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Week of August 22nd - August 28th

August 22/August 23/August 24/August 25/August 26/August 27/August 28


Posted on August 23, 1999

  • Consumer Reports, September 1999, 'Seeds of Change'. In the U.S. and elsewhere, the food supply is being genetically altered. Here's why you should care. (to be posted soon)
  • Vandals Hit Modified Corn at University of Maine, Bangor Daily News, August 20, 1999

  • Whose genes? Messing about with nature to make money -- a new website for kids

  • Japan Label Plan Seen Affecting U.S. GM Crop Output, Wire Service: RTW (Reuters World Report), August 23, 1999

  • Creating a Salt Tolerant Plant, Science, August 19, 1999

  • Motley Group Pushes For FDA Labels On Biofoods, Wall Street Journal, August 18, 1999

  • Biotech Expert's New Job Casts a Shadow on a Report, New York Times, August 16, 1999

  • Sainsbury's has become the first major UK supermarket to eliminate genetically modified ingredients from its own-brand products. A full page add in the Sunday [London] Times from Sainsbury's Supermarket shows it's new label

  • Food Safety Issue Heats Up, Bangor Daily News, August 14, 1999

  • Next Food Fight Brewing Is Over Listing Genes on Labels Processors, Retailers Resisting Demand of Some Consumer Groups, Washington Post, August 15, 1999

  • Biotech Food Raises a Crop of Questions. Genetically modified food offers benefits, but is it safe for human consumption?, Washington Post, August 15, 1999

  • Brazil Court Reaffirms Ban On Biotech Soybean Planting, San Paulo, August 13, 1999


    Posted on August 24, 1999

  • Gene-Altered Crops Are Trouble in the Wind for Organic Foods, Bloomburg WireService, August 11, 1999

  • The Problem with the Safety of Roundup Ready Soybeans, Flinders University, August 1999

  • ConAgra's Food Safety campaign follows GM alliance with Monsanto , Posted by Natural Law Party Wessex, August 8, 1999


  • Posted on August 25, 1999

  • US Consumer Group Urges Labeling of Modified Foods, Reuters, August 24, 1999

  • GM Investors Told to Sell Their Shares, The Guardian (London), August 25, 1999

  • IFIC-biotech-foods, US Newswire Release, August 24, 1999


  • Posted on August 26, 1999


  • Posted on August 27, 1999


  • Posted on August 28, 1999
















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