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Week of December 12th - December 18th

Dec. 12/Dec. 13/Dec. 14/Dec. 15/Dec. 16/Dec. 17/Dec. 18


Posted on December 13, 1999
Senior FDA scientist voiced strong concerns in 1992 about GMO animal feeds, especially the potential for antibiotic resistance, in an important Chemical and Engineering News article December 13, 1999.

Statement of Mark Lipson, Policy Program Director, Organic Farming Research Foundation, at the FDA Public Hearing on Genetically Engineered Foods, November 30, 1999, Washington, DC


Posted on December 14, 1999
Farmer Will Testify at FDA Hearing on Altered Foods, San Francisco Chronicle, December 13, 1999

Brazil State Pays Farmers to Rip Out GM Soybeans, (Reuters), December 7, 1999

Gene Banking: UK Scientists Accused Of Biopiracy, OTC (COMTEX Newswire), December 13, 1999

Cauliflower Mosaic Viral Promotor -- A Recipe for Disaster?, Mae-Wan Ho, Angela Ryan and Joe Cummins, Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease (in press), 1999

  • Authors' Reply to Critiques on "Cauliflower Mosaic Viral Promoter - A Recipe for Disaster?" by Ho, M.W., Ryan, A. and Cummins, J. (1999). Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease (in press)

Regulating Bt maize in the USA and Europe: a scientific-cultural comparison, (excerpts by author) Environment, December 1999, 41(10): 10-22

The Economics of Bt Corn, Adoption Implications, Jeffrey Hyde, Marshall A. Martin, Paul V. Preckel, C. Richard Edwards, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, 1999


Posted on December 15, 1999
Corn Growers Believe Elevator Actions will Reinforce Farmer Decisions to Seek Alternatives to GMOs, Press Release, ACGA, December 14, 1999

Rice Expert Says Asia Still Risks Famine, Press Release, IRRI, December 1999

Regulating the Products of Biotechnology, Economic Perspectives, USDA, October 1999

Novartis and Diversa Enter into Strategic Venture, BW (Business Wire), December 13, 1999

Myth Has Dominated Biotechnology Debate, Indianapolis Star, December 5, 1999


Posted on December 16, 1999
Quantitation of genetically modified organisms in food, Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 17, November 1999

DJ Justice Dept Widens Monsanto Probe As Acquisition Stalls, (rouble ahead, trouble behind), Wire Service: DJ (Dow Jones), December 15, 1999

Genetically modified plants may still need pesticides, New Scientist, December 15, 1999

Aventis CropScience is Created in North America, Press Release, Aventis CropScience, December 15, 1999

As Bio Tech Frankenfoods' are Stuffed Down Their Throats, Consumers Rebel, The Nation, December 27, 1999

"Destination and Use of U.S. Corn and Soybean Exports in 1996," by Mark Muller, December 11, 1999

Statement of Rod Leonard, Community Nutrition Institute,









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