Email the Commission before May 7th GMO vote

How this works:

Please use your own email program (like Outlook or Hotmail or Gmail) to write a new mail. You can use our list of points below to help write the message. We can track the progress of this action if you also write to us at "gmovote.int@greenpeace.org "  

Send the email to your country's European Commissioner, or as many of them as you like.

Tip: The more local and personalised the message, the more effective it is likely to be. So think globally, and email locally! Feel free to write in your own language too. 

Points you could make in your email:

• The two maize varieties that will be debated on 7 May produce their own pesticide. According to current practices these crops were only tested for 90 days for health effects whereas pesticides are tested for 2 years!
• The GM potato contains a gene that makes cells resistant to antibiotics! If this were to get released into the environment there could be serious problems in treating diseases, such as tuberculosis.
• Recently 37 scientists wrote a letter to the Commission pointing out from a scientific point of view the many gaps and uncertainties in relation to GMOs.
• The majority of European citizens oppose the use of GMOs and this opposition has been consistent for the past 10 years.
• Industry promotes GM crops as potentially feeding the world, however this has not materialised whilst ecologically sound farming models and methods show real potential. Recently, even the UN admitted that genetically engineered crops are not a solution for poverty, hunger or climate change.
• The body responsible for advising the Commission on GMOs, the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) is not doing its job properly. First of all it has recognized that it lacks the methods for carrying out long term assessment of the health and environmental impacts of GMOs. Secondly, it is relying on incomplete data that is submitted by the agro-chemical industry – and it hardly ever checks it properly.

Please remember that a clear, polite email is more convincing than SHOUTING or being rude.