Time to think about the real risks to life
The horrific crash that has led to the departure from our lives of staff at Crop and Food, Lincoln, has brought the
reality of tragedy to lives of people in Christchurch. Their loss will also be f... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4122
Hodgson speech to Parliament - Crop & Food staff
The Minister of Research Science and Technology, the Hon Pete Hodgson, moved the Notice of Motion in Parliament on
Tuesday 10 June which conveyed the sympathies and condolences of the House to the fam... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4121
Brazil soy exporters to pay GE royalty
Brazilian soybean exporters are expected to pay royalties starting in 2004 for shipments of Monsanto Co.'s genetically
engineered "Roundup Ready" soybeans, the US-based biotech behemoth's Brazilian su... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4120
GM canola finding nears
The clock is ticking on Bayer's application to commercially release genetically-modified canola.The Office of the Gene
Technology Regulator, the body responsible for assessing the application, has... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4119
Research shows GM & organics co-exist in UK
Over the past four years farm-scale trials at 260 sites across the UK have shown that the protocols attaching to GM
crops are workable and that there had been no instances of organic producers losing ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4118
India's poor to get nutritional boost
Millions of poor Indian children could be eating free, protein enhanced potatoes by the end of the year.Researchers have
taken a gene from the protein-rich Amaranth plant and put it into a protein-p... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4117
GM crops worth $US78m a year in UK
According to a report published in Edinburgh this week, GM technology is safe, compatible with conventional farming and
has the potential to boost the income of UK agriculture by at least GBP 50m. ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4116
Greenpeace campaign against Ingham’s is deceitful
The Greenpeace intention to mount a campaign against Ingham’s because their chickens have been fed soy meal derived from
environmentally friendly GM soy beans is deceitful the Chairman of the Life Sci... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4115
Food Safety Authority stands by Ingham's
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) says Ingham’s is entirely within the law in its labelling practices.The
Authority has issued an update on its key messages regarding Greenpeace’s camp... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4114
European GM projects move to friendlier shores
The Dundee Courier reports the majority of the country's farmers will back the genetic modification of crops, but may
not get the chance as European-based research on the science has withered away.... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4112
Mfe officials followed proper legal procedure
Environment Minister Marian Hobbs and her officials acted reasonably in allowing a national body of experts to decide on
an application for the development of genetically modified cows, the High Court... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4111
Biotech hot topic for US legislators
A new fact sheet and web database released by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology reveals US states continue to
be active in addressing emerging issues raised by agricultural biotechnology. ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4110
US launches conservative genetics panel
Yesterday marked the launch of a new panel on genetics and social policy created by the Bush administration during a
reorganization of the science advisory system that critics say is being transformed... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4109