New studies show that Roundup, a common herbicide, can have harmful health effects. This has major consequences as the bulk of commercially planted GM crops are designed to tolerate Roundup with its active ingredient, glyphosate. […]
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New studies show that Roundup, a common herbicide, can have harmful health effects. This has major consequences as the bulk of commercially planted GM crops are designed to tolerate Roundup with its active ingredient, glyphosate, and independent field dat […] A conference in Brazil in March initiated by the WWF provoked a counter-meeting and protest by peasant, indigenous and workers’ movements. Lilian Joensen explains the background to this revolt which is against big agribusinesses. […] UK government-funded field trial plantings of genetically modified oilseed rape show adverse environmental effects, leading to more doubts on GM crops. […] Europe has now taken emergency remedial measures to prevent the import of unapproved and experimental genetically engineered Bt10 corn. […] There are scientific and safety reasons to be very careful about genetic engineering. This article highlights some of the limitations and gaps of current safety assessment of the new biotechnologies and products. […] The International Year of Rice ended last December, but the debate over GM rice looks set to escalate, especially with the latest discovery of unauthorised GM rice in China. […] After the 2000 media blitz on the miracle of ‘Golden Rice’ engineered to produce pro-Vitamin A, the promise turned cold. Seed giant Syngenta has now entered the stage with an ‘improved’ version, but the biosafety and social concerns remain. […] A law to provide for the regulation of the import, deliberate release into the environment, placing on the market, and the contained use of GMOs and products thereof. […] A law to provide for the regulation of the import, deliberate release into the environment, placing on the market, and the contained use of GMOs and products thereof. […] |
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