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   This Week's New Postings to AgBiotech InfoNet
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Week of January 7th - January 13th

Jan 7/Jan 8/Jan 9/Jan 10/Jan 11/Jan 12/Jan 13




Posted on January 8, 2001

Technical Paper Decomposition of transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis maize by microorganisms and woodlice Porcellio scaber (Crustacea: Isopoda), Basic and Applied Ecology, Volume 1, 2000

Comments on the Assessment of Scientific Information Concerning StarLink Corn (Cry9C Bt Corn Plant-Pesticide) EPA Docket Number OPP-00688, November 29, 2000

Engineering Crops in a Needy World, NPR Broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio, December 26, 2000

Planting more seeds for biotech backlash, Christian Science Monitor, December 21, 2000

World Use Of Genetically Modified Crops Up 11% In 2000, Dow Jones Newswires Prime Sarmiento, December 19, 2000

Gene-Altered Rice, Letter to the Editor from Marion Nestle, New York Times, December 19, 2000

Golden grains of hope: A life-saving, genetically altered rice gets stuck in politics, Editorial, Sacramento BEE Sacramento, Calif. November 30, 2000

Indian Farmers Judge GM Crops, Based on an article in The Economist, Sept-Oct, 2000

Third World Network Report on Starlink, December 1, 2000

No Room for Complacency on Resistance to Bt, Featured Article in Cotton World, November 30, 2000

Durbin: Review of EPA Documents Shows Agency had Knowledge in 1998 of Possible Biotech Contamination, New Release, December 1, 2000

University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center, Biotechnology and Food Glossary

Assessment of Scientific Information Concerning Starlink Corn, FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel Report, December 1, 2000 (SAP Report No 2000-06)

Monsanto Contracts: To Sign or Not to Sign, Mississippi Farmer, a Farm Progress publication, December 1, 2000

Terminator Alert: UK GM Field Trials Contain 'Terminator' Crops, I-SIS Press Release, June 12, 2000


Posted on January 9, 2001

"Push-pull biocontrol versus Bt corn -- an African example", Biotech and Sus ag/ICIPE project
     For details of how to obtain a video about ICIPE's work

Canadian Farm Group Calls for Moratorium on GM Foods, Reuters, December 4, 2000

Federal Panel Is Wary of Gene-Altered Corn, New York Times, December 6, 2000

Farm Bureau biotech crop policy stiffens Legislation sought urging market approval for use, H&R Staff Writer, December 5, 2000

A Plea to Set Aside Paranoia, AgBioView post from Craig Sams (President of Whole Foods)

Avoiding Frankendrugs, Nature Biotechnology, Volume 18:12 p. 1225, December 2000

Best Practice in the Design of GM Crops, I-SIS Special Report December 2000:


Posted on January 10, 2001

Starlink Fallout Could Cost Billions, The Toronto Star, January 9, 2001

Aventis says has paid "millions" over gene-altered corn, Reuters, January 5, 2001


Posted on January 11, 2001

Re - "Response to Pusztai and apology", Dr. Arpad Putzai

The specificity determinant of an RNA-based immune system in plants? John Innes Centre, annual report, 1999 - 2000, p60-61

Monsanto Maintains 2002 Timetable for Rootworm-Control Corn, Editors, Progressive Farmer, December 8, 2000

The New Uncertainty Principle, Scientific American, January 2001

Illinois Asks Dealers Not to Sell A Controversial Monsanto Seed, WSJ.com, January 11, 2001

Announcing an Educational Web Forum About Genetically Modified Foods for Teachers, Scientists and Concerned Citizens (Design preview period) Press release, Science Controversies On-Line: Partnerships in Education (SCOPE) Project, December 13, 2000

The Killing Fields: Terminator Crops at Large, I-SIS Report, January 2001

Susan Pusztai explains why Bt corn is NOT "substantially equivalent" in terms of human safety and resistance management