An assessment on potential long-term health effects caused by antibiotic resistance marker genes in genetically modified organisms based on antibiotic usage and resistance patterns in Norway

This is a report from an Ad Hoc Group appointed by the Norwegian Scientific Panel on GMOs and Panel on Biological Hazards which assesses the potential long-term health effects caused by antibiotic resistance marker genes in GMOs […]

GM Contamination: Can biological containment work for crops and society?

This briefing reviews the different approaches used to prevent GM contamination and considers their effectiveness and practicality. This is important because ‘biological containment’ is being promoted as a biosafety issue. […]

GE Pharmaceutical Crops Unlikely to Benefit Farmers

Item 1 Report Finds Only Modest Gains for Farmers Who Grow Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical Crops Union of Concerned Scientists, USA (http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press=5Frelease/report-finds-only-modest.htm) 09 Dec 2005 […]

The Economics of Pharmaceutical Crops

Report finds only modest gains for farmers who grow genetically engineered pharmaceutical crops. […]

Bt Cotton in India Runs into More Problems

Item 1 Bt cotton seeds fail to germinate The Hindu, India, by Gargi Parsai (http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/10/stories/2005111007110500.htm) 10 Nov 2005 NEW DELHI: Up to 75 per cent of the Bt cotton seeds in 35 per cent of the […]

Calls for Caution, More Independent Research on GMOs

Item 1 ISIS Press Release 28/11/05 Immune Reactions to Transgenic Protein Serious Independent Scientists Demand A Ban on GM Food & Feed while All GM Crops Are Tested The following memo and report were sent to international an […]

China Does Not Approve GM Rice for Commercialisation

China committee not recommending GMO rice By Nao Nakanishi Reuters, 28 November, 2005 http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2005-11-28T185146Z_01_FLE867860_RTRUKOC_0_US-CHINA-GMO.xml […]

Switzerland to Ban GMO Cultivation for Five Years

Item 1 Swiss back GM moratorium and Sunday shopping swissinfo (http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=106&sid=6271033&cKey=1133115915000) 27 Nov 2005 Swiss back GM moratorium and Sunday shopping Voters have […]

Western Australia to Fund Independent Studies

Item 1 (http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/media/media.nsf/news/45d1988205b503a4482570c7000e0793?opendocument) Statement Released: 26-Nov-2005 Portfolio: Agriculture Feeding trials to test GM food safety 26/11/05 Agricultu […]

Risk Underestimated

Interviews with nine scientists about the risk from genetically manipulated plants. […]