News about biotechnology, genetically-engineered foods (GE) and activist campaigns to control this technology.

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Blair condemns protesters who thwart science

Australia: Legal block on GM food to be axed

San Diego: Over 1,200 Turn Out for Biojustice March and Rally June 24

Britain: Six British anti-GM activists arrested

People, Not Technology, Are the Key to Ending Hunger

Novartis/HLS action in Minneapolis

Activists to Confront Novartis/Syngenta in a Day Of Action against Biotech

Genetically modified wheat becoming a weed

Canada: How Magic Markers Are Messing Up Our Food System

Idaho: Activists destroy thousands of Round-up Ready peas

Scotland: Activists Cast Vote in GM Field

GE Crops Destroyed in the U.K.

Belgium, 3 gene-testfields destroyed

Thanks to Biotech, Crap Will Someday Taste Like Chocolate

June 25 Day Of Action against Novartis and Biotech

Brentwood, CA: Activists Destroy GE Crops at Research Facility

Aventis to Bury Almost 5 Million Pounds of Biotech Rice in Texas Landfill

DownSouth Resistance Against Genetic Engineering

Farmer Liable For Growing Biotech Crops

Corvallis,
OR: Vandals destroy 900 trees in OSU biotech experiment

ELF Call for an International
Day of Action on April 19

The
Great Yellow Hype (GE "Golden Rice")

Genetically-Modified
Foods Get a Roasting

U.
Minnesota GMO conference draws experts, protesters

Critics
of Biotechnology Are Called Imperialists

McDonald's
asks suppliers to stop using GM feeds

Battle
for a GM-free Brazil intensifies

Protesters
Push for GM Labeling

Biotechnology
Food: From the Lab to a Debacle

Gene-Modified
Plants and Animals Could Wipe Out Other Species, Experts Fear

50 Harmful Effects of
Genetically Modified Foods

Tainted
corn broadens biotech backlash

[Christian Science Monitor,
11/14/2000]

Officials
say much of biotech corn crop has been traced [CNN, 10/27/2000]

Japan
consumer group says finds StarLink corn [AP, 10/25/2000]

Farmers
Worried About Modified Corn [AP, 10/24/2000]

2nd
Study Links Gene-Altered Corn, Butterfly Deaths [Washington
Post, 8/22/2000]

Scientists
cautioned about genetically modified food [Earth Times News
Service, 2000]

U.S.
biotech food rules likely to get tighter [Reuters, 8/17/2000]

Concerns
raised over souped-up salmon [AP, 8/22/2000]

Cultivating
the Truth About Organics [San Francisco Chronicle, 8/21/2000]

Canadian
Prime Minister Creamed by ‘Pie Brigade'

Biotech
Giant Novartis Bans GMOs From Own Foods [Yahoo!, 8/3/2000]

Biotech
Research Branches Out [Washington Post, 8/3/2000]

Dusty Desperadoes Raid Monsanto
[Infoshop.org, 8/2/2000]

Biotech
issue sparks debate during Farm Focus presentation [Toledo
Blade, 8/2/2000]

Billions
at stake in genetically modified foods debate [Miami Herald,
7/28/2000]

Genetix Alert Press Office:
Appeal for Funds [Infoshop.org, 7/28/2000]

RAFI Communique on Terminator
Technology [Infoshop.org, 7/28/2000]

MAINE: Activists Destroy 1500-2000
GE Trees at MEAD Corporation Facilities

[Infoshop.org,
7/25/2000]

Vandals
destroy hybrid trees [Bangor News, 7/25/2000]

Research
Crops A Target for Eco-Activists. They damage plants to end bioengineering
[San Francisco Chronicle, 7/24/2000]

French
GM research project sabotaged [Reuters, 6/26/2000]

Brazil
Battles Over Beans [Washington Post, 6/27/2000]

US
farm trade proposal takes aim at EU programs [Reuters, 6/27/2000]

Seeds
of doubt in patent case [The Christian Science Monitor, 6/27/2000]

OREGON: Anarchist Golfing Association
(AGA) Destroys GE Grass! [Infoshop.org, 6/6/2000]

Food
Companies Keep Getting Bigger: Unilever Agrees to Buy Bestfoods
for $20.3 Billion [Washington Post, 6/6/2000]

Greenpeace
ploughs up German GM rapeseed fields [Infoshop.org, 6/2/2000]

Safeway
balks at ban on engineered foods [San Francisco Examiner,
5/10/2000]

Chefs
to help launch "Keep Nature Natural" campaign [EMS, 5/8/2000]

Genes
go to market: U.S. shoppers unfazed by biotech foods [AP,
5/9/2000]

No surprise, as most Americans have no understanding
of how their food gets oin their table

GMOs
may pose new risk to endangered plants, animals [Reuters,
5/4/2000]

COLUMN:
The perils of genetic engineering [The Stanford Daily, 5/4/2000]

Breakfast
of governors - genetically modified [AP, 5/3/2000]

Administration
says GM foods safe, no labels required [Reuters, 5/3/2000]

Stalking
the wild Frankensalmon [Salon.com, 5/5/2000]

Biotech
labeling not needed, FDA rules [The Daily Iowan, 5/4/2000]

Hurry
up and wait: Despite advances, biotech influx still hasn't materialized
[Sac Bee, 5/8/2000]

Stricter
biofood rules seen [CNNfn, 5/3/2000]

Eco-warriors
stunt U.S. biotech tree research [Excite, 3/1/2000]

Herbicide
Resistant "Frankenweeds" Emerge in Canadian Canola Fields
[3/1/2000]

Organizers
accused of tinkering with genetic engineering conference [CBC,
2/28/2000]

Greenpeace
ambushes GM ship [BBC, 2/28/2000]

Don't
misrepresent biotechnology [USA Today, 2/21/2000]

Some
Scientists launch petition to support biotech foods [USA Today,
2/18/2000]

U.S.
wheat growers eye GMO challenges [Reuters, 2/16/2000]

Don't
rush this corn to market [USA Today, 2/21/2000]

Pandora's
Pantry [Mother Jones, January/February 2000]

Germany
suspends approval of GM maize

Deal
Reached on Biotech Foods [AP, 1/29/2000]

Bio-crops
under attack Militants destroy test plots of genetically modified
foods

Countries
reach landmark GMO food agreement

Biotech
food talks reach crucial stage in Montreal

Farm
owners passionately defend crops Brothers confront group as biotech
corn is mowed down

Cornucopia
of Biotech Food Awaits Labeling [LA Times, 1/31/2000]

Environmentalists positive on GM restrictions

Farmers
fight 'genetic pollution'

Global
treaty on high-tech food adopted

New
Restrictions on Biotech Corn [AP, 1/20/2000]

Organic
Trade Association Calls for Moratorium on Using GMOs in Agriculture
{PR Newswire, 1/17/2000]

U.S. renews
debate over biotech foods [USA Today, 1/13/2000]

Mutant
Food [Salon, 1/12/2000]

Corn
Growers Correct in Their Prediction of Fewer Acres Planted To
Genetically Modified Crops

Nighttime Gardeners Raid Federal
Biotechnology Research Facility

The Nature of the Machine

The
Nighttime Gardener - A guide for the shy gardener in North Amerika

Retailers
dropping bio-foods [USA Today, 1/4/2000]

Two
Big Natural Food Stores To Ban Gene-Altered Products [San
Francisco Chronicle, 12/31/1999]

Supermarkets
ban genetically changed food [San Jose Mercury News, 12/31/1999]

Europeans
are turning to organically produced food [AP, 1/1/2000]

Food
Fight Comes to America by JOHN STAUBER [The Nation, 12/27/1999]

The
Politics of Food: as biotech frankenfoods' are stuffed down their
throats, consumers rebel. by MARIA MARGARONIS [The Nation,
12/27/1999]

It's
Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature [Austin Chronicle]

Greenpeace
blocks U.S. corn shipment to Mexico [Reuters, 12/7/1999]

UC-Davis
panel weighs concerns about genetically modified foods [The
California Aggie, 12/8/1999]

Brazil
state goes to war on crops [MSNBC, 12/7/1999]

U.S.
farmers not shunning biotechnology-Farm group [12/8/1999]

Biotech
corn insecticide gets into soil [MSNBC, 12/3/1999]

Consumers
want GMO-free food, but who will pay? [Reuters, 12/6/1999]

"WTO WELCOME COMMITTEE" DESTROYS
FRANKENFRUIT TREES AT SUMMERLAND, B.C. BIOTECH FACILITY

A
Biotech Food Fight [Washington Post, 11/19/1999]

Midwest
farmers lose faith they had in biotech crops [Wall Street
Journal, 11/19/1999]

Canadians
seek biotech food labels [Excite, 11/19/1999]

Can
Corn Be Patented? Mexican Farmers May be Forced Out of the Crop
Invented by Their Ancestors [ABC News, 11/17/1999]

US
poised for a biotech food fight [Christian Science Monitor,
11/17/1999]

Protesters
carry fight to Kellogg's [Detroit News, 11/17/1999]

Monsanto,
Novartis settle corn seed lawsuits

Trials
of modified crops banned on state farms [Australian News Network),
11/17/1999]

RESIST THE CORPORATE
BIOPIRATES!!

The
raging debate over biotech food [ENN Features, 11/14/1999]

Biotech
food labels bad for trade, business-US industry

Activists:
If juice labelled, why not biotech foods

US
hopes science will prevail in GM crop debate [Reuters, 11/15/1999]

GM
Food Must Show Benefits for Consumer -Scientist [Reuters,
11/14/1999]

EU
nervous of specific GMO talks at Seattle [Reuters, 11/14/1999]

Congress
facing food fight over genetic labeling proposal [Nando, 11/14/1999]

Gov't.
lab to set biotech detection methods [UPI, 11/15/1999]

Growing
moves to test modified crops [Sydney Morning Herald, 11/15/1999]

Agricultural
concentration cause for concern [Lincoln Journal Star, 11/19/1999]

Battle
brews over protecting rights to genetically engineered crops
[Kansas City Star, 11/7/1999]

Tempers
flare over altered foods [Toronto Star, 11/6/1999]

Patenting
of Genes: Big Money [LA Times, 11/7/1999]

Trade
envoys squabble over biotech, e-commerce [Reuters, 11/6/1999]

CANADA'S "FRANKENFORESTS" GET
THE AXE FROM GE FOES

Few
Federal Checks Exist on the Growing of Crops Whose Genes Are Altered
[NY Times, 11/3/1999]

Altered
Corn's No Threat to Butterfly, Researchers Say [LA Times,
11/2/1999]

Worry
over GMO food slowly growing in Japan [Reuters, 11/1/1999]

FOE
Challenges Govt To Impose Real Moratorium On GE Crops [IGC,
10/28/1999]

Food
Fight [Time, 9/13/1999]

USDA
Launches New Biotechnology Web site

Grocery
labels contested [Spokane.net, 10/30/1999]

WSU
tightens security for biotech research [Oregon Live, 10/28/1999]

GenetiX Alert: anti-genetic
engineering group smashes windows at W Pioneer site [10/29/1999]

Area
Planted To GM Crops Leaps In 1999 - Monsanto [Reuters, 10/29/1999]

Frankenfood
debate moves into grocery store aisles [CBC, 10/19/1999]

Citizens
Groups Increase Power Worldwide [IGC-Econet, 10/27/1999]

Pirates
are seizing the genome [Guardian, 10/28/1999]

The
brave new world of biotechnology and beyond [Christian Science
Monitor, 10/28/1999]

Plans
Shattered, Monsanto Seeks To Right Itself [International Herald
Tribune, 10/28/1999]

The
Science Terminators [Forbes, 11/1/1999]

Fear
of "Frankenfood' [S.F. Examiner, 10/26/1999]

Crop
Busters Take On Monsanto [Washington Post, 10/26/1999]

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Related links

BAN - Bioengineering Action Network of North America

Biological koyaanisqatsi

Campaign to Ban Genetically Engineered Food

Five Year Freeze

Gene Watch

Genetic engineering: a guide for kids by Tiki the Penguin

Global Action

GM Food: A Guide for the Confused

Down South RAGE (Resistance Against Genetic Engineering)

Monsanto's World Wide Web of Deceit

The Nighttime Gardener - A guide for the shy gardener in North Amerika

Norfolk Genetic Information Network

Scientist statements on the dangers of GM

Industry-run propaganda and PR sites

Life Sciences Knowledge Center - operated by Monsanto

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