Genetic Engineering
Jan-Jun 2002

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Mindfully.org note: We consider all genetic engineering—plant, animal, or pharmaceutical—unsafe. Humans are not capable of understanding the complexity of life at any meaningful level. Corporate genetic engineering is less than sophomoric--much like reaching into a giant high-voltage electrical junction box while blind folded and standing barefoot in a puddle of salt water.          While the rest of the world destroys GMO crops in the fields, they cry out to the US to join them.          But US citizens are kept in the dark by corporately-owned media which scrubs all news of relevant details.          It was suggested to one over-worked environmentalist that she should "really, just get a good hobby and forget about all this trouble, and that it's no good for ones health to think about such awful news constantly."          So..... here's a suggestion for a great hobby to take your mind off of this troubled world. Let's all do some nighttime gardening, and put on a happy face. It's high time we did just that, don't you think. So be creative, and have fun at the same time.  :-)

• Will GMOs Feed the World?    Paul Goettlich / Mindfully.org Rev.4mar02

• Africa: Traditional Knowledge: Recognition and Protection - DR. MWANANYANDA MBIKUSITA LEWANIKA 30jul01

• 2003 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY/STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENT (Limited Use License)

• More on Monsanto and its Products

• Gene-Altered Canola Pollen Can Spread to Other Fields -  Wall Street Journal 28jun02

• AstraZeneca funds twin registry in exchange for Information - AP 26jun02

• GM Crops Use More Pesticides Than Their Conventional "Cousins" - Weeds fight back - BBC Newsnight Transcript 25ju02

• Genentech Faces $500 Million Charge After $200 Million Punitive-Damage Award  - Wall Street Journal 24jun02

• Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture Book Review - Steve Heilig / SF Chronicle 23jun02

• Whitehall admits GM foe [Pusztai] was 'martyred'  - The Guardian (UK) 22jun02

• Eating in the Dark: America's Experiment With Genetically Engineered Food - Kathleen Hart / Reviewed in Washington Post 16jun02

• Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore accused of treason -  AP 15jun02

• The Great Mexican Maize Scandal -  New Scientist 15jun02

• US GM firms the only winners at World Food Summit  - The Guardian 14jun02

• China Confirms of Fears: New findings on Bt cotton - Devander Sharma / Deccan Herald 14jun02

• Farmers Should be Able to Save GE Seed: Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee Report - Manitoba Co-Operator 13jun02

• Summary of Genetically Engineered Food Legislation by US Representative Dennis J Kucinich, D-OH 11jun02

• Jury Rules Against Genentech In Research-Royalties Lawsuit - Wall Street Journal 11jun02

• GMO Debate on BBC Radio 4 Food Programme - 9jun02

• Controversial BBC Genetic Engineering Drama "Fields Of Gold" Triggers New Debate over Safety -  Sunday Herald (UK) 9jun02

• Science journal Nature accused over GM article -  The Guardian (UK) 8jun02

• Mexican Scientist Tells BBC Newsnight He Was Threatened Not to Tell Truth - BBC 7jun02

• BBC Drama taps into GM debate  - BBC 7jun02

• Genetic Threats Blowin' in the Wind: Scientists Warn GMOs are Escaping and Going Rogues -  National Post (UK) 7jun02

• StarLink Issue into Fore Again - Daily Star (Bangladesh)  4jun02

• Bt Cotton Damaging the Environment of China - Xinhau News Agency 3jun02

• Ignacio Chapela: Food Fight: Caught in the Maize at Berkeley -  California Monthly 1jun02

• Biopharmaceutical Plant Field Trials in the U.S.: 1991 to June 2002

• American Chemical Society Discusses Arpad Pusztai - Vortex Jun02

• Liabilities and Economics of Transgenic Crops - Nature Biotechnology Jun02

• Chapela & Quist: Kernels of Truth -  East Bay Express 29may02

• TKDL - Digital Library: Another Tool for Biopiracy Devinder Sharma 29may02

• UK Biotech Minister Made GM Millions: Lord Sainsbury's shares worth £42.6m (~US$62 million) 26may02

• As Congress Stalls, States Pursue Cloning Debate -  NY Times 26may02

• And yet it moves - I.H. Chapela / Letters /The Guardian 24may02 

• Percy Schmeiser: Monsanto lying about 98% of his crop being genetically modified - PERCY SCHMEISER / CropChoice 24may02

• Naked Chickens -  Reuters 22may02

• Wild Rice: Minnesota Indians Faulting Wild Rice Genetic Research at University of Minnesota - AP 21may02

• Co-Existence of GM Crops With Conventional and Organic Crops - European Commission, Joint Research Centre May02

• Blair condemns protesters who thwart science -  The Times (UK) 20may02

• GM grass to put club golfers on par with the best MARK HENDERSON / The Times (UK) 20may02

• Genentech, Cell Genesys report some progress in suppressing cancer  -  SF Chronicle 20may02 (Contains statistic on biotech industry)

• The fake persuaders: Corporations are inventing people to rubbish their opponents on the internet - George Monbiot / The Guardian 14may02

• Biopiracy by another name TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE Devinder Sharma / NGIN 9may02

• Fish Flesh Doubler - Food scientist finds way to double the fillet - SF Chronicle 8may02

• Railroad to Pay $2.2 Million in DNA Test Case: Illegally Testing Workers for Genetic Defects  - Reuters 8may02

• US Armed Forces Push for Offensive Biological Weapons Development - Sunshine Project News Release 8may02

• Human Cloning -  Testimony of Stuart A. Newman, Ph.D. -  U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions 5may02

• Scientists' deaths are under the microscope -  Globe and Mail 4may02

• Plant-Based Materials Replace Oil-Based Plastics, Polyesters  - Washington Post 3may02

• Bull Clone Stumps Brazil Scientists Expecting Cow - Reuters 1may02

• UK Co-Op Bank Bans GMO Investment - Reuters 1may02

• Co-Existence of Genetically Modified, Conventional and Organic Crops in European  - European Union, JRC/IPTS May02

• Monsanto: Up to its Dirty Tricks Again - The Ecologist May02

• Percy Schmeiser Ordered to Pay Court Costs in Monsanto Case  -  Leader-Post (Canada) 30apr02

• Bt Corn Causing Breeding Problems in Sows - Pseudopregnancies puzzle swine producer  -  Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman 29apr02

• Biotech Bias on the Editorial and Opinion Pages of Major United States Newspapers and News Magazines - Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy 29apr02

• Frankenfish spawn controversy Debate over genetically altered salmon -  SF Chronicle 29apr02

• Gene Defects in ALL Animal Clones -  Sunday Times (UK) 28apr02

• GM Safety Tests Flawed - BBC 27apr02

• Biotech human breast milk growing but not bottled -  Nature 26apr02

• Calf Cloned from Piece of Meat -  AP 26apr02

• Crisis in Postgenomic Nomenclature - Science  26apr02

• Rules, Regulations of Global Economy Are Increasingly Being Set in Brussels - Wall Street Journal 23apr02

• Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution -  Francis Fukuyama / Reviewed in SF Chronicle 21apr02

• Bt Cotton Belies Promises: Research -  The Financial Express 20apr02

• 'Worst ever' GM Crop Invasion -  The Hague Daily Telegraph 19apr02

• Mexico's vital gene reservoir polluted by modified maize -  Guardian (UK) 19apr02

• Indian Farmers Declare WAR Against GM Cotton  - KRRS / Dharwar, Karnataka 17apr02

• Brazil: Sow Resistant - Guardian (UK) 17apr02

• Anti-GM scientists are facing widespread assaults on their credibility -  The Big Issue 15apr02

• Monsanto to USDA: Pretty Please, Don't Make Us Follow the Regulations - Wall Street Journal 15apr02

• Even the Mice Won't Eat - DEVINDER SHARMA / Down to Earth 15apr02

• Genes Don't Give Humans Edge Over Their Primate Relatives -  Wall Street Journal 12apr02

• Brazilian Study Points to Average Loss of 9 bags per Hectare - Correio do Povo (Brazil) 11apr02

• UC Berkeley Department Torn Over Corn Research -  Daily Californian 9apr02

• The Five Gene Giants are Becoming Four: DuPont and Monsanto - "Living in Sinergy"? - Etc Group 9apr02

• Cloning pregnancy claim prompts outrage -  New Scientist 5apr02

• Experts Say They Have Key to Rice Genes - NY Times 5apr02

• Biotech Wins by Giving Consumer No Choice: Biotech Must Cater to Consumers, says expert - The Western Producer 4apr02

• Whole Foods Shareholders Encourage Labeling GE and non-GE Ingredients - News Release 4apr02

• Biotech Winning by Giving No Choice to Consumers - Western Producer (Canada) 4apr02

• Angel of Death: Clare Short is backing a plan which will impoverish 20 million people in India. Why? George Monbiot / Guardian 2apr02

• Beyond Genetic Determinism: Toward a New Paradigm for Life - Richard Strohman, PhD / Pressing Times Spring02

• Monsanto Contra los Agricultores: entrevista con Percy Schmeiser Revista - WORLD WATCH Apr02 

• Bt Cotton a New Trap for Small Farmers - Times of India 28mar02

• BT Cotton Burnt on Holi eve by Farmers  -  ECO-India 28mar02

• Farmers planting more biotech crops this year despite international resistance -  AP 28mar02

• India's GM Decision Shows Neglect of People's Movements - Inter Press Service - Asia Times 28mar02

• Jakarta - Bt Cotton a Total Failure Press Release 27mar02

• India - Deliberate Inaction and Connivance of Government Machinery with Transnationals Creates Constitutional Crisis - ECO-India 26mar02

• Should we drink cloned milk? FDA will decide -  AP 25mar02

• Do Gene Patents Wrap Research in Red Tape? -  SF Chronicle 25mar02

• GM ALERT from the Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security - 25mar02

• GM Crops Bound to 'Escape', says EU  - The Independent (UK) 24mar02

  • The Significance of Gene Flow Through Pollen Transfer  - (abstract and intro. w/link to full report ) European Environment Agency (EEA) Mar02

• India: Three Farmers Commit Suicide by Pesticide - The Hindu (India) 23mar02

• Seeds of Destruction: Genetic Contamination Raises Stakes on GMOs  - In These Times 1apr02

• Conflict of Interest -  Lidové Noviny (independent) Prague, Czech Republic 26jan02 (Translated by World Press Review Apr02)

• Are We Being Genetically Modified? Schmeiser/Monsanto case shows extent of GM foods threat  - CCPA Monitor Apr02

• Local Hero Voluntarily Labels GMO Ingredients - Press Release 23mar02

• Du Pont Decides Not to Sell GMO Wheat: Not Enough Profit - Farmers Weekly (UK) 22mar02

• UK Funds Scheme to Throw 20 Million Indian Farmers Off Their Land - Press Release 18mar02

• Mexican Maize Pollution by GMOs  - Three Articles from NGIN 14mar02

• Farmers told GM crops are 'Too Dangerous to Insure': As Risky as War and Nuclear Accidents - The Herald (UK) 10mar02

• $9 Million StarLink Settlement Judge Will Approve a Settlement On Use of StarLink Corn Products - Wall Street Journal 7mar02

• At least 26 Vermont towns pass Resolutions Against Genetic Engineering  - Cropchoice 5mar02

• The Seeds of Discord - Zac Goldsmith / The Telegraph (UK) 2mar02

• Fixing on the Farm - The Ecologist Mar02

• Are there any normal cloned mammals? - Nature Medicine v.8, n.3, Mar02

• Subsidized U.S. Imports Bury Family Farms -  New York Times 26feb02

• Nighttime Gardeners Visit Plant Sciences Inc., Manteca CA  -  ALF Communique 25feb02

• Federal Reviews of Bioengineered Crops Are Deemed 'Superficial' -  Wall Street Journal 21feb02

• President's Council on Bioethics (PCB) Faces Harsh Criticism  -  The Scientist v.16, n.4 18feb02

• Novartis Revisited. Pro: Bob Buchanan / Con: Dr. Ignacio Chapela -  California Monthly v.112, n.4, Feb02

• India plans new legislation to prevent sex selection -  British Medical Journal 16feb02

• Chinese Rules Threaten Lucrative Canola Exports -  Globe and Mail (Canada) 12feb02

• Monsanto's biotechnology efforts Focus on Developing Countries -  St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12feb02

• Plants Inherit Traits from More than Gene Sequence Alone Washington University (St. Louis) press release 11feb02

• China's Import Ruling a Blow [To Canola] Michelle Lang / Leader-Post (Regina) 11feb02

• Cloned animals meet early deaths -  New Scientist 10feb02

• GE genes found in the maize of Oaxaca, Mexico: Dr. Ignacio Chapela Interviewed by Michael Olson - SATURDAY FOOD CHAIN Radio Show 9feb02

• Educating for a Clean and Green Future: Australian and World Farming Systems in the next Decade - Dr. Roger Packham

• Kraft Foods targeted by Genetically Engineered Food Alert -  Reuters 7feb02

• Pope Warns Scientists: "not all that is technically feasible is morally right" -  Deutsche Presse-Agentur 5feb02

• Peasant Movement of the Philippines Tells Mayor, "Stop turning people into guinea pigs" - Press Release 4feb02

• Market Pressure: Busting BGH and Biotech - OCA / BioDemocracy News Feb/Mar02

• Royal Society (UK) Policy Document Genetically modified plants for food use and human health - Feb02

• Unraveling the DNA Myth The spurious foundation of genetic engineering  - Barry Commoner / Harper's Magazine Feb02

• Sterile Harvest: New Crop of Terminator Patents Threatens Food Sovereignty - ETC Group 31jan02

• New Threat to Indigenous People - Rachel's Environment & Health News 31jan02

• Import of GM Crops Banned in Thailand  -  The Nation 31jan02

• The Silenced Targets: Who decides what is good for humankind? Dr. Gregor Wolbring / ISIS 30jan02

• Fairfield, Maine Biotech Park Sabotaged  - Frontline Information Service - Communique 29jan02

• USAID Helps Afghan Farmers Rebuild Through Donations of Genetically Modified Seed - The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology 28jan02

• Tales of Scandalous IPOs and Corporate Hype - SF Chronicle 28jan02

• Best in Breed: has nothing to do with biotech -  Globe and Mail (Toronto) 26jan02

• Abnormal Structure May Have Caused Death of China's First Cloned Calf - CERNET (China) 25jan02

• GM Pigs are both Meat and Veg?  - New Scientist 25jan02

• Pig with Spinach Gene Created at Kinki University  - Ananova 24jan02

• Italy Says Will Not Tolerate GM Seed Contamination Reuters 24jan02

• Gene Therapy Virus Linked to Genetic Changes -  Health Scout News 21jan02

• 'Pharming' Might be Possible, But do we Really Want to Go There?  - The Independent (UK) 19jan02

• UK Government Admits that GM Crop Separation Distances are Inadequate - Friends of the Earth 18jan02

• News from Croatia  - Translated by Green Action from the Croatian press 18jan02 

• New Report Challenges Fundamentals of Genetic Engineering; Questions Safety of GMO Foods - US Newswire 15jan02

• Mass-Produce Cloned Chickens on Your Table Soon -  AP 14jan02

• 13 Firms Own 80% of GM Crop Patents  - The Times of India 14jan02

• José Bové: A French farmer who dismantled a McDonald’s -  Outside 12jan01

• Monsanto Sued by Canadian Organic Farmers -  Reuters 11jan02

• Cause of sick clones contested: Tentative diagnosis of clones' complaints -  Nature News Service 11jan02

• Fire Destroys research lab at UC Santa Cruz  - The Alarm! Newspaper 11jan02

• Top U.S. Cotton Merchant Complains about GM Cotton Quality  - Reuters 10jan02

• Reuters survey: US bio-corn plantings 2002  - Reuters 9jan02

• EPA, NIH, and FDA Presently Have No Means to Test GMOs for Allergenicity - Chemical & Engineering News 7jan02

• Cloned Sheep Dolly Develops Arthritis - Reuters 4jan02

• Cancer-proof mice age prematurely  -  Nature 3jan02

• Can Science Give Us The Tools For Recognizing Possible Health Risks Of GM Foods - ARPAD PUSZTAI / Nutrition and Health, 2002, Vol. 16, pp. 73-84 1jan02

• Bt toxin is Released in Root Exudates from 12 Transgenic Corn Hybrids - Soil Biology & Biochemistry v.34, i.1 Jan02

• M. D. Nanjundaswamy Interview -  Twin Cities Public Television (undated 2002)