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		Starlink’s mission is to proactively fulfill the needs of our corporate clients by offering a complete range of services and innovative alternatives for private aviation, focusing on quality at the best possible cost.
		Meeting an increasing need for business travel between Montreal and the towns of Rimouski and Riviere-du-Loup, a new air link will be born next on February 26.
		Fast check-in and boarding (less than 20 minutes), the use of a private, executive terminal in Dorval and fixed rates without surprises all factor in to the service.
	www.starlinkaviation.com (116 words)

	CRS Report: RS20732 - StarLink TM Corn Controversy: Background - NLE
		StarLink corn was detected in taco shells in did-September 2000.
		StarLink is a trademark for several genetically modified corn hybrids produced by Aventis Crop Science of Research Triangle Park, N.C. (a German-French life sciences consortium) and distributed through several seed companies.
		StarLink hybrids contain a plant pesticide protein (Cry9C) derived from a common soil microbe (Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt), which kills certain destructive pests of corn such as the European corn borer.
	www.ncseonline.org /nle/crsreports/agriculture/ag-101.cfm (2523 words)

	GEO-PIE Project: StarLink Corn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
		"StarLink," a variety of genetically-engineered corn not approved for human consumption, was initially detected in September of 2000 in Taco Bell taco shells distributed by Kraft Foods, Inc. The tests that identified the presence of StarLink were conducted for the watchdog group "Friends of the Earth" by Genetics ID, an independent testing lab.
		After the contamination of Starlink was detected in foods, Aventis petitioned the EPA to consider allowing the "temporary approval" of Starlink corn for human consumption, based on new data provided by Aventis.
		Although Starlink corn was less than 1% of the total 1999 and 2000 corn harvests, mixing of Starlink with other corn varieties at individual mills may have caused a disproportionately larger number of corn products to be contaminated.
	www.geo-pie.cornell.edu /issues/starlink.html (1084 words)

	US Farmers Reach $110 Million StarLink Settlement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
		StarLink Logistics and Advanta USA agreed to pay $110 million plus interest to farmers whose crops were tainted with StarLink corn, or who suffered from a drop in corn prices due to the controversy over gene-spliced StarLink corn.
		StarLink corn is not approved for human consumption for fear it could cause allergic reactions.
		StarLink corn -- spliced with a gene that is deadly to the corn borer pest that causes millions of dollars' worth of damage to the U.S. corn crop -- was planted in less than 10,000 acres when introduced in the United States in 1998.
	www.rense.com /general34/STAR.HTM (440 words)

	StarLink Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
		StarLink is a GMO corn hybrid that was approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for animal use only.
		According to officials, no StarLink protein was detected in 8481IT corn sold in 1999 and 2000, and the company is screening its 2001 seed to ensure that it does not contain the StarLink gene.
		On Sept. 29, 2000, Aventis CropScience agreed to purchase from farmers the 2000 crop of StarLink corn and corn from adjacent pollen-buffer areas.
	www.aces.uiuc.edu /~asap/expanded/gmo/starlink.html (2759 words)

	village voice > news > Pharm Aid by Aina Hunter
		The problem is StarLink, a type of genetically altered corn that generates its very own, built-in pesticide.
		Still, a few weeks ago StarLink was detected in bags of World Food Program corn, and now activists in six Latin American countries are denouncing the U.S. for trying to palm off dangerous food on the Guatemalan poor.
		StarLink was introduced in '98, but by the year '00 it was all mixed up in our food supply.
	www.villagevoice.com /news/0509,hunter,61585,6.html (539 words)

	Online NewsHour: Genetic Recall- November 23, 2000
		"Starlink" has been genetically modified so as to be poisonous to a corn-munching caterpillar, an insect blamed for yearly crop losses of a billion dollars.
		When it approved "starlink" in 1998, the agency ruled that it would have to be kept separate from other corn.
		It isn't just the amount from the acreage that was planted with "starlink." It's that this has been multiplied by virtue of contamination, by virtue of pollen drift, by virtue of commingling.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/science/july-dec00/corn_11-23.html (1894 words)

	Transgenic Crops: An Introduction and Resource Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
		StarLink corn is one of several kinds of Bt corn that have been genetically engineered to produce insecticide within the plant itself so that external applications of pesticides to fields can be reduced or eliminated.
		Eventually StarLink DNA was detected in products made from white corn (http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16045-2001Jul3.html), although no white corn StarLink varieties had been produced.
		The StarLink episode is a case study in the issues related to transgenic technology: the adequacy of governmental regulation, the ability to control gene flow, consumer acceptance of transgenic products at home and abroad, and questions about the safety of the products themselves.
	www.colostate.edu /programs/lifesciences/TransgenicCrops/hotstarlink.html (1593 words)

	Articles of Interest - Biotechnology: Food & Agriculture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
		Some farmers who bought StarLink reported they were not told the corn was unfit for human consumption or did not receive written instructions to keep buffer strips.
		The company feels that the StarLink protein is present in such low amounts that people will not be exposed to enough to develop allergies and pointed out that the Cry9C protein structure does not appear similar to that of other known allergens.
		StarLink is not approved for use in Japan, even in animal food.
	biotech.cas.psu.edu /articles/starlink.htm (2501 words)

	StarLink corn: How it reached the food supply
		StarLink, Bohlen explained, is not approved for human consumption because of concerns that eating it might cause allergic reactions.
		When farmers bought StarLink seed, the letter said, they would be told that corn grown from it could not be sold for human consumption.
		For the plan to work, information about StarLink would be passed from Aventis to the seed companies; then the seed companies would communicate it to its dealers, who would in turn tell farmers who bought StarLink.
	archive.showmenews.com /2000/dec/20001204busi011.asp (1281 words)

	Starlink Corn: A Risk Analysis
		The Starlink episode can be viewed as a severe test of the framework for risk assessment and management of plant-incorporated protectants, both for the U.S. EPA and for the Coordinated Framework.
		In the case of Starlink corn, the requirement to plant the corn only for animal feed was difficult to enforce in the absence of FDA monitoring, which was in turn a consequence of the tolerance exemption for Cry9c.
		The Starlink episode contributes a real-life example in which, in the absence of complete scientific information, the U.S. EPA attempted to limit the introduction of a new genetically modified organism by requiring that it only be used for animal feed.
	ehp.niehs.nih.gov /members/2002/110p5-13bucchini/bucchini-full.html (9537 words)

	Going Backwards - U.S. Will Buy Back Corn Seed - Firms to Be Compensated for Batches Mixed With Biotech Variety
		StarLink was developed by Aventis CropScience and was planted on less than 0.02 percent of corn cropland in 2000.
		Federal authorities approved StarLink for animal use in 1998 but have not allowed it for human use because of concern that it breaks down more slowly than other genetically engineered corn and might cause allergic reactions.
		The presence of StarLink in seed corn underscores the growing realization that proteins from many genetically modified varieties of corn are showing up in all corn hybrids.
	www.biotech-info.net /backwards.html (935 words)

	Nixon presses for further action on Starlink corn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
		StarLink corn must be kept separate from other corn because it is not approved for human consumption.
		StarLink was altered with a bacterial gene to make it resistant to corn borer caterpillars, but Aventis's EPA license for StarLink does not permit use for human food because the agency could not rule out a link between the StarLink protein and food allergies.
		He advised farmers to attempt to use Aventis's StarLink Logistics System in marketing their corn, since the company has taken a position that it will pay for logistic costs or loss in value more readily if corn is marketed via StarLink Logistics.
	www.ago.state.mo.us /newsreleases/2000/111500b.htm (749 words)

	StarLink's Impacts on the Farm Economy
		Although StarLink was grown on no more than 0.5% of US corn acres in 2000 (362,000 acres), 1999 (250,000 acres) and 1998 (10,000 acres), the resulting contamination has significantly impacted the farm economy.
		For non-StarLink corn inadvertently mixed with StarLink in on-farm storage, farmers received a $.05 per bushel premium when the corn is fed on farm and a $.10 per bushel premium for co-mingled corn marketed to feed or industrial uses.
		In fields where StarLink corn was raised or Cry9C pollen drifted, farmers must control for volunteer StarLink plants so as to not contaminate their 2001 corn harvest.
	www.gefoodalert.org /library/admin/uploadedfiles/StarLinks_Impacts_on_the_Farm_Economy.htm (2320 words)

	Starlink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
		The Starlink Project -- a long-running UK project supporting astronomy, producing data-reduction applications
		This page was last modified 20:03, 16 September 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Starlink (111 words)

	Miller: Aventis Tells First Steps it is Taking to Deal With StarLink Corn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
		Aventis, with the USDA, has established the SES or StarLink Enhanced Stewardship Program under which farmers who grew the crop are encouraged to enter agreements for the grain to be purchased at a premium of 25 cents per bushel over the October 2, 2000, posted county price.
		Growers who can verify to Aventis that they grew corn within 660 feet of StarLink corn ("buffer growers") will be eligible to participate in the SES program for grain grown in the buffer strip and still stored on their farm.
		The EPA license for StarLink specified that a 660-foot buffer strip was necessary at any StarLink field to prevent StarLink from spreading its genes to other varieties of corn during pollination.
	www.state.ia.us /government/ag/StarLink-release-1.htm (1137 words)

	Starlink "could hurt US" again
		Below are some quotes on the Starlink fiasco from the first time around when in October 2000 traces of this Aventis GM corn [maize] showed up in taco shells in the U.S. even though it was approved only for animal feed and not for human consumption.
		The story says that StarLink genetically modified corn was detected in a U.S. corn shipment bound for Tokyo's food supply in a vessel docked at Nagoya harbour last Thursday, renewing fears that major trading partners may once again turn their backs on U.S. crops.
		The return of StarLink corn comes as the United States tries to persuade reluctant trading partners such as the European Union and southern Africa that genetically modified crops are safe for consumers.
	ngin.tripod.com /311202a.htm (1699 words)

	USATODAY.com - StarLink corn settlement also to include interest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
		The settlement could mean up to $2 per acre for farmers who did not grow StarLink corn but suffered from a consumer backlash when it was revealed that it had gotten into the food supply.
		The StarLink corn was engineered with a bacterium's gene that's deadly to the corn borer pest.
		StarLink seed had been approved in 1998 by the Environmental Protection Agency for use in animal feed.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/news/techpolicy/business/2004-08-23-starlink-snafu_x.htm (449 words)

	The Star Link can enable the heart to open
		StarLink is a web-based network of people all over the world who see the power in focusing mind and heart upon a symbol of light.
		The symbol which has inspired this website is the six-pointed star—a beautiful symbol of balance and harmony, and of the spiritual life within everything.
		There is also a Star symbol in two-dimensional form, which may be easier to focus on and visualise.
	www.thestarlink.net (163 words)

	FURORE OVER STARLINK TRIGGERS REGULATORY RETHINK
		StarLink corn -- the GMO at the root of the tangle -- contains a protein that protects the plant against the European corn borer but may cause allergic reactions in humans.
		On 25 October, the makers of the controversial StarLink corn, Aventis CropScience, lodged a submission with the US Environmental Protection Agency asserting that the corn poses no allergic risk to consumers.
		On the heels of the StarLink controversy, and also in response to wider industry trends, Aventis announced on 15 November that it plans to divest its agro-chemicals and seeds business in order to focus on faster-growing pharmaceuticals.
	www.ictsd.org /html/weekly/story4.28-11-00.htm (517 words)

	Nixon sues Aventis for keeping vital information from Missouri farmers regarding StarLink corn restrictions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
		More than 18,000 acres of StarLink seed corn were planted in at least 45 Missouri counties in 2000, including St. Charles County, where Nixon filed the lawsuit.
		When StarLink was registered for limited use with the Environmental Protection Agency in 1998, the EPA required the holder of the StarLink license — which is now Aventis — to ensure that purchasers:
		Nixon said that Aventis failed to inform growers of the EPA restrictions placed on the use of StarLink seed corn and the corn produced from StarLink seed corn.
	www.ago.state.mo.us /newsreleases/2001/050301.htm (399 words)

	US science panel rejects StarLink in human food
		StarLink, originated by the European drug giant Aventis SA, caused a massive U.S. food recall last autumn when traces of the bio-corn were discovered in taco shells.
		The panel also noted that virtually all StarLink corn would be gone from the U.S. corn supply by 2002 because of aggressive efforts by the U.S. Agriculture Department and Aventis to remove StarLink from the market.
		The scientific review of StarLink was prompted after Aventis asked the EPA to set a tolerance level of 20 parts per billion for StarLink in processed food.
	www.mapcruzin.com /news/bte072901a.htm (874 words)

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