Genetic engineering is a crude and old fashioned technology. The mechanism by which genetically engineered (GE) papaya is resistant to Papaya Ringspot virus (PRSV) is not known. The environmental risks of GE papaya are difficult to define...
Despite the clean and high-technology image projected by this industry, there is increasing and appalling evidence of poor labour and environmental conditions surrounding the manufacture, recycling and disposal of electronic products.
The dangerous chemicals in electronic products: Electronic products are a complex mixture of several hundred components, many of which contain heavy metals and hazardous chemicals. These dangerous substances cause serious pollution and put...
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a new product-oriented policy developed in Europe to deal with problematic waste streams, such as waste from consumer electronic products and scrapped cars. It aims to encourage producers to prevent...
To date, Bt corn has neither proven to be a practical, nor ecologically sustainable option for small Filipino farmers. This report gives an in-depth look into the economics of Bt corn.
The world is consuming more and more electronic products every year. This has caused a dangerous explosion in electronic scrap (e-waste) containing toxic chemicals and heavy metals that cannot be disposed of or recycled safely. But this problem...
A new round of tests on samples taken by Greenpeace in May 2005 from the ash fields of the coal-fired power plants of Mirant-Toledo and Salcon-Naga in Cebu showed further evidence of the serious toxic threats posed by coal power against host...
Potential Human Health Effects of Genetically Engineered/Genetically Modified (GE/GM) papaya
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