Saturday, December 18, 2004
Professor canned for releasing paper on corn contamination
A well-respected and popular professor at the University of California           in Berkeley has been fired after publishing a scientific paper regarding           the uncontrolled contamination of irreplaceable native Mexican corn           varieties by genetically engineered corn. Dr. Ignacio Chapela, whose           corn contamination article was published in the science journal "Nature,"           was denied his tenure due to pressure from the biotech company Monsanto           on the University (the UC Berkeley tenure review panel had actually           voted almost unanimously to approve his tenure). Professor Chapela has           been told to have his office cleaned out by December 31. Sign a petition           to demand a review of Dr. Chapela's tenure denial. Sign           here...
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