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Week of September 17th - September 23rd

Sept 17/Sept 18/Sept 19/Sept 20/Sept 21/Sept 22/Sept 23




Posted on September 18, 2000
A geneticist's view of the dangers of GM, Ethical Consumer Magazine, UK, June/July 2000

Scientists versus the soya industry, Observer (UK), August 27, 2000

Review of article (UCS): "Effects of Klebsiella planticola on soil biota and wheat growth in sandy soil." in Applied Soil Ecology 326: 1-12, 1998

EPA's Final Regulations for Plant-Pesticides (Plant-Incorporated Protectants); Notification to the Secretary of Agriculture

Monarch Butterflies Lose Much of Their Wintering Grounds, New York Times, September 12, 2000

Genetically Engineered Corn Not Approved for Human Consumption Found in Taco Bell Brand Taco Shells, National Environmental Trust, September 18, 2000

Novartis, AstraZeneca Shape Plans for Merger of Agribusiness Units, The Wall Street Journal, September 18, 2000

Executive summary of findings in the Research Report No. 243, "New Zealand Farmer and Grower Intentions to Use Genetic Engineering Technology and Organic Production Methods", by Andrew J. Cook, John R. Fairweather and Hugh R. Campbell

Crop strength through diversity, Nature, Vol. 406, 681-682, August 17, 2000

Rational limits on genomic patents, Nature Biotechnology, Vol 18:9, 805,August 2000


Posted on September 19, 2000
FAO's Annual Report on the State of Food and Agriculture: Despite the Progress, 13 Percent of Humanity Still Suffers From Hunger and Related Disease, Paris, September 15, 2000

Biotech Critics Cite Unapproved Corn in Taco Shells, Washington Post, September 18, 2000

EU Announces European Chair Of EU-U.S. Biotech Forum, September, 2000

Questions We Aren't Asking in Agriculture: Beginning the Journey Toward a New Vision, by Fred Kirschenmann, Shivvers Lecture, Iowa Beta Chapter, Gamma Sigma Delta, Ames Iowa, September 12, 2000

How to Let Ordinary People in on the Future: Be careful, take precautions, Le Monde Diplomatique, September 2000


Posted on September 21, 2000
Dow to buy Cargill seed unit, Feedstuffs, September 18, 2000

Protesters' Green Light to Sabatage the GM Crop Trials, Daily Mail (London), September 21, 2000

Lord Melchett's Victory Will Prove to be a Defeat for Scientific Truth, The Independent (London), September 21, 2000

Farm trials in jeopardy after verdict, Jamie Wilson, The Guardian (London), September 21, 2000

  The Services of the European Commission offer the following replies to the questions raised by the U.S. Codex Conference Room Document [re: the Precautionary Principle]


Posted on September 22, 2000
A portion of Procter and Gamble's "Notice of Annual Mtg and Proxy Statement", mailed to stockholders prior to their annual meeting (Oct 10, 2000) of shareholders.



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