GM Rice May Be Approved, USDA Role Questioned

The USDA is poised to approve LLRICE601 but the authors questioned the role of USDA as regulator of transgenic contamination, given that it has also been involved in the development and field tests of similar GM rice. […]

GM Rice May Be Approved, USDA Role Questioned

r ISIS Press Release 29/09/06

USDA Poised to Deregulate Illegal GM Rice

Questions over USDA’s Role in Transgenic Contamination and Regulation. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho

This article was submitted to th […]

Harvesting Royalties for Sowing Dissent? Monsanto’s Campaign Against Argentina’s Patent Policy

This document discusses the implications of Monsanto’s lawsuits against European soy importers for illegally importing Roundup Ready soya from Argentina. […]

Monsanto’s Patents Challenged

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PUBPAT Challenges Monsanto Patents Being Used to Bankrupt American Farmers
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/9/prweb444428.htm

New York, NY (PRWEB) September 29, 2006 — The Public Patent Foundation filed formal req […]

Developments Related to the GM Rice – LLRICE601 – Contamination (UPDATED)

Included are links to news reports and announcements related to the contamination of rice by LLRICE601 since the case was officially announced in August 2006. […]

A Greenpeace Analysis of the Interim Report in the ‘EC-Biotech’ Case

An analysis by Greenpeace of the WTO Interim Report of the European Communities – Measures affecting the Approval and Marketing of Biotech Products case. […]

Monsanto’s Patents Challenged

The Public Patent Foundation filed formal requests with the US Patent and Trademark Office to reexamine four of Monsanto’s patents on GM crops. […]

US FTA Likely to Open Peru to GMOs?

r FTA MEANS DEEPER POVERTY IN PERU

Inti Montenegro de Wit

During his final month in office, Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo introduced a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States to Peru’s nationa […]

GE Rice Contamination Raises Concerns Over Regulatory Oversight

Gene-Altered Profit-Killer
A Slight Taint of Biotech Rice Puts Farmers’ Overseas Sales in Peril

By Rick Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 21, 2006; D01

The disclosure last month t […]

Nanotechnology Risks Unknown

The US is the world leader in nanotechnology but it is not paying enough attention to the environmental, health and safety risks posed by nanoscale products. […]