The gene hunters: when an Australian biotech firm went bioprospecting in Tonga, Lopeti Senituli was part of the welcoming committee. (Genetic Information).(Column)

From: New Internationalist | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: Senituli, Lopeti | Copyright information

THE first the Tongan people heard of the agreement regarding genetic research on their blood was through media reports from Australia on 18 November 2000. Concerned fellow activists from as far afield as Melbourne, London, Geneva and Suva contacted us almost simultaneously at the Tonga Human Rights and Democracy Movement (THRDM) wondering why we had not alerted them. We managed to convince them that we were as surprised as they were.

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