California Bill Aims To Make Companies Liable for Contamination

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Bill would hold makers of engineered crops liable for contamination
Associated Press, Feb 27 2007
(http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/technology/16796114.htm)

SACRAMENTO (AP) – Stepping int […]

Codex Working Group to discuss low-level GM contamination

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We, NGO participants to the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology, ask your organization to sign a petition against an attempt by the US government to legitimize food contamination by u […]

EU Ministers Uphold Hungary’s Ban on GM Crop

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EU ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS TWICE RESIST GMOS
Friends of the Earth Europe, 20 Feb 2007
http://www.foeeurope.org/GMOs/press2.htm

Brussels – Today, Envi […]

What is the future of GMO detection? A freely speaking scientist ‘s opinion

An interview with Dr. Arne Holst-Jensen, Norwegian researcher and expert for GMO detection methods on the future of GMO detection. […]

Commentary on the report about the feeding of rats by Monsanto’s GM potatoes

Commentary by I.V.Ermakova on the report about the feeding of rats by Monsanto’s GM Russet Burbank potatoes. […]

US Judge Rules Agriculture Agency Violated Law

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U.S. Agency violated law in seed case, judge rules

The New York Times, USA, 14 February 2007
Andrew Pollack
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/business/14crop.html_r=1&oref=slogin

A federal judge […]

GM Contamination Register Report

This report reviews cases of contamination, illegal planting and negative side effects of genetically modified organisms. […]

Cotton Concentration Report

A critical assessment of the merger (currently under consideration) betwen Monsanto and Delta and Pine Land Company. […]

US Federal Court Decision on GE Alfalfa

A US Federal Court decision which ruled that the USDA has violated the law by failing to conduct a full environmental assessment on Monsanto’s GE alfalfa. […]

New Attack on GM Food Safety Testing Standards

A fundamental principle of food safety testing is under fire. The pressure comes from GM plant developers that are bypassing a key safety test, which has a long history of safe use as a food for people. […]