FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: It could be you! -- GM di directors warned over legal liability.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-19 July 1999-FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: It could be you! -- GM directors warned over legal liability (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:190799 Directors of companies involved in producing and selling genetically-modified food and crops have been warned that they may face personal legal liability for any damage their products cause to human health or the environment.

The stark warning comes in letters to more than 200 company directors from Charles Secrett, Executive Director of Friends of the Earth. Companies whose directors have been written to include Monsanto, AgrEvo, Novartis, Zeneca, and Plant Breeding International. Letters have also gone to directors and chief executives of institutes involved in GM development, including the John...