GMO Appraisal Should Include Social Utility, Sustainability

Norway’s biosafety law include sustainability criteria in its domestic biosafety law, and experts recently shared the country’s experience with India. […]

GMO Appraisal Should Include Social Utility, Sustainability

GMO appraisal should include social utility, sustainability requirements – Biosafety Experts

Press release, New Delhi, May 10 2011: At a time when India is about to introduce a Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill in P […]

Peru Imposed 10-year Moratorium on Introduction of GMOs

The Peruvian Congress has adopted a bill that declares a 10-year moratorium on the entrance of GMOs for cultivation and breeding. […]

Peru Imposed 10-year Moratorium on Introduction of GMOs

Resource availability – Assessment of Technical Dossiers

GenØk-Centre for Biosafety’s assessments of technical dossiers for various transgenic events […]

Resource availability – Assessment of Technical Dossiers

New Super-Bugs a Threat to Human Life

 

Global Trends by Martin Khor
Published in The Star (Malaysia), Monday 6 June 2011
New Super-Bugs a Threat to Human Life
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Problems with Nutritionally-Enhanced Plants

This study highlights the lack of rigorous assessment and regulation of nutritionally-enhanced GM plants that could have potential harmful effects on human health. […]

Problems with Nutritionally-Enhanced Plants

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JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL FOOD
J Med Food 11 (4) 2008, 601–605
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2008.0 […]

Developing Countries Propose TRIPS Amendment to Fight Biopiracy

A large group of developing countries has proposed that the WTO’s intellectual property agreement be amended to require the disclosure of origin of genetic resources and/or associated traditional knowledge in patent applications. […]