Featured Articles on GMO issues
Bangladeshi farmers abandon GM Bt brinjal
New farmers have been recruited to keep Cornell University’s failed Bt brinjal project on the rails as farmers who previously grew the crop are not interested in repeating the experience, reports Farida Akhter, director of the policy research organization UBINIG
How GMOs are defended by distorting the facts
Steven M. Druker, J.D., public interest attorney and author of Altered Genes, Twisted Truth,[1] exposes the fictions fostered during the discussion with GMO proponent Robert Wager on TVO’s “The Agenda”
Burkina Faso abandons GM Bt cotton
The country’s exit from Bt cotton cultivation may have implications for Africa’s stance on GM crops in general, says a new briefing. Report by Claire Robinson
Monsanto blockade in Malvinas, Argentina enters third year
Protesters have successfully blocked a seed-processing plant in Malvinas, Argentina for over two years. Despite strong national and international support, the fight continues. Report by Ciara Low
First commercialised GM Bt maize was toxic to animals over the long term
New paper published by Prof GE Seralini and farmer whose cows were affected; press conference Tues 26 January
Is the latest study retraction really good news for the GMO lobby?
Pro-GMO lobbyists’ delight over the retraction of a study that reported GM DNA in animal tissues is misplaced – and they are silent over data manipulation and retractions of studies by GMO supporters, writes Claire Robinson
What’s a GMO?
The food writer Nathanael Johnson recently published an article called “It’s virtually impossible to define ‘GMOs’”, while an article in Embo Reports argued that GMO is a “meaningless pseudo-category”. Dr Janet Cotter (pictured above) of Logos Environmental cuts through the confusion and explains what a GMO is – and isn’t