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
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The 'Biotechnology Food Labeling Uniformity' bill has been introduced to the US Senate to require clear, simple labelling of GMOs nationwide - informing consumers while saving manufacturers from a confusing patchwork of state regulations. Could it defeat the dreaded DARK Act?
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The very term 'genetic engineering' implies high precision in the alterations made to genes and deep understanding of their consequences, writes Jonathan Latham. In fact, we have never had either. And even with the arrival of CRISPR and other 'gene editing' systems, that remains the case: technologists are thrashing about in a perilous sea of unfathomable complexities and unknowable outcomes.
… parts of the world where public acceptance of biotechnology is incomplete, a public … itself. In February I was at a UN meeting on biotechnology in Rome, Italy, where a senior representative of the Biotechnology Industry Organisation (BIO) …
The latest salvo in the battle over Africa's seed systems has been fired, writes Stephen Greenberg, with the Gates Foundation and USAID playing puppet-masters to Africa's governments - now meeting in Addis Ababa - as they drive forward corporation-friendly seed regulations that exclude and marginalize the small farmers whose seeds and labour feed the continent.
… products, seeds and GMOs. A recent meeting on biotechnology and biosafety was held to establish a "COMESA biotechnology and biosafety policy … out from 2015-2019, "leading to increased biotechnology applications and agricultural …
Hidden from mainstream media exposure, the World Bank and IMF loan has opened up Ukraine to major corporate inroads, writes Joyce Nelson. Loan conditions are forcing the deeply indebted country to open up to GMO crops, and lift the ban on private sector land ownership. US corporations are jubilant at the 'goldmine' that awaits them.
… our efforts. We also hope that at some point biotechnology is a tool that will be available … lobbying worldwide for Monsanto and other biotechnology corporations like DuPont, … foreign governments to adopt pro-agricultural biotechnology policies and laws, operated a …
The EU Parliament is voting tomorrow on the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated between the USA and the EU. But do MEPs realise that the agreement could force European markets open to 'new biotech' foods and crops using advanced GM technologies that do not meet current definitions of 'GMO' within the EU?
… people and the environment. New techniques of biotechnology on the TTIP table One such area … its obligations to make timely decisions on biotechnology applications." [8] It is very … internationally on issues related to biotechnology such as low-level presence of …
At what point are technologies so complex, uncertain, or unmanageable as to be beyond regulation? The question is key to human and ecological health, writes Jonatham Latham. But instead of learning from successful approaches, such as aviation safety, we are throwing the lessons away when faced with truly complex problems - like chemicals, GMOs, and now 'gene drives'.
… Novel products incorporating nanotechnology, biotechnology, rare metals, microwaves, novel … which applies also to pharmaceuticals, crop biotechnology, and medical devices is thus … manageable. The endpoints of agricultural biotechnology In comparison to synthetic …
The 'Kevin Folta affair' has cast the hard light of day into the dubious PR tactics of the GMO industry, writes Claire Robinson - recruiting and paying scientists as secret shills to promulgate a pro-GM message without revealing their funding sources.
… scientists" , including Folta, "to help with 'biotechnology outreach' and to travel around … the Grocery Manufacturers Association and the Biotechnology Industry Organization are … GMO Answers, for its client, the Council for Biotechnology. Regarding an upcoming meeting …
Greenpeace is being attacked for 'crimes against humanity' by 100 Nobel laureates for blocking GMO 'golden' rice, reports Claire Robinson. But the low-yielding crop is years away from going on sale, and there is no proof of any nutritional benefit to the malnourished children it's meant to benefit. Could the distinguished prize-winners have fallen for slick pro-GMO PR and spin?
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Is Monsanto the “clean and green” company its advertisements promote, or is the new image merely a product of clever public relations?
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Africa's biotech establishment is deploying its biggest guns to attack NGOs opposed to GMO crops to help push through Ghana's corporation-friendly Plant Breeders Bill - a key element in the corporate enclosure of Africa's farming, seeds and agricultural heritage.
… Chapter of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB) in … change public perceptions toward modern biotechnology. This will lead to increased … out every day, this despite the fact that the biotechnology industry has done its best to …
A new biosafety report for the Norwegian Environment Agency says GM foods cannot be declared safe due to major gaps in the science, writes Nafeez Ahmed. Indeed research clearly indicates harmful and adverse impacts to both health and environment. But Monsanto insists that GMOs are just as safe as, or even safer than, conventional crops.
… impacts of the crop, Monsanto and other biotechnology companies are misleading the … coincided with a spate of bad news for the biotechnology food industry. An expensive …
The great GM debate is a complex one. Professor Guy Cook examines the ways in which the issue is often tackled - verbally that is.
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BBSRC-funded website backlash against sustainable watchdog’s call to reduce meat consumption
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In the past decade, the sales pitch of the biotech companies has shifted with the climate of public opinion. Public scepticism has remained high, but politicians seem to have bought enthusiastically into the GM ‘solution’. In many ways this encapsulates where science has gone wrong – by inventing technologies without first deciding what problems need addressing. If GM crops are the answer, what exactly is the problem?
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For 40 years Percy Schmeiser grew oilseed rape on his farm in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Usually, he would sow each year’s crop with seeds saved from the previous harvest. In 1998 Monsanto took Schmeiser to court.
… Cases Action Agribusiness Companies Monsanto Biotechnology Food Chain Agribusiness … private property law, the interests of the biotechnology companies have precedence over … times in North America and other places. [For biotechnology] it is a good way of getting a …
Increasing quantities of 'hidden GMOs' are finding their way into our diet, writes Pat Thomas. They are coming mainly in US imports for supermarkets and caterers, and in animal feeds used for meat, dairy and egg production. It's time for chefs, pubs, takeaways and restaurants to take responsibility for the food chains that supply them - labelling the GMOs in their meals, and better still, cutting them out.
… not alone. Even if you have heard about biotechnology, genetic engineering or … From test-tube and computer to plate The biotechnology industry is inevitably hitting …
The Journal of Food and Chemical Toxicology appears to have violated scientific standards by withdrawing a study which found that rats fed on a Monsanto GM corn were more likely to develop cancer than controls. William Engdahl investigates.
… modified (GM) variety of maize owned by the biotechnology and agrochemical giant Monsanto. … new position, that of ' Associate Editor for Biotechnology ' . The person they hired to … now effectively decide which papers on biotechnology are published in FCT? And is …
The forced retraction of a study that identified serious harm to rats fed on GMO maize and Monsanto's 'Roundup' reveals a deep and systemic corruption of science and regulation, writes Gilles-Eric Séralini. Urgent and far reaching reforms must now take place.
… by Wayne Parrott, an active member of the Biotechnology Committee at the International … by multinational food, agribusiness, and biotechnology companies, including Monsanto … conflicts of interest included links with biotechnology companies that develop GMOs and …
The purported mission of the Cornell Alliance for Science is to explain the science underlying biotechnology and GMOs, writes Jonathan Latham. So with a debate on the issue taking place tomorrow, 5th October, on the Cornell campus, how come CAS can't find a single speaker prepared to defend their zealously pro-GM stance?
… Science is to explain the science underlying biotechnology and GMOs, writes Jonathan … Alliance is to explain the science underlying biotechnology and GMOs. Yet the Alliance has …
Pro-GMO US senators have a dastardly plan to deny states the right to require GMO labeling, writes Steven M. Druker, by attaching their DARK Bill as a rider to the Appropriations Bill next week. Now is the the time to wake up senators to the Bill's true intent, and to the deceit, illegal behaviour and scientific falsification that has kept the dangers of GMO foods a well kept secret - so far.
… a genuine scientific review, and the FDA's Biotechnology Strategic Manager has … Recommendations for the Regulation of Food Biotechnology in Canada; An Expert Panel Report on the Future of Food Biotechnology ' prepared by The Royal Society …
Those opposed to the mass release of GM crops and foods inadequately tested for health and ecological safety are routinely accused of being anti-science, writes Elizabeth Henderson. But it's the GM corporations and their academic allies that are suppressing scientific research, and organic farmers that are building alliances with independent scientists for a future of safe, healthy food.
… question that I have heard from proponents of biotechnology is "why do you organic farmers … against the agency reveal that the FDA's Biotechnology Coordinator, James Maryanski, … plants: Analysis and biosafety implications. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews …
The US is poised to 'deregulate' GMO corn, soybean and cotton varieties resistant to the herbicides 2,4-D and dicamba. The result will be a big increase in the use of those herbicides, as high as 600%. Only a huge public outcry can now stop the GMO-herbicide juggernaut.
… them as "among the first wave of the biotechnology industry's efforts to increase … end result of their grand experiment with biotechnology is more toxic pesticides ... …