"FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY IN GM RICE ROW" The Govt's Food Standards' Agency (FSA) food watchdog is facing a legal challenge over claims it failed to take sufficient precautions to stop GM rice entering the food chain. Friends of the Earth has taken the first steps towards bringing a judicial review after tests revealed GM contamination in rice sold at Morrisons supermarket. A leaked memo reveals the FSA privately told retailers & manufacturers that it does not expect them to remove contaminated rice from their shelves or to test for contamination.
Welcome to the Green Network Charitable Trust webiste.
Steve Dale, website manager.
Green Network was
founded in 1989 by five people who wished to encourage others concerned
about environmental problems, to link together and to become actively
involved in a constructive and a non-confrontational way. They wanted
to be able to provide professional information in layman's terms.
Green Network seeks
to understand and explain the possible environment and health risks
linked to some of the modern technologies, such as agricultural
pesticides, household products (including flea and headlice treatments,
insect sprays and wood preservatives) and genetically modified
organisms.
Green Network links
together interested parties concerned with different aspects of these
issues; gathering information from each of them to light the whole
picture, including the effect and spread of toxic chemical
contamination. We then co-ordinate the use and dissemination of this
evidence to raise public and official awareness of these problems and
to seek solutions. In this way the network has moved to National and
International levels. This development was
due to the dedication of volunteers and the increasing number of small
groups and organisations who became affiliated to the Green Network
including marketing companies of Organic products and the new Magazine
'Go Organic'
Green Network is also a
member of national organisations such as HDRA, Sustain, the Soil
Association, consequently strengthening the network
Green Network is
dedicated to obtaining and passing on information on environmental
pollution and health so that we can all make choices about the way we
live and eat and the household products we buy.
"Many people hold parts
of the puzzle, but no-one carries the complete picture. Through
interlinking, Green Network UK aims to help join the pieces together
and construct realistic solutions."
We
seek to address the rising public concern about health issues by
providing independent scientifically based information to assist people
in assessing the risks.
Another aspect of our work is to inform the people who make decisions for us, such as M.P's and supermarket buyers.
Contact Details:
Vera Chaney, National Organiser
Green Network
9 Clairmont Road
Lexden, Colchester
Essex, CO3 9BE
Telephone: 01206 504486
Facsimile: 01206 766005
E-Mail:
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Reg. company no: 2871287 Reg. charity no: 1028693
Patrons:
The Countess of Mar;
Sir John Colfox;
Edward Goldsmith;
Diana Schumacher MA;
Rosie Boycottt.
Scientific & Medical Advisors:
Professor Malcolm Hooper Ph.D, B.Pharm, MRIC, C.Chem
