While the attention of the world is focused on genetically modified (GM) crops, GM microbes have been released for at least six years with little or no public awareness or debate. Prof. Joe Cummins reports. […]
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NGOs in the US sent a letter to Florida’s Governor urging him to stop the experimental release of Oxitec’s GE mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. […] This global civil society declaration outlines principles that must be adopted to protect public health and the environment from the risks posed by synthetic biology, and to address the field’s economic, social and ethical challenges. […] The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has delayed the US’ first-ever release of GE mosquitoes until late spring at the earliest. […] Covid19 threatens to strengthen corporate control over food unless we transition to agroecology now. Agroecology should be central to making policy for food systems that deliver nutritious food for all, do not destroy ecosystems, are rich in biodiversity and help address climate change. […] A recent discovery of resistance to a second type of Bt toxin in GM maize resistant to western corn rootworm underscores the lesson that even with GM crops, age-old farming practices such as crop rotation are still the better option to control pests. […]
Item 1 SOUTH AFRICA’S WINE INDUSTRY THREATENED BY GM GRAPEVINE TRIALS Issued by the African Centre for Biosafety and Earthlife Africa [1] Johannesburg 15 October 2006. The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) and Eart […] r BRIEFING DOCUMENT SOUTH AFRICA, BIOETHANOL AND GMOS: A HEADY MIXTURE By Mariam Mayet May […] |
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