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 […]

Analysis of a Rat Feeding Study with MON863 Reveals Signs of Hepatorenal Toxicity

An independent analysis by CRIIGEN of MON863 which shows that rats fed with the GM maize exhibit toxicity in the liver and kidney. […]

Does Africa Need a Genetically Modified Solution to Diarrhea

Friends of the Earth Africa believes that the continent does not need GM solutions to diarrhea as there are proven and inexpensive solutions to the problem. […]

Bill Introduced in California on GE Contamination

US assemblyman, Jared Huffman of California has introduced a Bill that would make companies developing genetically engineered crops liable for damages if these crops results in contamination of other fields. […]