Europe Still Resisting GMOs

Though Europe’s de facto moratorium on GM approvals has ended, there is by no means consensus on GMOs in Europe. […]

GMO Control Bill 2004 — Tasmania

A bill to provide for Tasmania to be declared to be a genetically modified organisms free area. […]

The True Cost of Gene Patents

The study assesses the economic and social consequences of patenting genes and living organisms. Due to the many negative consequences it concludes that no patenting should take place. […]

Rice at Risk: Will there be a choice with GE rice?

GE crops cannot be contained once they are released into the environment. Growing GE rice will very likely contaminate conventional and organic rice and threaten the livelihoods of millions of farmers. […]

Genetically Engineered Rice: Not Sustainable Agriculture

GE rice could cause harm to the environment and could prove costly for farmers. GE rice threatens the endangered populations of wild rice in Asia and could cause long-term damage to rice diversity upon which rice consumers all over the world depend. […]

Gene Flow from Transgenic Crops

This is a study on the gene flow from trangenic oilseed rape to related species, in this case, wild radish. […]

The Travels of a Bioengineered Gene

This is an editorial in the New York Times on the findings that genes from GE grass can travel much further than anyone had thought possible. (please also see ‘Genes from Engineered Grass Spread for Miles, Study Finds’) […]

Labeling Thresholds vs. Safety Thresholds of LMOs/GMOs

This is a primer on what monitoring thresholds mean and how they relate to issues of relevance in the Protocol. […]

Determining the Safety of Transgenic Insects

This artcle discusses the safety issues relating to GE insects. […]

Cry1Ac Protoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis sp. kurstaki HD73 Binds to Surface Proteins in the Mouse Small Intestine

This research report finds that Cry1Ac protoxin (pCry1Ac) binds to the mucosal surface of the mouse small intestine. […]