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Week of October 10th - October 16th

Oct.10/Oct. 11/Oct. 12/Oct. 13/Oct. 14/Oct. 15/Oct. 16


Posted on October 11, 1999
Safety and Farm Health Journal, Issue #2 -- October 1999, Biotechnology - Tomorrow's Agricultural Safety and Health Issue?

Scientific Paper Outlining the Potential Health Implications of Genetically Modified Foods (pdf 68K)– From the United Kingdom’s National Department of Health

Basic Research Subcommittee Hearings, Plant Genome Science: From the Lab to the Field to the Market, Part II, U.S. House of Representatives, October 5, 1999

Consumers Union testimony before the Committee on Agriculture, U.S. Senate hearing on biotechnology, October 7, 1999

U.S. Commerce Department Official Says Biotech Food Proven Safe, Reuters, October 7, 1999

Greenpeace Business Conference 1999, with Robert Shapiro and Peter Melchott

The Concept of Substantial Equivalence in the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods, OECD, response to Nature article 'Beyond Substantial Equivalence' October 6, 1999


Posted on October 12, 1999
U.S. May Be Next to Unveil GMO Labeling Scheme, Feedstuffs, October 4, 1999

Quaker Betrays Public Trust with Gene-Altered Corn, Greenpeace Press Release, October 7, 1999

Friend or Foe?, New Scientist, October 9, 1999

  • How Monsanto's mind was changed, Guardian (London), October 9, 1999

    Hain Food's New Labeling May Prompt U.S. Shoppers to Demand 'Biotech-Free', WSJ, October 7, 1999


    Posted on October 13, 1999
    Group To Oppose Genetically Altered Foods In U.S., Wall Street Journal, October 12, 1999

    EU Plans One Percent 'GMO-Free' Threshold, Reuters, October 12, 1999

    Department of the Environment and Local Government, Ireland, Press Release -- Government approves precautionary environmental policy on GMOs, October 9, 1999

    Occurrence of common milkweed in cropland and adjacent areas of Iowa (abstract)

    GM Free Food Chain Hits Problems in US, posted by Natural Law Party Wessex, October 7, 1999


    Posted on October 15, 1999
    President Clinton on the upcoming WTO meeting in Seattle and GMOs -- excerpts

    Thais Say US Shipped Genetically Altered Wheat, Dow Jones Newswire, October 15, 1999

    Ten reasons why biotechnology will not ensure food security, protect the environment and reduce poverty in the developing world, Miguel Altieri and Peter Rosset (pdf 23K)

    What Biotech Food Issue?, Gallup News Service, October 5, 1999

    Farmers' Declaration on Genetic Engineering in Agriculture, National Family Farm Coalition, October, 1999

    Effect of diets containing genetically modified potatoes expressing Galanthus nivalis lectin on rat small intestine, Lancet, October 16, 1999< >



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