BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18743662 SEQUENCE:18850498 CREATED:20130923T115500Z DESCRIPTION:10/16 Berkeley Forum-xtreme Genetic Engineering and Biosafety by the Bay: Communities and Workers at Risk \nExtreme Genetic Engineering and\nBiosafety by the Bay: Communities and Workers at Risk\n \n \nBecky McClain\nin conversation with Gopal Dayaneni\nof Movement Generation: Justice and Ecology Project and\nEd Hammond, an internationally recognized expert on biolab safety.\nWednesday, October 16, 2013 7:30 PM\nBrower Center, Goldman Theater\n2150 Alston Way\nBerkeley\n\nFree\n\nhttp://www.synbiowatch.org/2012/03/watch-synbio-conference-live/poster/\n\nStreamed live on KPFA.org video channel and International Labor Media Network Channel www.ilmnetwork.org\n \n \n \nWhat can the experience of the world’s first successful biotech whistleblower tell us\nabout the push by local politicians and UC Berkeley to create an East Bay "Green Corridor" focused on establishing genetic engineering biolabs along the earthquake- prone Pacific Ring of Fire?\n \nFormer Pfizer, Inc. molecular biologist Becky McClain became seriously ill after exposure to genetically modified agents at the pharmaceutical giant’s\nConnecticut lab.\n \nLast year she won the appeal upholding her case against the company for its violation of her right to free speech after she called attention to inadequate biolab safety conditions.\n \nHear how she learned first hand \n \n- that there are no effective government safety regulations for genetic engineering\n \n- that the law allows corporations to claim trade secrets in their refusal to turnover information about life threatening infectious agents\n \n- that corporations will use the law to silence people who try to talk about these dangers\n\n\nHealth And Safety Threatened At Pfizer: Stop Injuring Biotech Workers\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L_qznMfbQ0\nOn September 29, 2011 injured workers including former Pfizer injured \nmolecular biologist bitotech scientist Becky McClain held a rally for justice \noutside the Groton, CT laboratories where she was contaminated.\nSpeakers including McClain discussed the issues that are faced in this \nindustry and the lack of proper oversight and protection for the workers \nand the public at Pfizer. She also reports that OSHA officials did not properly protect \n\nher and the public and still have not done an onsite investigation at the laboratories. \nOther injured workers from CT also talk about their struggle for healthcare and justice\nfor their workplace injuries.\nFor more video go to:\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwgABDwiNVw&feature=player_embedded\nhttp://blip.tv/file/4712025\nhttp://blip.tv/file/3960030\nhttp://blip.tv/file/2061380\n\nInjured Workers National Network IWNN \ninfo@iwnn.org\n\nProduction Of Labor Video Project \nwww.laborvideo.org laborvideo.blip.tv\n\nBecky McClain, Injured Pfizer Molecular Biologist and Health & Safety Advocate Speaks at Calaway Awards\nhttp://blip.tv/file/4712025\nBecky McClain, injured Pfizer Molecular Biologist and Health and \nSafety Advocate speaks at Callaway Awards Presentation on \n12/8/2010 in Washington, D.C. California. For more information go to \nwww.cpab.info and California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day\nwww.workersmemorialday.org\n\nInjured Pfizer molecular biologist and biotech worker Becky McClain presentation at synthetic biotech conference\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVu5I0lZhM8\nBecky McClain was a molecular biologist at Pfizer in Groton, Connecticut and was \ncontaminated by the company due to lax health and safety standards. She spoke \non March 29, 2012 at an international conference called "Unmasking the Bay Area \nBio Lab and Synthetic Biology: Health, Justice, And Communities At Risk. \nFor more information go to\nwww.synbiowatch.org or www.iwnn.org \n\nPfizer Injured Biotech Molecular Biologist Becky McClain-Biotech workers and the public under threat\nhttp://blip.tv/file/3960030\nOn July 17, 2010 in San Francisco, Pfizer injured biotech molecular biologist Becky McClain \ndiscussed her firing for making OSHA complaints and also the potential and real dangers \nof unregulated and development of products in the biotech and nanotech industry without \nproper oversight. The first US conference on biotechnology and health and safety was \nsponsored by the California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day www.workersmemorialday.org \nAdditional presentations at the conference are \nBiotech, CA Osha & Health And Safety Presentation With Dr. Larry Rose \nhttp://blip.tv/file/3916683 \nThe Toxic Environment, Public Health, ACOEM And Pfizer:Presentation By Dr. Jack Thrasher \nhttp://blip.tv/file/3921769 \nConflict of Interest By Judge Says Sandi Trend, Mother of Injured Agraquest Biotech Worker Bell \nhttp://blip.tv/file/3924484 \nDina Padilla Speaks At Biotech & Health And Safety Conference \nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_-_XEnaiNg \nThe conference was also endorsed by Council For Responsible Genetics \nwww.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org \nFor additional information go to www.cpab.info\nhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Injured-Workers-National-Network-IWNN/108362552680848 \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/09/23/18743662.php SUMMARY:Panel-Berkeley Forum-xtreme Genetic Engineering and Biosafety by the Bay: Communities and LOCATION:Brower Center\n2150 Alston Way\nBerkeley URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/09/23/18743662.php DTSTART:20131017T023000Z DTEND:20131017T043000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR