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Post by moabiter on Jun 1, 2010 20:10:37 GMT -8
EU Sparks Controversy with Approval of GM Potato 17th March 2010 In a departure from traditional policy, the EU has approved German chemical company BASF’s genetically modified (GM) Amflora potato for industrial cultivation. The move has sparked controversy over the crop’s antibiotic resistant properties, which critics say could impact antimicrobials - substances that help destroy or resist disease-causing microorganisms. The decision to approve the GM crop for cultivation is the first in over a decade-the last being Monsanto’s MON 810 insect-repellent corn in 1998. The move is pivotal on two accounts: not only does it represent a change in policy of the traditionally GM-resistant EU, it also marks a departure from the collective decision-making tendencies of the body by deferring specific decisions on whether to grow the GM products to member countries themselves. ictsd.org/i/news/bridgesweekly/72501/
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Post by moabiter on Oct 17, 2010 23:01:43 GMT -8
GM lobby helped draw up crucial report on Britain's food supplies Sunday 6 June 2010 Emails between the FSA and the Agricultural Biotechnology Council (ABC) show the council inserted key sentences strengthening the case for GM food that ended up in the final report. Genetically modified soybeans seeds at a farm in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.The report, "Food Standards Agency work on changes in the market and the GM regulatory system", examines how GM products are entering the UK, where the growing of GM products is banned, through the animal feed system. It acknowledges food prices could go up if GM products continue to be excluded. www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/06/gm-crops-biotech-lobbyists-fsa________________________ GM Crops and Foods: Follow-up to the Food Matters Report by Defra and the FSA August 2009 www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/foodmattergmreport.pdf
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Post by moabiter on Oct 17, 2010 23:12:44 GMT -8
From the above article -
Most GM crops are grown in North America. The Grocery Manufacturers of America association estimates that 75% of all processed foods in the US contain a GM ingredient. In the EU, if a food contains or consists of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), this must be indicated.
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Post by moabiter on Dec 13, 2010 0:21:21 GMT -8
Scientists loose their jobs after reporting that genetically modified food purchased in supermarkets causes illness and death in lab animals. October 4 2010 Arpad PusztaiIn the early 1990s, Dr. Pusztai was awarded a $3 million grant by the UK government to design the system for safety testing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). His team included more than 20 scientists working at three facilities, including the Rowett Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland, the top nutritional research lab in the UK, and his employer for the previous 35 years. The results of Pusztai's work were supposed to become the required testing protocols for all of Europe. But when he fed supposedly harmless GM potatoes to rats, things didn't go as planned. Erina Ermakova, Russian National Academy of Sciences, soy four Andre Carraso, embryologist, Buenos Aires (herbicide Roundup), Argentina's Ministry of Science, studies of amphibians Judy Carman, epidemiologist, Australia Terje Traavil, virologist Companies prevent studies, GMO contamination, "It's very hard for us to publish in this field" articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/10/04/watch-out-there-are-more-problems-with-genetically-modified-foods-than-youre-allowed-to-know.aspx
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Post by clone on Feb 4, 2011 21:47:46 GMT -8
WikiLeaks: US Ambassador Planned "Retaliation" Against France Over Ban on Monsanto Corn Tuesday 21 December 2010 The former United States ambassador to France suggested "moving to retaliation" against France and the European Union (EU) in late 2007 to fight a French ban on Monsanto's genetically modified (GM) corn and changes in European policy toward biotech crops, according to a cable released by WikiLeaks on Sunday. Former Ambassador Craig Stapleton was concerned about France's decision to suspend cultivation of Monsanto's MON-810 corn and warned that a new French environmental review standard could spread anti-biotech policy across the EU. www.truth-out.org/wikileaks-us-ambassador-planned-retaliation-against-france-over-ban-monsanto-corn66131
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