William Sanjour* Albert Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. We have been “reforming” regulatory agencies over and over again, and over and …
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The Unsettling of America
Book Author: Wendell Berry Reviewed by Jonathan Latham (The Bioscience Resource Project) In 2002, peasant associations from all over Asia organised an international scientific conference. The motivation for the conference was the fact that peasants …
Continue readingEuropean Community Law and Nanotechnology: A Risky Business?
Naomi Salmon, Department of Law and Criminology, Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK Following hot on the heels of the ‘Biotechnology Revolution’, the ‘Nanotechnology Revolution’ is now gathering steam. After twenty or so years of basic and …
Continue readingUS Crop Yield Increases Owe Little to Biotechnology
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson The latest advertising campaign from Monsanto claims that already its “advanced seeds… significantly increase crop yields…”, while since the mid-1990s the biotechnology industry has consistently proposed that higher yielding genetically …
Continue readingThe Real Burning Question: Are Liquid Fuels the best use of Non-Woody Biomass?
David Malakoff, Science Writer (Photo Credit: PortWorks) If Roger Samson had a coat of arms, it might be a flickering flame encircled by a wreath of grass. For decades now, the Canadian agriculture expert has …
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