Is Genetic Engineering Liberating Women?
*More Desperate Science from Monsanto & Co. about Bt. Cotton in India Empowering Women

The Invention of GMOs
From 1953 and the decoding of DNA, to 1993 and the invention of Roundup-resistant soya, via the invention of the “gene canon” and the “cauliflower mosaic virus”.
A resume of the essential steps that produced the GMOs now found in our everyday world.

The authorisation for the marketing of GMOs: a process closely managed by Monsanto
How Monsanto “inspired” the regulations for the marketing of GMOs.
How the principle of substantial equivalence came to be accepted despite a raft of proof to the contrary.
How the decision to market GMOs in the US was fiercely contested by FDA scientists.

State Regulatory Agencies and Monsanto’s Management – Playing a Game of Musical Chairs
Monsanto’s strategy of establishing a network of influence inside administrations – illustrated by the case of Michael Taylor

Science Subject to Influence.
Two professors review some of Monsanto’s research provided to the FDA, and find it full of inaccuracies.
“Friends” of Monsanto fill a lot of seats on international and national expert committees dealing with GMOs.

Scientists under pressure, the Pusztai affaire and the poisoned GM potatoes.

“As a scientist looking at it, actively working in the field, I find that it’s very, very unfair to use our fellow citizens as guinea pigs."

These few words about GMOs broadcast on ITV’s World In Action destroyed the career of Arpad Pusztai, a world-renowned biochemist who had worked for 30 years (from 1968 to 1998) at the Rowlett Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Biotech Giant Monsanto Revises Pledge on ’Suicide Seeds’
The threat of so-called ’suicide seeds’ being used in commercial agriculture has become greater following a change of policy by Monsanto, the world’s largest GM seed and chemicals company.

The threat from Monsanto’s Terminator Project: towards the sterilisation of nature
Terminator technology genetically modifies plants to produce seeds that are sterile when harvested. Developed by thel seed/agrochemical industry and the United States government, it prevents farmers from reusing seed so that they are forced to buy new seed each season.

Whistle Blowers and the Affair of the Contamination of Mexican Maize by GM Plants
A scientific study, by D Quist and I Chapela, revealed that the traditional criollo maize of the State of Oaxaca was contaminated with the Round Up Ready and Bt genes.
A counter attack was organised by Monsanto via the pro-GMO internet site, AgBioWorld, to discredit the scientists.

Suicide Seeds – The next stage: The EU’s Transcontainer turns Terminator into a zombie
ETC Group has published a report “Terminator – The Sequel”, an alert about new research on suicide seeds and other GM-related technologies which constitute an unacceptable threat to farmers, to biodiversity and to food sovereignty

Roundup Ready Soya in Argentina
How Monsanto succeeded in imposing RR soya in Argentina
The worrying environmental and health effects of RR soya

New study confirms that GM food damages fertility.
In a new Austrian study that will send shock waves through the corridors of power in the EU, and through the offices of the GM corporations, it has been discovered that GM corn has a damaging effect upon the reproductive system

The unlawful introduction of GMOs in Brazil and Paraguay
How Brazil and Paraguay were forced to legalise GMOs as a result of illegal importation of seed

Friends of the Earth: Key soy facts
Soy production in South America has more than doubled in the last 15 years. About 16% of the Amazon forests and 60% of the Cerrado grasslands have been lost already. After falling deforestation rates in 2007, the 2008 soy price boom fuelled an increase in deforestation, with more than 770,000 hectares of forest cleared between August 2007 and August 2008 alone. It is estimated that a further 9.6 million hectares of Cerrado could be lost to soy expansion by 2020 and 40% of Amazon rainforest by 2050.

Exposed: the great GM crops myth
Major new study shows that modified soya produces 10 per cent less food than its conventional equivalent.
An article by The Independent, UK

Friends of the Earth: "EFSA BACK IN BED WITH GMO INDUSTRY"
The supposedly independent European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has shared a key scientific paper, which gives its opinion on the future of a controversial GM crop in Europe, with producer corporation Monsanto before making it accessible to the public, Friends of the Earth Europe has learned today.

Why did Monsanto’s latest GE foods get a free pass into Canada?
Health Canada has begun permitting genetically engineered (GE, also called genetically modified or GM) foods onto the market without any health safety assessment. Our government has never adequately examined the safety of GE foods and crops but has now dropped the pretence altogether.

GM Flax Contamination from Canada Soars to 28 Countries But Canadian farmers still have no answers
Ottawa - 28 countries, including more European countries as well as Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Thailand, have now been affected by contamination from genetically modified (GM) flax in Canadian exports since contamination was first reported on September 8.

GM climate craze seizes African food
The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) has today released a report exposing the patents and players involved in appropriating key African food crops to produce genetically modified (GM) climate crops. According to the report, biotechnology is being used to identify "climate genes" in African crop plants, which are able to withstand the stresses that are likely to become prevalent as the world’s climate changes. By patenting genes that can withstand stresses like drought, heat and salinity corporations are positioning themselves to turn a fat profit.

Mexico issues first permits to grow GM corn
MEXICO CITY, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Mexico, considered by many to be the cradle of corn, issued permits on Thursday to grow genetically modified corn for the first time in a bid to eventually boost production of the grain.

Bill Gates reveals support for GMO ag
As it has come to dominate the agenda for reshaping African agriculture over the years, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been very careful not to associate itself too closely with patent-protected biotechnology as a panacea for African farmers.

Illegal GM ’Triffid’ seeds found in M&S bread
Illegal genetically modified ’Triffid’ flax seed has been found in bread sold by Marks & Spencer.

Industry avoid the truth about GM segregation problems
As farmers are commencing delivery of their canola, the agricultural industry is avoiding answering genuine questions from non-GM farmers who claim they need answering prior to delivery. According to the Network of Concerned Farmers (NCF), the grain industry is accepting GM contamination but refusing to outline the difficult conditions and consequences for non-GM farmers.

$2 million verdict against Bayer CropScience
Bayer CropScience LP must pay about $2 million for losses sustained by two Missouri farmers when an experimental variety of rice the company was testing cross-bred with their crops, a federal jury ruled.

Bayer Admits GMO Contamination is Out of Control
$2 million US dollar verdict against Bayer confirms company’s liability for an uncontrollable technology

GrainCorp’s GM-free Dunolly receival depot GM contaminated
A GM grower has delivered a shipment of GM canola to GrainCorp’s GM-free silo at Dunolly in Victoria. Monsanto and GrainCorp’s claims that voluntary segregation could protect GM-free growers and shoppers are shown to be false and misleading.

Contaminated Canadian flax barred from Europe
In September 2009, farmers in Canada were shocked to learn that their flax (linseed) exports were contaminated with genetically modified (GM) flax.

GM Crop Expansion Limited in 2009 – ISAAA figures show reduced areas in seven countries
The latest data from the ISAAA on GM crops around the world reveals that seven out of 25 countries had reduced GM cultivation areas in 2009 and another remained static. The data from the industry-funded group reveals that no new countries grew GM crops during this period.

CRIIGEN : Global GMO cultivation 2009 (from ISAAA)
After 14 years of commercialisation, GMOs are approaching 8.9% of world cultivation. These GMOs are distributed in just 4 plants (soya, maize, cotton, canola), and the first two (soya and maize) represent 83% of the total, despite numerous other unused authorizations.

Bt cotton has failed admits Monsanto
New Delhi - The ongoing debate on biotechnology crops in India took a new turn on Friday when American seed firm Monsanto disclosed that cotton pest—pink bollworm—has developed resistance to its much-touted Bt cotton variety in Gujarat.

Genetically Modified Foods Not Good Economically Either?
Are genetically modified foods costing farmers billions of dollars every year? Greenpeace finds that genetically modified soy is.

New Studies Expose Potential Risks of GMO Trees
Red Flags Raised About Potential Negative Impacts of Proposed Large-Scale Release of Genetically Engineered Trees in the U.S.

GM Trees Approved in U.S.
May 12, 2010: USDA Approves ArborGen’s Request to Plant 260,000 Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees Across U.S. South: The USDA’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service issued its decision to approve the mass-release of over a quarter of a million GE eucalyptus trees

E.U. Signals Big Shift on Genetically Modified Crops
BRUSSELS — Madeira is more than 500 kilometers from the African coast and is officially one of the “outermost regions” of the European Union.

Commission plan to ease GM authorization - Greenpeace reaction
Brussels, International — Reuters today published revelations from several European Commission sources confirming its plan to ease the GM authorisation process.

As U.S. Approves GM Soybean, DuPont and Monsanto Gird for Cooking-Oil War
The Agriculture Department will approve for broad use tomorrow a genetically modified soybean engineered to contain healthier oils, the opening salvo in a biotech oil fight between DuPont Co. and its rival, Monsanto Co.

Brussels plan to unblock the GMO dossier
Has the European Commission found the way to unblock the thorny GMO dossier? The Old Continent, strongly opposed to genetically modified crops, only grows 100,000 hectares, compared to 134 million in the rest of the world. And the President of the Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, has never hidden his intention to end this exception.

EU governments wary of GM crop overhaul plans
LUXEMBOURG - France said on Friday it would not support draft proposals to allow European Union governments to grow or ban genetically modified (GM) crops before a complete review of the bloc’s GM approval system.

An odd royalty calculus
Monsanto’s way of calculating royalty on its Bt cotton seeds raises serious questions about how tenable it is

EU votes against compulsory GM food labelling
Campaigners angry at EU’s decision to keep consumers ’in the dark’ over food from animals given genetically modified (GM) feed

Europe Clears Import of New Biotech Corn Varieties
BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Wednesday approved six genetically modified corn varieties for import to the bloc, another sign of its desire to speed decision-making on the controversial technology.

DNA from transgenic plants found in milk and animal tissue
Munich - A recent Testbiotech survey shows that DNA fragments from transgenic plants are increasingly found in animal tissue such as milk, inner organs and muscles.

GM salmon may go on sale in US after public consultation
Food and Drug administration begins 60-day process to approve animal critics call a ’frankenfish’

Is genetically altered fish OK? FDA to decide
WASHINGTON - U.S. health officials are set to rule on whether a faster-growing, genetically engineered fish is safe to eat in a decision that could deliver the first altered animal food to consumers’ dinner plates.