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Week of March 18th - March 24th

March 18/March 19/March 20/March 21/March 22/March 23/March 24




Posted on March 22, 2001

Leaving AgBioTech InfoNet SAP Report No. 2000-7, Sets of Scientific Issues Being Considered by the Environmental Protection Agency Regarding: Bt Plant-Pesticides Risk and Benefit Assessments , March 12, 2001

Shrinking International Markets for GM Crops?, AgBio View, March 22, 2001

Response to 'Genetially Engineered 'Golden Rice' Unlikely to Overcome Vitamin A Deficiency' by Ingo Potrykus, March 21, 2001

Biotech Firm Executive Says Genetically Engineered Corn Is Here to Stay, Knight-Ridder Tribune, March 19, 2001

Monsanto Pulls Plug on NatureMark Spuds, Ontario Farmer, March 6, 2001




Posted on March 21, 2001

Global Status of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 2000, Executive Summary, ISAAA Board of Directors International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, 2000

Leaving Ag BioTech InfoNet Guidance for Industry: Voluntary Labeling Indicating Whether Foods Have or Have Not Been Developed Using Bioengineering, Draft Guidance Released for comment January 2001

Could genetic crop dispute harm N.D. farmers?, Bismark Tribune, March 16, 2001

E. coli 0157:H7 and Genetic Engineering, I-SIS Report, March 21, 2001

The following list of current (February-March 2001) state GMO legislation in the United States, including legislation to ban GM food in some school districts, was provided graciously by Christina Grimm, NH Health Freedom Coalition in New Hampshire,




Posted on March 20, 2001

Chemical Formed in Irradiated Food Damages DNA, Recent Study Reveals, Public Citizen - Critical Mass Energy and Environment Program, March 2001

Bracing for 'El Nuna' -- Andean Groups Hopping Mad About Popping-Bean Patent, RAFI News Release, March 20, 2001

Leaving Ag BioTech InfoNetCrops of an Uncertain Nature? Controversies and Knowledge Gaps Concerning Genetically Modified Crops, An Inventory. Plant Research International B.V., Wageningen r.12 Aug00 A.J.C. de Visser, E.H. Nijhuis, J.D. van Elsas & T.A. Dueck

Small Yellow Bean Sets Off International Patent Dispute, New York Times, March 20, 2001

Terminator insects give wings to genome invaders, ISIS Report, March 19 2001

piggybac a name to remember, ISIS Report, March 15 2001

FDA To Test for Biotech Allergy, Associated Press, Washington DC, March 20, 2001

Delay in GM labelling laws makes consumers turn to organic, just-food.com editorial team, March 19, 2001




Posted on March 19, 2001

New Section under 'Other Applications': "New Era" Applications -- Enter to see what a 'New Era' Application is, and the evolution of the discussions

Genetically Engineered "Golden" Rice is Unlikely to Overcome Vitamin A Deficiency, Letter to the editor in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2001;101 (March):289-290

Golden Rice and Beyond, Ingo Potrykus, Plant Physiol, March 2001, Vol. 125, pp. 1157-1161

Aventis says bio-corn tainted some 430 mln bushels, Washington Post, March 18, 2001

Biotech Corn Is Test Case For Industry: Engineered Food's Future Hinges on Allergy Study, Washington Post, March 19, 2001