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#L2PA1T / @xenomorph / 4152 дня назад

Серия прошлогодних писем от Rothamsted GM wheat research team. Письмо номер раз: >Dear Petition Signatory >A forwarded note from the GM wheat research team at Rothamsted: >Dear Signatory >Thank you very much indeed for all your support on this petition and kind emails since our appeal. >We have the bad news that yesterday an individual broke into the experimental site and caused substantial damage. However, the overall integrity of the experiment has not yet been compromised. This is even more reason why we are extremely worried that the Take the Flour Back group is continuing with plans for direct action to destroy our GM wheat experiment entirely next Sunday. It has now issued logistical instructions for doing this and a ‘legal briefing’ for activists. >The group says it wants to destroy the crop because of a 'contamination' risk through cross-pollination with other wheat in fields a long way away. Their reason for pulling it up on 27 May was that “wheat is wind-pollinated” and that this was the last weekend before pollination is likely to occur. They did not seem to realise when they booked this date that wheat is in fact self-pollinating, and that therefore almost no pollen leaves the plant, let alone the field. We have informed them of this misunderstanding, but to no avail. They have also refused our offer to debate the issues in public in front of an audience, saying they do not have the “capacity” to field a speaker. >In the thousands of signatories on the petition against destroying our research, there are many diverse voices, including farmers, environmentalists, people local to Rothamsted, researchers in other fields, writers, musicians and all walks of life. We know many of you want to do something to help, and may feel angry and powerless about this latest vandalism. However, in discussions with the authorities, we cannot have our supporters counter-protesting on the day as it would provoke the kind of conflict that we have been trying to avoid. The only way forward is through communication and verbal engagement. >Take the Flour Back don't need to hear angry invective, but as a last ditch attempt at getting them to call off their action, we think they should understand why so many people oppose destroying the research. The only way we know of reaching them is at info[at]taketheflourback.org. Although they may not reply, they will be taking note of the strong support that we have received. >Best regards >Toby Bruce (Scientist specialising in plant-insect interactions, Team Leader) >Gia Aradottir (Insect Biology, Postdoc ) >Huw Jones (Wheat Transformation, Coinvestigator) >Lesley Smart (Field Entomology) >Janet Martin (Field Entomology) >Johnathan Napier (Plant Science, Coinvestigator) >John Pickett (Chemical Ecology, Principal Investigator)
#L2PA1T/GVV / @xenomorph / 4152 дня назад
Письмо номер 2: >Dear Petition Signatory, >Many of you have asked how you can personally show your support for the GM wheat scientists at Rothamsted Research who face the destruction of their trial site by Take the Flour Back this Sunday. The team of scientists will be at Rothamsted Park, Harpenden AL5 2EF to answer questions from 11.30 on the day, where the protesters are apparently planning to gather. This is where you can show your support, but please do NOT attempt to go to join the anti-GM activists in moving to the trial site itself, for obvious reasons. >It is regrettable that the Green Party's Jenny Jones has confirmed that she will be there to support direct action against publicly-funded research, particularly given that the wheat trial is expressly aimed at reducing the use of broad-spectrum insecticides which can damage farmland biodiversity. >Meanwhile, hundreds of you responded to the call to email Take the Flour Back with your request that they should call the protest off. To date no response has been received, so we can only assume that the attempt at a "mass decontamination" that the group has proposed will go ahead as planned. >Best wishes, >Síle Lane
#L2PA1T/BYS / @xenomorph / 4152 дня назад
Письмо номер три: >Dear Petition Signatory, >The planned direct action against the GM wheat experiment at Rothamsted did not happen yesterday. The Take the Flour Back group did not have enough support to storm the field and the local police kept them off Rothamsted’s grounds. Last night hackers attacked Rothamsted Research’s website but it is now back online. Your support has not only helped the scientists bear up under the pressure of the last few weeks but also made the threat to their research retreat in the face of opposition. There has been lots of media coverage in the last few days, including editorials in the Observer and the Times and articles in the Telegraph and Independent (links below). >Some of you came to Rothamsted Park yesterday to tell the protest group why you didn’t want them to destroy publicly funded research. We have gathered some of the comments of support from the 6000 petition signatories as a PDF on our website at http://www.senseaboutscience.org/data/files/Dont_destroy_research_public_support.pdf >If you would like to get general news from Sense About Science you can sign up for our newsletter here http://www.senseaboutscience.org/pages/support-us.html and keep up to date with the fantastic work of the researchers at Rothamsted on their website http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/ >Thank you again for your support. >Best wishes, >Síle Lane >http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/27/observer-editorial-gm-crops-research >http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/leaders/article3427878.ece >http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9293301/Scientists-insist-GM-wheat-is-safe-as-protesters-vow-to-tear-up-crop.html >http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/steve-connor-opponents-of-this-crop-trial-are-blind-to-the-food-crisis-7792517.html
#L2PA1T/KKQ / @xenomorph / 4152 дня назад
Письмо номер четыре: >Dear Friends and Colleagues >The scientists at Rothamsted Research want to record their sincere thanks for the amazing, spontaneous outpouring of support for safeguarding their research on aphid repellent wheat. As you all know, this project represented years of painstaking discovery research and the careers of a number of dedicated scientists. The idea that a self-appointed group would decide to destroy this was unconscionable and the researchers felt that they had to reach out to reasonable people for support. No-one expected such enthusiastic and heartfelt support, but it had a number of very positive effects. >You brought the discussion about the research into the realms of sensible debate. Your support really affected the attitude of commentators, who realised what strong support there is for public sector research even when it involves transgenic plants. It also had an effect on those threatening the work and certainly helped to reduce the size of the demonstration that was intent on destroying the experiment. Finally, it was a great source of encouragement to our scientists, even in the depressing period leading up to the direct action, when everyone was feeling under siege. They would read some of the comments and were re-energised to go ahead and struggle for the right to do good science despite the threats. >As you now know, the day of the action went by peacefully and the demonstrators were well behaved. We still live under the threat of another night-time raid, but we are doing our best to safeguard the experiment. Our ecologists and field entomologists are in the field (in the pouring rain!) most days counting aphids, ladybirds and parasitic wasps that live off the aphids. But they are even more enthused to perform this work because of your support. They feel like they are members of a much larger team. This is a reminder of why we do science. It isn't to produce scientific papers (although we must...), but it is to improve agriculture and all that depends on it. >So thank you, each individually, for your support, your comments and your suggestions. We have learned a great deal though this process, much of it due to you and your help. >The researchers will keep this list apprised of the progress of our work and invite any and all to contact us directly at Rothamsted. >With best wishes to all, >Maurice Moloney >Director and Chief Executive >maurice.moloney[at]rothamsted.ac.uk
#L2PA1T/81M / @xenomorph / 4152 дня назад
И последнее письмо. >Dear Petition Signatories >The GM wheat trial crop at Rothamsted Research has been harvested. It is far too early to talk about results yet, but the team at Rothamsted wanted to let you know about the harvest and to pass on their thanks. The protest group who said they were going to destroy the crop earlier in the summer did not have enough support to carry out their threat; this was because of you. >Professor John Pickett said: >>"The team and I were overwhelmed by all the messages of support we received from the petition signatories. You all have a significant role to play in ensuring this important, independent scientific study continues to progress so we can better understand whether this technology could help us deliver more environmentally sustainable food production in the future. We are only half way through our experiment and to ensure we get robust scientific results we need to continue the experiment next year and then get the data thoroughly analysed and independently peer reviewed for all to see. After all the great work done by Sense about Science this year, we hope next year's phase will pass without the threat to damage it." >Síle Lane, Sense About Science said: >>"We were thrilled by the support for the researchers. We are still reading through the comments 6060 people left on the petition. This is ongoing research so it's good for the scientists to know there's so much support for them from so many people. The questions you sent us have been a great way to clarify the research and Frances Downey is going to continue this. If you have further questions get in touch with her at fdowney[at]senseaboutscience.org.” >We have gathered some of the comments of support for the researchers from petition signatories, politicians and high profile supporters here (PDF) http://www.senseaboutscience.org/data/files/Dont_destroy_research/Dont_destroy_research_public_support_June_2012.pdf >The questions researchers worked hard to answer are here http://www.senseaboutscience.org/pages/plant-science-qa.html >There’s a time line of the summer's events, including Rothamsted's offer to debate with Take the Flour Back before the protest, here: http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/Content.php?Section=AphidWheat&Page=Protest >Protestor Hector Christie was ordered to pay £3,850 in compensation to Rothamsted Research in August after breaking onto the site and causing property damage. He failed to disrupt the experiment: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19373852 >If you would like to get general news from Sense About Science you can sign up for our newsletter here http://www.senseaboutscience.org/pages/support-us.html and keep up to date with the fantastic work of the researchers at Rothamsted on their website http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/ >Thank you again for your support.
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