Report Says Assessment of Safety of Food from Animal Clones Flawed

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FDA’s Flawed Approach to Assessing the Safety of Food from Animal Clones

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Last December, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had completed its “risk assessment” (i) on f […]

Evaluation of MON863 raw data reveals toxicity to rats

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Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
© Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2007
10.1007/s00244-006-0149-5
New Analysis of a Rat Feeding Study with a Genetically Modified Maize Reveals Signs […]

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. […]

US Judge Halts Sale, Planting of GM Alfalfa

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Judge halts sale of biotech alfalfa seeds
Los Angeles Times, USA, 13.03.2007
Marc Lifsher
(http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-seeds13mar13,1,2275363.story?coll=la-headlines-technology

A fede […]

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. […]

California Bill Aims To Make Companies Liable for Contamination

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Bill would hold makers of engineered crops liable for contamination
Associated Press, Feb 27 2007
(http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/technology/16796114.htm)

SACRAMENTO (AP) – Stepping int […]

Codex Working Group to discuss low-level GM contamination

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We, NGO participants to the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology, ask your organization to sign a petition against an attempt by the US government to legitimize food contamination by u […]

EU Ministers Uphold Hungary’s Ban on GM Crop

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EU ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS TWICE RESIST GMOS
Friends of the Earth Europe, 20 Feb 2007
http://www.foeeurope.org/GMOs/press2.htm

Brussels – Today, Envi […]