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. […]

Farmers’ Guide to GMOs

This Farmers’ Guide to GMOs addresses some of the many issues that are associated with farmers’ use of GMOs. It also includes a list of resources to explore for further information on many GMO issues. […]

ANNOUNCEMENT : Holistic Foundations for Assessment and Regulation of GE and GMOs – Sub-regional course for South East Asia

GM Pea Inflames Lung Tissues of Mice, Research Stopped

Item 1 GM pea causes allergic damage in mice Emma Young, Sydney NewScientist.com news service, 21 November 2005 http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8347 A decade-long project to develop genetically modified peas with bu […]

Transgenic Expression of Bean-Amylase Inhibitor in Peas Results in Altered Structure and Immunogenicity

Research found that peas modified to resist insects had caused inflammation in the lung tissues of mice which led the CSIRO to abandon a decade-long GM crop project. […]

Submission of Third World Network relating to the development of a liability and redress regime under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Submission from Third World Network to the Open-Ended Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety […]