Allison Wilson and Jonathan Latham Many genetic engineers have long resented the regulatory procedures imposed on transgenic crop plants, often arguing that there is no difference between the risks arising from transgenic plants and plants …
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Conflicted FDA Obesity Chair Faces Jail Sentence
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Lester Crawford, ex-chairman of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Obesity Working Group faces the likelihood of a jail sentence in the new year. His offence was making false statements …
Continue readingUnapproved Transgene Contaminates US Rice Supply
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Transgene escape has again become a major biosafety and financial issue. On 18 August the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) revealed that non-transgenic long grain rice in the US was …
Continue readingThe River: A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS
Book Author: Edward Hooper Reviewed by: Jonathan Latham (The Bioscience Resource Project) If humans really did acquire HIV/AIDS from bushmeat, then how can one explain that the four known variants of HIV (three different types …
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