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(AP) — Opposing an accord
approved by more than 125
nations, the United States
and five other countries
scuttled efforts Wednesday
to forge an environmental
protection treaty on trade in
genetically modified plants
and animals.
Washington said it was
protecting the world’s food
trade from potentially crip
pling regulatory burdens.
But critics said it was do
ing the bidding of multina
tional businesses, whose
laboratory-produced crops
could one day sow ecologi
cal catastrophe.
The breakdown after 10
days of talks marked the first
time in more than 20 years
that a major international
environmental negotiation
has concluded in disarray,
Michael Williams,
spokesperson for the U.N.
Environmental Program,
said.
The negotiations are to re
sume within 16 months at an
undetermined time and
place.
The European Union and
more than 110 other nations
at the U.N.-initiated talks
agreed late Tuesday to forge
a so-called Biosafety Proto
col, an outgrowth of the
1992 Earth Summit in Brazil.
But the United States,
Australia, Canada, Uruguay,
Argentina and Chile blocked
the proposed compromise.
The treaty would have
permitted nations to restrict
imports not only of experi
mental organisms but also of
genetically altered crops
such as soy, corn, cotton and
potatoes.
“The United States has
dominated these negotia
tions and they’ve now sabo
taged them,” charged Louise
Gale, a spokesperson for the
environmental group Green
peace. “They’re obviously
trying to force genetically
modified food down the
throats of consumers.”
The United States, the
world’s main biotech ex
porter, wanted a narrowly
focused treaty that “protect
ed the environment and yet
avoided unduly restraining
international trade” in a
rapidly growing mutibillion-
dollar industry, said U.S. del
egation chief Melinda Kim
ble.
Biotech products such as
insect-resistant crops and
vaccines born of gene-splic
ing are touted by proponents
as guarantors of future glob
al food security.
They produce higher
yields than traditionally
crossbred hybrids with few
er chemical insecticides and
herbicides.
Their patents are mostly
owned by a handful of com
panies — from Monsanto of
St. Louis to Novartis of
Basel, Switzerland, who in
sist the products are rigor
ously tested and safe.
Critics, however, worry
about the possibility of still
unfathomable and possibly
catastrophic consequences if
the products go awry.
Developing countries
want international safe
guards to protect themselves
against potential biogenetic
disaster.
They want biotech com
panies legally liable for any
damage to biodiversity or
human health — another
provision opposed by the
United States.
Many Europeans also dis
trust genetically engineered
products.
Although genetic engi
neering experimentation be
gan two decades ago, devel
opment of biotech foods,
vaccines and byproducts has
only recently taken off.
Worldwide, more than 67
million acres of genetically
altered crops were sown in
1998, up from about 2 mil
lion in 1996.
In the United States, be
tween 25 percent and 45 per
cent of some major crops are
already genetically modified.
Industry officials expect
some 90 percent of U.S. agri
cultural exports to be bio
genetic within a decade.
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BY RACHEL HOLLAND
The Battalion
Representatives from communi
ty apartment complexes offered in
formation on prices and amenities to
A&M students yesterday at the 15th
annual Housing Fair.
More than 50 property owners,
representing 80 apartment complex
es, took part in the fair at the MSC
Flagroom.
The Department of Student Life,
Off-Campus Student Services and
Off-Campus Aggies sponsored the
fair.
TFacey Forman, assistant coordi
nator for Adult, Graduate and Off
Campus Student Services, said the
purpose of the Housing Fair was to
provide students with information
on a variety of off-campus housing
options in a convenient location.
“Often, students will not start
thinking about housing until the
summer, and by then it is too late,”
she said. “The Housing Fair gives
students the information they need
to get started early. ”
The 1999 Texas A&M University
Off Campus Living Survival Manual
was available at the fair and includes
an updated price list and informa
tion on roommates, leases and utili
ties.
Tina Weatherford, manager of
East Gate Apartments and Anderson
Place, said looking for apartments
can be overwhelming. She said the
Housing Fair is a good way for stu
dents to get focused.
“The best thing for students to do
is get the Off Campus Living Sur
vival Manual,” she said. “This will
tell them what to look for and what
questions to ask.
“From there, students should vis
it apartments and discuss the lease
with the apartment manager to be
sure they know what they are sign
ing.”
Lindsey Morgan, a leasing agent
at Tahoe Apartments, said apart
ments in the community fill up
quickly after the Housing Fair.
“There is enough stress about
starting class during the fall semes
ter,” she said. “Students can take
Shanna McMillian, a representative with The Grove apartment
to Jennifer Bagget, a sophomore marketing major, about livinf
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