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Genetically Modified Foods Have Serious Health Risks
In the summer of 2002, the British government sponsored the first-ever research on genetically modified food (GMOs) using human subjects. Researchers fed seven volunteers a single meal of soy burgers...
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U.K. consuming products from GMO-fed animals
The Soil Association says 60% corn, 30% soy are GM crops British consumers are unknowingly consuming milk, dairy products and pork produced from GMO-fed animals, the Soil Association said Friday. The...
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FOE critisizes GM lobbying of European Commission
t is no secret that the EU political class has embraced the neoliberal agenda, according to an analysis by Friends of the Earth Europe. In food and farming, this translates as high-technology intensive...
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Proposed Ban on Genetically Modified Corn in Europen
European Union environmental officials have determined that two kinds of genetically modified corn could harm butterflies, affect food chains and disturb life in rivers and streams, and they have...
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Opponents says GM research not adequate
Victoria and NSW have decided to lift their bans on genetically modified canola crops without the comprehensive scientific research to support the move, opponents say. They say the two state...
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GMO vs organic debate, revisited
Dr. Saturnina Halos, the coalition’s research director, says food modification is “the use of living materials to produce or change food,” such as the use of fermentation to change salted fish into...
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IFOAM European Congress 2007
The two-day conference of the IFOAM EU group in Brussels, that attracted a record 270 participants, concluded on 5 December 2007. The aim of the highly successful conference was to discuss the future...
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Duty-free U.S. corn imports force Mexico GMO debate
Cheap U.S. corn will flood into Mexico in January when trade barriers are lifted, pitting local farmers against each other over how to protect the crop that has fed Mexico for thousands of years.Mexico...
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Building Disease-beating Wheat
Pioneered by CSIRO researchers, in collaboration with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and Sydney University, the research illustrates the major genetic improvements...
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French farmers say government playing GMO games
France’s main farm union on Wednesday accused the government of playing political games on the issue of genetically modified (GMO) crops and cast doubt on the country’s ability to defy the European...
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Consumers in France reject genetically modified crops ahead of French...
According to two surveys, two thirds of people in France do not want any more genetically modified foods on their plates, and they overwhelmingly call for the suspension of corn MON810, produced by...
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Traces of unapproved GMO trait found in U.S. corn
Traces of an unapproved genetically modified trait were found in U.S. corn planted in 2006 and 2007 but the grain poses no threat to food or feed safety, said the U.S Agriculture Department on Friday....
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Residents Want Genetically Modified Foods Labeled
The rainbow papaya is pumped-up to be more powerful, genetically modified to resist the destructive ringspot virus. It’s a stronger fruit, but it looks the same as an organic papaya. Some said that is...
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Genetic Engineering incompatible with Organic Agriculture
In reaction on the current rise in food prices and the crises in many developing countries following from that, some scientists claim that genetic engineering and genetically modified organisms (GMO’s)...
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GM Foods the Problem, Not the Solution
The food crisis has prompted some looks towards genetically modified food production as a solution. That in turn has led to stronger warnings over the consequences of such food for health and the...
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GMO Contamination in Mexico’s Cradle of Corn
Raise the alarm for Mexican corn’s biosecurity: a molecular study conducted by Mexican, American and Dutch researchers demonstrates the presence of genes from genetically modified organisms (GMO) among...
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