Commerce Commission investigates milk
The Commerce Commission is investigating allegations by Fonterra that claims made by A2 Corporation about the dangers of
A1 milk are false and misleading, and that the Corporation's products contain ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4014
Royal Society says monitor commercial GM crops
Long-term monitoring of the environmental impact of genetically modified crops must be introduced if commercial planting
goes ahead in the UK, Britain's leading academic body has said. The Royal S... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4013
$15m Govt investment in biotechnology
Minister of Research Science and Technology Pete Hodgson has announced a new fund to provide at least $15 million
capital for investment in New Zealand's biotechnology sector, and to encourage more pr... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4011
EU remains divided over co-existence
EU sources have been cited as saying that EU farm ministers remained divided over growing genetically modified crops
alongside traditional produce, with Britain and Spain arguing that legislating on t... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4010
Will GM issue cause reprise of Labour/Greens rift?
This time last year a rift opened between Labour and the Greens. It dogged them through the election campaign and docked
votes from both, writes Colin James in the New Zealand Herald on 27 May. Fo... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4009
British Medical Assn to update advice on GM foods
The British Medical Association is to change its advice on the health risks of genetically-modified foods after its Head
of Science and Ethics said she had seen 'no evidence' that it posed a threat. ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4008