In the penultimate extract from Fatal Harvest’s demolition of agribusiness disinformation, The Ecologist assesses the claim that biotechnology will solve industrial agriculture’s ills.
… | 1st May 2003 News Agriculture Food Shortage Biotechnology Food Security Biotechnology Food And Farming Politics And … The Ecologist assesses the claim that biotechnology will solve industrial …
After years of failing to make its modified products do its bidding, the biotech industry is changing tack – now its modifying the protestors. Jonathan Matthews reports from South Africa
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The GM public debate, which runs throughout June and July, is the public’s chance to express any concerns it may have over the growing of GM crops in Britain. Andy Rowell explains why your participation is vital
… Farming Gm Products UK Community Food Chain BiotechnologyBiotechnology Food And Farming Health Science … body on GM – the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission (AEBC) – produced a …
Scotland’s seabed ‘rainforests’ are under threat from industry dredging proposals, with potentially significant ramifications for climate change.
… Dredging Climate Change Marine Biopolymers Biotechnology Innovation Centre Marine … a grant from the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) that … microenterprises specialising in industrial biotechnology “maximise the value …
As the people of Argentina are driven by economic collapse to the point of starvation, a new solution is being imposed upon them. Ben Backwell reports on a country being force fed genetically modified soya designed not for humans, but for cattle
Why are GM crops being grown, how are plants genetically modified, where is it being cultivated, who’s in control and what is being researched and developed?
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Have you ever heard of – let alone tasted – the Rats Tail radish, the Crookneck squash or the Prince of Prussia pea? We report on what’s being done to save Britain’s rich agricultural heritage.
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No more disability. Brain implants to boost intelligence. Ageing counteracted. The next stage of evolution or a nightmare we can never wake up from? Jim Thomas on ‘converging technology’.
… of the Apollo Project is to wire together biotechnology, IT and cognitive neuroscience … course, information technology… The second is biotechnology… And the third is …
Virus microbes can spread further and faster than ever. Yet pharmaceutical companies are unwilling to invest in pandemic prevention. HARRIS MAKATSORIS describes an innovative new model which could identify and test vaccines at a quicker rate and distribute them within weeks
… three research partners (the NHS Clinical Biotechnology Centre, the Centre for Process …
The success of Blue Planet II has transformed Britain into a country were millions of people are extremely concerned about the impact plastics are having on our marine and local environments. Scientists have now announced that they have discovered an enzyme that can break down this waste so it can be more easily recycled, writes BRENDAN MONTAGUE
… by the University of Portsmouth, NREL and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research …
Nanotechnology has the power to affect every aspect of life on the planet. Here, the Ecologist presents the many claims of its promoters and outlines some of the major developments taking place now or in the near future. In response, some of it’s leading critics analyse the risks that nanotechnology poses in their various fields of expertise.
… D Mehta, PhD, director of the Sociology of Biotechnology Program through the College of Biotechnology. NANOTECHNOLOGY AND HUMANITY …
Parliament will debate Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) this Tuesday. Caroline Lucas of the Green party wants to increase the democratic control of international trade. Without it, the UK may start importing GM food and more chemically treated products, warns GUY TAYLOR
… including the ban on cultivating biotechnology seed in Wales, Scotland and …