Did you know that the government has set up a major public consultation on the issue of GMOs? No ? Well it's not really surprising, since to access it you have to know it and want it!
Here is the procedure to follow:
1. Go to the site: http://www.ogm.gouv.fr/
2. Then go to "Experiments in France" (In the left column)
3. Click on the "public consultation" link (Not easy to find, right?)
4. Locate the email address: BRAB.SDRRCC.DGAL@agriculture.gouv.fr
To send your opinion, hurry up! This consultation only takes place from April 14 to 28, 2006! Just for your information, the same consultation process had taken place in 2005 had obtained only 800 responses ... I can hardly imagine how after that the government can still claim to be interested in the opinion of citizens ... But after all, is it really important?
Here is what I sent them ... you can use it as a template or copy / paste ...
Mr. **** ******
address
Hello,
Even if I had already expressed myself to my MP on new research programs on GMOs, I also send you my opinion of eco-citizen.
European Directive 2001/18 / EC on the dissemination of GMOs in the environment and food will soon be transposed into French law. This directive does not create the conditions for optimal protection of the environment. The strict separation of the sectors comes up against a certain number of contradictions which make coexistence between GMO and non-GMO cultures impossible to implement. Worse, French law risks not precisely identifying the main culprits of genetic pollution.
So I think these programs are damaging and risk undermining a desire to prioritize quality over agricultural productivism.
Please accept, Sir, the expression of my most sincere greetings.
I have greatly helped the doc of the "Friends of the Earth" to write this email ... let's give back to Caesar what belongs to him ...
Spread the word around you!
And say if you sent it ... it's more motivating ...
@ soon
;-)
PS: Merki to Sam.B for info and help ...