Open Directory - Society: Issues: Science and Technology: Biotechnology: Genetics: Genetically Modified Food
See also: This category in other languages: - Sponsored by scientists in favor of crop biotechnology. Members include Nobel Prize winners Norman Bourlaug and James Watson. - Personal pages give an overview of the extent of genetic engineering in plants and animals as well what some of the hazards might be. - Encourages fact-based discussion about developments in plant biotechnology. - Questions and answers, articles, and a debate between a biotech company and Greenpeace, plus links to pro and con sites. - An environmental and public health organization which has initiated landmark legal actions against the FDA and EPA to preserve the integrity of the food supply. - The project deals with the co-existence and traceability in the GM and non-GM supply chains. Co-Extra is a 4-years Integrated Project funded by the European Commission. News, events and information about the project. - Article attacking genetic engineering, with references, by E. Ann Clark. - Presentation of the genetically modified food debate in India. - A virtual book about applications of genetic engineering in agriculture,and about the movement trying to discredit it. - Health and environmental problems with genetically engineered crops and foods explained in a summarized form. Authored by a global scientist network for independent interdisciplinary evaluation of the safety and value of new technologies. - Information on the spread of genetic modification in the food supply as well as the politics and legal issues. Searchable index by subject and date. - Archive of news articles about GM foods, from 1998 to the present. Also includes editorials about the risks, lack of safety testing, and proponents of the products. - Overview of genetically modified foods, crops, organisms. Pros and cons of genetic modification. - Outlines scientific and consumer concerns about genetically engineered and modified foods. Safety, food patents, Monsanto's role and media coverage are addressed. - Mission is to create environmentally and economically sustainable rural communities through sound agriculture and trade policy. Includes ongoing campaigns to fight genetically engineered foods. - Corporate information about Monsanto, a major producer of GM seeds, as well as educational material, news and a long list of links. - VegSource.com paper argues that biotech has no benefits for starving people in the developing world. - UK and international news; articles; quotations by scientists. - Supports the ethical development and stewardship of the genetic resources of agricultural seed. - Headlines on genetically modified food, agricultural biotechnology and transgenic animals, intended for the public, media, and policymakers. - "There is an awful lot unknown about hazards of new [GM food] crops and until it is fully tested we should not be subjecting people to risks, least of all young children." - A page on GM food at the website of the Social Issues Research Centre. - Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development (NFSD): "food security in the developing countries must not come to depend on surpluses from the industrialised countries or, worse, food aid..." [Novartis is a biotechnology company] - Article in Afrol News on the possible effects of the terminator gene on southern African agriculture. (June 21, 2001)
