New Paper Highlights Risks and Unintended Effects of Using GE Viruses as Vaccines

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.06.032 Recombinant viruses obtained from co-infection in vitro with a live vaccinia-vectored influenza vaccine and a naturally occurring cowpox virus display different plaque phenotypes and loss of the trans […]

Europe Still Resisting GMOs (Spanish)

Though Europe’s de facto moratorium on GM approvals has ended, there is by no means consensus on GMOs in Europe. […]

Europe Still Resisting GMOs

Though Europe’s de facto moratorium on GM approvals has ended, there is by no means consensus on GMOs in Europe. […]

GE Bentgrass Escapes

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/compliance11.html Company/Institution: Scotts Company Date: 2004 On August 3, 2004, the Scotts Company of Marysville, OH, and APHIS entered into a stipulation to settle alleged violations of p […]

China and GM Rice

Against the grain Scientists say the rushed introduction of genetically engineered rice on the mainland, as early as 2006, could ruin the nation’s staple food Didi Kirsten Tatlow South China Morning Post http://chinastudygroup.org/index. […]

FDA’s New Proposal Will Increase GM Contamination

REF: Doc.TWN/Biosafety/2004/F MEDIA ADVISORY Friends of the Earth International November 23, 2004 US TO LEGALIZE BIOTECH CONTAMINATION US sets out plan to allow contamination of the world’s food supply with experimental […]

IUCN Calls for Moratorium on Future Releases of GMOs

Item 1 World Conservation Congress approves moratorium on further release of genetically modified organisms. For Immediate Release Bangkok, Thailand 22 November 2004 Members of the IUCN 2004 World Conservation Congr […]

GM Canola Suffers in Australia, Contamination Likely

NATURE UNKIND TO AUSTRALIA’S FIRST COMMERCIAL GM CANOLA TRIAL Monday November 22, 2004: The Network of Concerned Farmers (NCF) has taken aerial photographs of Australia’s first commercial plantings of genetically modified (GM) canol […]

Bayer Withdraws GM Application in the UK

GM firms finally give up on planting in Britain By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor Independent on Sunday, 21 November 2004 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=585086 Industry has dropped its last attempts t […]

New Report Highlights Huge Gaps in GM Crop Science

Contact: Jonathan Latham 01531 670 313 or Email: A.Wilson@econexus.info October 2004, Embargo: Oct 28 PRESS RELEASE New Report Highlights Huge Gaps in GM Crop Science […]