The First Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is tasked with building an international biosafety system. Lim Li Ching highlights evidence of hazards in the way forward. […]
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While recognizing that genetic engineering has its risks and potential benefits, the British Medical Association in its second and updated statement on GM foods and health in March 2004 called for caution in approaching the issue. […] The British Medical Association has issued a warning on the health implications of GM crops in calling for a moratorium on GM crop trials in Scotland. […] It has been more than 25 years since the advent of genetic engineering. As Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins of the Institute of Science in Society point out the promises and predictions of the benefits have not materialised. […] In 2001, a deadly new virus was created during a genetic engineering experiment has set off warning bells that the use of the technology should be very carefully monitored and regulated. […] This is a statement made in the form of a legal declaration on the health risks of using genetic engineering in producing new plant varieties for food. It is by Dr Richard Lacey, an expert on food safety, who foresaw the BSE (mad cow disease) food crisis. […] The dangers of genetic engineering, argues Dr Mae-Wan Ho, are inherent in the technology itself. She outlines the dangers of releasing GMOs into the environment and elucidates the possible links between genetic engineering and the resurgence of infectious […] |
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