Greenpeace reports on threats of GE rice

Item 1 RICE AT RISK: WILL THERE BE A CHOICE WITH GE RICE? (http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/multimedia/download/1/602854/0/% 5Brice_report%5D_choice_.pdf> Introduction Proponents of genetic engineering argu […]

Organic Farming Boosts Biodiversity

Organic farming boosts biodiversity New Scientist, 11 October 04 Organic farming increases biodiversity at every level of the food chain – all the way from lowly bacteria to mammals. This is the conclusion of the largest review eve […]

Privatisation of Seeds?

Canada: Monsanto victory plants seed of privatisation Brooklin, Canada, 5 Oct (IPS/Stephen Leahy) — Canadian farmers’ traditional right to save seeds is being threatened by proposals to collect royalties on virtually all such seeds fo […]

Gene Flow from Transgenic Crops

This is a study on the gene flow from trangenic oilseed rape to related species, in this case, wild radish. […]

Argentina: Controversy over transgenic soya gene

ARGENTINA: MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CONTROVERSY OVER A TRANSGENIC SOYA GENE Multilateral pressure on intellectual property rights over the last 10 years. Attempt to charge for a patent that is not registered in the country but registered […]

Is Monsanto GM soya responsible for yield drag?

Is Monsanto’s patented Roundup Ready gene responsible for a flattening of U.S. soybean yields that has cost farmers an estimated $1.28 billion? Presentation at 2004 Midwest Soybean Conference explores the numbers…and the potential causes b […]

The Travels of a Bioengineered Gene

This is an editorial in the New York Times on the findings that genes from GE grass can travel much further than anyone had thought possible. (please also see ‘Genes from Engineered Grass Spread for Miles, Study Finds’) […]

Labeling Thresholds vs. Safety Thresholds of LMOs/GMOs

This is a primer on what monitoring thresholds mean and how they relate to issues of relevance in the Protocol. […]

Determining the Safety of Transgenic Insects

This artcle discusses the safety issues relating to GE insects. […]

Cry1Ac Protoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis sp. kurstaki HD73 Binds to Surface Proteins in the Mouse Small Intestine

This research report finds that Cry1Ac protoxin (pCry1Ac) binds to the mucosal surface of the mouse small intestine. […]