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Week of May 13th - May 19th

May 13/May 14/May 15/May 16/May 17/May 18/May 19




Posted on May 18, 2001

The Copenhagen Declaration, A Declaration from the European Conference, "Organic Food and Farming - Towards Partnership and Action in Europe", May 11, 2001 PDF File (20K)

Wheat May Become Resistant To Diseases, Pests With Its Own Genome, Agweb.com, AgWeb Editors, May 16, 2001

Moratorium on Alteration of Salmon, New York Times, May 9, 2001




Posted on May 17, 2001

The Green Revolution Yields to the Bottom Line, New York Times, May 15, 2001

China Passes Regs Requiring Food Products to List Genetic Alterations, China Online, May 15, 2001

"Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders: Origins of the Problem and Approaches to Its Control", by Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2001

Americans Drag Feet On Crucial Seed Pact, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2001




Posted on May 16, 2001

Thin Thai Party to push for GM labelling, News Release, The Nation (Thailand) via NewsEdge Corporation, May 16, 2001

Glyphosate-Resistant Soybean Cultivar Response to Glyphosate, Agronomy Journal, 93:404-407 (2001)

Horizontal Gene Transfer / DNA in soil, AgBioView Post from Kaare M. Nielsen, Ph.D., Hartl Lab., Dept. of Evolutionary and Organismic Biology Harvard University, May 15, 2001




Posted on May 14, 2001

Scientists fear biotech will harm food supply, Globe and Mail (Globe Interactive, a division of Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc.) May 2, 2001

On the Implications of the Schmeiser Decision, E. Ann Clark, Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

N.D. Producer Talks Biotech Wheat with Customers in Japan, Information courtesy of the North Dakota Wheat Commission, May 1, 2001

Is StarLink Corn a Problem for U.S. Corn Exports? World Commodity Analysis Corp, Wednesday, May 9, 2001

UN Explores Ethical Issues of Bioengineered Organisms, Environmental News Service, May 7, 2001

Leaving Ag BioTech InfoNet The Genetically Modified Crop Debate in the Context of Agricultural Evolution, Plant Physiol. (EDITOR'S CHOICE) 2001 126: 8-15

Biotech Soybeans Lead to More Use Of Herbicides, Not Less, Report Claims, Bureau of National Affairs, International Environment Reporter, Volume 24 Number 10, May 9, 2001 Page 378

Impacts on the U.S. Corn Market and World Trade, Special Report, William Lin, Gregory K. Price, and Edward Allen, USDA, USDA's Feed Yearbook, pages 40-48