Please take a moment to ENDORSE the draft ordinance regarding genetically engineered crops. Simply email your name(s) and address to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The political statement that a county has the right to protect its residents is as important as the halt of local proliferation of these crops.

I was devastated the first time I heard about the Monsanto lawsuit – Monsanto sued a neighboring farmer for theft when genetically modified seed wafted into the neighbor's yard. The neighbor didn't want to be growing this stuff in the first place.

The history of such products is scary: It's said seed can travel at least 60 miles by wind, some crops contain a suicide gene (can't reproduce, but can dominate other crops), and the US has blackmailed

third-world nations by refusing aid unless countries accept delivery of genetically engineered (and somewhat untested) crops.

Janis Paris lives in Spring Valley.

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