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Week of November 26th - December 2nd

Nov 26/Nov 27/Nov 28/Nov 29/Nov 30/Dec 1/Dec 2




Posted on November 27, 2000

  New search engine developed for Collective Action and Property Rights now available from the International Food Policy Research Institute

  Background Paper, "Transgenic Cotton: Are There Benefits for Conservation?" A case study on GMOs in agriculture with an emphasis on fresh water, WWF International, March 2000 -- Download the report in either WORD or PDF format.

  Risk Assessment in a rapidly evolving field : the case of Genetically Modified Plants (GMP), Scientific Opinion of the Scientific Steering Comittee (EU) Expressed on October 26/27, 2000

Golden Rice in a Grenade-Proof Greenhouse, New York Times, November 21, 2000

Wrangling Over Refuges -- Will non-Bt refuges delay corn borer resistance?, Soybean Digest, November 2000

Executive Director of ISAAA shares a positive vision for biotech in service of mankind -- "Food Biotechnology: Promising Havoc or Hope for the Poor?", Proteus - a journal of new Ideas; (2000) 17:38.

StarLink corn -- a scary chapter in biotechnology, Editorial, Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 25, 2000

Disaster Of The Day: Aventis Corn Monster, Forbes.com, November 22, 2000

The "Golden Rice" Tale, Posted by AgBioView - by Ingo Potrykus, October 23, 2000 (editor I.K. Vasil)

Comments on the Assessment of Scientific Information Concerning StarLink Corn (Cry9C Bt Corn Plant-Pesticide) EPA Docket Number OPP-00688, Consumers Union's comments


Posted on November 29, 2000

Harkin (D-IA) Calls on White House, Justice Department and Federal Agencies For Further Starlink Corn Actions, Press Release, November 27, 2000

Kenyan Sheep May Hold Clues To Worms Resistance, Africa News, November 28, 2000

Aventis Statement at EPA Scientific Advisory Panel for StarLink, FIFRA SAP, November 29, 2000

How the Biotech Fruit Trees Were Stopped, Published by Genetic Engineering Action Network, USA (GEAN), Editor: Andy Zimmerman November 27, 2000

Breyer urges 'conversation' on genetics, USA TODAY, November 24, 2000

Is Genetic Engineering Worth the Cost?, Progressive Farmer, November 24, 2000

News Hour with Jim Lehrer, FOCUS: Genetic Recall, November 23, 2000


Posted on November 30, 2000

Monsanto Admits to 'Arrogance,' Vows to Change Corporate Practices, BNA Daily Report for Executives, No. 230, November 29, 2000

Sign on to TRIPS NGO statement, Third World Network, Penang, Malaysia

A matter of life or starvation -- To ignore modern biotechnology as a possible solution to pressing food security challenges would be most unwise, By Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Bangkok Post, November 26, 2000

Tacogate: There Is Barely A Kernel of Truth, Washington Post, November 26 2000

A history of papaya virus problems, Allison Brown, Posted to SANET November 27, 2000

Papaya Story Continued, Mary-Howell Martens, Posted to SANET November 27, 2000



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