Monsanto UK
Tuesday, 21th February, 2006Terminator Technology Still Does Not Even Exist
In response to media enquiries (following unsubstantiated allegations that sterile seed technology could be commercialised), Monsanto in the UK responded: "Research on this technology remains incomplete, as it was in 1999 and any development still does not involve us; likewise, its potential future commercialisation is not part of our plans either."Page 29 of our 2005 Pledge Report includes confirmation that we stand by our 1999 commitment not to commercialise sterile seed technologies in food crops, and how we "constantly re-evaluate this stance as the technology develops" THIS IS NOT NEW, AS WE ALSO SAID IN THE 1999 OPEN LETTER...."We are not currently investing resources to develop these technologies, but we do not rule out their future development and use for gene protection or their possible agronomic benefits"
Monsanto UK's Director of Corporate Affairs, Tony Combes commented "We have NOT changed our policy and it is nonsense to suggest farmers in developing countries cannot trust us. Over 8 million did last year, along with other biotech companies, and that number increases each year as millions of growers in developing countries realise the environmental, economic and personal benefits of this scale-neutral technology on their land. If you don't plant GM seeds, you don't pay anything towards the technology. It is bunkum and balderdash to suggest otherwise"
Click here for Monsanto's 4th October 1999 commitment not to commercialise the technology
Click here for Monsanto 2005 Pledge Report
Click here to learn about Terminator technology and GURTs on Wikipedia.
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