The case for fixing a date for destruction of smallpox virus stocks is stronger than ever. For the first time since 2011, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will undertake a substantive consideration of destruction of smallpox virus stocks when it meets […]
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BAN TERMINATOR CAMPAIGN (http://www.banterminator.org) Terminator technology refers to plants that have been genetically modified to render sterile seeds at harvest (also called Genetic Use Restriction Technology or GURTs). Terminator was d […] Joint International GMO Opposition Day A worldwide event is to be held on the 8th of April 2006, with the two-fold aim of informing people and demonstrating the front of concerned organizations against GMOs (both open-air plants and food). Thi […] Submission from Third World Network to the Open-Ended Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. […] This submission from the New Zealand Institute of Gene Ecology is to support Food Standards Australia/New Zealand’s preparation of an application to amend the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to allow foods derived from corn line LY038. […] What has been achieved with the BCH is remarkable but the BCH is NOT sufficient to all the tasks required under the Cartegena Biosafety Protocol, nor does it contain the reliable and comprehensive information necessary for biosafety decision-making. […] Item 1 The Associated Press, January 30, 2006 http://news.tmcnet.com/news/2006/01/30/1325378.htm Greece on Monday extended its ban on a variety of genetically modified corn seed developed by the U.S. biotech giant Monsanto, despite a […] While the biopharmaceutical industry as a whole has had some limited success, attempts to employ GE plants as a production platform for “plant-made pharmaceuticals” have foundered despite 15 years’ of field trials and huge infusions of capital. […] CBD moratorium on Terminator Technology reaffirmed, but with qualifications Granada, 28 January 2006 (Third World Network) – The fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and related provisions of the […] |
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