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Week of February 25th - March 3rd

Feb 25/Feb 26/Feb 27/Feb 28/March 1/March 2/March 3




Posted on March 2, 2001

The greener revolution, Editorial, New Scientist, February 3, 2001

Government Orders Test of Tainted Corn, Washington Post, March 2, 2001

Bill introduced to label genetically altered foods (DENVER), Associated Press, February 6, 2001

Corn research raises doubts on DNA test, The (Champaign) News-Gazette Associated Press, February 7, 2001

Implementing the precautionary principle, Viewpoint, Phillip B.C. Jones, Ph.D., J.D., Senior Patent Attorney, ZymoGenetics, Inc., Seattle, WA

Maverick marestail won't be rounded up, Farm Chemicals Editor, February 15, 2001




Posted on February 28, 2001

Modified crops grow some attention, The Bismark Tribune, February 7, 2001

Bt Corn Insect Resistence Management Survey - 2000 Growing Season, Agricultural Biotechnology Stewardship Technical Committee, January 31, 2001

Technical paper Genetics of Pink Bollworm Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin Cry1Ac, ABSTRACT, Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 94:1, p. 248-252 February 2001

GeneScan Europe AG And Motorola Establish Technical Collaboration To Detect Genetically Modified Crops, PR Newswire, February 2, 2001

StarLink Flap: New Course of Action, ProgressiveFarmer.com, February 2001

Leaving AgBioTech InfoNetAn Agronomic and Economic Assessment of GMO Canola, Canola Council of Canada, January 2001

Gene-Spliced Wheat Stirs Global Fears, Washington Post, February 27, 2001

Letter to The Independent (London) February 23, 2001, "No Need for GM Rice" by James Bruges

Biotech row rages, Manilla Times, February 20, 2001

Syngenta Stops GE Sugar Trials in Europe, Trouw Daily, February 23, 2001

Expression of Mouse Interleukin-4 by a Recombinant Ectromelia Virus Suppresses Cytolytic Lymphocyte Responses and Overcomes Genetic Resistance to Mousepox, Abstract: Journal of Virology, Vol. 75, p. 1205-1210, February 2001

Escaped Farm Salmon Raise Alarm in Maine, Boston Globe, February 23, 2001




Posted on February 27, 2001

Gene Capable of Producing Plastics from Plants, News Release, EurekAlert.org, Uventures.com, February 27, 2001

Britain waives the rules -- MAFF allows restricted pesticide on GM crops, News Release Friends of the Earth, M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX, February 27, 2001

Hong Kong Government Mulls Labels for Genetically-modified Food, News Release, Reuters, February 27, 2001

Europe's "golden" rice arrives in Asia amid controversy, Agence France-Presse, February 25, 2001




Posted on February 26, 2001

Aventis applies for StarLink clearance for feed in Japan, News Release Agence France-Presse, February 26, 2001

Does Roundup-resistant marestail illustrate problems with reliance on GM crops and pesticides?, News Release, Cropchoice.com February 22, 2001

Monsanto sues Aventis unit Over Cotton Patents, Bloomberg News, February 24, 2001

Gene Patent Guidelines, "Magna Carta" Of Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering News, February 1, 2001

Why Biotech Patents Are Patently Absurd - Scientific Briefing on TRIPs and Related Issues, Executive Summary, Dr. Mae-Wan Ho, Institute of Science in Society, Londonia House, 24 Old Gloucester St., London WC1N 3AL, UK