Chief African Negotiator Denied Entry into Canada for Biosafety Protocol Meetings

Item 1 17 May 2005 It will be recalled that the final show down in the negotiations on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety involved a Canadian delegate negotiating on behalf of the Miami Group (Canada, USA, Argentina, Uruguay an […]

‘Rust, Resistance, Run Down Soils, and Rising Costs – Problems Facing Soybean Producers in Argentina’

Signs of trouble are now emerging and the ‘honeymoon period’ for GM crops is coming to a close both in the US and in Argentina. […]

Argentina: The Track Record of GMOs

A summary of how the promises of GM crops to Argentinian farmers are not fulfilled. […]

World Health Assembly Debates Smallpox Virus Research

Questions About Smallpox Recommendations as WHA Discussions Begin By Lim Li Ching (Third World Network) and Edward Hammond (The Sunshine Project) (Geneva, 19 May) – On Thursday afternoon, the 58th World Health Assembly (WHA) took […]

New Findings Challenge Safety of Using Avipoxviruses as GE Vaccine Vectors

Item 1 Virus Research 109 (2005) 39–49 Avipoxvirus multiplication in a mammalian cell line Simon Chioma Welia,∗,1, Øivind Nilssenb, Terje Traavika,c a Department of Microbiology and Virology, University of Troms? […]

Zambia Builds GMO Detection Lab

Zambia builds high-tech lab to detect GM food imports Talent Ngandwe 13 May 2005 Source: SciDev.Net [LUSAKA] Zambia has begun building a modern molecular biology laboratory to detect genetically modified (GM) organisms entering th […]

Sustainable World Global Initiative Update

The Independent Science Panel Promotion of Science for the Public Good http://www.indsp.org General Enquiries info@indsp.org Website/Mailing List info@indsp.org 11 May 2005 Sustainable World Global Initiative Upda […]

Smallpox and WHO

Item 1 US scientists push for go-ahead to genetically modify smallpox virus Sarah Boseley and Julian Borger in Washington Monday, May 16, 2005 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,11381,1484797,00.html US […]

Widespread Poorly Rregulated Field Testing of GE Crops in the US

Item 1 For Immediate Release: April 13, 2005 New Study Reveals Thousands of Field Tests of Genetically Engineered Crops Across the U.S. http://www.texpirg.org/TX.asp?id2=16756&id3=TX& More than 47,000 field tests of gen […]

WHO DG Questions Smallpox Recommendation

The Sunshine Project News Release – 6 May 2005 http://www.sunshine-project.org WHO Director-General Questions Smallpox Advisory Committee Recommendation —————————————————————- […]