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 Stories About: GMOs AND United Kingdom AND United States
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Unsafe at Any Seed? A new consumer revolution could change the way we label food |
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30 Oct 2003 |
The Gist |
| There's a tongue-in-cheek ad campaign going on in New York City right now regarding smoking in public places. The ads feature slogans like, "If they ban smoking in airports, people will never fly again," and "If they ban smoking in bathrooms, people will never gossip again." I thought of this campaign when I stumbled across a Reuters article on Tuesday describing opposition to a new l ... |
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| Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, GMOs, green living, politics, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics) |
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Seeds of Destruction GM Crops Harm Neighboring Flora and Fauna, British Test Results Indicate |
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04 Aug 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Seeds of Destruction GM Crops Harm Neighboring Flora and Fauna, British Test Results Indicate Genetically modified crops can cause more damage to nearby plants and animals than conventional strains of the same crops, according to preliminary results from British government farm trials. The three crops studied -- GM sugar beet, maize, and oilseed rape -- destroyed more insects and weeds than their non-GM counterparts. Th ... |
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| Topics: GMOs, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics) |
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