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Genetic engineering exposed

Publication | 15 September, 2006 at 16:27

Genes are the tiny building blocks that make up every living thing. Genetic engineering is when genes from plants, animals or bacteria are inserted into plants or animals in a laboratory to create new organisms that would not occur naturally. The...

Genetix Crime Unit

Publication | 15 September, 2006 at 16:29

The Genetix Crime Unit takes the issue of genetic engineering to the frontlines. We will journey through key European countries in the Autumn of 2006 exposing the culture of secrecy on the whereabouts of genetically engineered maize fields. We...

Illegal genetically engineered maize let loose in Europe

Press release | 9 May, 2007 at 21:57

The Dutch Food Safety Authority (VWA) announced today that it is recalling part of a cargo containing illegal Genetically Engineered (GE) maize imported from the United States of America. The VWA has also announced that it will step up...

New study reveals signs of toxicity of GE maize approved for human consumption

Press release | 13 March, 2007 at 1:00

Laboratory rats, fed with a genetically engineered (GE) maize produced by Monsanto, have shown signs of toxicity in kidney and liver, according to a new study.(1) This is the first time that a GE product which has been cleared for use as food for...

Austria bans Monsanto’s GE maize

Feature story | 25 July, 2008 at 2:00

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.

Knowledge is key to biodiversity, not technology

Blog entry by Iza Kruszewska | 14 May, 2013

Agribusiness and commodity traders are thin on the ground at this week’s FAO conference in Rome on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition. Despite its title, this event is of little interest to Big Food. After all, this conference is...

Feeding animals or feeding ourselves?

Blog entry by Reyes Tirado | 12 February, 2013 5 comments

As a mostly-vegetarian scientist and smallholding farmer, it was my new challenge to consider the role of animals in an ecological farming system aimed at both protecting nature and feeding the world equitably. Inspired by the...

Monitoring of Genetically engineered crops: European commission fails to protect EU...

Publication | 15 February, 2005 at 1:00

EU comission misleads member states when asserting that Monsanto's GE maize Mon810 has been thouroughly assessed for environmental risk and meets all EU requirements under current EU legisalation.

CEC findings on Maize contamination in Mexico

Publication | 15 June, 2004 at 2:00

This document outlines the Commission for Environmental Cooperation's (CEC) scientific findings on Maize contamination in Mexico produced on behalf of the indigenous and local communities in Oaxaca whose territories have been contaminated by...

Genetically Engineered Maize: The Reality Behind the Myths

Publication | 1 March, 2011 at 15:06

Currently the world’s big agrochemical firms that produce GE seeds – notably Monsanto, Bayer and Syngenta - are investing millions of dollars every year to promote so-called benefits of the use of their GE technology. But the truth is that many...

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