PROFESSOR CANNED FOR
RELEASING PAPER ON GE CONTAMINATION

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12/23/2004
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. CLICK TO SIGN PETITION

More info:

• 12/23 - Ignacio Chapela on Mexico's New "Monsanto Law"
• 12/17 - Monsanto's Dirty Tricks Campaign Against Fired Berkeley Professor Ignacio Chapela
• 12/13 - Firing of Biotech Critic Ignacio Chapela Mobilizes Students & Professors at Berkeley
• 2004 - American Journal of Law and Medicine Report on Suppression of Science Due to Industry Pressure (PDF)