NZ Insurer Refuses to Cover GM

Big insurer refuses GE farm cover The New Zealand Herald, by Ruth Berry http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3525771&thesection=news&thesubsection=general Sep 27, 2003 New Zealand’s second-biggest insurer, Vero, wil […]

UK Releases GM Public Debate Report

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is the report of the Steering Board of the public debate on GM (genetic modification) and GM crops. Its structure is described briefly below, but first we present its seven key messages. Key Messages It was […]

Argentina’s GM Saga

Item 1 Argentina’s GM Woes (http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AGMW.php) Proponents claim that GM crops are necessary for fighting hunger in developing countries and decreasing the use of pesticides. The evidence shows otherwise. GM crops […]

Monsanto’s Contracts Stifling

GM crop farmers ‘will end up serfs’ Western Morning News, 9 August 2003 (http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=103354&command=displayContent&sourceNode=103331&contentPK=6655961) Farmers who choose to grow GM c […]

Danish Water Contaminated by Roundup, Ban Imposed

Item 1 Danish glyphosate restrictions draw protests Environment Daily no. 1457, Jun 5, 2003 Danish environment minister Hans Christian Schmidt has announced unprecedented restrictions on glyphosate, the country’s and Europe’ […]

More Plants Resistant to Roundup

Item 1 Are roundup ready weeds in your future II By Bob Hartzler, Iowa State University (http://www.gmsciencedebate.org.uk/topics/forum/0051.htm) Weed management generally doesn’t generate much interest among the general […]

Pusztai’s Review Enforces Warnings on GE Foods

UK’s Tony Blair to Scale Down Plans for GM Crops

Blair forced to scale back his plan to introduce GM farming http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=436640 By Geoffrey Lean and Jo Dillon Independent on Sunday, 24 August 2003 Tony Blair is drastically scaling dow […]

Study on Economic, Environment Impacts of GMOs

Executive Summary (for the complete summary including tables, please see http://www.biotech-info.net/first_generation_GMC.pdf) 1. Introduction This paper brings together a wide reading of the current agricultural research on g […]

Ex-Minister: Benefits of GM a Mirage

Michael Meacher: To know the truth about GM, ask the Canadians The lesson of their experience is that co-existence between conventional and GM farming is a mirage The Independent, 06 August 2003 http://argument.independent.co.uk […]