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Proposal to tighten Welsh GM regs
After farmer Johathon Harrington planted GM fodder maize on
his small farm in the Black Mountains of "GM-Free" Wales,
howls of protest arose, calling his act "ill-informed", "illegal" and
"irresponsible", and claims that Wales had become "infected" with GMOs.
This was even though the seeds he planted are maize varieties
on
the EU's "common list" of approved crops. Wales has responded with a
proposal to tighten its GM regs to the point where cultivation of GM
croups woud, in practice, be prohibited. More†
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76% of US wheat growers support biotech
More than three-quarters of wheat growers
responding to a recent National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG)
survey approved a petition supporting the commercialization of
biotechnology in wheat. The survey was commissioned by NAWG as
a project of the NAWG Foundation to measure and document the level of
support of biotech trait commercialization among wheat growers. More†
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US whisky maker turn to GM maize
One of the largest American-owned
companies in the wine and spirits business says that a
shortage
non-GM maize in the marketplace will force it to use
GM maize for some of its whiskey distilling. More†
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EU clears obsolete Canadian GM rapeseed?
The European Union has opened its borders to GM rapeseed,
clearing the way for a
resumption of oilseed trading with Canada. The
rapeseed -- known as T45 -- is destined for use in food
and animal feed, not for growing in European fields. The EU
authorisation will be valid the next 10 years. However, T45 was
discontinued
from commercial planting after the 2005 season. Only a small stock
remains, in Canada. More†
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EU Ministers approve national bans on GM crops
In a bid for national sovereignty, which strikes a severe blow
against the notion of pan-European sovereignty, environment ministers
from all 27
EU member states have rejected an attempt by the EU Commission
to
force these two countries to lift their bans on Monsanto's Mon810 - the
only GM maize currently approved for cultivation in the EU. More†
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Bt maize doesn't hurt nontarget arthropods
A team of scientists studying the the
potential effects of cultivating transgenic maize hybrids containing a
Cry1F insect-resistant protein on nontarget arthropod abundance over
the course of four years has concluded the insecticidal protein is too
well-targeted to harm other organisms. Analyses of
the individual taxa showed no significant differences in
abundance between Bt and
non-Bt fields. Results of these studies confirm earlier laboratory
testing and support the hypothesis that Cry1F maize does not produce
adverse effects on nontarget arthropods occurring in maize fields.
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Gene-doubled maize performs
University
of Illinois plant geneticist Stephen Moose has developed a
maize plant
with enormous potential for biomass, literally. It yields
maize that
would make good silage, Moose said, due to a greater number of leaves
and larger stalk, which could also make it a good energy crop. More†
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Still searching for Bt resistance - in vain
Cry1Ac-expressing cotton has proven its effectiveness against this
insect since its introduction in North America in 1996. However, the
constant exposure of tobacco budworm to this protein toxin may result
in the development of resistance to it. To estimate the frequency of
alleles that confer resistance to a 1.0 ?g of Bacillus
thuringiensis
Cry1Ac diagnostic concentration in field-collected insects, the second
generation (F2) of 1,001 single-pair families from seven geographical
regions representing 2,202 alleles from natural populations was
screened in 2006 and 2007. More†
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India to wait 8 years for GM rice
In India, field trials of GM drought-tolerant rice are under way, and
Dr,
Charudatta Digambarrao Mayee, chairman, Agricultural Scientists
Recruitment Board (ASRB). More†
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'Riot' Tourism on the Rise
At vagabondish.com, Jesse Cooper reveals the exhilartion a traveler can
experience by taking part in a riot, and recommends "2009's Best
International Hotbeds of Anarchy & Dissent". More†
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Europeans oppose GM cassava for Africa
Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria
(ERA/FoEN) and over 30 other activist groups are condemning approval of
field-tests of a GM cassava christened "Super
Cassava" in
Nigeria. The project seeks to fortify a single 500
gram adult portion of cassava
with essential nutrients, including vitamins A and E, iron and zinc.
Why would European governments oppose such a project? More†
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Rogue's gallery opposes Golden Rice
It
appears that Golden Rice will be released to farmers in the Philippines
by 2012. Already, deaths worldwide from Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) are
near 15.9 million. By 2012, the number of deaths will be millions
greater. Opponents of Golden Rice, like those who oppose GM crops
generally, have complained for at least a decade about the ethics of
feeding GM foods to humans without human testing. Now, they're
complaining about the ethics of feeding GM foods to humans with human
testing. Who are these people, who are willing to sacrifice human lives
for the sake of elusive, contradictory principles? More†
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Bizkit the Sleep Walking GMO
This video purports to show an ear of GM maize engaged in "sleep
walking", or somnambulism. Looks more like a greenpeacer, dressed as
Frankencorn, having a nightmare in which he struggles with his
conscience. More†
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Tune into DNA-Radio
After
creating pictures from the human DNA code and getting an incredible
amount of positive response, the step to convert the data to audio came
into mind at DNA Rainbow quite fast. After some thinking and
lots of tests, they are converting the whole human genome to
audio and streaming them now to
the Internet, 24/7. The idea is quite simple, every base is read and
broadcasted instead converting it to a color. With DNA-Radio
they don't
visualize the chromosome, they sonify it and have now
completed a full
audio-visual DNA representation of human chromosomes. More†
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