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?
… Break Free Clare Oxborrow Becky Price Peter Riley | 1st November 2008 News Gm … construct built around a daffodil gene into rice to create ‘golden rice’ – rich in beta-carotene, the precursor …
Some of the world's most powerful figures tout the benefits of GMOs, writes Stacy Malkan, but what's the real story? Facts on the ground expose the PR spin, half truths and outright propaganda that has come to dominate a public conversation that is not so much about engineering genes, but engineering truth for the benefit of multinational corporations.
… of the Back to the Future franchise, golden rice is an old idea that looms just beyond the …
Whether we like it or not, the Government says that we must accept the necessity of genetically modified crops to fuel, feed and heal the world. Leading academics, researchers and campaigners in the GM arena address the science and the spin of the GM 'solution', as well as looking at alternatives that are already contributing to a sustainable farming future.
… Are our hands tied? Clare Oxborrow Becky Price Peter Riley | 1st November 2008 News Gm … publicly-funded scientists that GM ‘golden rice’ would put an end to blindness caused by … campaigner with Friends of the Earth; Becky Price is a researcher with GeneWatch UK; Peter …