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Earth Liberation Front Claims Responsibility For
Torching Genetic Engineering Program In California
VISALIA, CA - The underground Earth Liberation Front (E.L.F.) has officially
claimed responsibility for a fire at the Delta & Pine Land Co. Research cotton
gin in Visalia, California on February 20, 2001.
D&PL are responsible for the Monsanto Corporation's controversial terminator
seed technology. This program renders seeds sterile forcing farmers to
purchase seeds annually from Monsanto. These seeds also have been proven to
pass sterile genes onto wild plants through cross-pollination threatening
biodiversity.
A communique sent by the E.L.F. stated, "We chose this warehouse because it
contained massive quantities of transgenic cotton seed in storage. But now,
this seed will no longer exist to contaminate the environment, enrich a sick
corporation, or contribute to its warped research programs."
The E.L.F. is an international anonymous organization that uses direct action
in the form of economic sabotage to stop the systematic exploitation and
destruction of the natural environment.
The communique continued, "D&PL continues to pursue its 'Terminator technology'
despite global opposition to the genetic engineering of plants to produce
sterile seeds. Engineering a suicide sequence into the plant world is the most
dangerous new technology since nuclear power and needs to be stopped."
Since 1997, in the United States alone, the E.L.F. have caused near $40 million
in damages to entities profiting off the exploitation and destruction of the
natural environment.
The communique finished by stating, "We are the burning rage of a dying
planet. Earth Liberation Front (ELF). ...Terminate D&PL, cremate Monsanto,
burn biotechnology..."
For more information contact:
Craig Rosebraugh/Spokesperson
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