- 41. Genetic “extinction” technology rejected by international scientists, conservationists and environmental advocates ...
- (2016)
- Gene drive technologies will allow new destructive agricultural practices and even use by the military EXCERPT: “Gene drives, also known as ‘mutagenic chain reactions,’ aim to alter DNA so an organism ...
- Created on 03 September 2016
- 42. National Academies’ gene drive study has ignored important and obvious issues ...
- (2016)
- ... questions. It would be fair to say that there are at least four explosive issues looming “on the horizon" for the topic of gene drives: Militarization, Commercialization, Food Security and Biodiversity. ...
- Created on 09 June 2016
- 43. Stop the Gene Bomb! ...
- (2016)
- ETC Group comments on National Academy of Sciences report on gene drives * First study on gene drive governance avoids the explosive issues: Militarization, Commercialization, Food Security. * ETC ...
- Created on 08 June 2016
- 44. USDA whistleblower launches regenerative ag farm to train next generation of farmers ...
- (2016)
- After filing a whistleblower complaint against the USDA for blocking his research on negative impacts of insecticides, Jonathan Lundgren is applying his science to regenerative agriculture at Blue Dasher ...
- Created on 15 March 2016
- 45. GM soy drives toxics, deforestation and social conflict
- (2008)
- ... le zones of production of genetically modified soy in Paraguay. The campesino communities in these zones live surrounded by immense soy fields and are highly exposed to the intense crop spraying with to ...
- Created on 08 June 2008
- 46. "Economics, not common sense, drives GM crops' - Dr Michael Antoniou
- (2007)
- Against the grain: 'Economics, not common sense, drives GM crops" Dr Michael Antoniou argues that genetically modified crops are dangerous and unnecessary Interview by Nick Jackson The Independent, 2 ...
- Created on 27 September 2007
- 47. Bt cotton drives insect boom, warn scientists (27/7/2006)
- (2006)
- ... s are short-lived because farmers quickly resort to spraying their fields with harmful pesticides. Supporters of genetically modified crops claim the technique saves money and provides environmental benefi ...
- Created on 27 July 2006
- 48. Critique of the Pontifical Academy's "Study-Document on the Use of Genetically Modified Plants to Combat Hunger in the World" ...
- (2004)
- Here's Father Sean McDonagh's critique of The Pontifical Academy's "Study-Document on the Use of Genetically Modified Food Plants to Combat Hunger in the World", which was made available to each partici ...
- Created on 28 November 2004
- 49. Great Xmas reading: The case against genetically engineered food ...
- (2000)
- ... *horizontal gene transfer *selling the benefits *the truth about the claimed agronomic "benefits" *the truth about the claimed environmental "benefits" *feeding the world? *golden rice *breeding crops w ...
- Created on 23 December 2000
- 50. Game-changer for regulation of genome editing and new tech
- (Latest News)
- ... in terms of section 19 of the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) Act of 1997, to uphold the October 2021 decision of the Executive Council (EC) that the risk assessment framework existing for GMOs wil ...
- Created on 05 February 2024