Tackling GMO Contamination

This report examines several cases of GMO contamination and describes the current experience with segregation and Identity Preservation systems in North America. […]

Critique of US Biosafety Regulation and Implementation

This paper details the shortcomings and loopholes of the US regulatory system. […]

Questions and Answers on the Regulation of GMOs in the European Union

In a question and answer format, this report looks at the regulations pertaining to GMOs in the European Union. […]

Raising Risk: Field Testing of Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States

The US is awash with poorly regulated experimental GM crops, says this report by the Texas Public Interest Research Group. […]

Socio-Cultural Aspects of Native Maize Diversity

This paper was submitted to the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America as part of the Article 13 initative on Maize and Biodiversity: the Effects of Transgenic Maize in Mexico. […]

Roundup ready soybean in Latin America: a machine of hunger, deforestation and socio-ecological devastation

The growing of GM soybean in Latin America has caused hunger, deforestation and disuption to the socio-ecological balance in the continent. […]

What can Science Say on the Safety of GM Foods?

Arpad Pusztai stressed the need for a science-based protocol that assesses the safety or otherwise of GM foods. In particular, he described science that should have been done before GM crops and foods were commercialised. […]

Anti-Precautionary Risk Assessment

Vyvyan Howard examined how the regulatory process addresses pervasive technologies and the use of risk assessment therein. […]

Eating Growth Factors? No Thanks

Extending from Arpad Pusztai’s talk, Stanley Ewen discusses the effect of GM potatoes on rat guts. While he believes that GM potatoes are fully carcinogenic, he cautioned that what we eat might have indirect effects. […]

Organic farming produces same yields but uses less energy and no pesticides

Organic farming produces same corn and soybean yields as conventional farms, but consumes less energy and no pesticides, study finds. […]