permaculture

[Fiona Campbell + Russ Grayson <pacedge@magna.com.au>]

If you haven't had a chance to sent of you letter to the health minister here's your chance. All Health Ministers meet December 16 to decide if genetically engineered (GE) foods will be labelled.

Email the letter below tomorrow to your state health minister:
NSW Dr Andrew Refshauge - email: nwhealth@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
QLD Wendy Edmond - email: health@miniterial.qld.gov.au
TAS Judy Jackson Email: sophie.muller@dchs.tas.gov.au
SA Dean Brown email: minister@dia.sa.gov.au
ACT Michael Moore Email: moore@dpa.act.gov.au

And send one also to the federal health minister:
Sen Grant Tambling Email: peter.mcmahon@health.gob.au

Cut and paste the letter below:
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Your Name:
Address:

Postcode
Date:

Dear Minister

I strongly urge you and the other Health Ministers to:

• ban all GE foods not shown to benefit food buyers
• label all GE foods that may enter our food supply
• adopt the strongest labelling standards among our trading partners in Europe and Japan
• tell ANZFA to reject Monsnato's six applications, which are poorly tested and impose risks without benefits

My family needs to make informed choices on what we eat. New substances
in engineered foods may trigger allergic or toxic reactions, and include
more chemical residues.

ANZFA requires few tests of GE foods for possible health impacts. Only two of Monsanto's six new foods were tested on lab animals, and the four herbicide-tolerant foods may contain increased chemical residues.

Possible health impacts make labels essential. Only with labels can we protect our health and report any illness.

I am one of the big majority of Australians who want all new foods labelled. The 1993 Department of Industry and Science survey showed 89% want labelling and 88% of 1,000 in a Channel 9 poll in October want GE foods labelled too.

Please reply to my letter.
 

Yours sincerely,
 

Signed: