Press Release from:

AFRICAN CENTRE FOR BIOSAFETY, GRAIN, PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK, ASPTA,
TERRA DE DIREITOS; GM FREE LATIN AMERICA

**Groups appeal to UN High Commissioner For Human Rights, Secretary
General of CBD**

Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Oakland US—19 March 2013—Civil society groups from South Africa, Latin America- especially Brazil, Argentina- and the United States are deeply disturbed by the recent decision by the South African GMO authorities to grant approval for the import into South Africa, of Dow’s genetically engineered (GE) soybean variety (DAS-44406-6). This variety is genetically engineered to resist liberal applications of the toxic chemicals 2,4-D, glufosinate and glyphosate. Such an approval is calculated to add weight to Dow’s applications for
approvals of this GE variety for commercial growing especially in Brazil, Argentina, and the US.

This in from our friends at the African Centre for Biosafety (ACB):

The Africa Centre for Biosafety (ACB) has dismissed the findings of the biotechnology industry's flagship annual report, published by the GM industry funded 'NGO', the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), as mischievous and erroneous.