New Study on Risk Assessment of GMO Products in the European Union

SUMMARY RISK ASSESSMENT OF GMO PRODUCTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION – Toxicity assessment, allergenicity assessment and substantial equivalence in practice and proposals for improvement and standardization – The full report is […]

Austria Raises Questions over GM Maize MON810

http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/en/05/st06/st06968.en05.pdf COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Brussels, 3 March 2005 6968/05 ENV 101 AGRILEG 33 NOTE from : General Secretariat of the Council […]

UK Moves for More Protection from GM Crops

Item 1 Immediate release: 25 February 2005 SOUTH WEST REGION TAKES STAND OVER GM THREAT The South West Regional Assembly today called on food and farming in the region to be protected from GM crops, and for strict liability on […]

Bt Cotton Vs. Non Pesticidal Management of Cotton

A study undertaken by Centre for Sustainable Agriculture based on interviews with cotton growing farmers in Warangal and Medak districts in India, to compare various aspects of Bt Cotton as a solution for pest problems in cotton crop and Non Pesticidal Ma […]

Bt Cotton Vs. Non Pesticidal Management of Cotton

A study undertaken by the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture based on interviews with cotton growing farmers in Warangal and Medak districts in India, comparing various aspects of Bt Cotton as a solution for pest problems in cotton crop and Non Pesticidal […]

Why NPM is Solution to Pesticide and GM-Free Farming

Item 1 No Bt Cotton, No Pests ! How cotton farmers are being fleeced By Devinder Sharma For the beleaguered cotton farmers, who consume an overdose of harmful pesticides every year, and are now being lured to adopt genetica […]

WTO Rules Allow Flexibility in Trade in GM Foods

European Regional Governments Agree on GMO-free Measures

Item 1 CHARTER OF THE REGIONS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES OF EUROPE ON THE SUBJECT OF COEXISTENCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS WITH TRADITIONAL AND ORGANIC FARMING By Network of 20 European Regions 4 Feb 2005 […]

The Need for Independent Science and Scientists

ISIS Press Release 25/02/2005 ISIS Report – www.i-sis.org.uk Which Science or Scientists Can You Trust? Michael Meacher told a public conference on Science, Medicine and the Law in the strongest terms that we need independen […]

Model Law for Safety in Biotechnology for Africa

First drafted by the OAU and the Ethiopian Environmental Protection Authority, the African Model Law for Biosafety was designed in order that countries in Africa could adopt it in their law as they move towards the implementation of the Biosafety Protoco […]