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"AgBiotech Critical for Biodiversity Protection", Says CropLife
As officials from 132 nations meet in Brazil this week for a UN meeting under the Biosafety Protocol, the plant science industry reminds governments ...
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"Corngate Conflict of Interest" Denied By Cunliffe
The New Zealand National Party claims that David Cunliffe, the senior Labour MP and deputy chair of the Select Committee undertaking the ‘Corngate’ in...
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"Pragmatic Evidence-Based Approach" to Biotech Needed, Says Blair
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair told the Royal Society that "In GM crops, I can find no serious evidence of health risks."
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$4.6 Million Grant for Environmental Impact Project in New Zealand
Agriculture, forestry and horticulture in New Zealand are set to benefit from a $4.6 million research project on the environmental impact of new agric...
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$9 m StarLink Payout
US District Judge James Moran has approved a $9 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit over complaints of allergic reactions to GM maize.
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'GM Secrecy' Challenged in South Africa
The Biowatch Trust in South Africa is trying to compel the government to release information on permits granted for genetically modified (GM) crops.
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'Super cassava' to enter field trials, SciDev.Net reports
According to Aisling Irwin from SciDev.Net, an ambitious attempt to bioengineer cassava into a "complete meal" took a step forward last week with the ...
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5 Convicted For Biogemma Trial Destruction
A Court of Appeal of Riom, France has condemned 5 anti-GM protesters to 4 month suspended prison sentences for the destruction, August 14, 2004, of a ...
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97 Countries have National Biosafety Frameworks
The UN Environment Programme says that 97 countries have completed the majority of their Development of National Biosafety Projects and have draft NB...
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AATF Promises Technology Transfer to Africa
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) is set to give Africans a chance to work with the biotechnology developments they need, accordin...
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