Contaminating the Wild?

Current field trials of experimental, untested GE crops pose unassessed risks to wildlife, yet US government regulators have inadequate safeguards to protect the environment from genetic contamination […]

South Africa, Bioethanol and GMOs

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BRIEFING DOCUMENT

SOUTH AFRICA, BIOETHANOL AND GMOS: A HEADY MIXTURE

By Mariam Mayet
African Centre for Biosafety
www.biosafetyafrica.net

May […]

US FDA Faces Lawsuit over Lax GM Regulations

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Lawsuit Challenges Unscientific FDA Policy on Gene-Altered Foods

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 7, 2006

Politics, Not Science, Informed Policy that Leaves Engineered Foods
Untested and […]

Submission on the DAR for APPLICATION A549 FOOD DERIVED FROM HIGH-LYSINE CORN LY038: to permit the use in food of high-lysine corn

The Centre for Research in Biosafety (INBI) in New Zealand is urging the food standards agency not to approve Monsanto’s GE high-lysine LY038 corn until further safety studies have been conducted. […]

WHA delays decision on smallpox virus stocks

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Health: WHA delays decision on smallpox virus stocks
South-North Development Monitor SUNS 6036 tuesday 30 may 2006

Geneva, 28 May (Edward Hammond*) — Governments meeting at the World Health
Assembly (WHA), which ended […]

Ecuadorean Parliament Passes Law Banning GMO in Food Aid

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ECUADOREAN PARLIAMENT PASSED A LAW WHICH BAN GMO IN FOOD AID

ACCION ECOLOGICA
18 May 2006

The Ecuadorean Parliament passed a law, which ban the presence of GMO in food aid.

This provision was part of […]

WHA to Consider New Date for Destruction of Smallpox Virus Stocks

WTO Dispute Panel on GMOs Issues Final Report

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Looking behind the US spin: WTO ruling does not prevent countries from restricting or banning GMOs

Friends of the Earth
(www.foei.org/media/2006/ […]

Sustainable Agriculture: Critical Ecological, Social & Economic Issues

Various ecological, social and economic challenges must be addressed if agriculture is to be truly sustainable. This briefing discusses the choices facing developing countries and policy makers, and suggests some ways forward. […]

EC-Biotech: Overview and Analysis of the Panel’s Interim Reports

The present note provides an overview of the main findings and reasoning in the WTO Panel’s Interim Report on the case “European Communities – Measures Affecting the Approval and Marketing of Biotech Products” […]