Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson An investigation by Welsh trading standards officers into the claims of a farmer to have contravened Welsh GMO-Free status has concluded there was no evidence that he grew GMO maize.
Continue readingSearch Results for: gmo
Bee Learning Behaviour Affected by GMO Toxin
Jonathan Latham, PhD and Allison Wilson, PhD Concerns over bees, especially the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) have rarely been higher. Although there are few hard data there is a general consensus that both solitary …
Continue readingIs a Major GMO Safety Test Ineffective?
Jonathan Latham, PhD and Allison Wilson, PhD Commercially, insect-resistant transgenic (GMO) plants are made by inserting a gene coding for one of a family of toxins produced by the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis. These Bt …
Continue readingLet the World Learn From Our Experience with GMOs
E. Ann Clark, University of Guelph, Canada E. Ann Clark is an Associate Professor in the department of Plant Agriculture at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She wrote this piece in response to a …
Continue readingEffects of GMO Pollen in Waterways
Toxins in transgenic crop byproducts may affect headwater stream ecosystems E. J. Rosi-Marshall, J. L. Tank, T. V. Royer, M. R. Whiles, M. Evans-White, C. Chambers, N. A. Griffiths, J. Pokelsek, and M. L. Stephen …
Continue reading