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Pioneer 1507 maize

Publication | December 1, 2005 at 0:00

Scientific briefing on Pioneer 1507 maize: 'EFSA fails again: insect resistant GM Bt maize 1507 (C/ES/01/01) should not be grown in Europe'.

'Next Steps on GMOs'

Publication | November 30, 2005 at 0:00

Briefing in advance of 'Next Steps on GMOs' debate at Environment Council, 2 December 2005. Greenpeace outlines the urgent ‘next steps’ needed to protect public health and the environment.

Swimming in Chemicals

Publication | November 3, 2005 at 0:00

European eels from 20 locations in 10 countries across Europe donated by members of the fishing and science community or purchased in local markets were found to contain varying levels of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and/or polychlorinated...

REACH in brief

Publication | November 1, 2005 at 0:00

The essentials to the reform for chemicals planned by the EU

Black Holes in Deep Ocean Space: closing the legal voids in high seas biodiversity...

Publication | October 1, 2005 at 0:00

The international waters of the high seas are our common heritage. Most of the resources of this global commons are nonrenewable. A new UNCLOS implementing agreement needs to fill the gaping void in the current regime for the protection of marine...

Marketing and use restrictions for HFCs in small refrigerators and freezers

Publication | September 9, 2005 at 0:00

Under the proposed European Regulation on fluorinated gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6), soon to undergo a second reading in the European Parliament, refrigeration equipment with under 3kg of refrigerant is not subject to any requirements. A report...

A Present for Life - Hazardous chemicals in umbilical cord blood

Publication | September 8, 2005 at 0:00

This study, conducted for Greenpeace and WWF-UK by Dutch laboratory TNO, analysed blood samples donated by a number of women and confirmed that hazardous chemicals are unwittingly passed from mother to child.

Bt 11 Maize - C/F/96.05.10 NOTIFICATION FOR CULTIVATION

Publication | September 1, 2005 at 0:00

On 20 May 2005 European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) delivered a positive opinion on Syngenta’s application for insectresistant genetically modified (GM) maize Bt11. The notifier claims that Bt11 will not be marketed for its herbicide tolerance,...

National bans on GMOs

Publication | July 1, 2005 at 0:00

National 'safeguard clauses' briefing paper (update: May 2006)

Invest in a Clean Energy Future

Publication | June 30, 2005 at 0:00

The power sector is at a crossroads - more than half of Europe’s aging operating power plants are over 20 years old. Over the next ten years the power sector will decide whether the new capacity will be fossil and nuclear fuels or the efficient...

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