Re: Threat 4 plant lovers/collectors(Please Read)
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Threat 4 plant lovers/collectors(Please Read)
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 00:18:11 EDT
Sound like Dan Hinckley sold out just in time. If importation is tightly
restricted, plant explorers will be out of business, except as an academic
pursuit.
Bill Lee
<< > "It's been reported at
> http://www.geocities.com/nowhitelist/whtlist.htmlthat "The White List (or
> "clean list") is proposed legislation which
> will extend government and corporate control over the possession,
> importation and movement of anything that is alive - plants, animals
> fungi, microorganisms, everything. Under current law, the government
> controls or prohibits a limited list of pest species - agricultural
> weeds, insect pests, dangerous pathogens, etc. Only species known to
> cause problems are controlled. Under the White List, the government
> will draw up a limited list of species it deems "safe", which will
> continue to be legal to possess, move or import. >>
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