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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Arpad Pusztai, Ph.D., June 2001 Scarcity of safety tests How can the public make informed decisions about GM foods when there is so little information about its safety? The lack of data is due to a number of reasons, including: It’s more difficult to evaluate the safety […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Robert S. Greenberger, The Wall Street Journal, August 18, 1999 WASHINGTON — What do three rabbis, a Roman Catholic priest, a Seventh-day Adventist minister, an Eastern Orthodox cleric and a Buddhist who converted from Judaism have in common? The answer: They all are part of […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: David Barboza, The New York Times, June 3, 2000 CHICAGO, June 3 — Frito-Lay announced in January that it would stop using biotechnology-based corn in its chips. Gerber Products has banned genetically modified ingredients from its baby food. And McDonald’s has asked its suppliers not […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Brandon Mitchener, The Wall Street Journal, June 5, 2002 BRUSSELS — In a vote reflecting deep divisions over biotechnology, the Environment Committee of the European Parliament voted narrowly in favor of more extensive labeling of foods and animal feeds containing genetically modified organisms. The committee voted to […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Editorial Desk, The New York Times, February 19, 2003 One of the most pervasive chemicals in modern agriculture is a herbicide called glyphosate, which is better known by its trade name, Roundup. When it was first introduced in 1974, by Monsanto, no one could have predicted […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: David Safford, BNA Daily Report for Executives, No. 230, November 29, 2000 A top executive with biotechnology giant Monsanto Co. on Nov. 27 conceded that the company’s “arrogant” and “insensitive” approach in developing genetically modified foods has hurt its image, and vowed to change its business practices. […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Industry News, ISB Newsletter, June, 1998 It seems to get harder and harder to write about the business side of agricultural biotechnology without discussing Monsanto in one way or another. This month is no exception. In fact, in a flurry of recent activity, Monsanto has further strengthened […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Washington Post, September 17, 1999 Editorial THE HULLABALLOO in Europe about genetically engineered foods is starting to spill over into American markets — not in consumer opinion but in strategic choices being made by American producers. The giant commodity buyer Archer Daniels Midland, faced with the combined […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Tim Todd, Bridge News, March 31, 2000 San Diego–Mar 29–A coalition of seven, competing biotechnology companies is poised within the next several days to launch an unprecedented multi-media, multi-million dollar advertisement campaign to better explain the controversial genetically modified organisms (GMO) technology, a member of the organization […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Marcia Barinaga, March 3, 2000, Science, Volume 287, Number 5458, pp. 1584 – 1585 A conference last month asked whether the “Asilomar process” could help to resolve today’s biotech controversies PACIFIC GROVE, CALIFORNIA–The Asilomar conference on recombinant DNA was the Woodstock of molecular biology: a defining […]
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