Genetically Manipulated Food News-- 1999 News Index

Edingurgh Council opens GM-detector lab
Church bans GM crop trials on its land
A dangerous proposal to undermine Biosafety for the WTO
US GM crop acreage not justified by its agronomic performance
GM Fish: Extinction point
"Why FDA Policy on Genetically Engineered Food Violates Sound Science & U.S. Law"
Oxford Union Debate
Food Experts Test for GM contamination
Brazil State Pays Farmers to Rip out GM Soybeans
Gene Therapy URLs: The Miraculous Medical Revolution or a Broken Promise?
EPA mulls stricter testing for transgenic crops
USA: New genes meet a wary market
Reaction to GM food: Fiber Diet/Puritan's Pride
Swiss, British-Swedish firms merge huge seed operations
EU biotech concession causes storm
London Times: GM crop toxin is leaking into the soil
GM dangers, and GM enzyme list.

1 December 99

Norfolk Genetic Information Network (NGIN) News (many sub-points)
NY Times on FDA Internal Disagreements on GE
CaMV promoter virus – a recipe for disaster?
WTO petition: US biotech scientists start to panic!

30 November 99

Dr. Pusztai: Genetically Manipulated Plants Used for Food
Biological Products Raise Genetic Ownership Issues
Experts Urge Cautious Approach to Biotechnology
December 1999 Biotech News (11 sections)
French-Fry giant will stop buying altered potatoes
Greenpeace Challenges President's Choice and Betty Crocker to Eliminate Frankenspuds, Following Mccain's Lead
Government fast-tracked Monsanto's GM potatoes
World Trade Organisation - Discussion on BBC website
Bias in the Science Base of Federal Regulation: the Industrialization of Research
Pioneer Sues 3 Major Rivals In Patent Tussle
Ag Biz Hurt by Biotech Concern

26 November 99

Latin American campesinos face GMO ice age
Genetic patenting row looms over WTO talks
Coming a cropper: the undoing of Monsanto'sGM dream GM food
Scientist calls for further study of transgenic crops
Australia has non-GM export opportunity
Greenpeace Targets Kellogg for Genetically Modified Crop Use
Conflict of Interest in Biotechnology Regulations is Core Problem
Most Canadians Want Their Food Labelled
Austria snubs GM crops as ``forbidden fruit''
South Korea to begin labelling GM food before April 2000
Biotech Crops Spur Warning
Gene Therapy Study Proceeded Despite Safety, Ethics Concerns
Calls Grow for More Oversight of Gene Therapy
Disinvest in GM Shares, – Says Christian Ecology Link
CFFO calls for mandatory labelling GM Food
Report-Biotech co's human rights record
GE News on World Environment News (URLs)
False reports and the smears of men

17 November 99

Consortium Calls for Suspension of Release of All Genetically Engineered Organisms
The Pacific Declaration
URGENT SIGN-On Letter re/TRIPs
Go-ahead for ulcer drug clones
Marks & Spencer cashes in on the GM free revolution
Japan approves new GMOs amid consumer criticism
Monsanto: The winds of change
Towards a sustainable, healthy and prosperous future
GM additives
Pig To Human Transplants
Label Frankenfoods, Bloc Demands
South Korea: "Mutant" Food on Menu of WTO Critics
MU Tests Find Comparable Yields Between Bt, Non-bt Corn Hybrids
Farmers in Crossfire of Fight over Labeling Genetically Altered Food
Monsanto's modified soya beans are cracking up in the heat

16 November 99

Human protein from GM pigs' semen ejaculate for new drugs
GM Pigs Might be Human Drug Source
GM Crop Releases By Mistake
Burson-Marsteller: PR for the New World Order
the "Online Corporate Spy Network" web page
A new list server on Standards
About Monsanto
Monsanto faces its many options
Monsanto Options: Pros and Cons
Monsanto Ad: Life Sciences On Life Support

15 November 99

List of Approved GE foods in Canada
Farmers Delay Buying Canola Seed
Biotech Companies Take on Critics of Gene-Altered Food
Cotton-Seed Firm's Stock Drops on Market Concern of Monsanto Deal
Monsanto Co. Reportedly Expects Sale or Merger
US bill would require labels on biotech foods
Corn Growers Endorse Labeling for Foods Containing Genetically Altered Products
Merger rumour: Monsanto and Novarits?
Monsanto faces its many options
Beyond 'Substantial Equivalence'
The failings of the principle of substantial equivalence in regulating transgenic foods
Proposal for Biotech Incubator: To be Paid by Municipality
GM chickens could be drug factories
Pfizer interested in Monsanto's Searle
Delta and Pine-Monsanto link up still not together
EU says U.S. interested in beef compensation

10 November 99

UK: Three year pause to assess effects of GM crops
Scientists Reminded To Report Deaths – FDA Responds to Gene Therapy Flap
China raises concerns about GM food
Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) urges moratorium on GM crops
Iceland Boss to Freeze out Meat Reared on GM Feed
US Farm Bureau wants WTO negotiations on GM crops
Italy blocks GM crops
NY Times-November 8 – BIOTECH = HUNGER advert
200 Hundred Health Canada Scientists Speak Out
Green Group Warns on GM Tree Development
European court to hear French GM maize challenge
Activist warns about genetically-altered food
Greenpeace challenges French green light for GM-modified maize
EU's top judges asked to rule on landmark GMO case
EU'US green, consumer groups demand labels on biotech food
Conference: How to Ensure Survival in the Agbiotech Industry
Farmers Face Harvest Headache Segregating Gene-Altered Crops
virus danger in pig-human transplants
Videos, Bumperstickers, Pamphlets, Articles, Etc.

5 November 99

FDA Officials to be Challenged With With FDA Internal Warnings
The Revolving door: Light shed on the FDA/Commercial Biotech Connection.
Dr. Robert Cohen at the US FDA hearings on GE: Fraud and Political Intrigue
Leading South African Supermarket aims to go GE free.
Europe lifts plant patents moratorium
South Africa: GE battle of chain stores
Toll Free Numbers For Canadian Companies
We're All Guinea Pigs
Fear of Biotechnology: Hysteria or due Caution?
Industry Manipulation of Research Results on Bt Corn and Monarchs
No Consensus on the Effects of Engineering on Corn Crops
US Democrats urge labels on biotech foods

1 November 99

Collateral damage ?
EU proposes renewal of ban on cattle hormone BST
Billions at stake as food is frozen out
Two UK Guardian's GE websites
13 Myths About Genetic Engineering
Iceland stores ban sweetener in tumour link fear
"Canadian Claims That GM Foods are Tested More Than Pharmaceuticals and Pesticides are Pure Propaganda"
Animal feed to be given GM labelling
Britain and America have given big business an inhuman bonus
Farmers warned of high-tech backlash
Philippine consumer groups lobby for GMO labelling
Australia to press ahead with detailed food labeling
Japan: Gov't to impose rules for verification of GMO -free food
Council of Canadians Backs Wheat Board's Call for Gene-food Moratorium
Glyphosate May Harm Beneficial Organisms
Gene Therapy Deaths Will Be Secret?
The last taboo
Worry over GMO food slowly growing in Japan
Epidemic fear over animal transplants
Anti-Ageing cream raises fear of infection
U.S. Department of Frankenculture
NIH Not Told Of Deaths in Gene Studies
Japan: Non-GE Soybeans at all-time high price
Websites for Debate on GE food
Useful databases to subscribe to
The process of genetic engineering..........
BSE companies putting GM in animal feeds, reveals report
Introduction into Animal Feeds and Strategic Overview

26 October 99

UK Government Under Fire From Science On GM Food
US regulators take new look at biotech foods
Time Magazine Food Poll
Frankenfoods Fiasco: Has Global Opposition Killed Ag Biotech? (Part 1)
Ethics tests on GM foods urged
EU to decide on GM food labelling rules
NFFC Farmers' Declaration on Genetic Engineering in Agriculture
GM crops have 'significant snags'
Europe allows 1% GE contents in Food labelled GE-Free
Monsanto pressured to sell off GM assets
BIO-RECKLESSNESS: Why the Venture to Genetically Restructure Our Food Violates Sound Science and U.S. Law
Grassroots group lines up for WTO battle: Council of Canadians to defend labour, attack `Frankenfoods'
Ottawa delays controversial food bill
Ottawa's Food Safety Bill goes on Back Burner
'GMs consumer-unfriendly...'
GMO-Free Livestock Feed may be Next Biotech Issue
US bid to own gene rights
GM Firms Are Sued For Millions
Canadians Can Say No to GE corn
Iceland's Freeze on 'danger' sweetener
Japan Institutes Mandatory Labelling
Gerber Baby Food Soon GE-Free
Church of England Refuses GE Trials
Swiss Detect Contaminated Non-GE Corn from USA
Pesticide-Resistant Super-Bugs
Bt Corn Approvals Halted
US Patenting India's Genetic Resources
Chimeraplasty: editing of Genetic Code
GM Foods CAN Be Tested
You might Not Know It - but there is GE in your food
Backlash Against Biotech Foods Exacts a High Price

19 October 99

Government wants to keep BST Moratorium.
Australia shrinks from GM crops
GM free feed cannot meet rising demand.
Japan: Furor Over Gene-altered Food Products
The Hazards of Genetically-engineered Foods
Scientist is calling for a moratorium on GE foods
Cosmetic Change: Campaign For GMOs To Be Removed;
US Grain Group Urges Firms to Create GM-crop Tests
Thailand to Declare GMO-free Zones
Rules on Genetically Modified Products Adopted in Russia
GE Driven By Investors
Is This Why Pusztai's Research Had To Be Suppressed?
Substantial Equivalence
Thailand To Ban Altered Seeds
GM Safety Scientist Elated At Publication
Genetically altered food gets `free ride':
Prices of U.S.-grown soybean futures plunging
How safe is safe ?
Monsanto: Peace offering
Playing with food could kill us
SoyaWorld launches program to certify use of non-genetically modified soy
Mr. Suzuki Warns Of "frankenstein Foods"
Lectin Research - Pusztai And Others
FDA seeks comments on biotech foods
Unlabeled, Untestedi And You're Eating It.

18 October 99

South Africa: GE Call For Action 2
AfricaBio – A Repeat of EuropaBio ?
SA Pro-GM Lobby launch...help call their bluff!!
GM food crops & World Trade Org bully tactics
GM Hormones: Codex Alimentarius voted in favor for EU ban on rBST
Initial paper on GM "substantial equivalence"
GM Foods: "substantial equivalence" questioned - Monsanto's reply

16 October 99

South Africa: GM on SABC-TV2 THIS FRI 29th 8am.
Website for Debate on GE food
Time Mag. doing GM public acceptance poll ...please log on and vote!!
GM: A viewpoint and news; Some good, some bad.
GM firms are sued for millions
Monsanto's Business Practice – Percy Schmeiser speaks out
GMO-Free Livestock Feed May Be Next Biotech Issue
US: Contact your Representative about GE Labeling
It is Britain's Pre-eminent Medical Journal. Now Its Reputation Hangs on a Single Issue
Gene-Altered Food Study Fuels a Fire
FDA Suspends Gene Experiments
GM controversy intensifies
Ten Reasons why farmers should think twice before growing GE crops

13 October 99

Frankenfish Wiping Out Wild Salmon
Genetic Crops Growing Issue On Farms:
Japan To Proceed With GMO Labeling
Expert on GM Danger Vindicated
Monsanto has been filling the world's fields and shops with its unnatural products.
Women say no to GMOs
GM Critic To Be 'vindicated'
Mandatory labelling wanted for genetically-altered food
Don't ask Ottawa if genetic foods safe: Gov't keeping public in dark, but debate crucial
Modified food may be our nightmare
Poor track record
GM-Free Zone: Channel Island Jersey
Monsanto vows not to develop "terminator" gene
Monsanto surrenders 'suicide seeds' but continues work on other Traitor Technologies
US: Yellowstone Collects 0.5% Royalty On Bio-Deal
Journal to publish GM food hazards research
Future clouded for GM crops in US?
Monarchs' plight amplifies debate on altered corn
Protest May Mow Down Trend to Alter Crops Biotech
Monsanto Weedkiller `wipes Out Beneficial Insects'
US alarm grows over GM foods Congressmen call for labelling
Monsanto herbicide 'could damage ecosystem'
Biotech industry attacked
E-mail addresses of Leaders

10 October 99

South Africa: Invitation to Talk by Dr John Fagan
BIOWATCH: The African Position on GE and Patenting of Life
Call for Support for African Group Proposal on TRIPS Article 27.3b on Patenting of Life
Joint NGO Statement of Support for the Africa Group Proposals on Reviewing the WTO TRIPS Agreement (Article 27.3b)
Bt cotton: open letter from Thailand
Terminator II - set for comeback
GE Soya beans ... what's in there?
UK Guardian Article "Biotech industry attacked"
GM CANOLA....a lesson from Ausralia
10 Reasons Biotech Will NOT Ensure Food Security

1 October 99

U.S. Plans Labels On Genetically Modified Foods
Frozen Foods Supplier First to go GM-free
Frankenstein's Harvest – North American Farmers Face Catch 22
Monsanto hints at U-turn on GM food in Britain
Biotech Firms Seek To Calm Farmers
UK Protesters Dressed as Cows Tell Blair: No GM
Critics Rally Against Genetically Altered Food
Italy: Government 'arrests' cloned bull
Campaigner sees new Monsanto strategy
North American campaign begins against GE cotton
Canada: Loblaws target of genetic food protest
Toronto: Activists, farmers argue over modified food
Japan Seeks Discussion On Modified Food Rules
Canada: Loblaws should eventually remove all such products.
Biotech Soybeans Deficient
Industry Claims Torpedoed
Roundup Linked to Cancer
UK: Marks & Spencer First to go GE-Free
FDA Ignored Warnings
Codex Fails to Approve Hormone
Greenpeace and Council of Canadians Expose Food Industry Double Standards On Genetically Engineered Food
Cattle Won't Eat GM Grain
GM Crops – Genetic Pollution Proved
Tony Blair Frustrated as Conference Hotel and Granita go GM Free
GM Pollen Getting Around
Europe seeking GM-free soymeal, Brazil seen source
Thai farmers want ban on gene-altered seed imports BANGKOK:
Canada: Percy versus Monsanto

23 September 99

Genetically Modified Confusion
UK Fast food chains ban GM
Study Finds Rapid Reduction In Crop Diversity
Biotechnology companies face new foe: the Internet
Canada: Voluntary Labelling
Voluntary Labelling Project Announced for Foods Derived From Biotechnology
Frankenfish or Salmon Saviour?
CBC: Billions at Stake in Genetically Modified Food Debate
Seed varieties disappearing
Biotech battle opens way for test-makers.
North Dakota farmers warn biotechnology hurting agriculture
Transgenic cattle farm opposed
Pesticide safety limit raised by 200 times 'to suit GM industry'
UK Liberals look to hurt Blair with GM attack
Blowin' in the Wind...
Mexico: Seed Companies Hauled Into Court
New Book: "Beyond Evolution"
New Book: "Hazard Identification of Agriculture Biotechnology"

16 September 99

Two Mindsets, Two Visions of Sustainable Agriculture
Farmer pulls the plug on key GM crop trial
UK Biotech firm sinks amid GM crop worries
Japan: Jusco to start putting GM labels on food
Japan: Itochu to segregate non-GM food soybeans
Failed GM firm pays price of bad publicity
Strategic Diagnostics Offers Cheap Gene Crop Test
France: GM martyr ignites global protest
Storm over �1m GM grants to Minister's lab
Canadian small farm vs Monsanto re GE Canola
High-Tech Crop Fight Victimizes Farmers
Planned Lawsuit To Fuel Biotech Debate
GM Foods Group Gace Huge Lawsuit
GM FOOD: Antitrust case sows seeds of debate
Report: genetic corn planting may drop
Altered Food
US farmers in panic as consumers reject genetically - altered grain:
Nissin Switching from Genetically Altered Soybeans
It Isn't Easy Being Green
CANBERRA, Australia: Industry group to launch GM-free food labels
Genetic food fight heats up
FOX TV Case: Can two reporters take on Murdoch and win?
Transgenic' pollution a new concern
Worry over GM food grows in US
Leading European dog food maker eschews GM
Novartis to rethink its role in GM foods
GM Backlash Leaves US Farmers Wondering how to Sell Their Crops
URL: "Transgenic pollution a new concern"
Survey: Consumers Want Gene-Altered Food Labeled
U.S. Transgenic Corn Enters Russia Illegally
Monsanto Uses Canadian Taxpayer Money to Violate Foreign Laws

10 September 99

Monsanto, the world's largest biotech company has invaded India.
Peasants Hit Rushed Ok of Mutant Crop Gamble
ASIA GMO-Transgenic Food Rules Spark Market Upheaval
ADM Warns Suppliers To Begin Crop Segregation
Grocery Stores Targeted in Gene-altered Food Fight
GM corn firms liable for mishandled tests
Japan Corn-Europe may benefit from GM label plan
GM soya firm yields to pressure -
"Absence of Proof is not Proof of Absence"
France To Stand Firm On GMOs At WTO Meet - Chirac
Scientists warn of DDT trap.
GM bosses want to pull out of UK
GM Theory Requires Facts
EU's Wallstrom Backs Environmental Liability
Europe moves against GM food research
No Soy in McCartney Foods
New GM Warning Over Danger Chemicals Entering Food Chain
Deutsche Bank's provocative July 12, 1999 report "Ag Biotech: Thanks, But No Thanks?"
U.S. grain merchants paying up for non-GMO crops
Eating Well – Genes are Changed, But Not the Label
Farmers Likely to be Targeted in Next Food Protest
World Hunger: 12 Myths
Frankenstein Foods?

9 September 99

Why is the Keyword Search on this Website Not Working?
PSRAST - Our web domain blocked! - Attempted suppression of our information
Make a Mirror Site of This Website

3 September 99

GeneTech Conference October 29 (Consumer Institute South Africa)
Info on rBGH/rBST in South Africa
Paint with a purpose - Diarise Wed October 6th NOW
France opposes GMOS at WTO meet - Chirac
South African GE freeze coalition
South African Pro-GE groups out lobbying political parties
Excellent meeting held in Durban

2 September 99

Ministers shelve GM crop testing for judicial review
Concerns about the herbicide Liberty (Glufosinate)
Japan's Sapporo to Shun GM Corn, Others may Follow Suit
French Farm Minister Jean Glavany attacked U.S.
Berkeley School Cafeterias Going Organic
US Food company goes Non-GE in UK
Honda unit to build U.S. plant for non-GM soybeans
List of GE crops OKed in the US for commercial use
Tobacco with Human Genes
Petition for Labelling in USA
Biotech Corn Kills Antibiotics
Farmer Destroys Biotech Crops
UK Women Push For Ban
Human Embryo Cloning
Dolly's Cells Nine Years Old
Letter to President Clinton
US Farmer Paid Lots for Seed and Crop Prices Fall
Thailand urged to enlist ASEAN in genetic food fight
Japan Govt to Inspect Genetically Modified Food - 08/27
US Merchants Introduce NON-GE Schemes
Why Genetically Altered Food Won't Conquer Hunger
"The Ship of Fools Sails On"
Japan food maker to drop gene-altered soybeans
Call to Phase Out Marker Genes in Genetically Modified Food.
Campaigners, stores welcome ADM call on gene crops
GM Firms Top of Ethical Investors' Blacklist
Virus-Resistant Crops Could Help Weeds
U.S. farmers face extra work, costs in GM crop battle
Canadian groups join in anti-GM food fight
US corn sales to Iberia could resume if GMOs segregated

26 August 99

Brazilian Judge Rules Against Monsanto
UK: Marks & Spencer to remove GM products from animal feed
Organic, high-tech growers square off
South Africa: Call For Ban On 'Illegal' GM Crops
UK: GM crop court challenge
UK: 'Rules bent' to rush through GM licences
Magazine reveals food-makers' secret
GMO Labeling Updates from IATP
Australia sets up watchdog to scrutinise GMOs
GM Investors Told To Sell Their Shares
Monsanto Is Trying To Move Out Of The Line Of Fire
Genetically engineered foods on US supermarket shelves
US Consumer Union calls on Government to Label GE Food
GM Industry Faces Collapse, Says Bank
Corn Growers Call on Farmers to Consider Alternatives to GMO's
Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods and Crops: Why We Need A Global Moratorium

18 August 99

"Long-term effect of GM crops serves up food for thought"
GM police to guard crop trials
Biotech Food Raises a Crop of Questions
Next Food Fight Brewing is over Listing Genes on Labels
Foes Urge Curb On Planting Of Altered Corn
GM poppy crop to be grown in Tassie (Australia)
GE Website for children
Consumers fear deception over GM food safety
Fears rise about genetically altered food
GM trade war threat U.S. envoy singles out Britain for attack
UK biotech chief issues threat [to take testing out of UK] over GM crop trials
Brazil: One Year test before GE sales
Health Canada Whistle-Blower Suspended Without Pay
Edmonds Institute Website
Motley Group Pushes For FDA Labels On Biofoods
GM trials – Food for the future?
Saskatchewan Farmer Battles Monsanto, Sues Them Back

13 August 99

Monsanto GM food ads found to mislead
First Joint Petition by Major Green Groups on Gene-Altered Crops
US Acts to Lengthen Term of Patents to Help Biotechnology
Dr A. Pusztai: Why I Cannot Remain Silent
GE - Resource list from Luke Anderson

9 August 99

Doctors Advises Biotech Moratorium
Biotech Corn Kills Butterflies
A Government Never Tells
Farmers Fight Genetic Pollution
Cloning Hazardous to Health
Spanish Chain Removes GE Foods
Swiss soiled seed prompts tolerance question
Church ban on GM crop trials
Baby-food maker turned off genetics
Genetically modified food fight growing unpalatable
Test experts paid by GM firm,
Monsanto Faces Growing Skepticism on Two Fronts
Biopiracy: need to change Western IPR systems
Reuters 'World Environment News' headlines (Internet).
Label GM Foods Says US Trade Group
Monsanto welcomes label move
Japan risks U.S. ire with GMO label plan
Problems With Genetically Engineered Insulin
Japan Unveils Label Plans For Genetically- Altered Food
U.S. study raises new questions about GM crops
Are these new bio-crops safe?
Genetic Stew Boils In Brazil
WSJ(8/5): Bugs May Resist New Crops Faster Than Expected
Australia: Ministers Down Under Mandate Biotech Food Lables, Allow Loophole
Genetically Modified Food: Alarmingly Out of Control
GM food protesters call for debate
The Problem with the Safety of Roundup Ready Soybeans
Canadian Farmers Seek Compensation for "Genetic Pollution"
Insects Chewing Into Monsanto's Profits?
Africa seeks laws on GM food exports

2 August 99

Brazilian Scientists Cautious toward GE Crops
CBS Interviews Prof. John Fagan
UK Sainsbury says own-brand ingredients GM-free
UK Minister tells GM firms – public comes first
Genetically modified food poses risks
The Curse of Frankenfood: Genetically Modified Crops Stir up Controversy at Home and Abroad
GM Food Information Dismissed as Propaganda in New Zealand
US Group Hires Ex-trade Rep to Lobby on Biotech
Consumers Mop up in Milk War
GM pants and socks next on protesters' list
U.S. researchers find way to change plant genes
"Chimeraplasty: A Major Invention for Genetic Engineering"
Switzerland Refuses Licence for GE trials
Another prime time story on GE in the US- Peter Jennings
Researcher Questions Nutritional Value of Genetically Altered Crops
Canada: Sierra Club's Food Scare Ignores the Real Risks
MAFF Reveals New Scientific Findings Confirming Fears Over Health Hazards of GMOs
Genetically-Altered Baby Foods Are Being Rejected – by Adults
Baby Food Maker Cautious on Grain
Giant salmon are part of latest nightmare in food manipulation
India accuses US of stealing ancient cures
France willing to spend 10 million francs on GE risk research
GM killer bugs developed as defence against germ warfare
GM Soya Milk Gives Children Herpes, Senior Surgeon Tells the Government
Japan Drafts Law on Labeling Gene-Altered Food
MONSANTO: The seeds of dispute

31 July 99 South African News

ACTION ALERT – SA Depts of Agriculture & Health workshop re LABELLING OF GM FOODS Tues 24th Aug 99
South African Petition for Labelling of Genetically Modified Foods
Check Food Labels For The Following Ingredients -
US Lawsuit Uncovers Disagreement Within FDA Over Safety of Biotech Foods
Derailing the Biotech Express: US & Global Activists at the Crossroads
US Summit: 500,000 Petition for Mandatory Labelling
Rockefeller Foundation: Food gains for the world's ...
World Authority to Aid South Africa's Safe Food Campaign
Monsanto in South Africa

19 July 99

US farmers fear GM crop fallout
Gourmet Genetics: 'Frankenfood' horror or just a pea under the mattress?
Most Powerful Evidence Yet: Gm Crops Failing
Monsanto lost again in BRAZIL
World may go Non-GM Says Campaigner
Companies hang fire with GM seed in face of 'antis'
Ban genetically-produced food
Top BSE expert will highlight risks over GM foods
Glickman Announces Steps to Address Biotech Crop Concerns
Venture plans to develop ways to detect GM foods
World Scientists' Statement
First Update of Concerns – July 15th 1999
Grocers Look for Guidance on Biotech Food Labels
US to label GM foods
UK Supermarket goes GM-free
6 Reasons why Biotechnology and Food Security can never be compatible

14 July 99

GM farms 'use more pesticides'
A New Inheritance Pattern For Bt Resistance
Chaotic gene silencing in GM plants
Famine Solution Claims by GM Firms Exposed
Modified crops 'do not yield more'
Genetic `Life Control' Means Something Dies Down On The Farm
The Bad Seeds: How the biotech industry packages nature for profit
You say potato, they say pesticide
Labelling Rules Prohibit Foodmakers from Telling What isn't in their Products
Tinkering with the DNA on your dinner plate
Health risks of genetically modified foods
Food fight lacks facts
Most Powerful Evidence yet that GM Crops Are Failing

8 July 99

Are Genetically Modified Crops Safe? NO!
Food Gains for the World's Poor are Being Threatened by Furor Over Genetically Modified (GM) Foods
Foundation Chief Urges Monsanto To Go Slow On Gene-altered Foods
Codex Alimentarius: No Standard Adopted for BST
Marks & Spencer (M&S) first to go GM-free
Excellent Press Reports on NLP's Genetic Engineering Summit
Food Fight
Group lobbies for labeling genetically altered foods
FDA under pressure on GM foods
Genetically Altered Food Debated
U.S. and Europe Agree to Disagree on Safety of Dairy Hormone
GE Soyabeans are different from Non-GE beans: Substantial Equivalence good bye!
U.S. Considering Filing Complaint with WTO Over EU Barriers to GMO Imports, Aide Says
Call for Restrictions on Terminator Seeds
Lawsuit Uncovers Disagreement Within FDA Over Safety of Biotech Foods
Biotech Corn – Rejected
Companies Ban Genetically Manipulated Food
Rogue Genes Cross to Weeds
Infectious Diseases from Crops
Codex Committee Moves Towards Labelling
Terminator Put on Hold
Virus-Resistance Genes Could Backfire
Entomologists Warn of Danger to Insects
National Trust refuses GE crops

26 June 99

The G8 Summit – US stops safe food moves
Contested Patent Raises Issues
Transgenic Corn Causes Huge Crop Losses: ...
Food Scientist Won't Be Silenced
More internet websites
France to Ask EU to Halt Approvals on Genetically Modified Organisms
EU Ministers work out "de facto moratorium"
US FDA Ignored Their Own GMO Safety Warning
Japan tightens rules on GM crops to protect the environment
New Study Links Monsanto's Roundup to Cancer
Brazil bans GM soya
Guelph Prof Dubious Of Genetically Altered Seed
Alterations in Clinically Important Phytoestrogens in Genetically Modified, Herbicide-Tolerant Soybeans
EU: Tougher Controls on Genetically-modified Organisms
WTO: U.S., Canada Lodge Complaints Over Rapid Rise in Genetic Labeling Measures
Genetically Altered Food Making Headway
Genetically Modified Organisms – Press briefing
Rockefeller Foundation Asks Monsanto to Drop Gene

20 June 99

US Environmental Organizations Called on Clinton to Ban GE Corn
Embryo Work Raises Specter of Human Harvesting
U.K. Ag Min: Biocrops May Provoke Next EU/US Trade Spat
Daily Bread Could Become Our Daily Poison
Dr. Pusztai: No Evidence For 'safe' GM Food
Official data reveals GM crop risks
Letter to Canadian Parliament
Genetically modified crops face trade test
Government's GM policy in disarray
U.S. Ruling Aids Opponent of Patents for Life Forms
US Summit: 500,000 Petition for Mandatory Labelling
Group lobbies for labeling genetically altered foods
Petition to Congress seeks labels on transgenic foods
Scientist Wins Whistle-blower Award over BGH
American DNA Testing Firm Chosen by British Retail Consortium
More Internet Links
GM Trials Warning
UK: Hazlewood pledges to clear out GM foods
GM food 'threatens the planet'
World's top sweetener is made with GM bacteria
Leaders reject GM policing

14 June 99

Greens Call for Total GM Ban
Sir Paul's GM foods pledge
Brit food manufacturers turn backs on GM food -
Leading British Food Supplier Bins Engineered Produce
A Dangerous Attack On Organic Farming
Heartfelt fears of the whistleblower who spilled the beans over GM foods
Blair Wrong On Gm Food, Says Sir Paul
China Breeds New Cotton from Rabbit Genes
Supermarkets join forces on GM animal feed
Internet Links
rBGH and US feedlots
Poll shows most Manitobans want labels on genetically altered food
Tobacco with human genes to be field tested
Getting it wrong about food
Will the world starve itself to death?
Time to put genetically modified food under microscope
We vegetarians will stop eating soya, says McCartney

12 June 99

Clearing Up Newest Rumors About Aspartame Sweetener
Re: Glickman – I wouldn't celebrate just yet
From the ASM (American Society for Microbiology) Meeting 1999
Interview: U.S. Monsanto says cuts Ukraine business
Brazil fights phantom menace in soya wars
Scientists With a Free Rein
Land Agents worried about GM crops
Paul McCartney's activism against Genetically Engineered Foods
New Investigational Data show Monoclonal Antibody to IgE may Reduce Seasonal Allergy Symptoms
GM Food in New Zealand
Zeneca's Touchdown 5 Herbicide Approved For Roundup-Ready Soybeans
What's up doc???
Monsanto Site: Mission Statment

10 June 99

Modified corn on sale in UK 'kills' life-saving
Protests Over rBGH Use in New Zealand
Gene Soybeans to Make up 55% of U.S. Crop in 99
National Summit on the Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods
Blair softens stance on GMfoods,
US: "we Can't Force-feed Consumers," Agriculture Secretary Says
UK: Tesco removes GM ingredient from pizza
First GM farmer destroys his crops
PAN AP's New Zealand rBGH Campaign Bears Fruit!
It's our right to know what's being put into our food
CBC-NW: Blowin' in the wind
What Has Our Food Become?
Scientists Take Flak Over Food Scares
Implications of GM crop growth
Britain's food producers retreat from GE
Now we want to be a GM-free zone, say worried farmers

8 June 99

Iowa Company Farm Advantage against Monsanto
US GM Crop Industry under Legal Threat to Patents
More GE related Internet links
U.S. Blood Donations Decline
W.Post 6/6 Giant Foods Consumer Advisor Letter in Ad.
1998 GE crop data: Executive Summary
Monsanto ups $2.5 billion debt issue interest rate
Is Breathing GE Pollen enough to be Affected?
Bad luck, Tony Blair
Aspartame Case Summary (long)
At last! Glickman turn-around on GE foods
Finland to take Cautious Approach to GE

4 June 99

More Bt and RR Problems
USDA Soliciting Local Input for World Trade Organization Negotiations
Brazil Farms Become Biotech Battlegrounds
Is there a UK trial site near you? Find out more
Book: "Genetic Engineering, Food, and our Environment"
Dr. Pusztai defends GM data in Ireland
US Jury Deadlocks in Genentech Case (stolen Genes)
Arkansas Dioxin Chickens
More Internet Links
EU Gives Order to Destroy Belgian 'Chicken a la Dioxin'
Belgian Food Scare Expands to Beef, Pork
N.Ireland: False sense of security
Court Jury Verdict to Result in Sizable Penalties Against Monsanto
Ireland: Opponents of GM foods walk out of consultation talks with Government
Pro-GE Article from India

3 June 99

Southern Farmers Confront Nuffield Council over GE Report
UK NFU (National Farmers Union) in GM ban row
ALERT: Germany seeks GMO approval compromise in EU
The GENE EXCHANGE May 1999 Issue
Poor performance of GM crops in Canada too
First Blood to Anti-GM-Activists
More recent Internet Links
In a First, Male Mouse is Cloned from the Tip of an Adult's Tail
Farmers' Right to Sue Grows, Raising Debate on Food Safety
Jimmy Carter Promotes New Plant Science Center
Re: Last Propoganda Article
Dr. Arpad Pusztai summary in Scientific American
"Road to Seattle" – new electronic news bulletin
Beware of Dutch Consumer Union
The World's First Official "GE-free Zone" Declared in Brazil
L.A Times 6/1/99: Jeremy Rifkin – Genetic Engineering

2 June 99

Blair wrong on GM crops, says chief government scientist
New book on genetic engineering and its hazards
UK: GM measures scorned
How the brit. Labour party had to modify its GM stance
Large Canada corn miller turns down GM corn
People distrust Government on GM foods
Exposed: UK Labour's real aim on GM food
Poison patent alarms aid charity
GE Risk in Daily Food of Millions
Canadian Senate Committee Report Rejects BGH
International Scientific Committee Recommends Against BGH
Soy Allergies Up 50%
Consumer Pressure Pays Off
Insect resistant crops damage beneficial insects
Low yielding biotech beet and canola in UK
Super-viruses Threaten Farms
Industrial Enzymes Top Allergens
Cloned-Sheep Data Could Shake Views on Genes, Aging
UK Prince sparks GM food row
Article by HRH in Daily Mail questions safety
Hunting crops – Wrecking GM trials is short-sighted
Charles' GM Food War with Blair;
Ireland: Opponents of GM foods walk out of consultation talks with Government
Court Jury Verdict to Result in Sizable Penalties Against Monsanto Subsidiary DeKalb Genetics
Now WI (Women's Institute, UK) Wants GM Food Ban
Brazil plans Europe-style labels for GM foods
Getting it Wrong About Food
Prince Charles: The false horn of plenty
Outspoken Prince 'On Dangerous Ground'

29 May 99

Non-sugar Sweetener Stevia
UK Government to Change Law to Speed up Commercial Development of GM Crops
Lawsuits Follow Introduction of Hybrid Seeds
Aspartame: Red Herring?
Who's Job is it to Prove Causality?
Indian Farmers Take the War to Europe and U.S.
Aspartame: Achilles' Heel of the GE Industry – Stevia
Deep Inside the "Rational" Thinking of the GE Industry
The Latest GE Industry Propaganda on Labelling
GM report: Crops 'being modified to benefit rich'
'Moral imperative' for GM food to combat world hunger

27 May 99

Agronomic problems with transgenic crops: a summary
Food Labeling is Seen as a Way to Win Support for Genetically Altered Foods
Scientists Urge Stricter Government Regulation of Biotechnology
Update: BIOTECH, and other Euphemisms, MORE Power Words
Genetic "Engineering" as a Euphemism
The Solution is Organic and Humane Agriculture
Aspartame: Achilles' Heel of the GE Industry
Indian Farmers in Europe
Action Alert on rBGH
Strategy of Vagueness via the word "Biotech"
US Loka Institute
American Association for The Advancement of Science (AAAS) Symposium Endorses Loka Institute Agenda
Report on Danish "Citizen Consensus Conference" on Genetically Engineered Foods, March 12-15,1999
Excerpts from a Report on the Danish "Citizen Consensus Conference" on Genetically Engineered Foods

25 May 99

Germany: The UK spin
Australia, Europe Farmers want Diverse Gene Giants
GE Euphemisms and More-Accurate Alternative Power Words to Use: Controlling the Language
More GE Power Words to Use: Controlling the Language
US Federal Embryo Research Is Backed
Aspartame is Produced by GE Bacteria According to Leading Research Lab
Fraud: NOF (National Osteoporosis Foundation)
Transgenic pollen harms monarch larvae
NSF (National Science Friday) Scorecard: Giddings Outpoints Opposition in Radio Debate
New Non-GE soy powder, labeled as such

22 May 99

A Comment on the Royal Society Peer Report on GM Potato
Effects of Animal Antibiotics showing Up in Human Illness
More on "The Emperor 's Transgenic New Clothes"
BIO Responds to 'Nature' Report on Bt Threat to Monarch Butterflies
Council of Europe: Ethical issues
UK Chief scientist denies rift
BSE fears over US blood imports
Brilliant UK Scientist with a Penchant for Candour
The GM genie that will never go back in the bottle
Dr. Pusztai about the UK Royal Society
NPR's Science Friday asks for your opinion!
A Warning From the Butterflies
Croatia set to act against GE foods
UK: GM food declared 'safe'
UK Cabinet "Enforcer" Jack Cunningham is leaking the GM offensive
Food Safety: New Arguments about U.S. Health and Foreign Trade

21 May 99

ADM (Archer Daniels Midland Co) pays more to non-biotech bean growers
The Herbicide Gluphosinate (Liberty or Basta) Causes Birth Defects
Dominant mutants to Bt resistance in corn borer
Gene-altered food makes its way onto store shelves.
Russia sets GM food import controls from July 1
GM FOOD: UK Organic growers want zero tolerance of contamination
Prof John Ikerd on Ag. Industry
Save-The-World Refrains of the GE Chorus
Brussels refuses to lift ban on US beef
Dolly the Sheep creator tries to clone a pig
Loggers plan giant genetically manipulated trees
Performance of GM Crops: The Emperor's Transgenic Clothes

20 May 99

Britain Caught out by Leaked Genetic Food Report
MPs say Blair 'gung-ho' on GM food
Monsanto Falls Flat Trying to Sell Europe on Bioengineered Food
Seed of discontent planted
GM concerns cut British soya use
Call by UK Doctors Group Adds to Trade Tensions With US
British doctors call for freeze on genetically modified crops
Interview: Do Genetically Altered Foods Threaten An Unwary Consumer?
Scientists doubt GM food research
Dr Pusztai responds to the Royal Society criticism
Nature article – Transgenic pollen harms monarch larvae
Pollen From Genetically Altered Corn Threatens Monarch Butterfly, Study Finds
Gene-Altered Corn May Kill Monarchs
Study: Genetic corn kills butterflies

19 May 99

Brit Doctors' Association (BMA) sounds alarm on GM food
Ashcroft is among senators who want biotechnology on G-8 summit agenda
20 Years Later, Stolen Gene Haunts a Biotech Pioneer
GE mustard on the horizon, from Monsanto
UK Farmers 'jeopardising GM crop trials'
Exported Corn Chips Tainted With GMOs
EPA Sued Over GMOs
Will GE Crops Mean Infected Food, Bodies, And Ecosystems?
British Report: Label Gene-Modified Food
Designer Foods Take Off
Designer Foods on the Drawing Board
Refuge: A Defenders Claims Refuge Prevents Spread of Dominant Mutants!
Prof. J.Cummins' letter to CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Scientists doubt GM food research
UK Royal Society: Review of Data on Possible Toxicity of GM Potatoes

14 May 99

Clone Defects Point to Need for 2 Genetic Parents
Corn Refuge Spreads Dominant Bt Mutants
NZ: Domestic Organic Market Taking Off
Monsanto Now Wants To Control Water
Irradiation gaining acceptance
Monsanto Monitor News RoundUp: Issue #1 May 99
Water: Monsanto Moves In By 2008
Cotton: Monsanto Stake In $150 Million Cotton Deal In Zimbabwe Unclear
Rice: Preliminary Agreement For Rice Bran Stabilisation In India
Maize: Unauthorised Monsanto GE Maize Discovered in Conventional Maize Seed
Coffee: GE Coffee a Decade Away, Says Monsanto Specialty Crops Division
Terminator Technology: Monsanto Vows to Delay Commercialisation
Terminator 1998's Most Under-reported News
BST: New Zealand: Action Pledged if rBST is Approved
EU Insistence on Hormone-treated Beef Implicates Monsanto BST
Forestry: Monsanto Enters $60 Million GE Forestry Deal
Finance: Making Ends Meet
Market Targeting – Joint Venture
DNA Detection Technology Agreement
Monsanto Admits Cross-pollination and Herbicide and Insecticide Resistance
Canada: Monsanto Warns European Concerns Could Transfer To April 14:
Monsanto Investigators Accused Of Trespassing
Thailand Monsanto Launches Micro-credit Partnership Targeting Thai Rice Farmers
New Zealand Monsanto Ranked Worst Transnational Corporation In New Zealand
Monsanto Files Seven Crop Applications for Sale in Australasia
EU Cancels GE Canola Order
UK: Genetix Snowball Win Full Trial and Reduced Injunction

13 May 99 (South African News)

Transcript of a Radio Interview With Prof. John Fagan
Letter in reply to Star Article 7 May 99
FYI: Latest South African GE media coverage
FREE Info evening at Sagewood School 7pm Monday 7th June.
Australia: Alliance to Push Benefits Of Biotechnology
Beware of Suspect GE-free Claims

11 May 99

GM pests bite back
Corn Refuge Spreads Dominant Bt Mutants
Christian Aid demands a five-year freeze on GE technology
Need to Label GE food
Assessing the Threat to Biodiversity on the Farm
A Pragmatist Comes to the Defence of the British Countryside
Industry Critic Warns that Damages Claims 'could Run Into Millions'
Canada urged to follow U.K. lead on genetic ingredients
Canadians Want More Info on Biotech Foods
Canada: Genetically altered food should be labeled.
Spain's Largest Retailer Blocks Biotech Foods
Did Health Canada ask the right questions?
NFU fights 'genetic pollution';
Biotech products would get special treatment under environment law
Expert calls for moratorium on cattle hormones
Britain caught out by leaked genetic food report

7 May 99

Genetically Modified Coffee seen Hard to Swallow
Subject: Tryptophan Deaths
Monsanto claims organic lobby stirs GM fears to protect market
NAS to Add Environmentalist to Panel Investingation GE
Is the NZ Dairy Industry Getting Ready to Commit Suicide?
Facts about Monsanto's milk hormone Posilac
UK Environment Agency GMO workshop paper
"The Millennium Choice – Genetic Engineering or Natural Law?"
Biotech Money Guys
Suddenly, A Healthy Craze for Soy
Calif. Company to Buy Unit that Cloned Dolly
Codex Report: CCFL, Ottawa 4/99

6 May 99

Giant Food Companies Control Standards:
Altered food labels debated: 70-plus countries at Ottawa meeting
Corporate Control of Food, Farming and Health
Novartis urges U.S. caution on GMO sales
UK Food Businesses respond to growing consumer confusion on GM foods
Gateway Greens Dump Milk as Shapiro and Monsanto Stockholders Watch
Giant Companies to Phase out Biotech Foods
GM Foods – Victory for Grass-roots Action
Ministers told to study GM food cancer risks
Controversy Boils Over in UK
Prince Charles Refuses to Withdraw Website.
Biotech Talks Sabotaged by USA, Canada, and Friends
French Carrefour Withdraws All Biotech Foods
Canadian GE Debate on the Internet
Biotech: The Pendulum Swings Back
BBC ON-Line: Europe reviews milk drug ban
CBC News Online: Biotech push concerns senators
Big fall in Norfolk test sites

3 May 99

Genetic food giants lodge Australia applications
UK government denies split over GM testing
Canada Firm Clones Goat Triplets to Make Spider Silk
Monsanto judged 'worst company'
Giant Companies to Phase out Biotech Foods
Monsanto Suspends Terminator Seeds Marketing
European Consumer Activism Produces Results
Monsanto's expanding monopolies into water supply
10 Reasons to Ban Genetically Engineered Foods and Drugs
Monsanto Investigators Accused of Trespassing
Thoughts about labeling, and U.K. retailers
Beyond Biotech Begging
"Know Your Poison"
Growing concern over GM materials in animal feeds.
GM foods – Victory for grass-roots action
Ministers told to study GM food cancer risks
GM Foods – Countdown to a consumer victory

30 April 99

Food trial (New Zealand)
Scientists Warn of GM Crops Link to Meningitis
Avebe Suspends GE Potatoes
EPA, Critics Soften Stance on Pesticidal Plants
Food Hysteria
"Nutrapoison: Aspartame".
Unilever goes GM FREE.
Food statistics, some having to do with GE
Super seeds: Growing controversy
USDA's Glickman on EU Genetic Crop Delays: Commodity Comment
Monsanto wins hormone exemption at European Court
British Revolt Grows Over 'Genetic' Foods
Amylopectin Project (Transgenic Potatoes) gets heavy blow.
EU to ban 'hormone-free' US beef
Canola: No Literature, No Testing – No allergies?

27 April 99

Genetically Engineered Food, Executive Summary
Ban Milk Products with Cow Growth Hormone
A snapshot of ag biotechnology in the United States
BIO Honors Four 'Outstanding Legislators of the Year'
Monsanto Profits Tumble 33 Percent
GE – Supermarket Actions taking off at US Safeways
In Europe, Cuisine du Gene Gets a Vehement Thumbs Down
Monsanto admits superweed danger
Genetically Engineered Lawns
List of Companies Producing Organically Grown Soybeans
More Transatlantic Trade Battles Loom
Seriousness of Soy "allergy" Reports – Call for Ban and Destruction

26 April 99

No Biotech-corn In Switzerland
Rogue genes cross to weeds
Change Of Modified Foods Deadline Opposed
Full hearing on GM hazards
Scientific Paper: Foreign DNA can enter the body
We Modify Their Genes at Our Peril
The monster within Monsanto
Risk: Virus Resistant Crops
Euro stores cash in on "Frankenstein food" fears
Consumer Concerns Pose Risk for Gene Crops
Novartis urges U.S. caution on GMO sales
European fears may harm biotech industry
Iberia Food Industry Steers Clear of GM Ingredients
USDA regulation on genetic engineering
Monsanto Will Wait for Studies of Disputed New Gene Technology
GM food bosses face roasting
Brazil Govt Destroys Agrevo Transgenic Rice Crop
Scientists Warn of GM Crops Link to Meningitis
Brit. stores Tesco and Unilever ban Genetically Manipulated products
India: Stop Playing God in the Farm
Goats Cloned, Scientists Report

23 April 99

Monsanto's Celebrex Linked to 10 Deaths
Genetically altered foods already on American tables
FDA Unworried by Deaths Linked to "super-aspirin" Celebrex
Politics: GM food essential, says Blair guru
UK Monsanto Propaganda
Biotechnology May Turn into 'Farmaceutical' Delivery Systems
NorthEast Resistance Against Genetic Engineering (NE RAGE) UPDATE 4/99
Biotechnology Derived Foods in Brazil
US Corn Grower's being warned
Scientists Chew Over Pros and Cons of GM foods
Seed Companies Submit Plan to Keep Bt Corn's Punch
Asian governments respond to GM awareness
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: Biotech industry's GM code won't work
Monsanto Profits Fall, Hurt By Acquisition Costs

20 April 99

BRIT GM crop trials go ahead
"Gone with the Wind" [rapeseed] New Scientist 17Apr99
"Unpalatable truths" New Scientist 17Apr99
Are GE Foods Safer than Natural Foods because they have been Tested Scientifically?
Greenpeace & Monsanto advisors – Explanation Needed
4,200 GM crop trials in Canada
A new (the 4th!) US GE listserv
NotMilk-ADC Weekly Newsletter 041899 CODEX
The GS Handbook and Monsanto's legal action
FACTBOX – EU consumer responses on GM food issues
European Consumers Disdain New Gene-modified Foods
"Genetic Engineering of Food: Does It Conflict with Jewish Principles?"
Canada threatens EU with food tariffs.
What is and isnit GE? Food in the UK

17 April 99

2 Corn Firms to Follow EU Decision
Complicating Canola
Authority Calls for Informed Debate on GM Foods
rBGH: Pandora Body – Top Spin.
New Zealand Government to Set up New Agency
US Corn Growers Hit By Processor Bans On Gene-Altered Types
CFS News: Quote of the Month:
More bad News for Monsanto and Gene Giants
CFS News: Global Days of Action
World Scientists' Statement: Calling for a Moratorium on GM
World Scientists' Statement: Supplementary Information

16 April 99

Bt lawsuit update
Environmental Groups Sue EPA
European Hostility Toward Genetic Food Fiddling Sparks Trade Dispute:
Burger King Portugal franchisee bans GMOs
It's raining pesticides (full article)
The New Gene Exchange Newsletter
Bt-crop Refuges Fail to Meet Experts' Standards (posted April 1999)
Industry--small Steps Towards Refuges In Bt Corn (posted April 1999)
Environmentalists and Organic Growers Sue EPA to Stop Bt Crops
UK Govt Committee on GM Foods Reportedly Faces Overhaul
Snail's Pace In Europe
Biotechnology may Turn Farms into 'Pharmaceutical' Delivery Systems
Take the Gag Off Food Safety Issues
GM maize trials scrapped in Austria
EU Member States, Parliament in Dispute on GMO Directive
South Africa: Genetically Engineered Crops Ready For Harvest

15 April 99

Hispanic Girls Reach Puberty Later
Material Data Sheet on Aspartame
Leading geneticist urges GM caution
Why are we being force-fed?
GM warning for Third World
Monsanto's Ham Fists
Synthesis/Regeneration – A Magazine of Green Social Thought
Vegetables May Not Be So Good for You

12 April 99

(NZ) Monsanto & Co in Timber deals.
Article from New York Times Archives,
Maine, US: GE legislation
Time of India Articles
Europe's Current Legal Situation re GE
Monsanto legal move sparks (brit) civil rights row
UK Environmentalists want 25 acres of GM crop seeds ploughed up
Stop Monsanto: Letters Needed to Stop More Assault to Health and Environment
The Dutch situation re GE
Worldwide conformity kills Kiwis' GM-free option
The significance of the tryptophan disaster
Biotech experts to lose GM role

6 April 99

Brit Legal Move Over Seed Fast-tracking
Growers' Group to Work With USDA Seed Banks
SANFEC's Statement of Position on TRIPs Article 27.3(b)
Genetically manipulated salmon exposed in New Zealand
Monsanto's Crisis Management on the Internet
Agrobacterium gene vectors
Montanto's Propaganda and Scare Tactics

4 April 99

National Trust bans GM crops from 700 farms
Fox TV case: Judge Says NO to Fox Request for Summary Judgment
Ukraine: Taming of the garden's Jinn
Monsanto Legal Move Sparks (brit) Civil Rights Row
Cancer Threat From Glyphosate (pesticide)
Australia Cashes In on Demand for non-GE Canola
Humiliated Scientist Proved Right
Transgenic Crops More Likely to Cross-Pollinate
UK Restaurants and Food Writers Press for Ban on Biotech Foods
GE Bacterium kills plants
The Guardian (UK) Wins Complaint Ruling
Ecological Damage from Bt Toxins in Soil
Use of Altered Seed in Area Crops Rising
Worldwide conformity kills Kiwis' GM-free option
In Europe, Cuisine du Gene Gets a Vehement Thumbs Down
Shapiro Defends Monsanto Strategy At Meeting
Genetic Engineering and Third World Livelihoods
B-GE: Emergency planning to cope with GM bio-disasters
GE propaganda turned on its head
Conversations with God's Opinion of Genetic Engineering
Monsanto PR Strategy in the Netherlands

1 April 99

One Potato, New Potato
Lawmakers Urge EPA to Reconsider Plant Pesticide Rules
Dialog between Jimmy Seah and Mead Johnson
More Internet website addresses
Iceland Founder Acts Ahead of the Pack
Leading The Charge Against Monsanto
Prince Charles To Tony Blair: Get Lost
Kenya; Lobby Cautions Against Genetically -modified Foods
Portugal Feed Industry Says GM Safety Paramount
UK: Co-op pulls out of GM trials
Crown Prosecution Services (CPS) drops case against anti-GM women
U.S. Awareness Slowly Growing of EU Biotech Crop Concerns
TRAITOR TECHNOLOGY: "Damaged Goods" from the Gene Giants

28 March 99

Outrage over Monsanto's underhand tactics in EU
Fear grows over 'Frankenstein foods'
French environmentalists want longer gene crop ban March 16, 1999
Animal Welfare Aspects of the Use of Bovine Somatotrophin
Canada Approved Genetically Modified Canola Tolerant to an Herbicide Causing Birth Defects
UK: Ashdown Urges Special WTO Group on Genetic Foods
Greenpeace Welcomes Major Global Steps to Get Out of Genetically Modified Food
In the Land of Sushi, Lab Tomato Strikes Out
Consumer Power Rears its Head to Drive GM Food off Supermarket Shelves
GM Giant's Milk Hormone "is Cancer Risk"
UK: Fines Back up GM Labeling Rules
UK Restaurants must declare any GM food
FOCUS-UK waiters must know if foods contain GMOs
U.S. urges EU to speed up GM crop approvals
FOCUS-Euro stores link to seek non-modified foods
Fines for failing to declare GM food attacked
A Million Mutant Animals Used in GM Experiments
Brazil State Threatens To Destroy Monsanto Soy
France's Auchan Joins Drive To Weed Out GM Foods
Supermarkets Say Food Labelling "does Not Go Far Enough"
Iceland Sales Rise 9 % After the Ban On GM Foods
Corporate Power Silences rBGH Critics, Panel Says
NZ: Quote from Professor R B Elliot
Brief Address to Wellington Forum on Genetically Modified Food

24 March 99

So why all the fuss over GE Foods?
Monsanto Dairy Hormone May Be Carcinogenic -EU Vet Committee
Super-viruses threat to farms
Internl. Committee warns of Cancer Risk through rBGH
How Women Took On The Supermarkets – And Won
European Supermarkets Pledge Biotech-free Food
Bt Crops and Their Impact on Insects and Food Webs
EU Ban on Monsanto Hormone Likely to Continue
Altered Crops Will Get Safety Review
Body Shop to ban GM products from its beauty range
Environment-Brazil: South Seeks to Block Transgenic Soya
More GE Related Internet Websites
Monsanto blasted in UK Parliament Debate Pt 1
GM foods debate takes centre stage in the UK

14 March 99

Australia: Label gene food, says jury
We are what we eat
Australia: Study reveals side effects of synthetic insulin
Low yielding GM-beet and rape in UK
Low-Yielding Bt cotton in Arkansas
Malaysia: GM food must be labelled
New Zealand: Doctors Want Extreme Caution on Altered Food
Gene food conference says more information needed
Third World rejects GM
UK: Fast-food outlets turn against GM food
South Africa produces first gene-modified maize
Stop GM Foods – Scientists find banned soya in UK products
Stop GM Food – Stray seeds land farmer in court
Secret deal will ban GM crops until 2002
Care Rejects Plan To Work With Monsanto
Japanese Choke on American Biofood

11 March 99

When is GM-free not GM-free?
Industrial Enzymes are Top Allergens
Canada Sparks Hormone Controversy in USA
Chefs Join Effort to Label Engineered Food
Asian Safe Food Campaign
Australia and New Zealand Vote for Labelling.
Japanese Consumers call for Mandatory Labelling
Global Organic Groups Urge Biotech Crop Ban
Indian Peasant Farmers Resist Biotech
Dr Arpad Pusztai Giving Evidence to the Commons
Farmers Finding no More Fat to Cut in Cotton Fields
Conference Scrutinizes Designer Food
GM Food: Scientists Clash Over Tests on Modified Potatoes
Set Biotech Goals: Urgent Need for a Protocol on GE Food
Hitting Back: MP's Hear Scots Scientist's Own Story
Little confidence in biotech
Scientist tells MPs he backs calls for GM safety screen
Canadian Senate released its interim report on BGH
UK TV: Brilliant TV program last night!!!!
Inquiry into work of GM food scientist
Scientists Alert MPs to Ban Genetically Engineered Foods
GM Farmers have Grounds for Concern
AGRICULTURE: Death To Monsanto, Say World Scientists
Gene-spliced plants and hormone-treated beef raise ethical questions
Why soya is a hidden destroyer

4 March 99

No GE on Waihiki Island (NZ)
Next phase of biotech
Teeth regrow to order
GE-Propaganda War – It's Business as usual
Mutant pollen from the Continent could infect British crops
GE Summary by Charles Benbrook

3 March 99

Hi-tech Canola Causes Stir in Saskatchewan
Coming Soon: Cow's Milk With Added Hormones
Risk of Escaped GM Food Genes
Biotech firms welcome GMO talks breakdown
UK Seed Merchant Confirms Huge Commercial Opportunity for Non-GM Foods
Indian Supreme Court Notice Given To Monsanto
Third World rejects GM
UK GM Foods: Cunningham faces Commons quiz on fiasco over new crops
GM Foods – Watchdog's Silence on the Guilty Broke Law
GM Foods – The Price Of Disaster Will Not Be Paid By Those Responsible
Ottawa Accused Of Scuttling Biotech Deal
Canada blocks move to regulate trade of "Frankenfood"
Firm is rapped for GM adverts
Seeds Of Dissension
Global Resistance Mounts Against Monsanto & Genetic Engineering
Global Days of Action Against Monsanto and Genetic Engineering April 15-30, 1999

27 February 99

13 companies own 80% of GM patents
Soured milk of Monsanto's 'kindness' Inside corporate America
RISE-Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment
The real facts of genetically modified food
Terminator's Inventor – Dr. Mel Oliver
GE Foods: The Dangers (Basic Information)
GE foods – Current tests are inadequate protection
Labs are full of researchers who can't see beyond the microscope
Royal Society
Distinction Between "good Science" and "advisory Opinions of Good Scientists"
Subject: Royal Society continued

26 February 99

US Sabotages Biosafety Protocol (with help from a few friends)
Compromise is Proposed for Pact on Genetically Altered Products
Key Brazilian state moves to block transgenic soy
India – Seeds of hope or seeds of despair?
India's High Court Stops Field Trials Of Biotech Cotton
US: Deal Unlikely On Biotech Crops:
Pigs Grown With Human Genes
The Real Facts Of Genetically Modified Food
U.S. and Allies Block Treaty on Genetically Altered Goods
GM foods to be taken off menu in schools
Talks at the UN�s Biosafety Protocol in Colombia broke down
Rachel-Weekly: Genetically Altering The World's Food
What to Stay Away from to Avoid GE Foods:

24 February 99

Monsanto Machine (In These Times)
'Frankenstein' drives demand for organics
Monsanto Targets Contract Production of Drugs in Plants
It is What We Don't See That Will Hurt Us
GE scandal In a nutshell – Globe&Mail article – Tony Blair info
Frankenstein Foods
Nature: Organic vs. Chemical Agriculture

23 February 99

Monsanto saw secret EU documents, US biotech firm under fire in Europe
GM Foods – Revealed: False Data Misled Farmers
The Man With The Worst Job In Britain
All Monsanto's men?
Science is driving modern culture. Alas, most of us haven't even got L-plates
'Frankenstein' drives demand for organics
Biotech Battlefield: Profits vs. Public
Ethical investment
Milked for all its worth
If They Didn't Lie So Much, We Might Listen
Greens And Growers Wide Apart On Bio-tech Food
Prince Charles Defies Blair on GM Food
A Bad Taste Left
Terminator Gene Trips Alarms
U.S. Scurries To Scuttle Biotech Trade Curbs Fate Of GM Produce Splits Factions At Colombian Conference

22 February 99

Expert discredits GM risks study
UK Science Minister owns Caul Mosaic Gene patent!!
Monsanto Will Plead Guilty In Criminal Prosecution Over Gm Crop Trial [1]
U.S. Organic Farmers Young, College Educated
U. S. Organic Farmer Survey
Biotech food giant wields power in Washington
Threat to go to European court as Monsanto shrugs off fine
Aspartame And Joint Pain
Monsanto Saw Secret EU Documents

21 February 99

Cow's milk to be made more human with New Zealand DNA engineering
North and South Split over Genetic Engineering
EPA Is Sued Over Gene-Altered Crops
UK: "Frankenstein" groceries give Brits food for thought
Activists Challenge Biosafety Protocol
UK: Wildlife endagered by GM Crops
Some more UK Internet links
UK GE Scancal: The Next Big Thing
Britain Pushes Panic Button over Biotech Foods
Scientists get the pip over GM tomatoes
Genetically altered foods bring new health scare to Britain
Scientist must not be gagged
Frankenstein Foods
GM foods: What's the hurry ?
Ship Boarded In Colombia Protest Against Gene Crop
GM foods – Revealed: the secret report
GM foods – Current tests are inadequate protection

16 February 99

UK: International Scientists Back Shock Findings of Suppressed Research into Modified Food.
UK: Ousted Scientists and the Damning Research into Food Safety.
Scientists Want Answers On Genetic Food
Scientists seek probe into GM foods report
Blair Rules Out Block on New Genetically Modified Crops
Food Groups Urge Halt on Use of Genetic Crops
Shops Warning Ordered ON Gene Food
Miracle Foods that the Public Won't Swallow
URL to Protocol to Govern a New Agriculture Frontier
Setting Rules on Biotechnology Trade
Gene Lab Took Food Giant's Cash Gift
Labels For Gene-modified Food
Genetic minister 'should be axed'; GM crop lobby
Genetic Engineering Talks Hits Snag
Demand for More Research on Safety
Monsanto Defiant After �17,000 'Escaped Pollen' Fine
Protests in London
U.S. Lobbies Against Biotechnology Curbs

15 February 99

UK Newspaper Headlines
Photos compound GM food concerns.
Stop The Crops
Check Insurance over GM Food Fears, Supermarkets Told
Alarm over WTO Pact on Plants
Rockefeller Foundation head supports GE
Greenpeace calls for immediate total ban on GMO food
Labour pays GM giants to come to UK
GM foods campaign – The seeds of destruction
Monsanto pleads guilty to flouting rules on crops
Press briefing re: Dr. Pusztai
UK Daily Mail Campaign Genetic Food Watch

14 February 99

World food output seen dominated by food'clusters'
Monsanto seeds spawn fears
More good news Dr Putzai & English Nature
European Parliament Tightens Regulations on Release of GMOs
Most Proposals Bad for Industry Says Bio `Biosafety Protocol' Rules Could Hinder Global Trade
"The European Directive on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions."
Monsanto GM Cotton Fails to Win EU Backing
Flaws in the food chain – We need a moratorium
Guardian UK – Food Scandal exposed
Guardian UK – Food scandal: chronology
UK Guardian – Dr. Putzai Full Story
UK Guardian: Top Researchers Back Suspended Lab Whistleblower
UK Independent: Committee 'biased towards bio-firms'
UK Independent: GM food harmed rats, says research

13 February 99

Expert Panel Rubber Stamps Human Safety of RBST
Discussion of Human Safety Issues Related to RBST: Human exposure to bovine food products
Blair rejects Tory call for three-year moratorium
Blair Accused of Ignoring Experts in GM Food Furore
'Organic' Snacks Destroyed after finding GM Corn
Award to Fired rBGH Reporters
European Opposition to Biotech Industry
UK Government Burns Biotech Canola
France Restrains
Brazil to Halts Biotech Soy
Texmati Boycott
Mimicking Nature To Grow More
Learning from a lifetime of experience
Superbugs' Possible From Genetically Modified Food
Mexican Billionaire Controls Seed Sales Amid Rush to Create New Strains
Carrefour To Withdraw Gene Foods From Store Shelves
Lord Sainsbury – surely he can't last much longer???
Canada favours pact on GE foods; THE BIOSAFETY TREATY
Fears erupt over genetic food – Dr Arpad Pusztai: Vindicated
Animal Hospital (or Xeno-Transplants)

12 February 99

Meddling Minister revealed: Sainsbury's links to the 'Frankenstein food' industry
UK Food Fright
Minister in GM foods row
Seven environmentalists face charges today
Dr. H. J. Roberts reply to TIME Mag. "Web of Deceit" article, 2/8/99
Trial Difficulties – Novartis Seeds Admits Situation Worsening
Monsanto in Canada
Monsanto cancels bio-plastics venture
UK Poll result and over 94% against GM
UK Genetic Food Watch Campaign
UK Scientist in Frankenstein food alert is proved right
Improved Action Plan, Spanish World and GE Food
Won't the FDA ever learn?! (Still trying to coverup the aspartame issue)
2 more aricles from today's UK papers
Brussels is Foisting GE Foods on Europe Without Any Debate
Terrifying prospect of unregulated products in the food chain
Blank out labels, says U.S.
Environmentalists to show evidence of `lawful excuse' in crop sabotage case

9 February 99

No AgrEvo maize in Brazil
Modified crops 'out of control'
GM foods – Why we must end this now
Q & A: GM foods – what does it mean? how is it done? is it safe?
Genetically modified politics – Hold on a minute.
Latin American Declaration on Transgenic Organisms
Cow's milk to be made more human with New Zealand DNA engineering
Daily Mail: This terrifying tampering
Washington Post: Sowing Dependency or Uprooting Hunger?
Anti-genetic linkup opportunity

8 February 99

Starlings And Snails That Speak Nothing But Trouble
EU bans GE Canola
D-day looms on GM foods
Monsanto may face UK censure for GM food ads
Monsanto's GM Food Campaign 'misleading'
Bookreview: Against the Grain
US Agriculture loses Huge Markets Thanks to GMOs
The ladybird, an agricultural ally whose breeding potential may be reduced by GM crops
I was right, says GM row scientist
"How I told the truth and was sacked"
GM crops may polute rivers, lakes and reservoirs
Bioengineering: Irresistible Force, Immovable Object
UK: Consumers wise to the real GM agenda

7 February 99

Monsanto UK News Update
Scientists To "Sell" Genetic Tampering
Tories Attack "Muddle" Over Altered Foods
A Web Of Deceit
Ignorance Feeds The Propaganda Machine
Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Plants
Guidance document to facilitate notifiers in the preparation of plant GMO dossiers
Arabidopsis – A Model Plant Genome
Sample Letters to stop Terminator
UK National Daily Launches Genetic Food Watch Campaign
Transgenic pigs
Transgenic pigs in Canada
Companies That Sell Open-Pollinated (Non-Hybrid) Seeds
French supermarket chain bans GM

4 February 99

Correcting Internet Myths About NutraSweet
Monsanto's Gene Police Raise Alarm On Farmers' Rights, Rural Tradition
Seeds of Discord – Monsanto in Canada
Policy on GM food reversed by Blair
Storm as genetically modified salad is approved
Farmers may have to Sue to Recoup Seed Money
Pioneer Names Monsanto in Germplasm Misappropriation Lawsuit
Cargill, Pioneer Negotiating Settlement of Seed Lawsuits
Mexican Vegetable King Controls 40 % of Supermarket Sales in the US
U$ gives the orders: UK stands up for Gen Manipulated crops

30 January 99

Scientists 'are losing war on superbugs'
Study casts doubts on genetically modified food
UK companies breaking labelling laws
UK Government Advisers Split On Frankenstein Crop Approval
The Truth about Aspartame – CNN calls it 'TOXIC TERRORISTS'
Multiple Sclerosis Or Aspartame Disease?
Sunday Times Article: Beans means genes
U.S. corn growers, seed firms agree BT corn rules
Got hormones? Bovine growth drug under fire
Pigs are genetically modified to make organs compatible with humans
Union of Concerned Scientists Newsletter Fall-Winter 98 'The Gene Exchange'

28 January 99

UK: Comments on the Lords report
Organics Under Fire: The U.S. Debate Continues
Food Safety Crisis in the USA
The EPA Pesticide Brochure: Killing Us Softly
The Hard Kill: "Organic Food is Dangerous"
Consumers Smack the USDA Once Again On Organic Standards
Biotech Risks: Nobel laureate [Kornberg] forewarns
Website Pictures of the cows that suffer from effects of rBGH

29 January 99

Canada rejects BGH – details
Major GE Seed Producers under Pressure
Canada to reject Monsanto growth hormone – report
Terminator Technology Vital For Farmers' Interests'
Germ warfare 'could target ethnic groups'
USDA Redefines `Organic' Labels
Genetic food findings 'biased'
Animal Feed Containing GE Hits the Markets
UK Supermarket Loyalty Cards to Track GM Food Threat
Leading Food Writers Demand Answers from Blair on Gene Food
Genetically Engineered Foods: Unnecessary, Unwanted, Unsafe
Critics of Experimental Plant Gene Technology Puzzle Monsanto
Monsanto's Seed Patents have Horrified Plant Growers Everywhere.
Time Magazine article: The Suicide Seeds
GENETICS/CANADA: A blow to Monsanto
Over 100 Chefs and Food Writers Slam GE Food.
Can we really stomach GM foods?

24 January 99

Agriculture, Banking, and the Euro (Speech by US Ambassador)
German Association for Restaurants (NNG) Chief calls for GMO Commission
Supermarket SPAR in Austria announces new GMO free product line
UK Guardian – Genetic Food Findings biased
UK chain Sainsbury role in PR drive for biotech food
The Dangers of Stealth Food, a.k.a. Genetically Engineered Food
Technology and Human Responsibility

23 January 99

Genetic Enineering of DNA Machines
Products with Aspartame or Phenylalanine
MONSANTO MONITOR – Introductory Issue
"Ethnic-cleansing weapons" within 10 years: report
Brit. Medical Association (BMA) concern about a terrifying side-effect of the fight against disease
South Africans Were Working On Blacks-only Germ
Germ warfare 'could target ethnic groups'
Brit.House of Lords committee endorses Genetic Manipulation

21 January 99

Civil Action Movie – a must to see.
Prof. J. Cummins commenting on Canada Rejecting rBGH
Organic Food Industry Moves Toward World-Wide Body
USDA, Universities to Establish New Corn Genetics Center
Do We Need Transgenic Crops?
Antidairy Coalition: Canada Disapproves BST
Dakar Declaration of Via Campesina
Eating Raw GM Potatoes has a Profound Physiological Effect
Pro- rBGH Article from the Chicago Tribune

15 January 99

Experts reject drug to boost milk production
More scientific studies, this one on plant-soil interaction
Ottawa Refuses to Approve Bovine Growth Hormone
Planting Scheme for Engineered Corn Raises Eyebrows
Protection Racket
Terminator Technology that's being passed around
Resolution on Terminator Technology
GMOs & the precautionary principle
Monsanto Questions Canada Ruling on Growth Hormone
Health Canada rejects bovine growth hormone, rBST
Open Letter to Dr. Friedman, US FDA

13 January 99

UK restaurants press for ban on GE crops
Guardian wins complaint ruling
Group opposes cow hormone
Fears of growth hormone in milk
More on Aromatic Amines? Tryptamine may transform into carcinogenics
Monsanto Announces Agreement on Glyphosate and Roundup Ready Crops
Complex array of label rules gives US exporters headaches
Old-fashioned corn to resist super bugs
CNN.com Launches Food Central
Time Magazine articles on biotech
A Virus Promoter Used in the Majority of Genetically Engineered Crops
35S Promoter (CaMV) in Calgene's Flavr Savr Tomato Creates Hazard
Research Abstracts re Cauliflower Mosaic Virus
Publications about CaMV
Spread Of Type I Introns In Plants
Evolution: Explosive Invasion Of Plant Mitochondria By A Group I Intron

10 January 99

Restaurants Press For A Ban On Genetic Crops.
Bgh Raises Concerns Over Health Protection
Tories Call For More Studies of GM Crops
GE Articles to look up on the Internet Website
Australia to Ship Largest Yet Cargo of Canola to ...
Dutch Hain Food Group Labeling GE-Free Foods
Low Yielding Biotech Cotton
EU Rejects Biotech Potato
Greece Banning GE Canola
Terminator Technology Condemned
Monsanto Sues Farmers
Printers Shred Monsanto Edition of Ecologist
UK Considering Moratorium
US FDA: Pass the Buck

9 January 99

Global Action Plan: AVOIDING DANGEROUS FOODS

8 January 99

Links re British GE-Potato
U.S. Vets Seek Agent Orange Study
Q&A about Aromatic Amines
Bring the Great Debate Home
Monsanto expanding
Monsanto Should Halt Genetic Engineering
A Letter from Vandana Shiva, India
How to Shop to Avoid GE Foods

4 January 99

Bt and its effects
Facts about Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) (long paper)
More work needed on GMHT crops.
Pharmaceutical products polluted by GM items

3 January 99

Canada: Senator Eugene Whelan replies
Bovine Somatotropin---who's Crying Over Spilt Milk?
Synthetic Hormone in Milk Raises New Concerns
Do We Need Transgenic Crops?
Schools 'shun genetic food'
Monsanto Says Will Appeal Canada Cow Hormone Ban
Guess Who Came To Dinner: The NotMilkMan
Clones converge on 'Centre for Lies'
GE Canola SeedMeal
Teamwork is the Fuel that Allows Common People to Produce Uncommon Results
President Clinton's push for the Genome Project
Drug Makers Face Obstacle In '99 Insurer Restrictions Could Crimp Sales
New Paper by Dr. Blaylock on aspartame and MSG
Not Just Another Scare: Toxin Additives in Your Food and Drink

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