This paper examines the the socio-economic aspects of GMOs and calls for the application of the precautionary principle to protect communities from the adverse effects of GMOs. […]
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This paper examines the the socio-economic aspects of GMOs and calls for the application of the precautionary principle to protect communities from the adverse effects of GMOs. […] The Joint FAO/WHO Biotechnology and Food Safety Report shows up the glaring inadequacies in safety regulation of GE foods, designed to expedite product approval with little or no regard for biosafety. […] An analysis of the impact of GMOs on traditional farming systems, the rights of indigenous peoples and the international laws that support socio-economic considerations in biosafety. […] A report by the UK Medical Research Council, published in June 2000, goes beyond what many other groups have done in acknowledging that GM foods do pose special risks. […] Proponents claim that GM crops are necessary for fighting hunger in developing countries and decreasing the use of pesticides. The evidence shows otherwise. […] The negotiations at Cartagena were doomed to failure, argues Lavanya Rajamani, given the backdrop in which they were conducted. The real battle was over trade, not biosafety. […] 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. […] This is a TWN report on the StarLink scandal. The discovery of GE StarLink corn, which has not been approved for human consumption, in food products in a number of countries, has raised widespread alarm over safety regulations, segregation and labelling. […] 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 […] When highly respected British scientist Dr Arpad Pusztai took on a publicly-funded research project to study the effects of GM crops on animal nutrition and the environment, little did he know his findings would place him in the midst of a controversy. […] |
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