Biotechnology

Banning genetically modified (GM) food is just another example of promoters of "incumbent products" seeking to restrict competition argues Calestous Juma in yesterday's Financial Times: Take coffee: in the 1500s Catholic bishops demonised coffee as … [Read more...] about Coffee Banned in 1777, GM Food Banned in 2006

I missed the big news of two days ago, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has issued a preliminary report (which I have not yet read) indicating that the European Union (EU) moratoriums on GM food crops constitute a breach of WTO trade rules. You … [Read more...] about WTO Rejects GM Moratorium

This is the 10th year that GM cotton has been grown in Australia. Interestingly I have seen no mention of this milestone in the popular press or online. GM canola was to be the next GM crop approved for commercial production in Australia but … [Read more...] about 10th Anniversay: GM Cotton in Australia

My 16 year old daughter told me some weeks ago that she had just heard on local FM radio that "the government" was going to fund an independent assessment into the safety of GM food. What she didn't know was that the WA government is going to … [Read more...] about WA Government Swallows Carmen’s Large Hook

BY ROGER KALLA ...NOT ON ENVIRONMENT Man is to step on the Moon again a decade from now in preparation for the huge leap to Mars. This has been seen by some as another reflection of the hubris of the Bush administration seriously out of touch with … [Read more...] about Whitey On The Moon – Again

I remember reading, a couple of years ago, when I was just getting interested in GM food issues, that there had been problems with babies in the Philippines from canned baby food containing GM product. I remember staying up most of one night trying … [Read more...] about Greenpeace Spins More Ugly Tales