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Modified Crop Risks Aim Of Program  -  22 Oct 2007
Truth about Trade & Technology,Critics oppose genetically-modified organisms for reasons ranging from uncertainty over the long-term effects to an unnecessary meddling in the natural

Plant-Based Plastics Carve Market Niche  -  22 Oct 2007
The Associated PressSome sound alarms because genetically modified organisms are used to spur the fermentation that creates them. And recycling them presents still other

GMOs Perfected Down to the Chromosome Level  -  Oct 20, 2007
Slashdot...stacking technology in corn, cotton, soybeans, and canola, I guess we'll soon eat food made from permanently genetically modified organisms (PGMOs?).

Genetically modified organisms are cause for debate in Nanaimo  -  Oct 9, 2007
Nanaimo News Bulletin,By Toby Gorman Robert Wager, an expert on biotechnology at Malaspina University College, says GMOs have an impeccable safety history.

Kenya: MPs Pass Biosafety Law Amid Protest  -  Oct 11, 2007
AllAfrica.com,A lobby group and 13 individuals have gone to High Court to seek a national referendum on whether genetically modified organisms and foods should be

MAF hunting genetically modified pink zebra fish  -  Sep 24, 2007
New Zealand Herald,...keeping tropical fish are aware that the importation, possession or sale of unauthorised genetically modified organisms is illegal in New Zealand," he said.

Genetically altered food: Where the candidates stand  -  Oct 19, 2007
DesMoinesRegister.com,He also would create an indemnity fund financed by biotech companies for farmers who incur losses caused by genetically modified organisms.

Kenya: MPs Commence Debate On Genetically Modified Foods  -  Oct 3, 2007
AllAfrica.com,This means that Kenyans could soon have genetically modified organisms (GMOs) imported from Europe and America stocked in the local super-markets.

Doors opened for processed GM foods to enter market  -  Sep 25, 2007
Indian Express,...the Government has allowed processed food containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and exempted it from regulatory approval.

American expert thanks Poland for keeping GMO-free  -  Oct 16, 2007
Polish Radio External Service,Genetically modified organisms, when spreading in the environment, may adversely affect other organisms, Smith pointed out. Polish environment minister Jan

Gov’t barred from allowing genetically modified rice into RP  -  Sep 23, 2007
Inquirer.net,..."With the unfavorable publications and debates these genetically modified organisms have spawned, it is but prudent that the approval, not the study or

Kenya: GM Foods in Shops, Research Shows  -  Oct 15, 2007
AllAfrica.com,About 30 per cent of the samples were found to have genetically modified organisms (GMOs). "If you ask our officials, they will tell you there are no such

Genetically modified food imports raise concerns  -  Oct 6, 2007
Gulf News,...organisation in the UAE last week reiterated concern on the lack of labelling of food products that contain genetically modified organisms (GMO).

Against the grain: 'Economics, not common sense, drives GM crops'  -  Sep 26, 2007
Independent,The risks of releasing genetically modified organisms into the environment are widely accepted. In the research I do using genetic modification there are

Posted to the web 3 October 2007  -  Oct 3, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...on some civil society organisations they claimed were hell-bent on discouraging legalisation and consumption of genetically modified organisms (GMOs),

Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically ...  -  Oct 17, 2007
Food Consumer,GMO experts Arpad Pusztai and Susan Bardocz write, "Jeffrey Smith's Genetic Roulette destroys the myth that genetically modified organisms are safe and will

GM group calls for an end to horse vaccine program  -  Oct 2, 2007
ABC Online,A group opposed to the release of genetically modified organisms wants the horse vaccine program stopped. The Gene Ethics Network says there has not been

Kenya: Court Rejects Bid to Stop GMO Debate  -  Oct 11, 2007
AllAfrica.com,This comes after the High Court on Thursday directed that a case challenging the introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) be heard on merit

Qatar’s initiative to curb GM food menace hailed  -  Oct 10, 2007
Peninsula On-line,DOHA • Qatar's initiative in checking the proliferation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) is worth emulating for other GCC nations.

Centre slammed for not formulating GM crop policy  -  Oct 4, 2007
The Statesman,There is concern about the Centre's lack of policy on genetically modified organisms. With China moving ahead in manufacturing GM crop and for want of

Signature campaign in Italy against genetic engineering  -  Oct 3, 2007
AFPThe 29 associations claiming to represent some 11 million people have formed a coalition, Italy/Europe Free of GMO (genetically modified organisms),

Africa: Alliance for a Green Revolution - a Blunt Philanthropic Arrow  -  Sep 28, 2007
AllAfrica.com,They may claim otherwise, but the idea of AGRA is anchored around agricultural modern biotechnology or genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

On Politics  -  Oct 21, 2007
Honolulu Star-Bulletin,Waiting in the wings are those fearful of genetically modified organisms. Already those against GMOs are painting the issue as Lingle and big corporate

Mps pass Biosafety Bill amid protests.  -  Oct 12, 2007
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation,The government Bill that seeks to come up with a policy on biotechnology and regulate activities related to genetically modified organisms.

Kenya: Scientists And Lobby Groups Continue to Differ On 'Designer ...  -  Oct 15, 2007
AllAfrica.com,It is basically about enabling the introduction and commercialisation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the country," said Josphat Ngonyo,

Reflections: Orwellian tale of today  -  Oct 19, 2007
Portsmouth Herald News,The project to be shown at the Mass MoCA, Free Range Grains, which allowed participants to test food for the presence of genetically modified organisms was

AT LARGE The food we eat  -  Oct 15, 2007
Inquirer.net,It's the last classification, genetically modified organisms or GMO, that has sparked debate worldwide. Because genetic engineering involves "the human

Romania to loose 111 million euros  -  Oct 12, 2007
cafebabel.com,...and Animal Health of the European Commission met on 10 October to take a decision on the authorization for four genetically modified organisms (GMOs),

Nigeria: NABDA to Install Biotechnology Facility  -  Sep 25, 2007
AllAfrica.com,He explained that the facility would facilitate the use and storage of genetically -modified organisms in the country. Solomon said that the facility would

Qatar considers introducing GM food-labelling law  -  Oct 15, 2007
Gulf News,...(SCENR) is seeking approval to form a committee that will address the flow of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and related health concerns.

Corn, Rewired  -  Sep 24, 2007
Truth about Trade & Technology,...“Genetically modified organisms have brought no economic opportunities and carry unacceptable risks to the environment and human health,� she said.

Canadian farm couple who took on Monsanto win 'alternative Nobel ...  -  Oct 2, 2007
The Canadian Press..."We call that a chemical addiction now ... and with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) comes the increased use of chemicals.

Serendib Horticulture wins plant bio-tech tender  -  Oct 20, 2007
Sunday Times.lk,...such research for commercialization, capacity building, genetically modified organisms and related issues, bio safety frame work recommendations, etc.

Don't Eat That!  -  Oct 16, 2007
Cleveland Free Times,Foods produced using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have never required labeling, even though studies in animals have shown them to cause tissue

GM food for thought  -  Sep 27, 2007
Indian Express,...consumers in India will not know whether they are eating imported processed food that contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Briefly in Tompkins  -  Oct 16, 2007
Ithaca Journal,Kuiper is the chairman of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms of the European Food Safety Authority and a leading expert on food safety

Philippine Agriculture Department: 'Gene Modified Foods Are Safe'  -  Oct 9, 2007
AHNManila, Philippines (AHN)-All 44 genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that have been approved for commercial release in the Philippines since December 2002

Modern farming methods are no threat to consumers  -  Oct 18, 2007
Post-Bulletin,Organic farms ban the use of pesticides and genetically modified organisms, minimizing inadvertent effects on other organisms.

Building a Better World: A Dialectical Approach  -  Oct 16, 2007
Media For Freedom,A related problem is that of the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs, including Seeds) whose use is promoted by these same agro-business companies in the

What's the future  -  Sep 25, 2007
Barossa Herald,...off cheaply to the giant multi-national bio-tech companies so that they can contaminate the whole of our country with genetically modified organisms?

Man taking Monsanto to court  -  Oct 15, 2007
Minot Daily News,According to Schmeiser, Monsanto was willing to clean up the plot of the GM canola, or GMOs, which stands for genetically modified organisms, but wanted him

Public sector IT supplier wins '2007 Essence of the Entrepreneur ...  -  Oct 18, 2007
PublicTechnology.net,Dr Mah Hussain-Gambles was disillusioned by cosmetics claiming to be 100 per cent alcohol free, GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) free and irradiation

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD  -  Oct 18, 2007
Winchester Star,The film, "Watch Future of Food," will offer an in-depth investigation into the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in modern farming.

Shoe entrepreneur makes big footprint  -  Oct 18, 2007
Business Edge,They certainly didn't like food (genetically modified organisms - GMOs). It was at the time of all the food GMO stuff. I think I was getting to the point

Zimbabwe: Biotech Can Boost Developing Economies  -  Oct 8, 2007
AllAfrica.com,The term 'genetically modified organisms' (GMO) often refers to the products of this new technology. The process does not occur through mating or natural

Landmark court ruling vs. GMOs  -  Sep 23, 2007
Manila Times,RTC Judge Evangeline Marigomen stopped the Department of Agriculture from approving a rice strain derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs),

Organic Foods in the United States Report Available Now  -  Oct 18, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),Food produced on all levels without the use of genetically modified organisms. The US market has more than doubled its size between 2000 and 2006.

EU criticises Sweden over transparency move  -  Oct 10, 2007
EUobserver.com,The EU executive referred to an article laid out in an EU directive for genetically modified organisms, which says that if an application with a request to

Wisconsin Cheesemaker Looks Beyond  -  Oct 10, 2007
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung),In 2001, Cedar Grove further distinguished its products by pledging to make its cheeses without the use of genetically modified organisms.

Fair Trade coffee: Java with a jolt of social justice  -  Oct 16, 2007
College of New Jersey Signal,Finally, through the Fair Trade certification absolutely no genetically modified organisms are used in farming, and there is very limited use of

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