Sustainable Agriculture Increases Crop Yields in Tigray, Ethiopia

The report documents the results of a 10-year experiment in sustainable development and ecological land management in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. […]

WHO to Ban Genetic Engineering of Smallpox Virus

The World Health Assembly has decided to ban genetic engineering experiments on the smallpox virus but postponed a decision on the destruction of the virus until 2010 […]

Another View on Bt Proteins – How Specific are They and What Else Might They Do?

A useful source on the existing and missing research on the safety of Bt crops, especially on how Bt toxins might affect non-target organisms. […]

Landmark law bans GMOs in Negros, the Philippines

The Negros Occidental Sangguniang Panlalawigan in the Philippins passed a landmark legislation that bans the entry of GM plants and animals in the province and imposes penalties for its violation. […]

A Grain of Caution: A Critical Assessment of Pharmaceutical Rice

This report by the Center for Food Safety assesses the potential adverse consequences and regulatory status of Ventria Bioscience’s pharmaceutical GE rice containing human genes. […]

Identification of Escaped Transgenic Creeping Bentgrass in Oregon

The discovery of transgenic geneflow from GE creeping bentgrass to wild populations. […]

Open Letter to the Nanotechnology Community

A coalition of civil societies and labour organisations rejects the voluntary ‘risk assessment’ framework on nanotechnology proposed by Dupont and Environment Defense. […]

How Food Became A Casualty of Biotechnology’s Promise

This policy brief exposes how food is merely the conduit through which the pharmaceutical conglomerates hope to develop and monopolize the basic technologies that promise high profits. […]

Not Ready for Prime Time: FDA’s Flawed Assessment

The Center for Food Safety criticises the Food and Drug Administration’s risk assessment on animal clones, saying that the assessment is based on unsubstantiated assumptions, misreported findings, and flawed analyses of scientific research. […]

Regulatory Systems for GE Crops a Failure: the Case of MON863

The peer-reviewed evaluation of Monsanto’s data shows that MON863 should not have been approved in the EU or elsewhere […]