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GM Contamination Register: Companies turn a blind eye to GE contamination of farms. Enlarge image

GM Contamination Register: Report 2007

March 04, 2008

This international report on genetically engineered (GE) crop contamination shows that multinational companies, like Bayer and Monsanto, turn a blind eye to cases of GE contamination on a global scale.

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GE Canola - out of control in Canada

December 17, 2007

Why contamination by genetically modified canola is inevitable in Australia if the current GM crop bans are lifted

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Dangerous food: The GE corn variety, MON863, approved for human consumption in Australia, causes toxic symptoms. Enlarge image

The case of MON863 corn

March 20, 2007

This Greenpeace briefing of the peer-reviewed evaluation of Monsanto's data outlines why MON863 should not have been approved in Australia or the European Union.

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Dangerous food: The GE corn variety, MON863, approved for human consumption in Australia, causes toxic symptoms. Enlarge image

MON863 corn: A case study in incompetence

March 19, 2007

This Greenpeace briefing details how Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) came to approve a GE corn, MON863, that was later declared to be unsafe by an independent study.

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GE rice from China entering Europe's food chain

September 06, 2006

Genetically engineered rice, unapproved for human consumption, has been found in food products in France, Germany and the UK. The strain of illegal rice is experimental and contains a toxin with potential allergenicity to the public - alarming for a staple food that feeds half the world's population.

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True food Guide

April 07, 2006

You can help to keep Australia free of the environmental and health risks of genetically engineered plants and foods.

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Genetic Engineering: crude & old-fashioned

February 02, 2004

Genetic engineering was hailed as a “life” science, as a technology to shape and design living organisms as required.

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The End of the World as we know it: the environmental costs of genetic engineering

February 02, 2004

History has shown that the destructive consequences of new technologies may not become apparent for many years.

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2003 Annual Review. Enlarge image

2003 annual review

December 31, 2003

Greenpeace sure made a difference in the Australia Pacific region in 2003. We helped the Wilderness Society work to save the magnificent Styx Valley in Tasmania by erecting the world’s tallest tree-sit, halted an Iraq-bound warship as it left Sydney harbour, exposed illegal logging in PNG, supported community and farmer opposition to genetically engineered food and crops in Australia, and continued our efforts to stop the development of a shale oil industry in Australia.

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2002 Annual Review. Enlarge image

2002 annual review

December 31, 2002

Solutions and successes marked 2002 for Greenpeace Australia Pacific. We stopped the export of illegal timber from PNG to china, we launched our genetic engineering campaign and its True Food guide, and we campaigned with Pacific Island governments for a nuclear-free Pacific.

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