Argentina’s GM Saga

Item 1 Argentina’s GM Woes (http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AGMW.php) Proponents claim that GM crops are necessary for fighting hunger in developing countries and decreasing the use of pesticides. The evidence shows otherwise. GM crops […]

Monsanto’s Contracts Stifling

GM crop farmers ‘will end up serfs’ Western Morning News, 9 August 2003 (http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=103354&command=displayContent&sourceNode=103331&contentPK=6655961) Farmers who choose to grow GM c […]

Danish Water Contaminated by Roundup, Ban Imposed

Item 1 Danish glyphosate restrictions draw protests Environment Daily no. 1457, Jun 5, 2003 Danish environment minister Hans Christian Schmidt has announced unprecedented restrictions on glyphosate, the country’s and Europe’ […]

More Plants Resistant to Roundup

Item 1 Are roundup ready weeds in your future II By Bob Hartzler, Iowa State University (http://www.gmsciencedebate.org.uk/topics/forum/0051.htm) Weed management generally doesn’t generate much interest among the general […]

Pusztai’s Review Enforces Warnings on GE Foods

UK’s Tony Blair to Scale Down Plans for GM Crops

Blair forced to scale back his plan to introduce GM farming http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=436640 By Geoffrey Lean and Jo Dillon Independent on Sunday, 24 August 2003 Tony Blair is drastically scaling dow […]

Study on Economic, Environment Impacts of GMOs

Executive Summary (for the complete summary including tables, please see http://www.biotech-info.net/first_generation_GMC.pdf) 1. Introduction This paper brings together a wide reading of the current agricultural research on g […]

Ex-Minister: Benefits of GM a Mirage

Michael Meacher: To know the truth about GM, ask the Canadians The lesson of their experience is that co-existence between conventional and GM farming is a mirage The Independent, 06 August 2003 http://argument.independent.co.uk […]

Biotech Drugs Could Be Deadly

Rebellious Bodies Dim the Glow of `Natural’ Biotech Drugs By ANDREW POLLACK / New York Times 30 July 2002 The promise of many biotechnology drugs is that they are the body’s own solutions. Human proteins like insulin and growth […]

Spain’s GM Corn Contaminates, Proves Disappointing

PRESS RELEASE Friends of the Earth Europe and Greenpeace Immediate release – Tuesday 26 August ******************************************************** FAILING IN THE FIELD GM crops in Spain don’t deliver promises, bu […]