France blasts GM crop approvals by EU agency
06/03/2010
Europe's food safety agency has used partial evidence to approve genetically modified crops, including a GM potato developed by BASF, and should overhaul its methods, a French environment minister said. More...
Europe's food safety agency has used partial evidence to approve genetically modified crops, including a GM potato developed by BASF, and should overhaul its methods, a French environment minister said. More...
GM potatoes: BASF at work
06/03/2010
After a nod by the European Commission to cultivation of the controversial genetically modified (GM) potato developed by the BASF chemical company and known as Amflora, a speaker for the company has announced plans to apply for approval for two further varieties of GM potato. More...
After a nod by the European Commission to cultivation of the controversial genetically modified (GM) potato developed by the BASF chemical company and known as Amflora, a speaker for the company has announced plans to apply for approval for two further varieties of GM potato. More...
Bt cotton has failed admits Monsanto
06/03/2010
The ongoing debate on biotechnology crops in India took a new turn on Friday when American seed firm Monsanto disclosed that cotton pest--pink bollworm--has developed resistance to its much-touted Bt cotton variety in Gujarat. More...
The ongoing debate on biotechnology crops in India took a new turn on Friday when American seed firm Monsanto disclosed that cotton pest--pink bollworm--has developed resistance to its much-touted Bt cotton variety in Gujarat. More...
Fury as EU approves GM potato
04/03/2010
The introduction of a genetically modified potato in Europe risks the development of human diseases that fail to respond to antibiotics, it was claimed last night. More...
The introduction of a genetically modified potato in Europe risks the development of human diseases that fail to respond to antibiotics, it was claimed last night. More...
Genetically Engineered Corn May Cause Food Allergies
04/03/2010
The biotech industry is fond of bragging about their genetically modified (GM) crops that “resist pests.” This conjures up images of insects staying away from GM fields. But resisting pests is a euphemism forcontains its own pesticide. When bugs take a bite of the GM plant, the toxin from the plant splits open their stomach and kills them. More...
The biotech industry is fond of bragging about their genetically modified (GM) crops that “resist pests.” This conjures up images of insects staying away from GM fields. But resisting pests is a euphemism forcontains its own pesticide. When bugs take a bite of the GM plant, the toxin from the plant splits open their stomach and kills them. More...
GM Contamination at the FAO
04/03/2010
The FAO is “GM contaminated” due to its closeness with international seed companies, and that can be considered a “tragedy” for humanity. More...
The FAO is “GM contaminated” due to its closeness with international seed companies, and that can be considered a “tragedy” for humanity. More...
Reactions against the GM potato from Romania
03/03/2010
The GMO Information Centre & the Ecological Club Transylvania from Romania. 3 March, 2010. Yesterday, the European Commission authorized for commercial growing a genetically modified potato, which contains an antibiotic resistant marker gene. The pulic was let down by EU's new Consumer Chief through this unprecedented decision. The EU hasn't authorized for cultivation, any new GMO in the last 12 years. More...
The GMO Information Centre & the Ecological Club Transylvania from Romania. 3 March, 2010. Yesterday, the European Commission authorized for commercial growing a genetically modified potato, which contains an antibiotic resistant marker gene. The pulic was let down by EU's new Consumer Chief through this unprecedented decision. The EU hasn't authorized for cultivation, any new GMO in the last 12 years. More...
The file of the GM potato Amflora
03/03/2010
Description of the authorization process of the 2 files of the genetically modified potato Amflora (EH92-527-1). The process was initiated in Sweden in 2003. Yesterday, the European Commission in Brussels approved the cultivation and industrial processing, the genetically modified potato, which involves a health and environmental risks. More...
Description of the authorization process of the 2 files of the genetically modified potato Amflora (EH92-527-1). The process was initiated in Sweden in 2003. Yesterday, the European Commission in Brussels approved the cultivation and industrial processing, the genetically modified potato, which involves a health and environmental risks. More...
The European Commission aproves 5 decisions on new GMOs
02/03/2010
Under the current legal framework, as decided by the Council and the European Parliament, the Commission adopted today two decisions concerning the Genetically Modified Amflora potato: the first authorises the cultivation of Amflora in the EU for industrial use, and the second relates to the use of Amflora's starch by-products as feed. The European Commission also adopted today three decisions on the placing on the market of three GM maize products for food and feed uses but not for cultivation. More...
Under the current legal framework, as decided by the Council and the European Parliament, the Commission adopted today two decisions concerning the Genetically Modified Amflora potato: the first authorises the cultivation of Amflora in the EU for industrial use, and the second relates to the use of Amflora's starch by-products as feed. The European Commission also adopted today three decisions on the placing on the market of three GM maize products for food and feed uses but not for cultivation. More...
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