Genes From Engineered Grass Spread for Miles, Study Finds

A new study shows that genes from genetically engineered grass can spread much farther than previously known, a finding that raises questions about the straying of other plants altered through biotechnology. […]

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and Food Aid

Lim Li Ching discusses the link between the Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety and food aid with special emphasis to Africa. […]

Biotechnology: Continuing hype?

At a recent biotechnology industry meeting in San Francisco, governments and local authorities across the US and as far away as Malaysia were busy courting biotech companies to set up a presence in their respective home grounds. But as this article ex […]

Biotechnology: Continuing Hype?

Governments everywhere are busy courting the biotechnology industry to set up companies on their home ground. As Chee Yoke Heong explains, there is little basis for this sanguine view about the economic prospects of the biotech industry. […]

Is confidence in the monitoring of GE foods justified

This paper summarises a critical analysis of the effectiveness of monitoring for evidence of genetically modified/engineered organisms in the human food supply. […]

Pharm Crops for Vaccines and Therapeutic Antibodies

Prof. Joe Cummins warns of special health impacts of vaccine and antibodies in pharm crops. […]

Genetic Dialectic: The Biological Politics of Genetically Modified Trees

The development of GE trees is biased against a social arrangement that rely on biological diversity. Tackling the challenge GM trees pose means tackling the industrial and bureaucratic tradition which seeks the radical simplification of landscapes. […]

Transgenic woody plants in forestry and agriculture

This report summarizes the different research emphases on transgenic woody plants, presents problems and limits of the new developments and discusses possible risks. […]

FOE’s Comments on USDA’s Environmental Assessment of Prodigene’s Trypsinogen

Friends of the Earth comments on the environmental assessment conducted by APHIS on Permit Application No. 04-114-02r, submitted by ProdiGene, Inc. for cultivation of corn genetically engineered to produce a novel recombinant version of trypsinogen in Fri […]

FOE’s Comment on USDA’s Environmental Assessment on Prodigene’s Trypsinogen

Friends of the Earth comment’s on the environmental assessment conducted by APHIS on Permit Application No. 04-114-02r, submitted by ProdiGene, Inc. for cultivation of corn genetically engineered to produce a novel recombinant version of trypsinogen in F […]