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<P><BIG>Hi,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>We’ve all thought it: wouldn’t it be nice if mosquitoes just didn’t
exist! But the truth is, it wouldn’t. <STRONG>Mosquitoes</STRONG> - like
flies, rats and lots of other pests - <STRONG>are a vital part of our
ecosystem, </STRONG>the complex web of natural relationships that keeps us
all alive, including humans.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>But now scientists are developing genetic engineering tools that can
wipe out whole species, by ensuring they only have male offspring. It could kill
off problematic pests - but it’s too big a risk to take. <STRONG>Species
that rely on each other </STRONG>for food or other processes that humans don’t
know enough about <STRONG>could be wiped out by accident too</STRONG>.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>In the next few weeks, there are vital votes happening in
Brussels to decide on the future of this new technology in Europe. </STRONG>We
need to convince politicians that it’s not the right time to go ahead with
giving this research the green light.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>Can you chip in, so we can turn up the pressure on European
leaders to put a hold on this new technology, until we have clear evidence that
it’s safe?</STRONG></BIG></P>
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rel=nofollow target=_blank><BIG>I’ll donate €24</BIG></A></STRONG></TD></TR>
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<P><BIG>Right now, <STRONG>experts say that we don’t understand enough about
this technology to start using it </STRONG>in the wild. [1] But politicians are
coming under pressure from big business, who want to start using this technology
outside laboratories. We need to prove that it’s not the right time, and show
them that <STRONG>Europeans will support them if they put a stop to testing
plans.</STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>We don’t have long.</STRONG> In December, these key votes will
go ahead. <STRONG>With support from thousands of WeMove Europe members, we have
a plan to make a people-powered case</STRONG> for stopping this dangerous
research going ahead without enough evidence of its safety.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>First, we’ll pay for polls across Europe, to get ordinary Europeans to
share their views with politicians, proving there isn’t public support for the
real-world trial. Then we’ll get the issue into the media by bringing huge
mosquitoes puppets to the most important research lab in Europe, <STRONG>shining
a light on what goes on behind their closed doors.</STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>Can you chip in, so we can make sure our message echoes all over
Europe? </STRONG>Each different country costs €2.000 to poll - so it only takes
100 WeMove Europe members donating 20 euros each to add another country to our
poll.</BIG></P>
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href="https://www.wemove.eu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=223245&qid=245918430"
rel=nofollow target=_blank><BIG>I’ll donate €8</BIG></A></STRONG></TD></TR>
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href="https://www.wemove.eu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=223246&qid=245918430"
rel=nofollow target=_blank><BIG>I’ll donate €16</BIG></A></STRONG></TD></TR>
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href="https://www.wemove.eu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=223247&qid=245918430"
rel=nofollow target=_blank><BIG>I’ll donate €24</BIG></A></STRONG></TD></TR>
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rel=nofollow target=_blank><BIG>I’ll surprise
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<P><BIG>Once the polling is done, here’s how we’ll make sure it echoes all over
Europe: we’ll go to Europe’s most sophisticated research lab, which is hidden
away in a quiet corner in a small town close to Rome. But once we turn up at
their door with our polling and a giant mosquito, no-one will be in any doubt
about what goes on there, and we’ll call in journalists to make sure they spread
the word.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>New technology can be a huge gift to society. It can help prevent
disease, and ensure that everyone has enough to eat. But <STRONG>it’s vital that
science is done safely,</STRONG> not because big research companies can make a
fortune by being the first to test new technologies - before we really know
they’re safe. <STRONG>And we’re not the only ones who think this: both the
European Parliament and a group of European experts are saying the research
should be slowed down.</STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>Can you chip</STRONG> in to help make sure we have a
people-powered opposition to this risky new science, and put in sensible
controls until we know it’s safe?</BIG></P>
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href="https://www.wemove.eu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=223245&qid=245918430"
rel=nofollow target=_blank><BIG>I’ll donate €8</BIG></A></STRONG></TD></TR>
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<P><BIG><STRONG>We know that when the WeMove Europe community works together, we
can push European politicians to make good decisions </STRONG>about safe science
and technology. We’ve done it on glyphosate. We’ve done it on plastics. Now we
need to do it again on gene drive technology.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>With hope,<BR>David (London), Olga (Bologna), Marta (Warsaw), and the
entire WeMove Europe team</BIG></P>
<P> </P>
<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1]
https<SPAN>://www.sciencedaily</SPAN>.com/releases/2020/05/200507094807.htm</SMALL></P>
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