Genetic Engineering
What you need to know
GMO = Genetically Modified Organism
GMOs are created in a lab, by inserting a gene from one organism into another unrelated organism, producing plants and animals that would never occur in nature. No long-term safety studies have been done on humans, but animal studies link the consumption of GMOs to an increase in allergies, kidney and liver disease, ADHD, cancer, infertility, chronic immune disorders and more.
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June 12, 2006
The Campaign Reporter Table of Contents June 2006
ACTION ALERT: Contact your House Representative and ask him or her to support HR 5269, the Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act
ACTION ALERT: Contact the USDA, your House Representative and two U.S. Senators requesting hearings into the contamination of organic crops by GMOs
A Closer Look : Did the United States really "win" the WTO case against the European Union?
Vermont Governor veto prevents landmark seed-labeling legislation
Election 2006: Strategy to elect candidates that Read more
ACTION ALERT: Contact your House Representative and ask him or her to support HR 5269, the Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act
ACTION ALERT: Contact the USDA, your House Representative and two U.S. Senators requesting hearings into the contamination of organic crops by GMOs
A Closer Look : Did the United States really "win" the WTO case against the European Union?
Vermont Governor veto prevents landmark seed-labeling legislation
Election 2006: Strategy to elect candidates that Read more
News
June 14, 2006
SPECIAL REPORT
Everyone - The last two weeks have seen an incredible explosion of news on rBGH. Here it is:
June 9 - The Dairy & Food Market Analyst, edited by Jerry Dryer, reports that Dean Foods, Wal-Mart and Kroger, and possibly others, are on a nationwide search for rBGH-free milk. In response to this and a series of actions in the past year of dairies going rBGH-free, Monsanto is now lowering the price of rBGH to try to cling to its dwindling market.
These are all huge players - Dean is the largest milk processor in the country and Wal-Mart the Read more
Everyone - The last two weeks have seen an incredible explosion of news on rBGH. Here it is:
June 9 - The Dairy & Food Market Analyst, edited by Jerry Dryer, reports that Dean Foods, Wal-Mart and Kroger, and possibly others, are on a nationwide search for rBGH-free milk. In response to this and a series of actions in the past year of dairies going rBGH-free, Monsanto is now lowering the price of rBGH to try to cling to its dwindling market.
These are all huge players - Dean is the largest milk processor in the country and Wal-Mart the Read more
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June 7, 2006
Ecological Farming Association
406 Main Street Ste. 31
Watsonville CA 95076
ph. 831-763-2111
fax. 831-763-2112
info@eco-farm.org
Santa Cruz -- On June 6th, The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to support the adoption of a Precautionary Moratorium on the planting of GE crops in the county as recommended by the GE Subcommittee of the Public Health Commission in a briefing made public last week. Santa Cruz County attorneys have been instructed to draft language for the ordinance to enact restrictions on GE crops immediately Read more
406 Main Street Ste. 31
Watsonville CA 95076
ph. 831-763-2111
fax. 831-763-2112
info@eco-farm.org
Santa Cruz -- On June 6th, The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to support the adoption of a Precautionary Moratorium on the planting of GE crops in the county as recommended by the GE Subcommittee of the Public Health Commission in a briefing made public last week. Santa Cruz County attorneys have been instructed to draft language for the ordinance to enact restrictions on GE crops immediately Read more
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June 8, 2006
--- Who could argue with the findings of the report written by Santa Cruz's agriculture commissioner and two public health experts together with two appointees from each of the five supervisorial districts in the county:
*State and federal laws provide inadequate oversight. The USDA does not know the location of many GE test sites. Some crops not approved for human consumption have found their way into the food supply.
*Lack of safety testing leaves a potentially dangerous void in understanding long-term health effects of GE food, which is still largely unlabeled in the Read more
*State and federal laws provide inadequate oversight. The USDA does not know the location of many GE test sites. Some crops not approved for human consumption have found their way into the food supply.
*Lack of safety testing leaves a potentially dangerous void in understanding long-term health effects of GE food, which is still largely unlabeled in the Read more
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June 7, 2006
WASHINGTON -- A lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks to force the U.S. government to conduct mandatory reviews of genetically engineered foods and require labeling of such foods once they are approved
The Center for Food Safety's suit against the Food and Drug Administration comes after years of lobbying by environmental and consumer groups for more stringent regulation and labeling of biotech crops, which biotech opponents fear can harm human health.
"We think the FDA should be the gatekeeper and should require... a mandatory process that has rigorous science behind it and Read more
The Center for Food Safety's suit against the Food and Drug Administration comes after years of lobbying by environmental and consumer groups for more stringent regulation and labeling of biotech crops, which biotech opponents fear can harm human health.
"We think the FDA should be the gatekeeper and should require... a mandatory process that has rigorous science behind it and Read more
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June 7, 2006
1.For I Was Hungry and You Deceived Me
- GM Watch
2.For I Was Hungry and You Fed Me: Ag-biotech and Hunger
- Piero Morandini
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1.For I Was Hungry and You Deceived Me: Ag-biotech's bag of lies
Piero Morandini is a biotechnologist and Roman Catholic who has repeatedly used his religion as a springboard for lobbying for GM crops.
Typical of his antics is his involvement in CS Prakash's AgBioWorld attacks on the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection and the Jesuit-run Kasisi Agricultural Training Read more
- GM Watch
2.For I Was Hungry and You Fed Me: Ag-biotech and Hunger
- Piero Morandini
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1.For I Was Hungry and You Deceived Me: Ag-biotech's bag of lies
Piero Morandini is a biotechnologist and Roman Catholic who has repeatedly used his religion as a springboard for lobbying for GM crops.
Typical of his antics is his involvement in CS Prakash's AgBioWorld attacks on the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection and the Jesuit-run Kasisi Agricultural Training Read more
News
June 6, 2006
Recently the first medicine produced from a genetically modified animal was recommended for use in Europe. (see 'Go-ahead for 'pharmed' goat drug') http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5041298.stm
The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) reversed an earlier decision not to issue a licence for the drug, ATryn, which is extracted from the milk of goats engineered to carry a human gene involved in inhibiting blood clots.
But this editorial, taken from the staunchly pro-GM journal Nature Biotechnology, about EMEA's Read more
The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) reversed an earlier decision not to issue a licence for the drug, ATryn, which is extracted from the milk of goats engineered to carry a human gene involved in inhibiting blood clots.
But this editorial, taken from the staunchly pro-GM journal Nature Biotechnology, about EMEA's Read more
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June 6, 2006
The University of Hawaii announced yesterday that it will give three patents on genetically enhanced, crossbred taro plants to native Hawaiians.
Discussions were under way within the Hawaiian community to determine the appropriate entity to receive the patents, UH officials said.
Native Hawaiian activists, farmers and students have held protests demanding the university give up the patents and stop genetically altering taro, which many Hawaiians consider a sacred plant.
"The University of Hawaii has a strong desire to maintain appropriate respect and Read more
Discussions were under way within the Hawaiian community to determine the appropriate entity to receive the patents, UH officials said.
Native Hawaiian activists, farmers and students have held protests demanding the university give up the patents and stop genetically altering taro, which many Hawaiians consider a sacred plant.
"The University of Hawaii has a strong desire to maintain appropriate respect and Read more
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June 5, 2006
In May, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) coordinated a response to Lee Silver's anti-organic article published in Newsweek (May 20, 2006). While Newsweek did not publish our reply (which was submitted jointly on behalf of CFS, the Sierra Club, Organic Consumers Association, Food & Water Watch, Cornucopia Institute, and the Soil Association), they did invite us to debate Lee Silver in an online forum.
A referenced version of that debate (with a final, previously unpublished post) follows. In the debate, Silver denies that he has any bias, stating "I am not an advocate, with an Read more
A referenced version of that debate (with a final, previously unpublished post) follows. In the debate, Silver denies that he has any bias, stating "I am not an advocate, with an Read more
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June 5, 2006
Associated Press writer Paul Elias http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ventria6jun06,0,6639897.story reported today at the Los Angeles Times webpage that, "In its quest to genetically engineer rice with human genes to produce a treatment for childhood diarrhea, tiny Ventria Bioscience has made an astonishing number of powerful enemies spanning the political spectrum.
"Environmental groups, corporate food interests and thousands of farmers across the country have succeeded in chasing the Read more
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