A group of scientist has written a manual on assessing the potential ecological and health effects of GMOs. An explanatory video on the manual is also available. […]
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This paper considers the challenges entailed in applying the principles and methods of public participation to national and international policy processes. […] A scientific critique by Dr Mae Wan Ho of the Institute of Science in Society, UK of ‘Golden Rice’ – GE Vitamin A rice. It examines the flawed scientific/social rationale of the ‘Golden Rice’, and also the explains why it poses risks. […] Genetically modified seed designed to stop a destructive worm from devouring corn plants may itself take a bite out of some corn growers’ profits, says a Purdue University agricultural economist. […] Ann Clark of Guelph University talks about the lack of scientific credibility in the biotechnology industry’s claims about the safety of GMOs and the need for more and better testing of GM food and crops based on sound science. […] Biotechnology is considered both as an industry and as a technology which will spur the development of the countries of the South and lift them out of poverty. The following article considers whether there is any justification for this. […] Debashis Banerji, a plant physiologist, believes the failure of Bt cotton illustrates the fact that genetic engineering as practised today is based on an over-simplified understanding of the “central dogma” of molecular biology. […] According to the Greenpeace report, diverse species of Roundup resistant weeds are now growing in Roundup Ready GE crop fields in several states in the US. It has become clear that growing and releasing GE seeds not only involves an incalculable risk to t […] Will GM crops really help developing countries? Lim Li Ching looks at some telling examples in Kenya, Indonesia and India. […] Will GM crops really help developing countries? Lim Li Ching looks at some telling examples in Kenya, Indonesia and India. […] |
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