We are organising our first sustainability workshop in Oakland, California in August 2001. There are, however, gaps in knowledge about DU, particularly the long-term effects. Minister Burton may want to have a closer look at the facts. That DU in weapons and in civil applications should be outlawed since Depleted Uranium does in fact contaminate the environment and causes serious illnesses and birth deformations . The effects of DU in Iraq are not once mentioned.
Facts are available - for all the world to see.
The facts behind the official denials. Too much business as usual, we believe. Here's a transcript of Mrs Fran Wilde's gene technology infomercial in the NZ National Business Review of 7 April 2000, enhanced with some critical remarks by ecoglobe. ERMA started its hearings into an application by AgResearch for field trials with sheep that have 'double-muscle' gene modification. Prime Minister Helen Clark AIDS Virus Strains Are Mutating - Test Concerns Grow Recombination of DNA to create new species with unknown and potentially dangerous properties is one of the major concerns about Genetic Engineering Biotech.