JPAC Calls for Moratorium on GM Maize Imports

Item 1 JPAC Bulletin As per the NAAEC agreement, the JPAC provides its initial recommendations to the NAFTA ministers on transgenic maize in Mexico Montreal, 13 April 2004 – Following the Commission for Environmental Coopera […]

Lab-created killer virus sparks biotech fears

News that a deadly new virus was created during a genetic engineering experiment has set off warning bells that the use of the technology should be very carefully monitored and regulated. […]

GMO Risks and Hazards: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence of Risk

As more GM foods are being produced and marketed and as many different types of GMOs continue to be released into the environment, the debate on the safety of genetic engineering has intensified. […]

The Cartagena protocol, the Precautionary principle, “sound science” and “early warnings”

Tracebility in the US

Item 1 COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Brussels, 11 December 2003 (12.12) (OR. it) 16023/03 AGRILEG 289 INFORMATION NOTE from : Italian delegation to : Council Subject : Other business (c) Bioterrorism Act […]

The Principle of Substantial Equivalence is Unscientific and Arbitrary

The Principle is intentionally vague and ill-defined to be as flexible, malleable, and open to interpretation. […]

GE Situation in Australia

Australia: US struggles in rearguard campaign for GE crops Canberra, 1 Apr (IPS/Bob Burton) — For the last week, Gregory Conko from the conservative US think tank, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), has faced an uphill battle […]

Bayer Cropscience Withdraws GM Forage Maize

www.bayercropscience.com Wednesday, March 31, 2004 Following the announcement of the UK Government’s position on GM Food and Crops on 9th March 2004 Bayer CropScience discontinues further efforts to commercialise GM forage maize in the UK […]

A GM-Free Sustainable World — Chinese

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A GM-Free Sustainable World — Spanish

Assembled by the Independent Science Panel, this dossier documents evidences on the known problems and hazards of GM crops as well as on the manifold benefits of sustainable agriculture. […]