EU Firms Cut Back Biotech Research

Nature Biotechnology May 2003 Volume 21 Number 5 pp 468 – 469 Europe sees sharp decline in GMO research By Peter Mitchell London, UK Field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops in the European Union (EU) have plumme […]

Independent Science Panel to be launched

Press Release Embargoed until May 10 Michael Meacher to Attend Launch Independent Science Panel for a GM-Free Sustainable World In a surprising move, dozens of prominent scientists have joined forces to form an Independent Science Pan […]

New health warnings on GM foods

Sunday Times Online By Jonathan Leake (http://www.agbios.com/main.php?action=ShowNewsItem&id=4339) May 04, 2003 Scientist who pressed GM panic button raises new food health fears A scientist who shocked the world wi […]

GE poses financial risks to companies

Item 1 Innovest Strategic Value Advisors – Monsanto Investor Risk Report – April 2003 (The full report can be downloaded from www.greenpeace.org/monsantoinvestor) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, a finan […]

Announcement: Biosafety Training Course

Slacks in US Regulatory System

For Immediate Release April 24, 2003 Contact: DJ Nordquist/Dan DiFonzo 202-347-9044 ext. 246 or 231 djnordquist@pewagbiotech.org Report Identifies Issues in Government Oversight of Biotech Crops Washington, DC – While mu […]

Need to Monitor and Regulate Scientific Research

Item 1 Deadly virus effortlessly hops species Genetic engineering helps reveal origin of deadly ‘flu 2 April 2003 HELEN PEARSON, Nature A single genetic change could have created the deadly virus that has k […]

Bt cotton in India: Barking up the wrong tree

1. Agriculture: What ails Bt cotton? Chennai, March (Debashis Banerji*) — The claim of the genetic engineering industry to precision, predictability and safety is not backed by its own experiences or by the science of genetics. […]

No Patenting of Higher Life Forms

US Suspends Gene Therapy Trials

Item 1 FDA Places Temporary Halt On Gene Therapy Trials Using Retroviral Vectors In Blood Stem Cells Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA Talk Paper, Jan 14, 2003 http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2003/ANS01190.html […]