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. […]

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. […]