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Scientists: EU must embrace GMO crops or become ‘dependent on outside world for food, feed and scientific progress’
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Study: GMO corn doesn’t hurt bees
“The natural occurrence of Cry proteins and the lack of detectable effects on nurse bees and their gut bacteria give no indication for harmful effects of this Bt maize on nurse honey bees.” Continue reading
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Admission: NYTimes Food Nanny says ‘little or no reliable evidence that food manufactured with ingredients from genetically engineered plants is directly harmful to humans’
Foments worry nonetheless: “That’s not the same thing as saying that the potential isn’t there for novel proteins and other chemicals to generate unexpected problems.” Continue reading
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Don’t Fear the ‘Frankenfish’: Why Rich Americans Should Drop Their War on Genetically Modified Foods
“Upper crust grocery stores like Whole Foods are taking a moral stand against genetically modified meat and vegetables, even though these products could help solve hunger for billions.” Continue reading
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Demolishing the myth that Monsanto’s engineered crops drove 270,000 Indian farmers to suicide
Vandana Shiva claimed: “Two hundred and seventy thousand Indian farmers have committed suicide since Monsanto entered the Indian seed market. That’s more than a quarter-million. It’s a genocide.” Continue reading
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UK Green Terrorist Recants: Blames enviros for global warming, supports biotech rice
A former first-string campaigner, now the greens consider him a non-person. Continue reading
Posted in Biotechnology, Climate Change
Whole Foods: Products will carry GMO labeling
If Whole Foods is going to start labeling things, then how about also labeling the organic and homeopathic junk it sells? Continue reading
Posted in Biotechnology, Organic food
The GMO Stalemate in Europe
“Europe’s lack of trust in GMOs reflects a wider distrust of science. Similar attitudes prevail concerning shale gas and nuclear power. The irony is that the generations who have benefited most from scientific progress are now the most suspicious of science.” Continue reading
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Lomborg: The Deadly Opposition to Genetically Modified Food
“Vitamin A deficiency has killed 8 million kids in the last 12 years. Help is finally on the way.” Continue reading
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Lomborg: Golden rice opponents helped kill 8 million children
“Finally, after 12 years of delay caused by opponents of genetically modified (GM) foods, so-called “golden rice” with vitamin A will be grown in the Philippines. Over those 12 years, about eight million children worldwide died from vitamin A deficiency. Are anti-GM advocates not partly responsible?” Continue reading
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After 30 years, is a GM food breakthrough finally here?
“The reactions of bureaucracies to golden rice were also described by Beyer as “hard to believe”. “We have had to undergo endless trials and tests and endure endless amounts of bureaucracy.” Continue reading
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Uncovered, the ‘toxic’ gene hiding in GM crops: Revelation throws new doubt over safety of foods
“A virus gene that could be poisonous to humans has been missed when GM food crops have been assessed for safety.” Continue reading
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Bad weather prompting more British farmers to favour GM use
Global warming causes biotech food? Continue reading
Posted in Biotechnology, Climate Change
Scientists debunk ‘junk DNA’ theory to reveal vast majority of human genes perform a vital function
The genetic “control panel” of the human body that regulates the activity of our 23,000 genes has been revealed for the first time in a scientific tour de force that could revolutionise the understanding and treatment of hundreds of diseases. Continue reading
US university confirms it used children in GM trial
“AN American university confirmed yesterday that it had used Chinese children as guinea pigs in a trial of a new type of genetically modified rice.“
As long as there was informed consent all round, what’s anyone’s problem? Greenpeas are trying to create a stir but this has been openly done, apparently by the book and has always been a non-issue. Weird. Continue reading
Posted in Biotechnology, Health, Human testing
Alleged GM experiment raises fear for parents
The parents of children in Hunan province who took part in a study allegedly involving genetically modified rice have expressed concerns over possible health hazards. The move comes as one of the authors of the study, Yin Shi’an, denied that the project used GM food. Continue reading
Can science prevent the great global food crisis?
Previous agricultural revolutions have saved us from starvation – and we need another one now, says Michael Hanlon. Continue reading
Drought-tolerant seed entices weary farmers
The holy grail of seed companies — drought-tolerant corn — will reach farmers in the next few months, offering hope should record hot, dry summers return. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biotechnology, Development
UC Davis students work to engineer plastic-degrading bacteria
Every weekday this summer, 10 students from different departments at UC Davis have come together in the university’s Genome Center to work on what they hope will one day be the answer to cleaning up the world’s landfills. Continue reading
Posted in Biotechnology, Plastics
These New Transgenic Goats Are Filled With Human Breast Milk
The nutrients in human breast milk are incredibly important for a young baby’s immune system. But when that’s unavailable, perhaps a little genetically modified goat’s milk could help. Continue reading
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