Proponents claim that GM crops are necessary for fighting hunger in developing countries and decreasing the use of pesticides. The evidence shows otherwise. […]
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Dr Peter Saunders, Prof of Mathematics at King’s College, London provides a clear and common sense approach to understanding the precautionary principle. This understanding is crucial in the light of the Biosafety Protocol. […] The negotiations at Cartagena were doomed to failure, argues Lavanya Rajamani, given the backdrop in which they were conducted. The real battle was over trade, not biosafety. […] This paper is a scientific critique of ‘Golden Rice’ – genetically engineered Vitamin A rice – by Dr Mae Wan Ho of the Institute of Science in Society, UK. It examines the flawed scientific/social rationale of the ‘Golden Rice’. […] Dr Peter Saunders, Prof of Mathematics at King’s College, London provides a clear and common sense approach to understanding the precautionary principle. This understanding is crucial in the light of the Biosafety Protocol. […] This paper is on the capacity building needs in developing countries to implement the Biosafety Protocol. It examines the key requirements for effective national implementation of the Protocol and makes specific recommendations on critical areas. […] This is a statement made in the form of a legal declaration on the health risks of using genetic engineering in producing new plant varieties for food. It is by Dr Richard Lacey, an expert on food safety, who foresaw the BSE (mad cow disease) food crisis. […] This is a TWN report on the StarLink scandal. The discovery of GE StarLink corn, which has not been approved for human consumption, in food products in a number of countries, has raised widespread alarm over safety regulations, segregation and labelling. […] After five years of difficult and painful negotiations, the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity finally concluded a Biosafety Protocol in late January 2000 at Montreal. […] Looking back, it is clear that the collapse of the biosafety negotiations in Cartagena was a blessing in disguise. […] |
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