This report details the threats that GE pharmaceuticals crops pose, the extent to which they have been planted across the U.S., the failure of regulatory agencies, and a set of recommendations to protect farmers, consumers, food companies. […]
|
||||||
|
This Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology commissioned report shows that the US government has no effective system of overseeing GM crops once these crops reach the market, a regulatory gap that could pose acute problems. […] A group of scientist has written a manual on assessing the potential ecological and health effects of GMOs. An explanatory video on the manual is also available. […] This paper considers the challenges entailed in applying the principles and methods of public participation to national and international policy processes. […] A scientific critique by Dr Mae Wan Ho of the Institute of Science in Society, UK of ‘Golden Rice’ – GE Vitamin A rice. It examines the flawed scientific/social rationale of the ‘Golden Rice’, and also the explains why it poses risks. […] Suwit questions government plan to bring in GMOs By Sirinart Sirisunthorn The Nation, Bangkok Thursday, June 17, 2004 Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti yesterday questioned government plans to introduce […] Biotechnology: FAO response to open letter from NGOs Director-General Jacques Diouf outlines his views on use of biotechnology (http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2004/46429/index.html) 16 June 2004, Rome — FAO Director-General Dr Ja […] PRESS RELEASE “FAO DECLARES WAR ON FARMERS, NOT ON HUNGER” Through an open letter delivered at noon today to the Director General of FAO in Rome, hundreds of civil society organisations from across the world denounce the recent an […] |
||||||
|
All our content may be republished or reused for free, except where otherwise noted. This site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa |
||||||