Genetic Engineering
Jul-Dec 2003

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• Will GMOs Feed the World?    Paul Goettlich / Mindfully.org Rev.4mar02

• Africa: Traditional Knowledge: Recognition and Protection - DR. MWANANYANDA MBIKUSITA LEWANIKA 30jul01

• 2003 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY/STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENT (Limited Use License)

• More on Monsanto and its Products

• The Corporate Trawling Seed Net Condoned by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics - Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher / Environmental Protection Authority Ethiopia 29dec03
• EVENT! The Pulse of Scientific Freedom In the Age of the Biotech Industry: A Public Conversation - December 10, 2003 7-9 pm 155 Dwinelle Hall University of California, Berkeley - Pusztai, Losey, Hayes, and Chapela
• Ignacio Chapela: Ousted Professor Holds Final Class -  Berkeley Daily Planet 10dec04
• Glofish: FDA Statement Regarding Glofish 9dec03
• Biotech Boom Linked to Development Dollars -  IPS 3dec03
• Percy Schmeiser: Canola Case Tests GMO Patent -  Wired News 2dec03
• When Fish Fluoresce, Can Teenagers Be Far Behind? -  NY Times 2dec03
• A Significant Minority [need old-fashioned animal insulins to survive] -  GeneWatch Dec03
• Food Biotech Is Risky Business - Wired 1dec03
• Complete Industrialization Of Farming: Weeding Out the Skilled Farmer -  CropCoice 25nov03
• Charity In The Name of Science: The Legitimization of Biopiracy Devinder Sharma / India Together 25nov03
• "Agriscience Bus" Takes Teachers For a Ride - Conscious Choice 25nov03
• U.S. Grain Exporters to Pay Dearly for Labels - Des Moines Register (Iowa) 23nov03
• Gene-Altering Revolution Nears the Pet Store: Glow-in-the-Dark Fish -  NY Times 22nov03
• Percy Schmeiser vs. Monsanto Reaches Canada's Supreme Court Early Next Year - Toronto Star  (Ontario, Canada) 12nov03
• African Priests Criticize Vatican GMO Conference -  Reuters 11nov03
• October Sees a Frenzy of Biotech IPOs -  Financial Times 10nov03
• GM Pine Trees in Disease Probe New Zealand -  Herald (New Zealand) 6nov03
• Australia: GM Crop Jumps Fence, Flowers - Australian Associated Press (AAP) 6nov03
• India: GM Food and Hunger: A View from the South - Book by Devinder Sharma 1nov03
• GM Industry and Science: BUSY EXPLOITING HUNGER -  Devinder Sharma 3oct03
• The Story of Syngenta & Tyrone Hayes at UC Berkeley: Syngenta tried to BURY HIM and then BUY HIM - Chronicle of Higher Education 31oct03
• Report Says Biotech Wheat Could Cut Exports in Half -  AP 31oct03
• The Unseen Genome: Gems among the Junk -  Scientific American Nov03
• Miguel Altieri: Scientist Mourns Gill Tract's Demise - Berkeley Daily Planet 28oct03
• UK Study Finds New Risks in Genetically Engineered Crops - IPS Columnist Service 28oct03
• Brazil Battle Over Biotech Soy Threatens Top Export - Forbes / Reuters 27oct03
• Bush Lap Dog Disregards UK Citizens: Blair will Ignore Public Opposition to GM Technology -  The Independent (UK) 26oct03
• Brazilian State Impounds Cargos of Transgenic Soy - EFE (Spain) 24oct03
• Transgenic Lines Proven Unstable - Dr. Mae-Wan Ho / ISIS 23oct03
• Co-op Imposes Ban on GM Ingredients - Reuters & Guardian (UK) 21oct03
• Bill Gates: Grant Aims at More Healthful Crops -  NY Times 21oct03
• Bill Gates Rescue Package: FLOGGING A DEAD HORSE - Devinder Sharma 19nov03
• The Darker Bioweapons Future - CIA Directorate of Intelligence 3nov2003
• Monsanto Fined for Crop Tests Modified Corn, Cotton Improperly Handled - Washington Post 18oct03
• California Bans Salmon, Exotic and Transgenic Species Aquaculture in State Waters - Fishlink Sublegals 17oct03
• GM Trials Show Threat to Wildlife - The Business (UK) 16oct03
• Campaigners Urge End to GM Crop Use - The Scotsman 16oct03
• GM Test Results Already in Doubt -  BBC 16oct03
• GM Trial Fuels 'Species Wipe-Out' Fears -  The Scotsman (UK) 16oct03
• Report on GM Crops is Damning -  Evening Standard (UK) 16oct03
• Bill Gates: Innocents abroad? - The Guardian 16oct03
• Monsanto Overhauling Businesses - NY Times 16oct03
• Monsanto: Crops Giant Retreats From Europe Ahead of GM Report -  The Independent (UK) 16oct03
• Monsanto Cuts Jobs Because of .  .  . WHAT? - St Louis Post-Dispatch 15oct03
• Monsanto's Loss Widened in Period Amid Price War -  Wall Street Journal 16oct03
• Monsanto Pulls Out of Europe - Daily Telegraph (UK) 15oct03
• Monsanto Posts Loss, to Cut Jobs - Fox News 15oct03
• Monsanto Pulling Out of Cambridge - BBC News 15oct03
• Monsanto Retreating from European Wheat Business - Reuters 15oct03
• Banning GM Crops Not Enough to Save Wildlife -  New Scientist 15oct03
• Rio Grande do Sul: Brazilian State Bans GMOs - AP 15oct03
• Scientists Uncover Risks in GM Oil Seed Rape: Bees Carry Pollen up to 16 Miles - The Guardian (UK) 14oct03
• EU: US Firms 'Tried to Lie' Over GM crops, says EU -  The Independent (UK) 14oct03
• EU Commissioner Accuses US Firms of Trying to Lie over GM Crops - Agence France Presse 14oct03
• UK: How GM Crop Trials Were Rigged - The Independent (UK) 12oct03
• Mexico: Maize Rage in Mexico: GM maize contamination in Mexico -- 2 years later - ETC Group 10oct03
• Superweeds: Study Heightens Fears Over GM Superweeds -  The Independent (UK) 10oct03
• Gerald Miles: Wales Farmer's Anti-GM Tractor Trek - BBC News 7oct03
• Naked Demonstrators Protest Genetic Engineering at N. Zealand Parliament - AP 7oct03
• No One Will Insure GM Crops -  farm (UK) 7oct03
• UK: Insurers Say No to GM Crops – Survey - The Scotsman (UK) 7oct03
• UK Government Accused of Fixing GM Maize Trials: GM Free Cymru -  The Western Mail (Wales) 7oct03
• Uganda a Dump With Museveni in Power -  The Monitor (Kampala) 6oct03
• Bt Cotton Fiasco: Turning a Blind Eye - Devinder Sharma (India) 6oct03
• Brazil's Supreme Court Asked to Rule on GM Soybeans - AP 6oct03
• GM Crops Fail Key Trials Amid Environment Fear: Two Out of Three Strains 'Should Not Be Grown' - The Guardian (UK) 2oct03
• New Zealand Insurers Refuse to Cover GM - Third World Network Biosafety Information Service 2oct03
• Monsanto v. Schmeiser: NGO's seek standing - Press Release / Canada NewsWire 30sep03
• Corn Pollen Drifts Further than Thought - @griculture Online 29sep03
• Biopharming Reaps Fear -  Denver Post 28sep03
• Bayer: Top GM Food Company Abandons British Crop Trials: Didn't Want Public to Know Locations - The Observer (UK) 28sep03
• No GM please, we are British! - Devinder Sharma 27sep03
• Solidarity with Brazil: Letter to President Lula - Devinder Sharma  (India) 27sep03
• Suicide Trap - Devinder Sharma / BioSpectrum  (India)  Sep03
• Monsanto Antitrust:  Judge Allows Antitrust Case Against Seed Producers -  NY Times 24sep03
• The Gloves are on! GM Pledge Throws Down The Green Gauntlet To Blair -  The Green Gloves Pledge (UK) 24sep03
• When Northern Elephants Fight Over GMOs. . .    Dr Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher / Panos Features 23sep03
• Leaked Letters Show Government Backs Commercial Growing of GM Crops -  The Independent (UK) 22sep03
• The Inefficient Clone - ELSO 2003 22sep03
• rBGH Labeling May Harm Dairy Industry - Badger Herald (Wisconsin) 22sep03
• Biotech Collapse May Cost New Zealand $2b in GE Business - Stuff.com (Fairfax New Zealand Ltd) 20sep03
• The Real Story Behind the Food Crisis in Zambia -  Synthesis/Regeneration n.32, 19sep03
• Genetic Engineering vs. Organics: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -  Emagazine 18sep03
• GM Crops Irrelevant for Africa  - ISIS 18sep03
• Americans are Iffy on Genetically Modified Foods -  USA Today 18sep03
• Cancun Fiasco WTO: END OF THE ROAD ? - Devinder Sharma  (India) 17sep03
• GM Food Battle Moves to Russia -  The Hindu (India) 17sep03
• Transgenic Trees Spread Mercury Poisoning - The Institute of Science in Society / ISIS 17sep03
• GM Food Battle Moves to Russia -  The Hindu (India) 17sep03
• Monsanto Urges Brazil Soy Growers to Pay Royalties - Reuters 16sep03
• Sperm Made from Stem Cells: Development in Mice Raises Issues for Human Reproduction -  Washington Post 16sep03
• Spanish Protesters Invade GM Maize Fields - CropChoice/ Reuters 15sep03
• U.S. Organic Farmer Speaks to Campesinos in Cancùn -  CropChoice 13sep03
• Spanish Farmers Invade Fields of GM Maize - Reuters 13sep03
• Indian Farmers Wreck Monsanto Research Station in Bangalore  - AP 12sep03
• Africa: Dr Tewolde Egziabher: US Challenge on GMOs Threatens Africa - Business Day (New Zealand) 12sep03
• "The WTO Kills Farmers": In Memory of Lee Kyung Hae -  Interhemispheric Resource Center 11sep03
• Indian Farmers Target Monsanto: Following the suicide of 70 farmers in last 3 months - BBC News 11sep03
• Frankenfish: Aqua Bounty Receives $1.68 Million NIST Award - Press Release 11sep03
• Japan Wheat Buyers Warn Against Biotech Wheat in US - Reuters 10sep03
• The Genetically Modified Bomb: Imagine a bomb that only kills Caucasians with red hair. Or short people. Or Arabs. Or Chinese - Common Dreams 10sep03
• EU Court Upholds Italy's Ban On Genetically Modified Food - Wall Street Journal 9sep03
• USDA Survey Shows Biotech Rules Breaches -  AP 9sep03
• Brazil Court Overturns GM Soy Ruling - just-food.com 9sep03
• Monsanto's French GM Maize Crop Attacked - Reuters  6sep03
• Vatican Readies Endorsement of GMO Food, Crops  - The Manila Times 5sep03
• Africa: US Genetic Engineering Push at Cancun Threat to Africa's Food Sovereignty - Dr Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher / Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4sep03
• WTO and Agriculture: The Great Trade Robbery - Devinder Sharma at the international debate "Agrarhandel –Stolperstein Fur Die WTO?" 2sep03 
• GM Industry Falling Apart Worldwide - Jeanette Fitzsimons  / New Zealand Herald 31aug03
• Satellite surveillance: Spying Genetically Engineered Crops -  Science News 30aug03
• Adult Clones in Sudden Death Shock: Pig Fatalities Highlight Cloning Dangers -  Nature 27aug03
• Africa: Government Hand's Out Free GM Seeds to Farmers -  The Mercury (South Africa) 27aug03
• Probe into 'Bullying' of GM Panel Scientists -  The Observer (UK) 24aug03
• Percy Schmeiser: A Farmer Prepares for Final Battle Against Monsanto -  Tierramérica 25aug03
• DARPA Bioengineering Program Seeks to Turn Soldiers Into Cyborgs -  Information Clearing House 25aug03
• UK: Blair Forced to Scale Back his Plan to Introduce GM Farming - Independent (UK) 24aug03
• High Stakes in Agro Research: Resisting the Push -  The Economic and Political Weekly (Mumbai, India) v.38, n34, 23aug03
• Australia's Largest Canola Oil Buyer Rejects Genetic Engineering - Network of Concerned Farmers (Australia) 20aug03
• Brazil Soy Ruling Overmatched By Monsanto's Solutia Woes -  Dow Jones News Wires 20aug03
• Promise of GM Foods Not Quite Realized - Guelph Mercury (Canada) 19aug03
• 'Food, Inc.': I Say It's . . . Broccoli? - NY Times 17aug03
• New Zealand: Zespri Worried About Impact of GE on Exports - Bay of Plenty Times (NZ) 15aug03
• Vatican Backing Sparks GM Row: Report Set to Anger Catholics in Developing World - The Guardian 14aug03
• Cloning Yields Human-Rabbit Hybrid Embryo  - Washington Post 14aug03
• Brazil Faces GM Soy Battle Despite Legal Progress - Reuters 13aug03
• China: Inspectors Check GM Foods - Shanghai Daily News 12aug03
• Public Deception - Devinder Sharma / BioSpectrum 11aug03
• Altered Meat, Milk Waiting in the Wings: Even if the FDA gives consent, will the public go for them? - Sacramento Bee (CA) 11aug03
• Iowa Corn: Genetically Modified Mystery  - Des Moines Register (Iowa) 10aug03
• Saskatchewan Government Opposed to GM Wheat  - The Leader-Post (Canada) 8augu03
• Tobacco Millions Awarded to Colleges: Up to $60 Million Will Go for Training Students  - The Charlotte Observer 8aug03
• Performance of Bt Cotton in India: Data From the First Commercial Crop -  Gene Campaign (India) 8aug03
• Vatican Mulls View Change on Modified Foods - United Press International 8aug03
• Biotech Wheat Research Under Way At SDSU -  Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan 7agu03
• Michael Meacher: To know the truth about GM, ask the Canadians - Michael Meacher / The Independent (UK) 6aug03
• New Zealand Government Refuses to Listen to the People's Demand to Grow and Eat No GMOs - Speech by Member of Parliament of New Zealand 6aug03
• Vatican Hails GM Food as a Saviour The Times (London) 4aug03
• GM 'Assistance' for Africa - Amadou Kanoute  / The Nation 4aug03
• World Hunger Needs a Simple Solution Rather Than Hi-Tech GM Food -  The Guardian (UK) 4aug03
• Biotechnology Gains a Political Presence by Political Payments - USA Today 4aug03
• Man and Cow Bridging the Inequality Among Species - Devinder Sharma (India) 3aug03
• Food Producers in China go GM-Free  - ISIS 3aug03
• Percy Schmeiser: Seed Battle Heads to Supreme Court -  BBC 2aug03
• Biotech Trees get Wooden Response from Sierra Club - Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1aug03
• GM Potato = Malnutrition  - ISIS 30jul03
• Kucinich Endorsed by Corn Growers - USAgNet 30jul03
• GM War on Weeds 'Can Kill Small Birds'  - EDP24 (UK) 30jul03
• Bush's Biotech Shock and Awe Campaign: Food Bully - Counter Punch 29jul03
• Birth-Control Research Delves into the Molecule  - LA Times 28jul03
• Japan: RoundUp Ready Soybean Destroyed by Protesters in Japan  - Stop GM Seeds Network Japan 26jul03
• British Scientist was Smeared for anti-GM Stance on Government Panel  - Agence France-Presse 26jul03
• Scientist Tried to Sabotage Work of Top Academic who is a Sceptic -  The Independent (UK) 26jul03
• Top Scientist Was Told His Career Was Over if He Dared to Speak His Mind About GM  - Daily Mail (UK) 25jul03
• Confédération Paysanne resumes its anti-GM actions  - Le Monde 25jul03
• First IVF Baby Turns 25 years old: Her Doc Says  'God is Not in Charge, We Are' - The Times (UK) 24jul03
• Gene Therapy Risks Exposed -  ISIS 24jul03
• Naive, narrow and biased...Carlo Leifert explains why he resigned from the government's GM science review panel - The Guardian  (UK) 24jul03
• Scientists Stress Uncertainties of GM  - The Guardian (UK)  Weekly 24jul03
• Mammoth Undertaking  - The Guardian Weekly (UK) 24jul03
• Gene Flow from Crops Threatens Wild Plants - University of Wisconsin 23jul03
• Pope to Receive Report on Genetically Altered Foods  - Sacramento Bee 23jun03
• Hawai`i Sued for Refusing to Disclose Information on Field Tests of Genetically Engineered Crops - Press Release 23jul03
• China Labeling: GM Foods with an 'ID Card' Debut in Beijing - People's Daily (Beijing) 22jul03
• GM foods - The Art of Public Deception - Devinder Sharma 20jul03
• India's Future Lies In Organic Farming  - The Financial Express (Bombay) 20jul03
• Canola: Contamination in Canada Sounds Warning to UK  - The Guardian (UK) 18jul03
• Biogemma: More GM Fields Are Destroyed In France - Yahoo News 17jul03
• Italian Court Rejects Pioneer Hi-Bred Bid to Save GM Maize - Reuters 17jul03
• Dolly Creators Begin Mass Slaughter  - The Scotsman (Scotland) 15jul03
• ABC Poll: Genetic Resistance Poll: Modified Foods Give Consumers Pause -  ABC News 15jul03
• Italy: Monsanto, Pioneer Urge Italian Farmers to Break the Law - AFX-Focus 13jul03
• Monsanto Sues Dairy in Maine Over Label's Remarks on Hormones  - NY Times 12jul03
• Universities to Share Patented Work on Crops - NY Times 11jul03
• Corn and Biotechnology Special Analysis: Acreage Report - NASS / USDA / Press Release 11jul03
• Pest Resistance Feared as Farmers Flout Rules  - Nature 10jul03
• Food Fight (very detailed report of political contributions) - Capital Eye 9jul03
• rBGH: Monsanto Sues Oakhurst Dairy Over Advertising, Labeling Growth Hormone AP 8jul03
• Schmeiser's Battle for the Seed - Mae-Wan Ho / ISIS 7jul03
• Russians Forced to Eat GM Food -  Pravda (Russia) 4jul03
• Playing God: Eggs from Foetuses, Artificial Wombs, Dead Men's Sperm - The Guardian (UK) 3jul03
• Europe Acts to Require Labeling of Genetically Altered Food  - NY Times 3jul03
• Euro Vote Ends GM Food Ban But Requires Labeling - BBC 2jul03
• Sacramento Food Conference Fails to Unite Farmers on GM Crops  - The Guardian (UK) 2jul03
• Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection: ICSI Kids Have More Malformations  - New Scientist 2jul03
• Europe to Require Labels on Modified Foods - NY Times 2jul03
• China: Food Producers in China Go GM-Free -  Science in Society Summer 2003
• The DNA Era -  GeneWatch magazine 1jul03
• Ignacio Chapela: Berkeley Professor Moves Office to Lawn  - Alameda Times-Star 1jul03

• Ignacio Chapela: Biologist Protests his Lack of Tenure  - AP 27jun03

• From Pomato to Protato: Bending it Unlike Beckham - Devinder Sharma (New Delhi)  27jun03
• Ignacio Chapela: Professor Camps Out in Front of California Hall in Protest -  The Daily Californian 27jun03
  • ¡Muy importante! Open Letter from Ignacio Chapela Regarding His Tenure at the University of California, Berkeley 26jun03
  • Background articles on and by Ignacio Chapela

Selected files from the archive:

• The Three Mile Island of Biotech?  - The Nation 30dec02

• India: Bt Cotton Dashes Hopes of Farmers  - The Hindu 29dec02

• Percy Schmeiser: Agriculture, Biotech Mix Uncomfortably  - Tom Abate / SF Chronicle 23dec02

• Product of Nature Doctrine: Opposing Patents on Genes, Proteins Possible through Product of Nature Doctrine  - UNC News Service  23dec02

• Zambia: GMOs a Health Hazard  - Times of Zambia 6dec02

• Zambia: US Calls Food Aid Refusal by Zambia a Crime Against Humanity - Reuters 5dec02

• Percy Schmeiser takes on Monsanto & Genetic Engineering  - Paul Goettlich /  Socialist Action Dec02

• Bt Cotton in Indonesia has Contaminated Natural Cotton - Jakarta Post (Indonesia) 21nov02

• Doctors want GM Crop Ban - BBC News 20nov02

  • Submission of the British Medical Association to Scottish Parliament On The Impact Of GM Crop Trials 20nov02

• $400 Million Annual Problem: Researchers place Dollar Value on GM Contamination  -  The Western Producer 14nov02

• Africa: Zoellick Letter to House and Senate Reveals USA Trade Designs on Africa - AFRICA FAITH & JUSTICE NETWORK 4nov02

• Text of  Dr. Ignacio Chapela Speaking at  Biotech: Farmers' Rights, and the University-Industrial Partnership  14oct02

• A New Harvest: Farm-aceutical Corn. . . - CBS News 8oct02

• Better Dead than GM Fed: A critique of the FAO-CGIAR trusteeship system - SEEDLING Oct02

• A Different Perspective on GM Food - David Schubert / Nature Biotechnology Oct02

• Percy Schmeiser takes Case to Top Court MURRAY LYONS / The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) 7sep02

  • Percy Schmeiser: Saskatchewan farmer violated patent, court rules  - Globe & Mail 6sep02

  • Percy Schmeiser: Judges toss out Schmeiser Appeal  - The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) 6sep02

  • Percy Schmeiser: Saskatchewan farmer seeks leave to appeal Monsanto ruling to Supreme Court Canadian Press 6sep02

• Bt Cotton Fails Miserably in Maharashtra (India) - AgBioIndia 6sep02

• Africa Unites Against GM to Opt for Self-sufficiency  - ISIS 5sep02

• Food Luddites Let Africa Starve - NGIN 2sep02

• EU Rejects U.S. Plea to Tell Africa Modified Corn Is Safe - Wall Street Journal  23aug02

• Monsanto Scales Down Hopes on GM Foods  -  Financial Times 19aug02

• Karnataka Bans Monsanto's Bt Cotton Seeds  - AgBioIndia 11aug02

• Zimbabwe Ends Altered-Corn Dispute: Mugabe, Relief Agencies Agree to Grain Swap, Freeing Up Tons in Food Aid  - Washington Post 10aug02

• Study: Super Crops Lead to Super Weeds -  Globe and Mail 8aug02

• Zimbabwe Continues to Block Gene-Altered Corn - Washington Post 3aug02

• Animal Biotechnology: Science Based Concerns - National Research Council Aug02

• Dear Africa "Eat GMO Food Or STARVE!" 14 Million Facing Starvation Unless Governments Accept GMO Food Aid  -  Reuters 28jul02

• The Case Against Agricultural Biotechnology: Why Are Transgenic Crops Incompatible With Sustainable Agriculture In The Third World? Miguel A. Altieri 22aug02

• GE genes found in the maize of Oaxaca, Mexico: Dr. Ignacio Chapela Interviewed by Michael Olson - SATURDAY FOOD CHAIN Radio Show 9feb02

Action:

• Nighttime Gardening: A guide for the shy gardener - BAN 2feb00

More:

• Suggested Genetic Engineering Reading List   

• Statement of the Catholic Bishops of South Africa 14nov01  

• Propaganda being fed to young minds - Industry hype being pumped directly into your child's mind at school.  

• US Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology/ Responsible Agencies - Overview (At USDA/APHIS website)

Safe Info for Children:

• For Kids! Tiki's Guide to Genetic Engineering - A more logical precautionary, non-industry view.

Facts:

• Biopharmaceutical Plant Field Trials in the U.S.: 1991 to June 2002
  A Different Perspective on GM Food - David Schubert / Nature Biotechnology Oct02

• Unraveling the DNA Myth  - Barry Commoner / Harper's Magazine Feb02

• Why Biotechnology Will Not Feed the World - Center For Food Safety undated

• GM Crops Have Failed - Lower yields; Bt resistance; More pesticides; Reduced profits - ISIS 15dec01

• Could anyone on earth reasonably conclude that genetically engineered organisms are safe?

• Genetic Modification: an Overview for Non-Scientists New Zealand Royal Commission on Genetic Modification 27jul01

• FAO Says GM Crops NOT Answer to Hunger -  Reuters 11may01

• Genetically Modified Foods: Are They a Risk to Human/Animal Health? -  Arpad Pusztai, Ph.D. Jun01

• The Revolving Door - US Gov. Workers & Univ. Researchers Go Biotech.. . and Back Again. A Question of Ethics

• 'Publish or Perish,' the rule of academia, has become 'Patent and Profit' - Paul Berg, Stanford

• GM crops will "feed the world"  - Myth of Biotech Industry and US Government - GIN 7may01

• Crisis Position  - -Richard Strohman, Ph.D Prof. Emeritus, Dept of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley

• Dream of Utopias  - Ignacio Chapela at Apocalypse Now? workshop UC Berkeley 4-5 May 2001.

• Update on PBS/Frontline Poll - 24745 responded / 66% said we should not grow GM crops 21may01

• Monoculture by Kirk Lumpkin from his book of poetry Co-Hearing, Zygma Multimedia Research, Oakland CA 1983.

• Golden Rice and Vitamin A Deficiency  - Earth Focus Spring 2001  

• Legislation

• Christian Aid International Policy Briefing - Jan00

• Alterations in Clinically Important Phytoestrogens in Genetically Modified, Herbicide-Tolerant Soybeans
                 Lappé & Bailey / Journal of Medicinal Food 1jul99

• 1st Patent on Life: Patent application relating to his invention of a human-made, genetically engineered bacterium capable of breaking down crude oil  - Diamond v. Chakrabarty 16jun80 

Almost Fiction: 

• Genetic Savings & Clone: As Sick as it is....This is NOT a Joke! 

• Monsanto Presents: The Porken - EarthFirst! May/Jun01 

• McDough Announces Giant Merger - GE Plastic Tree News Summer00 

• $ 4 Billion Reward Offered for Conviction of Convert Agents Undermining the Humanitarian Work of Monsanto.

• Fight Hunger, Not Biotechnology -  Corporate Hype by the Washington Legal Foundation