UK Government Study Finds GM ‘Superweeds’

r Item 1 THE POTENTIAL FOR DISPERSAL OF HERBICIDE TOLERANCE GENES FROM GENETICALLY-MODIFIED, HERBICIDE-TOLERANT OILSEED RAPE CROPS TO WILD RELATIVES Contract reference EPG 1/5/151 Roger Daniels, Caroline Boffey, Rebecca Mogg, Jo […]

GM in Corn Demonstrating Vulnerability of Food Chain

The discovery of GM corn in New Zealand shows how vulnerable the food chain is to contamination, according to Jack Heinemann of the New Zealand Institute of Gene Ecology. […]

No WHA approval for expanding smallpox virus research

A proposal by a WHO advisory committee to preserve stocks of the smallpox virus in their laboratories for further research, including genetic engineering, was not approved by the World Health Assembly. […]

European Communities – Measures Affecting the Approval and Marketing of Biotech Products

Three countries led by the US have submitted a complaint to the WTO over the EU’s authorisation system for GMOs. This paper discusses the issues with respect to EU’s measures affecting the approval and marketing of GMOs and products derived from GMOs. […]

National Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Some Key Issues

Lim Li Lin discusses some of the issues related to the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety as they relate to its implementation at the national level. […]

Argentina To Resist Monsanto’s Claim, Suspend Soybean Talks

Item 1 Argentina To Fight Monsanto In Court, Suspend Soybean Talks Dow Jones, USA, by Taos Turner (http://money.cnn.com/services/tickerheadlines/for5/200507011624DOWJONESDJONLINE001149_FORTUNE5.htm) 1 Jul 2005 […]

Critique of GM Corn (MON863) Study

Genetically Modified Corn Study Reveals Health Damage and Cover-up By Jeffrey M. Smith, author of Seeds of Deception (http://www.seedsofdeception.com/utility/showArticle/?objectID=221) When a German court ordered Monsanto to make pu […]

Sensible Regulations for ge Food Crops

SENSIBLE REGULATIONS FOR GE FOOD CROPS By David Schubert Source: Nature Biotechnology (23, 785 – 787; July 2005) http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v23/n7/full/nbt0705-785b.html In a recent article Bradford and colleagues argued th […]

Argentina To Fight Monsanto In Court, Suspend Soybean Talks

Argentina has decided to suspend talks with Monsanto over the design of a payment system that would allow the company to collect royalties on the pervasive use of its popular soybean seeds. […]

Governments form GM-free zones, ban GMOs

As concerns grow over the environmental and human and animal health effects of genetic engineering, governments in some countries are taking action to protect their people and territory. […]