ROME, September 24, 2009 - After Thailand, Greenpeace brings the "rice art" in Italy. This morning, in fact, a huge drawing of about 800 square meters, has appeared in a rice field in the biological province of Milan. Activists have worked many hours to trace the outline of the Italian boot that kicks off the GMOs. The goal is to protect the Italian rice agriculture from the threat of genetic engineering in the agro-food industry.
At the European level will soon vote to authorize the import of GM rice from Bayer (LL62) modified to resist a toxic herbicide, glufosinate. Glufosinate is considered so dangerous to humans and the environment will soon be banned in Europe.
"Italy is the largest producer of organic rice and at European level, what's the risk with the transgenic rice? Bayer also admitted that this rice may accidentally germinate, with the risk of contaminating the domestic production - says Federica Ferrario, head of Greenpeace GMO campaign Italy - All this while there are still doubts about the safety for animal and human consumption of GMOs. We want to send a strong message to the Italian government and European authorities to prevent the importation of transgenic rice. "
The design is was carried out in a field of rice variety "fly" on a farm converted to organic for the past 20 years, and within the territory of the Parco del Ticino. The Greenpeace activists had been held with the support of the Park.
"Parco del Ticino for many years adopted an organic farming and integrated farming geared to protect both biodiversity and to protect the landscape. - Says Milena Bertani, President of the Ticino Park - why we support the Greenpeace campaign against the commercialization of GM rice, considering that rice is one of the most significant products of our territory, we want to keep non-GMO. "
Greenpeace campaign for sustainable agriculture and food production GM-free and based on principles of sustainability, protection of biodiversity and be able to provide all people access to safe and nutritious food. Genetic engineering is an unnecessary and unwanted technology that contaminates the environment, threatens biodiversity and poses unacceptable risks to health.
on the website you can join the online petition to ask the governments and European authorities to protect consumers, farmers and crops rejecting GE rice from Bayer and blocking all the trials of GE rice in the environment. To download
the ratio of Bayer
http://www.greenpeace.org/
To join the online petition:
http://www.greenpeace.org/
Contact: Greenpeace press office
06.68136061 ext. 211
Federica Ferrario, head of marketing GMOs, 348 3988616
Victoria Iacovella, press office, 348 3988615
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