" Green biotechnology " and " red Biotechnology " in the retreat

In many countries "green" and "red" Biotechnology is in the retreat. Banker spreak about a "declining branch of industry" (FAS 2007/#. 3, p. 48). In Germany there had been 2001 still nearly 15.000 employees in the Biotech-branch, 2006 there are only a few thousand.

Experts attest the Biotech-Industry, the connected scientists, lobbyists and authorities a totally lacking safety culture and a doubtful understanding of scientific nature:

• Expertise on the scientific character of the honourable eight German scienceacademies Bavaria, Berlin-Brandenburg, Göttingen, Heidelberg, Leipzig, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Mainz und Hamburg in respect of "green" Biotechnology.

• Expertise on the topic "lobbyism in life sciences" - Why are especially retired scientists, who are suffering crankiness and mental deficiency caused by old age, being planted in councels of Biotech firms?

• Expertise on the shallowness of editors-in-chief of Biotech-magazines.

• Expertise on the question: "is the "green" Biotechnology responsible for the hunger and death of millions of poor people?"

• Expertise on lacking safety culture of American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Europien authority for foodsafety (EFSA).

Critics don't need to support the retreat of "green" and "red" Biotechnology, the Biotech-Branch together with its shady Lobbyists will fix it themselves.

Editors-in-chief like Thomas Deichmann contribute with strange aphorisms and klassical category-mistakes ("Green genetic engineering as a further developement of classical plantbreeding", "All GE-cash crops are safe"- FAZ 2007/# 20,p.8) as well as scientists of the honourable eight German scienceacademies ("no danger for environment", "safe for human being and animal" - FAZ 2007/# 19,p.36) or other Biotech-single-combatants like the indian Kameswara Rao and his "Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education in Bangalore" or the ISAAA-website. Who really believes in such loan of nonsense today? The only thing you can be sure of, is, that they are all together able to supply us with excelent phrases useful for a battle of words. However, that's a pitiful science, if it is based on phrases!