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Greenpeace Condemns 'Monkeying Around' with GM Foods
Greenpeace activists in Hong Kong and Switzerland have accused regulators of taking a 'see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil' attitude to genetical...
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UK Industry Group Pledges To Fill Information Gap
A survey from a new industry group showns further evidence of public demand for more information about GM foods.
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English Nature Raises Gene Stacking Concerns
An extensive study commissioned by English Nature of GM herbicide tolerant oilseed rape crops in Canada highlights how genes from separate GM varietie...
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US Consumers Divided over GM Technology
A new survey conducted by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology in the USA has revealed that the public is divided over the benefits of biotech...
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Royal Society Says "Tighten GM Food Tests"
Safety assessments should be improved before a greater variety of foods made from genetically modified plants are declared fit for human consumption, ...
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Greenpeace Blocks US Soya Shipment to Philippines
The environmental protest organization, Greenpeace, has blocked the unloading of genetically modified soyabeans destined for the Philippines.
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Italy’s Farm Minister Demands Zero Tolerance on GM Seed
Italian Farm Minister Giovanni Alemanno has called for "'zero tolerance' within the technical limits" regarding the presence of genetically modified s...
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GM Crops Should Help Water Quality
Computer modelling studies indicate that replacing pre-emergent maize herbicides with the post-emergent herbicides allowed by genetic modification of ...
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European Food Safety Authority Adopted
The European Council of Agriculture Ministers has adopted a regulation setting up the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and a new framework for EU...
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UNEP Launches $38.4 m Biosafety Project
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has launched a major capacity-building programme for developing countries to help them assess the pote...
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