GM plants affect insects in the plant food web

Possible effects of genetically modified plants on insects in the plant food web By Eline B. Hågvar1, Solveig Aasen2 Latvijas Entomologs, 41: 111-117 (2004) 1 Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Agric […]

Promises and Perils of GE Rice

Promises & Perils of GM Rice Rice, the food crop for half the world’s population is the current target of genetic modification. What are the health and environmental consequences? Prof. Joe Cummins reviews Rice a target for corpora […]

Greenpeace reports on threats of GE rice

Item 1 RICE AT RISK: WILL THERE BE A CHOICE WITH GE RICE? (http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/multimedia/download/1/602854/0/% 5Brice_report%5D_choice_.pdf> Introduction Proponents of genetic engineering argu […]

Organic Farming Boosts Biodiversity

Organic farming boosts biodiversity New Scientist, 11 October 04 Organic farming increases biodiversity at every level of the food chain – all the way from lowly bacteria to mammals. This is the conclusion of the largest review eve […]

Privatisation of Seeds?

Canada: Monsanto victory plants seed of privatisation Brooklin, Canada, 5 Oct (IPS/Stephen Leahy) — Canadian farmers’ traditional right to save seeds is being threatened by proposals to collect royalties on virtually all such seeds fo […]

Gene Flow from Transgenic Crops

This is a study on the gene flow from trangenic oilseed rape to related species, in this case, wild radish. […]

Argentina: Controversy over transgenic soya gene

ARGENTINA: MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CONTROVERSY OVER A TRANSGENIC SOYA GENE Multilateral pressure on intellectual property rights over the last 10 years. Attempt to charge for a patent that is not registered in the country but registered […]

Is Monsanto GM soya responsible for yield drag?

Is Monsanto’s patented Roundup Ready gene responsible for a flattening of U.S. soybean yields that has cost farmers an estimated $1.28 billion? Presentation at 2004 Midwest Soybean Conference explores the numbers…and the potential causes b […]

The Travels of a Bioengineered Gene

This is an editorial in the New York Times on the findings that genes from GE grass can travel much further than anyone had thought possible. (please also see ‘Genes from Engineered Grass Spread for Miles, Study Finds’) […]

Labeling Thresholds vs. Safety Thresholds of LMOs/GMOs

This is a primer on what monitoring thresholds mean and how they relate to issues of relevance in the Protocol. […]