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Austria bans Monsanto’s GE maize

Feature story | July 25, 2008 at 0:00

Austria has banned the import of the highly dangerous genetically engineered maize MON 863. The maize (corn) is produced by US agro-chemical giant Monsanto.

Health, food and water

Background | March 16, 2006 at 10:32

Counting the Costs of Genetic Engineering

Publication | January 26, 2010 at 0:00

As the biotechnology industry continues to hail GE (genetic engineering) as the solution to innumerable problems, the grim reality unfolds in our fields and in the market place. The stories contained in this dossier document these failures, both...

Because we fight for life

Blog entry by Pierre Terras | December 10, 2012 3 comments

Graciela invited me to her home in El Salto, a city on one of Mexico's most polluted rivers, the Rio Santiago. She wanted to share the story of her community's struggle for environmental justice. "Every family here has at least one...

Farmer Spraying Crops

Image | October 18, 2009 at 18:14

Farmers spray GE crops with chemical pesticides as advised by Bt cotton seed companies and dealers.

Organic Cotton Farmers in India

Image | October 18, 2009 at 18:18

Organic cotton farmer Gullapalilli Rajeswari and her husband pick cotton in their field in Kishtapur, Andhra Pradesh. They have been growing organic cotton for 4 years while building ecological pest protection with natural methods. They have...

Activists quarantine illegal GE crops in Italy

Image | July 30, 2009 at 14:00

July 30 2010- An activist in protective clothing displays a banner reading 'No GMO's X' in a GE contaminated field in Pordenone, Italy- Friday 30 July 2010. The team from Italy, Austria, Germany and Hungary are quarantining illegal Genetically...

Genetic engineering: The world's greatest scam?

Video | September 11, 2009 at 11:26

Genetic engineering is a threat to food security, especially in a changing climate, this video explains how.

Coming Soon - GM Rice

Video | May 20, 2009 at 15:37

An important Public Service Announcement from your Government and The Biotech Industry (represented here by chemical giant Bayer) pronouncing the benefits of genetically modified rice strain - LL62.

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