April 2001
headlines and summaries

(For archives, see bottom)

April 30

GM pollution now pervasive: agency -- The Age (Australia)

As new planting season begins, farmers aren't shunning biotechnology -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Growers warned about declaring GE status -- statpub.com

Splitting the gene -- Bangkok Post

Polish farmers don't want transgenic corn -- Cropchoice News

No more market for GM sugarbeets -- Cropchoice News

Monsanto shelves biotech potatoes -- CBC

 April 29

Wheat farmers see biotech as friend and foe -- Reuters

April 27

Jury still out on genetically modified corn -- Reuters

German state finds GM material in maize seed -- Reuters

The biotech debate: The monarch butterfly -- BBC

Biotechs target activists -- Guardian (UK)

Green group urges EU ban on Aventis gene corn -- Reuters

Monsanto recalls canola seed -- Cropchoice opinion

StarLink corn is export headache worldwide - US -- Reuters

April 26

Concern in Canada over biotech wheat -- Financial Times

April 25

Monsanto replacing GM canola seed in Canada -- Reuters

A glowing achievement, or a can of worms? / Proposed field test of gene-altered corn pest debated -- Washington Post

Hershey Foods responds to stockholders on genetically engineered food -- Knight Ridder / Tribune

Genetics altering the way we eat / Long-term effects worry critics -- News Press (Florida)

Rule shift could aid StarLink / EPA weighs allowing human food to contain traces of biotech corn; the policy now calls for zero tolerance -- Des Moines Register

April 24

Trace levels of biotech grain inevitable, company says -- AP

Small corn companies enroll in USDA buyback - WSJ -- Reuters

TV preview: Food fight / PBS tackles issue of modified crops -- Washington Post

Biotech corn found in variety of foods / FDA testing for possible allergic reactions -- Washington Post

World demand too great to ignore GM food, scientists say -- Scotsman

Shareholders push Hershey to report on genetically engineered ingredients -- Press release

Top limit sought for StarLink corn -- New York Times

Curbs on genetically altered crops sought -- Boston Globe

Monsanto working on GM grain channeling -- Reuters

StarLink stays with us -- Cropchoice News

Engineering our future -- News 24 (South Africa) commentary

Exposure to biotech corn lower than once thought, EPA says -- AP

April 23

Japan adamantly against biotech wheat - US report -- Reuters

Seeds contain biotech contamination -- AP

Brazil court battle for GM soy -- BBC

Biotech crops feeding debate -- Toronto Star

Concern over Sri Lanka GM ban -- BBC

Big vote for organic food / 75 percent would rather pay extra than buy GM products, survey says -- Montreal Gazette

Transgenic segregation easier said than done -- Cropchoice opinion

StarLink spied in seeds -- CBS News

April 22

Comment: Biotechnology weathers storm -- Modesto Bee

April 20

US wheat groups work to calm Japanese fear of biotech wheat -- BridgeNews

Japan: Consumer groups demand ban on StarLink -- just-food.com

Thailand: Consumers confused in row over GMO food products -- Inter Press Service

Sri Lanka: Importers unhappy with ban on GE food, but environmentalists overjoyed -- Inter Press Service

Genetic trespass threatens integrity of organic industry -- Canadian Health Food Association press release

Midwestern farmers may be overplanting Bt corn -- Cropchoice News

April 19

Chefs cook up cuisine of gloom -- USA Today column by Greg Critser

French activist urges Canadians to ruin GM crops -- Reuters

World Health Organization examines biotech allergies -- just-food.com

Japan to start mandatory checks for GM feed -- Reuters

Geneticist proposes 'third way' on GM crops -- Guardian (UK)

Biotech alert out for corn / Planting precautions urged for farmers -- Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Texas)

April 18

Concerns arise about safety of GM foods -- Economic Times

U.S. grain system can't handle biotech -- Boston Globe

Harvest of hope or fear? / Campaigners, farmers and experts meet in Norwich today to debate whether GM foods can really feed the world. Ingo Potrykus, the scientist behind 'humanitarian' rice, says yes. Koy Thomson of ActionAid puts an opposing view -- Guardian

Yves Veggie Cuisine recalls GM-contaminated Veggie Bacon -- press release

April 17

Thai to make GM food labeling mandatory -- Mumbai

Japan stays glued to fence on GMO 'traceability' issue -- Japan Times

Indonesia: Farmers protest against transgenic cotton cultivation -- Indonesian Observer

Pollination from tainted corn / Pollution costs organic farmers revenue -- Des Moines Register

April 16

There's a fly gene in my soup -- Wired News

Hope seen in tobacco that heals -- Washington Post

Consumers, awareness groups question safety of genetically engineered foods -- Daily Bruin (UCLA)

Cheese gene study may aid taste, health -- UPI

Aventis wants minimum tolerance levels for StarLink -- Cropchoice

April 15

Fury at pro-GM school magazines -- Sunday Herald (Scotland)

April 14

Lanka bans genetically modified food imports -- Times of India

April 13

Scientists investigate 'contamination'  of oilseed rape crops by GM material -- Independent (UK)

Consumers in the dark on GM / Call for labeling, product guarantees -- Bangkok Post

Italy grain - Tighter GMO controls on seed, feed -- Reuters

Oilseed rape crop is contaminated -- Times of London

Sri Lanka strict action against violators of GM food law -- Xinhua

April 12

Maryland bans genetically modified fish -- AP

Monsanto seeds pass lab check -- AP

Third GE raid takes 88 tons of seed -- New Zealand Herald

UK farm ministry finds gene-modified rape seed -- Reuters

Editorial: Biotech canola / A savvy farmer, but an unfair verdict -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

Envirologix licenses key Monsanto technologies -- Press release

April 11

EU plans tight biotech food controls / Labeling rules carry risk of trade dispute with U.S. -- Washington Post

Tests on edible measles vaccine -- Herald Sun (Australia)

New perspectives: weighing the GE food debate -- Environmental News Network opinion by Jim Wyerman

Safe-food issue put on the table / Labels for genetically modified products debated as committee hearings wrap up -- Montreal Gazette

April 10

No wall high enough: Nature's Path has raised the bar with its third-party certificate organic breakfast cereals as concerns rise with GMO 'genetic drift' contamination -- press release

Italy police seize more soy seed from Monsanto -- Reuters

April 9

'GM crops are no better than conventional ones' -- Times of India

Splicing the sting out of bugs / Health: Genetic altering of insects and bacteria could prevent them from transmitting diseases such as malaria. But ultimate effects are unpredictable -- Los Angeles Times

Food fight a recipe for confusion -- Edmonton Journal

Italian government split over biotech before poll -- Reuters

Feature: Harvest of Fear / Frontline and Nova investigate the growing controversy over genetically modified foods -- Press release

MPs demand truth about why £3m was spent on GM fish -- Independent (UK)

Japan turns to other sources for corn -- Cropchoice News

Canada seeks ways to identify, trace GM crops -- Reuters

Genetically modified corn, soybeans offer little advantage to Indiana farmers, say Purdue University -- AScribe News

Philippines president urged to reconsider anti-GMO stance -- just-sites.com

April 8

Biotech bears fruit for farmers, not consumers / Agriculture: Deterred by public resistance to genetically engineered foods, firms are concentrating on staple crops that make money -- Los Angeles Times

Genetically modified wheat coming, but will we eat it? -- Calgary Herald

Blown profits / Genetic drift affects more than biology - US farmers stand to lose millions -- Boston Globe

Thailand institutes ban for genetically engineered crops -- Earth Times News Service

Case between farmer, Monsanto raises the question: Who needs lawyers? -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rice institute won't conduct GMO tests without government OK -- Philippine Daily Inquirer

April 7

GM crop breach blasted -- The Age (Australia)

GE carrots could clobber possums -- New Zealand Herald

April 6

FDA proposes biotechnology rules and GMO labeling / GNC offers non-GMO labeled soy products in 4,500+ stores -- General Nutrition Centers press release

Report highlights extent of GM breaches -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Canada to sign international biosafety protocol -- Environment News Service

India firms embrace biotechnology -- BBC

A third of French maize to be guaranteed GM-free -- Reuters

Mississippi farmer fights for the right to save seed -- Cropchoice News

U.S. deplores attack on Monsanto in Italy -- Reuters

Organic firm fears GM crop trials -- Coventry Evening Telegraph (UK)

April 5

Laboratory tests belie promises of some 'GMO-free' food labels / StarLink  began turning up in 10 percent of corn at processors -- Wall Street Journal

Americans wary of cloning, unaware of genomics -- Reuters

Greenpeace urges strict organic policy -- Bangkok Post

GM presence in seeds inevitable, EU groups says -- Reuters

British Columbia proposes mandatory GM food labels -- Reuters

Genetically modified food: Unsafe until further notice -- New York Times Syndicate commentary by Martha R. Herbert

April 4

Global green groups urge Bush to halt bio-corn exports -- Reuters

Government backs away from GM protocol -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Government unveils 28 new sites for GM crop tests -- Independent (UK)

Dangerous GM corn feared exported by U.S. -- Agence France Presse

Genetically modified wheat needs consumer acceptance, board warns -- Canadian Press

Debate steams over GM golden rice -- Environmental News Network

Activists protest GMO -- Boulder News

Monsanto vs. Percy Schmeiser: No corporate liability for unsafe sex and bioserfdom -- Rural Advancement Foundation International

April 3

Cost worries block accord on GM food traceability -- Reuters

GE-free push grows -- The Mercury (Australia)

News brief: GM tide turns -- Times of London

Arsonists hit Monsanto Italy grain store -- Reuters

Monsanto seed depot set on fire -- AP

Wheat board wants modified seed blocked -- National Post

Tinkering with tomorrow / China races to lead the world in genetic research, while most of its citizens are detached from technology -- San Francisco Chronicle

Column: Genetic engineering of food -- Tufts Daily

Editorial: Genetic advances in food may help feed world -- Collegiate Times, Virginia Tech

Waste not, what not: Environmental wisdom -- Contra Costa Times, Alameda journal

Aventis to sell off rather than float CropSciences -- Reuters

Monsanto announces advisory council -- AP

April 2

Dutch firm wants to bring transgenic cows to Quebec -- CBC

Food to sport GM labels -- Asahi Shimbun (Japan)

Answering the call to feed future generations -- Albuquerque Journal

Buy Patagonia: Support world hunger -- Tech Central Station column by Duane Freese

Korea finds unlabeled GM corn, beans on local market -- Reuters

Government's changing role in agriculture: From distributing free seed to prohibiting seed saving -- Cropchoice opinion

April 1

A cotton tale -- Albuquerque Journal

GM fish trials funded in secret -- Sunday Times (UK)

Monkeying around with the self / Why support for biotech shouldn't foreclose the debate over its moral issues -- Reason

Fight against genetically modified vines gaining momentum -- Wine Spectator

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