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Genetically Engineered Food Alert

Call to Action Signers

9/20/01

 

 

We, the undersigned, call on government and corporate leaders to adopt the following Call to Action:

 

“Genetically engineered food ingredients or crops should not be allowed on the market unless:

 

1)       Independent safety testing demonstrates they have no harmful effects on human health or the environment,

2)       They are labeled to ensure the consumer's right-to-know, and

3)       The biotechnology corporations that manufacture them are held responsible for any harm.”

 

Founding Organizations:

Center for Food Safety

Friends of the Earth

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

National Environmental Trust

Organic Consumers Association

Pesticide Action Network North America

The State PIRGs

 

VIP Signers:

Dr. Barry Commoner, Founder/Director, Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Queens College, NY

Paul Hawken, Author, The Ecology of Commerce

Dr. Martha R. Herbert, M.D., Ph.D, Center for Morphometric Analysis-Pediatric Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital-East

Jim Hightower, Author and Two-term Texas Agriculture Commissioner

Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, Chef/Owners, Border Grill and Food Network’s “Too Hot Tamales”

Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate

Kelly Preston, Actress

Bonnie Raitt, Musician/Activist

Dr. Philip J. Regal, Professor, University of Minnesota, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Department

Dr. Vandana Shiva, Director, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy, India

John Travolta, Actor

 


Academics:

Philip L. Bereano, Professor, College of Engineering, University of Washington

Dr. Barbara K. Given, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education and Research Professor, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University

Robert Gottlieb, Director, Urban and Environmental Policy Institute, Occidental College

Dr. John Hagelin, Ph.D., Director, Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy, Maharishi University of Management

Dr. Dale Hathaway, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, Butler University

David McDermott Hughes, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University

Dr. Patricia Clark Kenschaft, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, Montclair State University, New Jersey

Dr. Jack R. Kloppenburg, Jr., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin

David Kriebel, Co-director of the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell

Dr. Sheldon Krimsky, Ph.D., Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy at Tufts University

Dr. Marc J. McGinnes, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Jeremy Rifkin, Founder/President, The Foundation on Economic Trends

James Senft, Professor of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin

Jeanne Stevens, Project Coordinator, Institute for Science/Interdisciplinary Studies, Hampshire College, MA

Dr. Angus Wright, Ph.D., Department Chair, Environmental Studies, California State University, Sacramento

 

Agriculture/Farm/Labor Organizations:

Agricultural Resources Center-Pesticide Education Project

Alliance for Sustainability

Berkeley Food Policy Council

Beyond Organic

California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF)

California Sustainable Agriculture Working Group

Colorado Pesticide Network

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF)

Family Farm Defenders

Food and Farming Forum

Hinsvark Organic Farm

Independent Organic Inspectors Association

LaRocca Vineyards

Nature’s Fountain Organic Farm

New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides

Newman’s Own Organics

Northeast Organic Farming Association, MA Chapter, Inc.

Northeast Organic Farming Association of NJ

Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society

Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides

Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF)

Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI)

Organic Trade Association

Pesticide Watch

Rancho Realty Organic Farm

Santa Monica Certified Farmers’ Market

Seventh Generation, Inc.

Stonyfield Farm, Inc.

Straus Family Creamery

Jim Churchill, Grower, Ventura County

Robert Cohen, Executive Director, Dairy Education Board

Phil LaRocca, California Certified Organic Farmers

William Obear, Farmer/Owner, Bear Path Farm

Balbemar Velasquez, Founder/President, Farm Labor Organizing Committee

 

Chefs:

Chefs Collaborative

Minnesota Chefs of the Organic Consumers Association

Rick Bayless, Owner/Chef, Topolobampo, Chicago, IL

Robert Carroll, Owner of the Bayside Restaurant, Westport, MA

Chris Chism, Chef, Cipollina, Austin, TX

Peter Davis, Executive Chef, The Charles Hotel/Henrietta’s Table, Cambridge, MA

Patrick DeBoeuer, Executive Chef, Pho Republique, Boston, MA

Tony Del Plato, co-author, Moosewood Cookbooks, Ithaca, NY

Chris Douglas, Chef, Icarus, Boston, MA

Ed Doyle, Executive Chef, Aura Restaurant at the Seaport Hotel, Boston, MA

Stan Frankenthaler, Chef/Proprietor, Salamander, Boston, MA

Greg Higgins, Chef/Co-owner, Higgins Restaurant & Bar, Portland, OR

Peter Hoffman, Chef/Owner, Savoy, New York, NY

John Lawrence, Co-Owner/Executive Chef, Peppers Fine Food Catering, Northboro, MA

Michael Leviton, Chef/Owner, Lumiere, Newton, MA

Ed Lippincott, Chef/Owner, Chef Ed's Seaside Grill, Belmar, NJ

Joan MacIsaac, Chef/Owner Ruby Chard Take-away Café and Catering, West Roxbury, MA

Frank McClelland, Chef/Owner, L'Espalier, Boston, MA

Ken Miller, Food Service Director, The Fessenden School, West Newton, MA

Rick Moonen, Chef, Oceana, New York, NY

Odessa Piper, Chef/Owner, L’Etoile, Madison, WI

Nora Pouillon, Chef/Owner, Restaurant Nora, Washington DC

Donna Prizgintas, Celebrity Chef, Los Angeles, CA

Braiden Rex-Johnson, Cookbook Author/Food Writer

Bob Sargent, Chef/Owner, Flora, Arlington, MA

Nina Simonds, Food Journalist/Cookbook Author

Susan Spicer, Chef/Owner, Bayona, New Orleans, LA

Alice Waters, Chef/Owner, Chez Panisse, Berkeley, CA

Judy Wicks, Founder/Chef, White Dog Café, Philadelphia, PA

 

Doctors/Public Health Organizations:

Bowdoin Street Health Center, MA

Breast Cancer Action

California Nurses Association

Center for Environmental Health

Children's Health Environmental Coalition

Community Nutrition Institute

Environmental Health Coalition of Western MA

Health Care Without Harm

Hygienic Community Network

Institute for Children's Environmental Health

Marblehead Cancer Prevention Project

Sedona Center for Complementary Medicine

Women's Cancer Resource Center

Women’s Health & Environmental Network

Dr. Lester Adler, M.D., General Practitioner, AZ

Dr. Felix Aguilar, M.D., M.P.H., President, Physicians For Social Responsibility, Los Angeles Chapter

Dr. Robert Aranosian, D.O., Director of Emergency Medicine, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital, MI

Dr. Paul Billings, M.D., Ph.D., Internist and Medical Geneticist, CA

Epi Bodhi, Director of Public Health, Town of Amherst, MA

Dr. Joel Chinitz, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Director, Physicians Assistant Program, Philadelphia University, PA

Dr. Barry D. Elson, M.D., Allergy and Environmental Medicine, Northampton, MA

Dr. Paul R. Epstein, Ph.D. Associate Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Samuel Epstein, M.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine, University of Illinois School of Public Health, Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition

Dr. Erica Frank, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Preventative Medicine Residency Program, Emory University School of Medicine

Dr. Jay Gordon, M.D., Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant

Dr. Robert Gould, M.D., Associate Pathologist, Kaiser Hospital, San Jose, CA

Dr. Winifred J. Hamilton, Ph.D., Neurosurgery Research, Houston, TX

Dr. Michael Janson, M.D., General Practitioner, Nutrition, Cambridge, MA

Dr. Gary P. Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Clinical Neurophysiology, North Shore University Hospital, Professor of Clinical Neurology, New York University School of Medicine

Dr. Richard E. Layton, M.D., Specialized Pediatrics, Allergy and Integrated Medicine, Towson, MD

Dr. Sheldon Margen, M.D., Professor Emeritus, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley

Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC Lactation Consultant, Florida

Dr. Stuart Newman, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College

Dr. Robert J. Thiel, Ph.D., N.D., Nutrition Researcher, President, California State Naturopathic Association

Dr. Quentin Young, M.D., Internist, Clinical Professor of Preventative Medicine, University of Illinois School of Medicine

Dr. John Zamarra, M..D., Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Fullerton, CA

 

 

Environmental Organizations/Leaders:

California Coalition for Alternatives to Spreading Poisons (CCAAPP)

Cape Cod Organic Gardeners

Center for International Environmental Law

Clean Water Action Alliance of Massachusetts

Colorado Pesticide Network

Community & Children’s Advocates Against Pesticide Poisoning

Dakota Resource Council

Earth Island Institute

Earthways

Ecology Center of Berkeley, CA

Environmental Advocates

Environmental Media Association

Forest Ecology Network

Free The Planet!

Global Possibilities

Global Resource Action Center for the Environment

Grassroots Environmental Education

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice

Green Futures

Green Cape

Greens/Green Party USA

Humane Society of the United States

International Center for Technology Assessment

KAHEA: The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance

Kids Against Pollution

Marblehead Pesticide Awareness Committee

Maine Right to Know

Massachusetts Association of the Chemically Injured

Massachusetts PIRG

Native Forest Council

Non/Tox/City

Occidental Arts and Ecology Center

People Allied for Community Transformation

People for the Environment

Pesticide Education, Safety & Training (PEST) Institute

Rainforest Action Network

Rodale Inc.

Rural Vermont

Safer Pest Control Project

Sageroot Center

Science and Environmental Health Network

Sierra Club

Silent Spring Institute

Southwest Environmental Center

Sustain

Toxics Action Center

USPIRG

Washington Toxics Coalition

Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety

Wild Duck Review

Y2Kids

David Abram, Ecologist and Author, the Ecology of Magic

Ed Begley Jr., Actor and Environmentalist

Leslie Brooks, Chairman of the Natural Law Party

Tom Hayden, former state Senator (CA)

Paul Kasdan, Owner, Thera-Ped Ltd.

Sheila A. Laffey, Producer, ECHO Mountain Productions

Ellen L. Pietroski, Uwharrie Earth First!

Lorna Salzman, Founder of Ecology Caucus, Green Party

Assemblymember Deborah Glick (NY)

Assemblymember John J. McEneny (NY)

Patricia Anne Martin, Former Mayor, City of Quincy (WA)

John Stauber, co-author, Toxic Sludge Is Good For You

Laura Ticciati, Executive Director, Mothers for Natural Law

Greg Williams, Editor/Publisher, HortIdeas

 

Food Safety and Genetic Engineering Organizations and Leaders:

The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods

Center for Ethics and Toxics

Consumers Against Food Engineering (CAFE), MD

DC Real Food Campaign

GE Free LA

Massachusetts Consumers’ Coalition

NW Resistance Against Genetic Engineering

Sonoma County Green Genes

Washington Biotechnology Action Council

Claire Hope Cummings, Director, Food and Farming Forum

Mark Huebner, Director, North Carolina Citizens for Safe Food

Jeff Peckman, Executive Director, B.I.G.G. Alliance - Ballot Initiative Organizer for Safe Food Initiatives

 

Religious/Hunger Organizations/Leaders:

Africa Faith & Justice Network

Berkeley Food Policy Council

Catholic Archdiocesan of Social Justice, Albuquerque, NM

Children’s Advocacy Network

Church of the Brethren, Washington Office

Community Food Security Coalition

Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy

Interfaith Network for Earth Concerns, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon

Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness

The National Catholic Rural Life Conference

Reverend Carol Edwards, Unitarian Universalist Church of Santa Barbara

Reverend Mary L. Hitt, Environment Chair, Diocese of Rhode Island

Reverend Douglas B. Hunt, Co-Convenor, Network for Environmental and Economic Responsibility of the United Church of Christ

 

Scientists:

Council for Responsible Genetics

Dr. Miguel A. Altieri, Ph.D., Professor and Entomologist, Center for Biological Control, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Paul E. Arriola, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biology, Elmhurst College

Dr. Catherine Badgley, Ph.D., Museum of Paleontology & Residential College and Director, Environmental Studies Program, University of Michigan

Dr. Ignacio H. Chapela, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. David Ehrenfeld, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Rutgers University

Dr. David B. Fankhauser, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Chemistry, University of Cincinnati Clermont College

Dr. Michael W. Fox, D.V.M, D.Sc., Ph.D., Senior Scholar, Bioethics, The Humane Society of the United States

Dr. Charles A. Francis, Professor, Department of Agronomy, University of Nebraska

Dr. Albert J. Fritsch, Ph.D., Director, Appalachia--Science in the Public Interest

Dr. Martin Heller, Ph.D., Research Fellow, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan

Dr. Ruth Hubbard, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biology, Harvard University

Dr. Stephen Jones, Ph.D., Winter Wheat Breeder, Chair, National Wheat Crop Germplasm Committee

Dr. Jonathan King, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Marc Lappe, Ph.D., Director, Center for Ethics and Toxics

Dr. Anne-Marie Mayer, Ph.D., Cornell University, Division of Nutritional Sciences

Dr. David Schwartzman, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Howard University

Dr. Gerald Smith, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Geology, Director of Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Dr. Richard Strohman, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Susanne Wuerthele, Ph.D., Toxicologist, Denver, CO

 

International Organizations/Leaders:

Dr. Robert Anderson, Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Genetics, New Zealand

David Blake, GenEthics Network, Queensland

Peter Bunyard, Ecologist, Cornwall, UK

Dr. C.A. Clinch-Jones, General Practitioner, Adelaide, Australia

Dr. Dorothy Ayers Counts, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Elizabeth Cullen, Co-Chair, Irish Doctors’ Environmental Association

Dr. Phil Davies, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Australia

Antonino Drago, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Sciences, Scientific Committee of CIRG, Inter-University Center of Research on Bioethics, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Dr. Ruth Gonseth, Doctors for the Environment, Switzerland

Dr. Andrew Heyrman, Osteopath, Belgium

Dr. Marijan Jost, Ph.D., Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Croatia

Dr. Leonard Kasda, Ph.D., Dalhousie University

Betsy Kettle, Lecturer, Department of Landscape and Plant Sciences, Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand

Ashish Kothari, Founder, Kalpavriksh Environmental Action Group, India

J. William Lewis, Department of Linguistics, University of Victoria, Canada

Dr. Abby Lippman, Ph.D., McGill University

David Lovell-Smith, Hillmorton Medical Centre, New Zealand

Farhad Mazhar, Executive Director, UBINIG (Policy Research for Development Alternatives), Founder/Leader, Nayakrishi Andolon, New Agricultural Movement, Bangladesh

Percy Schmeiser, Farmer/Owner, Saskatchewan, Canada

Paulo Tagliari, President, DECONOR, Brazil

Sir Edward Teague, Chairman, Software Systems Europe

Dr. Jennifer Teufel, Ph.D., Biologist, Freiburg, Germany

Mark Thompson, University of Calgary, Department of Genetics, Canada

Dr. Caroll C. Trenchant, Ph.D., University of Moncton, School of Food Science and Nutrition, NB, Canada

Z. Vallings, Chairperson of GE Free Northland, New Zealand

Gaëtan du Bus de Warnaffe, Catholic University of Louvain-la-Nueve, Water and Forest Research Unit

Dr. John Zarb, Ph.D., Consultant Researcher in Sustainable Farming, York, UK

 

Shareholder Advocacy/Financial Institutions/Foundations:

As You Sow Foundation

Chris Desser, Constellation Fund

Global Partners LLC

Harrington Investments, Inc.

 

Social Justice/Trade Organizations:

American Council on Consumer Awareness

Citizens for Consumer Justice

Global Exchange

Government Accountability Project

International Forum on Globalization (IFG)

Social Justice Center of Marin