Extensive Geneflow from GE Grass Worrisome

Genes From Engineered Grass Spread for Miles, Study Finds By ANDREW POLLACK 21 September 2004 The New York Times A new study shows that genes from genetically engineered grass can spread much farther than previously known, a fin […]

Update on GE Contamination of Maize in Mexico

The day the sun dies: contamination and resistance in Mexico Silvia Ribeiro Seedling, July 2004 http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=292 “When you sow maize, throw four seeds at a time: one for the wild animals, another for people with […]

Genes From Engineered Grass Spread for Miles, Study Finds

A new study shows that genes from genetically engineered grass can spread much farther than previously known, a finding that raises questions about the straying of other plants altered through biotechnology. […]

Biosafety Protocol and Food Aid

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and Food Aid By Lim Li Ching, Third World Network September 2004 Paper presented at the International Conference on Hunger, Food Aid and GMOs, Maputo, Mozambique, 15-16 July 2004 Introduc […]

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and Food Aid

Lim Li Ching discusses the link between the Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety and food aid with special emphasis to Africa. […]

Biotechnology: Continuing hype?

At a recent biotechnology industry meeting in San Francisco, governments and local authorities across the US and as far away as Malaysia were busy courting biotech companies to set up a presence in their respective home grounds. But as this article ex […]

GM Contamination of Papaya in Hawaii, Thailand

Item 1 News Release: Embargo 00:01 September 9 2004 Contact: Melanie Bondera, Hawaii GEAN +1 808 640-1643 or Noli Hoye, GMO-Free Kauai +1 808 651-9603 New Research Reveals Widespread GMO Contamination and Threats to Local […]

Biotechnology: Continuing Hype?

Governments everywhere are busy courting the biotechnology industry to set up companies on their home ground. As Chee Yoke Heong explains, there is little basis for this sanguine view about the economic prospects of the biotech industry. […]

Biotechnology: Continuing Hype?

Biotechnology: Continuing hype? By Chee Yoke Heong Source: Third World Resurgence, No. 167-168 July/August 2004) PUBLICLY traded biotechnology companies in the US have been estimated to have suffered cumulative losses of over USD40 b […]

Is confidence in the monitoring of GE foods justified

This paper summarises a critical analysis of the effectiveness of monitoring for evidence of genetically modified/engineered organisms in the human food supply. […]