Malaysian Premier Calls For Tighter Biosafety, Biosecurity Measures

(http://bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=263055)

PM Concerned Over Preparedness Against Biotech Threat

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Bernama) — Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today expressed his concerns over the level of prep […]

Sustainable Agriculture Increases Crop Yields in Tigray, Ethiopia

The report documents the results of a 10-year experiment in sustainable development and ecological land management in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. […]

WHO Bans Genetic Engineering of Smallpox Virus

Health: WHA agrees on "major review" of smallpox virus research
(South-North Development Monitor #6255 Tuesday 22 May 2007)
 
Geneva, 21 May (Lim Li Lin*) — The World Health Assembly has decided to ban genetic eng […]

WHO to Ban Genetic Engineering of Smallpox Virus

The World Health Assembly has decided to ban genetic engineering experiments on the smallpox virus but postponed a decision on the destruction of the virus until 2010 […]

A Critical Assessment of Pharmaceutical Rice

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Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical Rice Is Not the Solution to Diarrhea
http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/VentriaPR4_24_07.cfm
 
Drugs in Rice Not Approved by FDA, Will Likely Contaminate Foods 

US Judge Extends Ban on GM Alfalfa

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Press Release

Federal Judge orders first-ever halt to planting of a commercialized
genetically-altered crop
Judge Breyer orders complete environmental review of Monsanto’s gene-
alt […]

Landmark Law Bans GMOs in Filipino Province

Landmark law bans GMOs in Neg. Occ
BY CARLA GOMEZ
Daily Star (Philippines), April 27 2007
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2007/April/27/topstory3.htm

The Negros Occidental Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed Wednesday a landmark […]

Another View on Bt Proteins – How Specific are They and What Else Might They Do?

A useful source on the existing and missing research on the safety of Bt crops, especially on how Bt toxins might affect non-target organisms. […]

Landmark law bans GMOs in Negros, the Philippines

The Negros Occidental Sangguniang Panlalawigan in the Philippins passed a landmark legislation that bans the entry of GM plants and animals in the province and imposes penalties for its violation. […]

A Grain of Caution: A Critical Assessment of Pharmaceutical Rice

This report by the Center for Food Safety assesses the potential adverse consequences and regulatory status of Ventria Bioscience’s pharmaceutical GE rice containing human genes. […]