Getting real on GM
In an editorial today the Timaru Herald says the latest genetically modified crop contamination case is a reality check
for the general public, and one politicians and Ministry of Agriculture and Fore... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4265
Increasing public support for stem cell research
Public support for stem cell use - both embryonic and adult - has risen in Australia in the past year but support for
human cloning remains very low, according to a recent Biotechnology Australia surv... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4263
Minister welcomes High Court outcome
Environment Minister Marian Hobbs has welcomed today’s decision by the High Court that her decision not to “call-in” an
AgResearch application to develop transgenic cattle was not unreasonable. Th... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4262
AgResearch welcomes High Court decision
AgResearch has welcomed the decision by the High Court of New Zealand to reject action taken by Mothers Against Genetic
Engineering (MAdGE) for a judicial review of the action of the Minister of the E... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4261
Greens should get a grip on reality
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today recommended that Biosecurity Minister Jim Sutton take a
minute to encourage the Green Party and Sustainability Council to get a grip on rea... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4260
New GM alert no reason to prolong moratorium – PM
The discovery that genetically modified sweetcorn was grown near Gisborne does not mean a moratorium on commercial GM
release should be extended, says Prime Minister Helen Clark. But GM opponents ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4254
MaDGE disappointed at High Court decision over GE
An anti-GE lobby group today said the law remained inadequate in protecting New Zealand's environmental and economic
interests. A judge has rejected a claim by Mothers against Genetic Engineering ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4253
Hobbs rejects GE law change
Environment Minister Marian Hobbs has rejected calls for a change to contradictory laws that forbid genetically
engineered crops from being grown in New Zealand - but allow some of them to be sold and... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4252
Sweet corn industry would fail under an import ban
The New Zealand sweet corn industry would not be able to sustain its own breeding programme, an industry spokesman said
amidst controversy over the discovery of genetically engineered (GE) material in... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4251