Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson A key aspect of transgenic agriculture is control of gene flow. Gene flow is important for many reasons including: 1) protecting intellectual property from unwanted incursions into farmers’ fields (and …
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US: Private Food Safety Labs Hide Negative Tests
Some private U.S. laboratories are under investigation by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce for withholding samples of tainted food and allowing importers to continue to bring their contaminated products into the U.S., the …
Continue readingPew Commission Report: Industrial Animal Farming Poses “Unacceptable” Risks for Public Health and the Environment
Pew Press Release is reproduced below: The current industrial farm animal production (IFAP) system often poses unacceptable risks to public health, the environment and the welfare of the animals themselves, according to an extensive 2½-year …
Continue readingCivil Society Statement on Nanotechnology: Guiding Principles for Regulation
An international coalition of 44 food, environment and labour organisations is calling for urgent precautionary management of nanotechnology’s toxicity risks to human health and the environment, and its significant social challenges. The group has released …
Continue readingFarm Bill Amendment calls for NAS to Study Safety and Impacts of Cloned Meat and Animals
Press Release of the Center for Food Safety FDA APPROVAL OF CLONES STALLED BY PASSAGE OF MIKULSKI-SPECTER AMENDMENT IN FARM BILL Bill Passes by an Overwhelming Majority of 79 to 14; Coalition of Consumer, Farmer, …
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