA 98232

202-547-9429

**Maryann Middleton**

120 Pullman Drive , Milford, CT 6460

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Maryann Middleton

120 Pullman Drive

Milford, CT 6460

202-547-9429

**Marc Daniel**

119 e lawrence st , Mt vernon, NY 98273

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Marc Daniel

119 e lawrence st

Mt vernon, NY 98273

202-547-9429

**Leah Paterson**

7086 Atwood Rd , Ferndale, WA 98248

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Leah Paterson

7086 Atwood Rd

Ferndale, WA 98248

202-547-9429

**Dr. Mha Atma S Khalsa**

1536 Crest Dr. , Los Angeles, CA 90035

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: PLEASE Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Dr. Mha Atma S Khalsa

1536 Crest Dr.

Los Angeles, CA 90035

202-547-9429

**Katherine Witt**

7065 Red Prairie Road , Sheridan, OR 97378

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Katherine Witt

7065 Red Prairie Road

Sheridan, OR 97378

202-547-9429

**David J. Ledermann**

353 Park Ave. , New Cumberland, PA 17070

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

David J. Ledermann

353 Park Ave.

New Cumberland, PA 17070

202-547-9429

**Prema Michau**

67 E. 2nd Street , New York, NY 10003

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Prema Michau

67 E. 2nd Street

New York, NY 10003

202-547-9429

**Brenda Barnetson**

10035 Sophia Avenue , North Hills, CA 91343

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Brenda Barnetson

10035 Sophia Avenue

North Hills, CA 91343

202-547-9429

**Joseph Young**

P.O.Box 4337 , Bellingham, WA 98227

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Joseph Young

P.O.Box 4337

Bellingham, WA 98227

202-547-9429

**dorothy Tristman**

20 Irving Street , Albany, NY 12202

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

dorothy Tristman

20 Irving Street

Albany, NY 12202

202-547-9429

**Cheri Dzubak**

69 Elton Avenue , Yardville, NJ 08620

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Cheri Dzubak

69 Elton Avenue

Yardville, NJ 08620

202-547-9429

**Chris Chan**

Highland Ave , San Mateo, CA 94401

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Chris Chan

Highland Ave

San Mateo, CA 94401

202-547-9429

**Mary Davis**

Upper Lachine , Montreal, QC H4A3s1 Canada

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Mary Davis

Upper Lachine

Montreal, QC H4A3s1

202-547-9429

**Carole Epp**

316 Lake Cres , Saskatoon, SK S7H 3A2 Canada

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Carole Epp

316 Lake Cres

Saskatoon, SK S7H 3A2

202-547-9429

**Peter Mathews**

3530 h Hudson pkyw , Riverdale, NY 10463

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Peter Mathews

3530 h Hudson pkyw

Riverdale, NY 10463

202-547-9429

**Sandra Mardigian**

260 Marion Avenue , Mill Valley, CA 94941

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sandra Mardigian

260 Marion Avenue

Mill Valley, CA 94941

202-547-9429

**Steve Green**

29008 Outlook , Sedro Woolley, WA 98284

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Steve Green

29008 Outlook

Sedro Woolley, WA 98284

202-547-9429

**Connie Anderson**

606 Magnolia Drive , San Mateo, CA 94402

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors,we have seen this happen already with
corn\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas, where winds could easily blow
pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields of corn, soybeans, or wheat.
Contamination poses potentially serious risks to human health and
threatens farmers who may be held liable for contamination. Experience
shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology companies can be trusted
to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public. I
certainly do not want to be eating this nor have my grandchildren
exposed.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Connie Anderson

606 Magnolia Drive

San Mateo, CA 94402

202-547-9429

**Adam Mizicko**

4575 La Madera Road , Sandia Park, NM 87047

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Honestly, grow all the GM crap you want, just do it responsibly indoors!
Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Adam Mizicko

4575 La Madera Road

Sandia Park, NM 87047

202-547-9429

**Beth Lutz**

825 wilshire , santa monica, CA 90401

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Beth Lutz

825 wilshire

santa monica, CA 90401

202-547-9429

**Angela Anguiano**

960 EDGECLIFFE DR , LOS ANGELES, CA 90026

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Angela Anguiano

960 EDGECLIFFE DR

LOS ANGELES, CA 90026

202-547-9429

**Soleil Tranquilli**

9012 Meadowsweet Way , Elk Grove, CA 95624

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Soleil Tranquilli

9012 Meadowsweet Way

Elk Grove, CA 95624

202-547-9429

**Barbara Roth**

1721 Gable Drive , Coopersburg, PA 18036

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Barbara Roth

1721 Gable Drive

Coopersburg, PA 18036

202-547-9429

**Lisa Witzke**

68 Howes Rd , Brewster, MA 02631

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Lisa Witzke

68 Howes Rd

Brewster, MA 02631

202-547-9429

**Anne Keys**

3836 Lywiski Rd , Collegeville, PA 19426

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Anne Keys

3836 Lywiski Rd

Collegeville, PA 19426

202-547-9429

**Jane von Voros**

2802 Rockingham Dr. , Austin, TX 78704

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jane von Voros

2802 Rockingham Dr.

Austin, TX 78704

202-547-9429

**Irene Wrenner**

15 Thrush Lane , Essex Jct., VT 05452

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Irene Wrenner

15 Thrush Lane

Essex Jct., VT 05452

202-547-9429

**Iris E Price**

1570 Wilson Road , Ramona, CA 92065

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Iris E Price

1570 Wilson Road

Ramona, CA 92065

202-547-9429

**Carol Judge**

10 Recado Road , Santa Fe, NM 87508

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Carol Judge

10 Recado Road

Santa Fe, NM 87508

202-547-9429

**angela morgan**

po box 1224 , havertown, PA 19083

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

angela morgan

po box 1224

havertown, PA 19083

202-547-9429

**Mrs. Tricia Ptak**

46160 Litchfield , Plymouth, MI 48170

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Tricia Ptak

46160 Litchfield

Plymouth, MI 48170

202-547-9429

**Carol Berghen**

533 28th Street , San Francisco, CA 94131

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Carol Berghen

533 28th Street

San Francisco, CA 94131

202-547-9429

**Inge Barth**

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March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Inge Barth

202-547-9429

**Andrea Linton**

940 Mt. View Avenue , Petaluma, CA 94952

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

As an avid gardener I know the impact of contamination of seeds. Pollen
drift can destroy the livelihood of farmers not interested in growing
genetically modified grain. Look at the record of what has already
happen and halt this approval process. Seed contamination cannot be
taken back!

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Andrea Linton

940 Mt. View Avenue

Petaluma, CA 94952

202-547-9429

**Anita Fordin-Giese**

20450 N. 17th Drive , Phoenix, AZ 85027

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Anita Fordin-Giese

20450 N. 17th Drive

Phoenix, AZ 85027

202-547-9429

**Sheilah Hoelscher**

98 Concord Avenue , Somerville, MA 02143

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sheilah Hoelscher

98 Concord Avenue

Somerville, MA 02143

202-547-9429

**John Preston**

1934 Santa Ana Ave , Costa Mesa, CA 92627

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

John Preston

1934 Santa Ana Ave

Costa Mesa, CA 92627

202-547-9429

**Sue E. Dean**

33945 N. 66th Way , Scottsdale, AZ 85262

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sue E. Dean

33945 N. 66th Way

Scottsdale, AZ 85262

202-547-9429

**Melissa Clark**

800 N. Washington St. , Bloomington, IN 47408

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

This argument is no different than the argument to ban DDT during the
60s. You are playing God with chemicals and genetic engineering with
some of the most powerful weapons based on the uncertain knowledge. It
is very likely that at some point we will have to go to heroic efforts
to reverse what you have the authority to avoid!

The rice industry is already struggling from the very same problems of
two contamination episodes. You clearly understand the contamination
problem, so you can\'t play the ignorance card!

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Melissa Clark

800 N. Washington St.

Bloomington, IN 47408

202-547-9429

**Marla Serrine**

354 Townhall Road , Metamora, IL 61548

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Marla Serrine

354 Townhall Road

Metamora, IL 61548

202-547-9429

**Linda Sheehan**

77 Kendall Drive , Ringwood, NJ 07456

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Linda Sheehan

77 Kendall Drive

Ringwood, NJ 07456

202-547-9429

**Barbara Teichner**

407 W.Quanah Pl. , Broken Arrow, OK 74011

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Barbara Teichner

407 W.Quanah Pl.

Broken Arrow, OK 74011

202-547-9429

**Kirk Rhoads**

301 Cooper St , Mountain Home, AR 72653

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Kirk Rhoads

301 Cooper St

Mountain Home, AR 72653

202-547-9429

**John Barfield**

\"1435 Druid Valley Dr,NE\" Apt B, Atlanta, GA 30329

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

John Barfield

\"1435 Druid Valley Dr,NE\"

Apt B

Atlanta, GA 30329

202-547-9429

**Jill \"Howe-Vercos, M.A., MFT\"**

616 Victoria Avenue , Venice, CA 90291

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jill \"Howe-Vercos, M.A., MFT\"

616 Victoria Avenue

Venice, CA 90291

202-547-9429

**Diana Kaye**

11580 Rabbit Hash Road , Elizabeth, IN 47117

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Diana Kaye

11580 Rabbit Hash Road

Elizabeth, IN 47117

202-547-9429

**Anna Connolly**

51 Avondale Lawn Blackrock, Co.Dublin, n/a Ireland

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Anna Connolly

51 Avondale Lawn

Blackrock

Co.Dublin n/a

202-547-9429

**Vivien Richards**

3686 Glenwood St , Eureka, CA 95501-8402

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Vivien Richards

3686 Glenwood St

Eureka, CA 95501-8402

202-547-9429

**Debbie Nickel**

3175 La Paloma Ave. , Daytona Beach, FL 32118

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Debbie Nickel

3175 La Paloma Ave.

Daytona Beach, FL 32118

202-547-9429

**linda hubback**

P.O.Box 159 , Big Sur, CA 93920

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

linda hubback

P.O.Box 159

Big Sur, CA 93920

202-547-9429

**Eileen Peterson**

199 Edward , Bishop, CA 93514

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Eileen Peterson

199 Edward

Bishop, CA 93514

202-547-9429

**Virginia Magnuson**

4622 Douglas St , Omaha, NE 68132

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

WHAT are you thinking, or are you thinking at all? How can any of you,
in good conscience, approve this action when you are well aware the GE
rice hasn\'t even been approved by the FDA? What happened to being
trustworthy to your consumers, so they feel secure in the knowledge that
what they have bought in good faith isn\'t potentially harmful in a
borderline-uncontrollable way? TAKE CARE of us\--it is your
responsibility!

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Virginia Magnuson

4622 Douglas St

Omaha, NE 68132

202-547-9429

**Jacob Litoff**

58 Union Street , Millis, MA 020541247

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jacob Litoff

58 Union Street

Millis, MA 02054-1247

202-547-9429

**Stephen Hall**

P.O. Box 739 12940 Anderson Valley Way, Boonville, CA 95415

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Stephen Hall

P.O. Box 739

12940 Anderson Valley Way

Boonville, CA 95415

202-547-9429

**Karen Lind**

200 Paterson Plank Road Apt.409, Union City, NJ 070872889

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Karen Lind

200 Paterson Plank Road

Apt.409

Union City, NJ 07087-2889

202-547-9429

**Mikki St Germain**

211 S. La Esperenza , San Clemente, CA 92672

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Mikki St Germain

211 S. La Esperenza

San Clemente, CA 92672

202-547-9429

**Denise Jindrich**

9 Heuter Lane , Mill Valley, CA 94941

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Denise Jindrich

9 Heuter Lane

Mill Valley, CA 94941

202-547-9429

**Lucy Loscocco**

818 Corona , Port Townsend, WA 98368

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Lucy Loscocco

818 Corona

Port Townsend, WA 98368

202-547-9429

**Gabriella Van Leuven**

600 Kresge Ct , Santa Cruz, CA 95064

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Gabriella Van Leuven

600 Kresge Ct

Santa Cruz, CA 95064

202-547-9429

**Jan Pfund**

6744 Fredericks , Lambertville, MI 48144

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jan Pfund

6744 Fredericks

Lambertville, MI 48144

202-547-9429

**Gene Hudnall**

7001 Burton Dr , Little Rock, AR 72204

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

As an Arkansan, this is important to me.

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that contamination cannot be prevented
in the field.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Gene Hudnall

7001 Burton Dr

Little Rock, AR 72204

202-547-9429

**Erik Conklin**

P.O. Box 131221 , Carlsbad, CA 92009

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Erik Conklin

P.O. Box 131221

Carlsbad, CA 92009

202-547-9429

**Joyce Akins**

200 Lancaster Avenue , Strasburg, PA 17579

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Joyce Akins

200 Lancaster Avenue

Strasburg, PA 17579

202-547-9429

**Ren Lackey**

901 SR 92 N , Tunkhannock, PA 18657

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Ren Lackey

901 SR 92 N

Tunkhannock, PA 18657

202-547-9429

**Margo Duesterhaus**

2814 Montclair Drive , Ellicott City, MD 21043

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Margo Duesterhaus

2814 Montclair Drive

Ellicott City, MD 21043

202-547-9429

**Patricia Green**

138 Pond Brook Rd , Huntington, MA 01050

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Patricia Green

138 Pond Brook Rd

Huntington, MA 01050

202-547-9429

**Ann Cantrell**

3106 Claremore Ave. , Long Beach, CA 90808

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Stop messing with our food!

Sincerely,

Ann Cantrell

3106 Claremore Ave.

Long Beach, CA 90808

202-547-9429

**Diane Bray**

8905 Club River Drive , Roswell, GA 30076

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Diane Bray

8905 Club River Drive

Roswell, GA 30076

202-547-9429

**Pat Harcarik**

2528 Guilford Avenue , Baltimore, MD 21218

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Pat Harcarik

2528 Guilford Avenue

Baltimore, MD 21218

202-547-9429

**John Goldthwait**

21273 Entrada , Topanga, CA 90290

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

John Goldthwait

21273 Entrada

Topanga, CA 90290

202-547-9429

**Raymond Martinez**

2355 cove ave , Los angeles, CA 90039

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Raymond Martinez

2355 cove ave

Los angeles, CA 90039

202-547-9429

**Bethany Hecht**

340 Sierra Vista Dr , Aptos, CA 95003

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Bethany Hecht

340 Sierra Vista Dr

Aptos, CA 95003

202-547-9429

**Clarity Hoffmann**

3626 Lyon street oakland, california, CA 94601

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Clarity Hoffmann

3626 Lyon street

oakland

california, CA 94601

202-547-9429

**Chakulla (Chuck) Smith**

5796 Holiday Park Blvd , North Port, FL 34287

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Chakulla (Chuck) Smith

5796 Holiday Park Blvd

North Port, FL 34287

202-547-9429

**Kathryn Mahoney**

240 forest street , Winnetka, IL 60093

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Kathryn Mahoney

240 forest street

Winnetka, IL 60093

202-547-9429

**molly starnes**

8120 joshua rd. , knoxville, TN 37938

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

molly starnes

8120 joshua rd.

knoxville, TN 37938

202-547-9429

**Sandra Gray**

po box 641 , kapaau, HI 96755

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sandra Gray

po box 641

kapaau, HI 96755

202-547-9429

**Liz Eckstein**

1829 Monroe St NW , Washington, DC 20010

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Liz Eckstein

1829 Monroe St NW

Washington, DC 20010

202-547-9429

**Marlene LaVonne**

myrtle , San Diego, CA 92103

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Marlene LaVonne

myrtle

San Diego, CA 92103

202-547-9429

**Roberta Rohn**

2617 Spohrs Rd. , Berkeley Springs, WV 25411

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Roberta Rohn

2617 Spohrs Rd.

Berkeley Springs, WV 25411

202-547-9429

**Russell Engebretson**

810 Smalley Drive , Norman, OK 73071

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I strongly urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for
outdoor production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to
institute a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Russell Engebretson

810 Smalley Drive

Norman, OK 73071

202-547-9429

**Lynell Hage**

2838 Oxford St N , Roseville, MN 55113

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

NO NO NO to GMO food PERIOD! I am not a science experiment for some
money hungary corporation.

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Lynell Hage

2838 Oxford St N

Roseville, MN 55113

202-547-9429

**Ethlynn Dewitt**

3322 Virginia , Kalamazoo, MI 49004

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Ethlynn Dewitt

3322 Virginia

Kalamazoo, MI 49004

202-547-9429

**Laura Sussman-Randall**

5227 Richmond Rd , Charlotte, NC 28227

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Laura Sussman-Randall

5227 Richmond Rd

Charlotte, NC 28227

202-547-9429

**Katarina Bergh**

92 Bay State Ave. , Somerville, MA 02144

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Katarina Bergh

92 Bay State Ave.

Somerville, MA 02144

202-547-9429

**Karen Malley**

1609 S. Gary St. , Anaheim, CA 92804

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Karen Malley

1609 S. Gary St.

Anaheim, CA 92804

202-547-9429

**ted hood**

9470 jupiter dr , St.cloud, FL 34773

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

ted hood

9470 jupiter dr

St.cloud, FL 34773

202-547-9429

**Melissa Sage**

1126 Cordova Street , Pasadena, CA 91106

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Melissa Sage

1126 Cordova Street

Pasadena, CA 91106

202-547-9429

**Mary Bonnarens**

2039 N Geyer Rd , Saint Louis, MO 63131

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Mary Bonnarens

2039 N Geyer Rd

Saint Louis, MO 63131

202-547-9429

**Tina Horowitz**

4701 pine street m8 , Philadelphia, PA 19143

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Tina Horowitz

4701 pine street m8

Philadelphia, PA 19143

202-547-9429

**Karissa Campbell**

25 Louis Lane , Plainfield, CT 06374

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Karissa Campbell

25 Louis Lane

Plainfield, CT 06374

202-547-9429

**Derek Brett**

1407 S. Osceola Avenue , Orlando, FL 32806

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Derek Brett

1407 S. Osceola Avenue

Orlando, FL 32806

202-547-9429

**Toni Delisi**

30 Dean Road #D-3 , Brookline, MA 2445

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Toni Delisi

30 Dean Road #D-3

Brookline, MA 2445

202-547-9429

**Carolyn Poinelli**

36 Prince St. #12 , Boston, MA 02113

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Carolyn Poinelli

36 Prince St. #12

Boston, MA 02113

202-547-9429

**Marcy Powers**

110 Willow Way , Lady Lake, FL 32159

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Marcy Powers

110 Willow Way

Lady Lake, FL 32159

202-547-9429

**Denise Morningstar**

1019 S Division St , Whitehall, MI 49461

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Denise Morningstar

1019 S Division St

Whitehall, MI 49461

202-547-9429

**Natalie Batovsky**

118 South Main Street , Union Bridge, MD 21791

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Natalie Batovsky

118 South Main Street

Union Bridge, MD 21791

202-547-9429

**France Benoit**

Box 1841 , Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P4 Canada

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

France Benoit

Box 1841

Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P4

202-547-9429

**Nina Torcoletti**

1370Delaware Street , Berkeley, CA 94702

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Nina Torcoletti

1370Delaware Street

Berkeley, CA 94702

202-547-9429

**Professor Diba Khan-Bureau**

40 Hill Top Trail , Salem, CT 06420

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Professor Diba Khan-Bureau

40 Hill Top Trail

Salem, CT 06420

202-547-9429

**mary jo jonkoski**

9748 hickory ct , hesperia, CA 92345

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

mary jo jonkoski

9748 hickory ct

hesperia, CA 92345

202-547-9429

**Jeannine Coleman**

201 Ginger Lane , Easley, SC 29642

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Are you people OUT OF YOUR MINDS???

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jeannine Coleman

201 Ginger Lane

Easley, SC 29642

202-547-9429

**Willa Schmidt**

2020 University Ave. , Madison, WI 53726

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Willa Schmidt

2020 University Ave.

Madison, WI 53726

202-547-9429

**Martin Kreckel**

15 Berry Dr. , Westerly, RI 02891

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Martin Kreckel

15 Berry Dr.

Westerly, RI 02891

202-547-9429

**Tracy Wilson**

20 Princeton Ave , Waltham, MA 2451

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Tracy Wilson

20 Princeton Ave

Waltham, MA 2451

202-547-9429

**Fred Schneider**

#37-425 Meadows Blvd. , Mississauga, ON L4Z 1N3 Canada

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Fred Schneider

#37-425 Meadows Blvd.

Mississauga, ON L4Z 1N3

202-547-9429

**Greg Difiore**

119 Pawnee Avenue , Manitou springs, CO 80829

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Greg Difiore

119 Pawnee Avenue

Manitou springs, CO 80829

202-547-9429

**Adele Kushner**

319 Wynn Lake Circle , Alto, GA 30510

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Please don\'t mess with my rice! Kansas winds could easily blow pharma
rice seeds into neighboring fields of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Not only
human health is at stake. Farmers could be held liable for contamination
and have been in the recent past. Experience shows that neither the USDA
nor biotechnology companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten the fragile
US rice market, and endanger the health of the public. If you care about
the public\'s health, you will not approve this application.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Adele Kushner

319 Wynn Lake Circle

Alto, GA 30510

202-547-9429

**Cynthia Hodges**

4901 Valerie , Bellaire, TX 77401

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: No to APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Dear USDA,

I believe the 9th Circuit recently ruled that your approval of GM crops
12 years ago was in violation of NEPA for failing to do an EIS as
required. Have you done an EIS for this rice, or are you simply going to
approve it, and then let the courts rule against you once it is already
too late? This GM-crop business is really insane. You are risking the
health of the entire planet\'s food supply.

I strongly oppose any GM crops, in fact, I support a ban on all GM
crops.

Sincerely,

Cynthia Hodges

4901 Valerie

Bellaire, TX 77401

202-547-9429

**Mike Shay**

2000 N. Court ST 4D , Fairfield, IA 52556

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Mike Shay

2000 N. Court ST 4D

Fairfield, IA 52556

202-547-9429

**Douglas Curtis**

3155 w. cheryl , phoenix, AZ 85051

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Douglas Curtis

3155 w. cheryl

phoenix, AZ 85051

202-547-9429

**Roberta Fognani**

9595 N Pecos #62 , Thornton, CO 80260

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Roberta Fognani

9595 N Pecos #62

Thornton, CO 80260

202-547-9429

**Rita Reis**

8770 Crucero Dr. , Elk Grove, CA 95624

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Rita Reis

8770 Crucero Dr.

Elk Grove, CA 95624

202-547-9429

**Tim & Andria Sigler-Smalz**

33927 Wagon Train Drive , Wildomar, CA 92595

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Tim %pa_first_name% Andria Sigler-Smalz

33927 Wagon Train Drive

Wildomar, CA 92595

202-547-9429

**Vanessa Simshauser**

1042 Cascade Ln , Camano Island, WA 98282

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Vanessa Simshauser

1042 Cascade Ln

Camano Island, WA 98282

202-547-9429

**Vanessa Favero**

364 West 18th Street, #3L , New York, NY 10011

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Vanessa Favero

364 West 18th Street, #3L

New York, NY 10011

202-547-9429

**Carol Manning**

4 Kenneth Avenue , Kendall Park, NJ 08824

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Carol Manning

4 Kenneth Avenue

Kendall Park, NJ 08824

202-547-9429

**John \"Glass, Ph.D.\"**

4145 northaven rd , Dallas, TX 75229

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

John \"Glass, Ph.D.\"

4145 northaven rd

Dallas, TX 75229

202-547-9429

**Charlene Bender**

19018 40th Place NE , LakeForestPark, WA 98155

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Charlene Bender

19018 40th Place NE

LakeForestPark, WA 98155

202-547-9429

**Robert \"Lang, MD\"**

11 Island Bay Circle , Guilford, CT 6437

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Robert \"Lang, MD\"

11 Island Bay Circle

Guilford, CT 6437

202-547-9429

**Turkin Evgeniy**

1 , Moscow, KY 127474 Russian Federation

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Turkin Evgeniy

1

Moscow, KY 127474

202-547-9429

**Christine Manning**

33 Clarendon Ave , Brockton, MA 02301

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Christine Manning

33 Clarendon Ave

Brockton, MA 02301

202-547-9429

**Connie Earnshaw**

6026 N. Villard , Portland, OR 97217

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Connie Earnshaw

6026 N. Villard

Portland, OR 97217

202-547-9429

**Cathy Popp-Mckenna**

1452 Foote Hollow Rd. , Stamford, NY 12167

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Cathy Popp-Mckenna

1452 Foote Hollow Rd.

Stamford, NY 12167

202-547-9429

**ed mcdade**

2581 s. mountain , port matilda, PA 16870

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

ed mcdade

2581 s. mountain

port matilda, PA 16870

202-547-9429

**Claudia Murphy**

123 Lockner Rd , Telford, TN 37690

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

No one has the right to pollute this earth\--leave Mother Nature alone.

Sincerely,

Claudia Murphy

123 Lockner Rd

Telford, TN 37690

202-547-9429

**Georgia Mrazkova**

3726 15th ave south #1 , Minneapolis, MN 55407

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Georgia Mrazkova

3726 15th ave south #1

Minneapolis, MN 55407

202-547-9429

**Irene Dzioba**

PO Box 366 , Amherst, MA 01004

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Irene Dzioba

PO Box 366

Amherst, MA 01004

202-547-9429

**Novella Maia**

540 East 100 North Apt. 202, Moab, UT 84532

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

There is far too much at risk. What does it take for you to understand
this? Enough damage has already been done.

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Novella Maia

540 East 100 North

Apt. 202

Moab, UT 84532

202-547-9429

**Beth Griffith**

610 W. 142th 1D , New York City, NY 10031

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Beth Griffith

610 W. 142th 1D

New York City, NY 10031

202-547-9429

**David Edwards**

291 Limerick Ave , Eugene, OR 97404

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

David Edwards

291 Limerick Ave

Eugene, OR 97404

202-547-9429

**Susan Burgenbauch**

777 Middlefield Rd., #111 , Mt. View, CA 94043

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Please maintain the high standards of purity for our grain crops.

Sincerely,

Susan Burgenbauch

777 Middlefield Rd., #111

Mt. View, CA 94043

202-547-9429

**Joshua Cox**

790 Saratoga Ave. R102, San Jose, CA 95129

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Joshua Cox

790 Saratoga Ave.

R102

San Jose, CA 95129

202-547-9429

**Sybil Schlesinger**

22 Rockland Street , Natick, MA 1760

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sybil Schlesinger

22 Rockland Street

Natick, MA 1760

202-547-9429

**Stephen Greenberg**

2431 3rd Street , Santa Monica, CA 90405

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Stephen Greenberg

2431 3rd Street

Santa Monica, CA 90405

202-547-9429

**Jane Michael**

1655 Lakeshore Drive , Menasha, WI 54952

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jane Michael

1655 Lakeshore Drive

Menasha, WI 54952

202-547-9429

**Valerie Beranek**

1628 Via Arriba , Palos Verdes Es, CA 90274

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Valerie Beranek

1628 Via Arriba

Palos Verdes Es, CA 90274

202-547-9429

**Eric Lazarus**

655 N. Oakland Ave. Apt. #2, Pasadena, CA 91101

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Eric Lazarus

655 N. Oakland Ave.

Apt. #2

Pasadena, CA 91101

202-547-9429

**Edward Wawrzyniak**

526 N West Ave , Elmhurst, IL 60126

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Edward Wawrzyniak

526 N West Ave

Elmhurst, IL 60126

202-547-9429

**Kate Sky**

PO Box 1699 , Gualala, CA 954451699

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Kate Sky

PO Box 1699

Gualala, CA 95445-1699

202-547-9429

**Larry Rutledge**

109 Elmwood Ave , Syracuse, NY 13207

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Larry Rutledge

109 Elmwood Ave

Syracuse, NY 13207

202-547-9429

**Cheri Pann**

1116 Palms Blvd , Venice, CA 902913525

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Cheri Pann

1116 Palms Blvd

Venice, CA 90291-3525

202-547-9429

**Linda Banning**

9205 NE 143rd PL , Bothell, WA 98011

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Linda Banning

9205 NE 143rd PL

Bothell, WA 98011

202-547-9429

**Donald Judd**

311 Webster , Pittsburg, KS 66762

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Donald Judd

311 Webster

Pittsburg, KS 66762

202-547-9429

**Sherry Casertano**

, ,

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Sherry Casertano

202-547-9429

**Kathy Van Dame**

1148 E 6600 S , SLC, UT 84121

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Not only do pharmaceutical food crops present the risk of contaminating
the food supply if grown outdoors, but also there are recent concerns
that the unexplained problems with bee populations are related to
genetically engineered crops.

Because of the risk of contaminating the food supply and injuring
critical bee populations I urge the USDA to deny this and all other
applications for outdoor production of pharmaceutical food crops until
open air growing of GE crops can be proven safe.

Sincerely,

Kathy Van Dame

1148 E 6600 S

SLC, UT 84121

202-547-9429

**Dianna Oles**

5131 S. Dorchester Ave. , Chicago, IL 60615

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Dianna Oles

5131 S. Dorchester Ave.

Chicago, IL 60615

202-547-9429

**Virginia Pepper**

4 rosewood dr , ipswich, MA 01938

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Virginia Pepper

4 rosewood dr

ipswich, MA 01938

202-547-9429

**Nancy Ashley**

220 W. 83rd St. , NY, NY 10024

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Nancy Ashley

220 W. 83rd St.

NY, NY 10024

202-547-9429

**V Hosono**

1928 deerwood ave , Louisville, KY 40205

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

V Hosono

1928 deerwood ave

Louisville, KY 40205

202-547-9429

**Joan Green**

241 Perkins Street, #J601 , Boston, MA 02130

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Joan Green

241 Perkins Street, #J601

Boston, MA 02130

202-547-9429

**Gillian Dale**

2856 Emporia St. , Denver, CO 80238

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Gillian Dale

2856 Emporia St.

Denver, CO 80238

202-547-9429

**Vincent M. B. Silenzio**

17 Beckwith Terrace , Rochester, NY 14610

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Vincent M. B. Silenzio

17 Beckwith Terrace

Rochester, NY 14610

202-547-9429

**Anne chips**

18910 canyon hill drive , trabuco canyon, CA 92679-1069

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Anne chips

18910 canyon hill drive

trabuco canyon, CA 92679-1069

202-547-9429

**Dominique Pistochini**

827 Valvista Way , Auburn, CA 95603

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Dominique Pistochini

827 Valvista Way

Auburn, CA 95603

202-547-9429

**David Muething**

3103 W. Waverly Ave. , Tampa, FL 33629

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

David Muething

3103 W. Waverly Ave.

Tampa, FL 33629

202-547-9429

**George Droubie**

6124 9TH ST NO , OAKDALE, MN 55128

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

George Droubie

6124 9TH ST NO

OAKDALE, MN 55128

202-547-9429

**Julie Possick**

280 Weatherstone Pointe Dr , Woodstock, GA 30188

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Julie Possick

280 Weatherstone Pointe Dr

Woodstock, GA 30188

202-547-9429

**Willis Hall**

hc 65 box 37 , Victor, WV 25938

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Willis Hall

hc 65 box 37

Victor, WV 25938

202-547-9429

**Michael Filipiak**

1843 W Edgerton Ave , Milwaukee, WI 53221-3519

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Michael Filipiak

1843 W Edgerton Ave

Milwaukee, WI 53221-3519

202-547-9429

**Anthony Huljev**

7407 W. Manchester Ave. #7 , Los Angeles, CA 900452372

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Anthony Huljev

7407 W. Manchester Ave. #7

Los Angeles, CA 90045-2372

202-547-9429

**Rebeca Torres**

221 10th St , Troy, NY 12180

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Rebeca Torres

221 10th St

Troy, NY 12180

202-547-9429

**Jim Melloh**

171 W Shore RD. , Auburn, ME 04210

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Jim Melloh

171 W Shore RD.

Auburn, ME 04210

202-547-9429

**Norman Andersen**

636 Sierra Point Rd , Brisbane, CA 94005

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Norman Andersen

636 Sierra Point Rd

Brisbane, CA 94005

202-547-9429

**Yvonne Zarnowski**

506-230 Roslyn Rd , Winnipeg, MB R3L 0H1 Canada

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Yvonne Zarnowski

506-230 Roslyn Rd

Winnipeg, MB R3L 0H1

202-547-9429

**Brenda Falkowski**

3436 Braeburn Circle , Ann Arbor, MI 481082609

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Brenda Falkowski

3436 Braeburn Circle

Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2609

202-547-9429

**Lee Johnson**

5921 Concord Ave , Edina, MN 55424

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Lee Johnson

5921 Concord Ave

Edina, MN 55424

202-547-9429

**Michelle Goldsmith**

124 anderson hill , Enfield, NH 03748

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Michelle Goldsmith

124 anderson hill

Enfield, NH 03748

202-547-9429

**jenny johnson**

1252 hawthorne street , Alameda, CA 94501

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

jenny johnson

1252 hawthorne street

Alameda, CA 94501

202-547-9429

**heather whitehead**

2921 chapman st , oakland, CA 94601

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

heather whitehead

2921 chapman st

oakland, CA 94601

202-547-9429

**Monica Skye**

3477 BIA Rd 7 , Selfridge, ND 58568

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Monica Skye

3477 BIA Rd 7

Selfridge, ND 58568

202-547-9429

**Eleanor Maclellan**

104 Cushing St. , Cambridge, MA 02138

March 26, 2007 6:39 PM

USDA Docket #APHIS-2007-0006

Subject: Deny APHIS-2007-0006

Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006 Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS
Station 3A-03.8 4700 River Road, Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

I am writing to urge the USDA to deny the application by Ventria
Bioscience to grow up to 3,200 acres of genetically engineered,
pharmaceutical rice in Kansas (Docket #APHIS-2007-0006).

Pharmaceutical and industrial food crops are likely to contaminate the
food supply if grown outdoors\--especially in tornado-prone Kansas,
where winds could easily blow pharma rice seeds into neighboring fields
of corn, soybeans, or wheat. Contamination poses potentially serious
risks to human health and threatens farmers who may be held liable for
contamination. Experience shows that neither the USDA nor biotechnology
companies can be trusted to prevent contamination.

Already the rice industry is reeling from two recent contamination
episodes. Approving this experimental rice will only further threaten
the fragile US rice market, and endanger the health of the public.

I urge the USDA to deny this and all other applications for outdoor
production of pharmaceutical and industrial food crops and to institute
a ban on this practice altogether.

Sincerely,

Eleanor Maclellan

104 Cushing St.

Cambridge, MA 02138