China and GM Rice

Against the grain Scientists say the rushed introduction of genetically engineered rice on the mainland, as early as 2006, could ruin the nation’s staple food Didi Kirsten Tatlow South China Morning Post http://chinastudygroup.org/index. […]

FDA’s New Proposal Will Increase GM Contamination

REF: Doc.TWN/Biosafety/2004/F MEDIA ADVISORY Friends of the Earth International November 23, 2004 US TO LEGALIZE BIOTECH CONTAMINATION US sets out plan to allow contamination of the world’s food supply with experimental […]

IUCN Calls for Moratorium on Future Releases of GMOs

Item 1 World Conservation Congress approves moratorium on further release of genetically modified organisms. For Immediate Release Bangkok, Thailand 22 November 2004 Members of the IUCN 2004 World Conservation Congr […]

GM Canola Suffers in Australia, Contamination Likely

NATURE UNKIND TO AUSTRALIA’S FIRST COMMERCIAL GM CANOLA TRIAL Monday November 22, 2004: The Network of Concerned Farmers (NCF) has taken aerial photographs of Australia’s first commercial plantings of genetically modified (GM) canol […]

Bayer Withdraws GM Application in the UK

GM firms finally give up on planting in Britain By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor Independent on Sunday, 21 November 2004 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=585086 Industry has dropped its last attempts t […]

New Report Highlights Huge Gaps in GM Crop Science

Contact: Jonathan Latham 01531 670 313 or Email: A.Wilson@econexus.info October 2004, Embargo: Oct 28 PRESS RELEASE New Report Highlights Huge Gaps in GM Crop Science […]

Bayer Stops GE Research in India

Item 1 (Letter by Greenpeace to Bayer-India) Greenpeace 3360, 13th ‘B’ Mair, HAL-2 Stage […]

GMO Control Bill 2004 — Tasmania

A bill to provide for Tasmania to be declared to be a genetically modified organisms free area. […]

GM Crop Safety Test ‘Flawed’, Says New Scientific Study

GM CROP SAFETY TESTS ‘FLAWED’, NEW SCIENTIFIC PAPER SHOWS EU Approval of Monsanto’s GM Corn Questioned Brussels, November 16, 2004 – A peer-reviewed scientific paper published today in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews debun […]

The True Cost of Gene Patents

The study assesses the economic and social consequences of patenting genes and living organisms. Due to the many negative consequences it concludes that no patenting should take place. […]