June 2001
headlines and summaries

(For archives, see bottom)

June 30

Company threatens to sue over pesticides disclosure -- Independent (UK)

June 29

Group says it will move human cloning work offshore -- CNN

Group to advise on GMO -- Boulder News (Colorado)

Using for a cause - coffee -- AP

Thailand: Government likely to label 3 percent GMO food imports -- Reuters

June 28

Korea says food processors used Starlink corn -- Reuters

GE kitties: Designer cat controversy -- BBC

EU food industry concerned over GMO label rules -- Reuters

Scientists to engineer allergen-free cats -- Independent (UK)

Court victories for GM crop rebels put CPS on the spot -- Guardian (UK)

Seed money sought for corn co-op -- Bangor Daily News

China to set pace in transgenic cotton planting -- Reuters

June 27

Protests dwindle at San Diego biotech conference -- Reuters

Could biotech help the environment? / Genetically engineered corn and tomatoes may reduce both pollution and cost - but some are still wary -- Christian Science Monitor

Ban on GM foods to be lifted this week -- Daily News (Sri Lanka)

Engineered tree could fight blight -- Montreal Gazette

Philippines plans rules on imported GM products -- Reuters

Organic alternative / 'Roots' farming holds its own in high-tech era -- San Diego Union-Tribune

Protesters shift anger to San Diego authorities -- San Diego Union-Tribune

Study questions widespread use of Bt corn -- AgWeb.com

USA: Research shows biotechnology already saving farmers billions of dollars -- just-food.com

Australia: U.S. farm leader tells Australia to avoid GM crops -- Reuters

People, not technology, are the key to ending hunger / The debate over biotechnology is a tragic distraction -- Los Angeles Times column by Frances Moore Lappe

Agbiotech offers hope for poor and hungry in developing world -- Genengnews.com press release

U.S. gene-altered crops rejected overseas -- Environmental News Network

Edible vaccines -- Environmental News Network

Biotech conference incites protests in San Diego -- The Daily Aztec, San Diego State U.

Entrepreneur envisions a cat that doesn't cause allergies -- New York Times

Genetically altered mice immune to breast cancer -- AP

Prudence in biotech, not perfection -- Scripps Howard News Service editorial

Gene trial patients will be genetically modified humans -- Electronic Telegraph (UK) 

Pests attack genetically modified cotton -- Jakarta Post

June 26

Consumer awareness of genetically modified foods may be taking root / Poll finds public confidence in government regulators mixed -- Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology press release

Biotechnology vs. organic farmers -- San Diego Union Tribune column by James R. Tischer

U.S. regulators gird for biotech crop innovation -- Reuters

Army chow know-how / Future grub may make grunts grow, or grow itself in days -- ABC News

Golden rice sticky topic at biotech conference -- San Francisco Examiner

Monsanto to share soybean genetic knowledge -- just-food.com

Bush offers upbeat message / He pledges to support steady flow of funds for research, development -- San Diego Union-Tribune

Bio2001 scientists urged to reach out to industry's critics -- San Diego Union-Tribune

Biotech insists its genes are green -- San Diego Union-Tribune

Starbucks target of protests - again -- AP

O, fearful new world -- Los Angeles Times column by Debra J. Saunders

Official: Seed patents needed to boost research -- Reuters

EU: Contamination levels in GM food up for debate in Brussels -- just-food.com

U.S. regulators gird for biotech crop innovation -- Reuters

Science good, nature bad: The biotech dogma -- AlterNet

June 25

Protesters in San Diego oppose 'test tube' veggies / Demonstrators say genetically altered food hasn't been proven safe -- AP

Spirited debate at biotech meeting / Critics of genetically modified foods share concerns at world's biggest biotech conference -- AP

Lack of standards makes 'non-GMO' labeling risky business -- United Soybean Board press release

Biotech conference sees few protesters -- ABC News

Illinois biotech helping feed the world -- Illinois Coalition press release

Biotech conference set to open -- AP

Sri Lanka to suspend GM food ban at WTO's behest -- Reuters 

Australian GM vaccine seen exciting -- Economic Times

Australia: Sixty companies apply for GMO exemption -- ABC Rural

Biotech firms are all too aware that the world is watching / Industry facing battles from San Diego to DC -- San Francisco Chronicle column by Tom Abate

Bio2001: Protests within, without -- Wired News

In your face, out of our genes: The battle of San Diego -- Environment News Service

Plants could deliver HIV vaccine in the future -- Thomas Jefferson University's Jefferson Center for Biomedical Research press release

Food: Greenpeace heads global campaign against 'biopiracy' -- Inter Press Service

World food 'under threat' -- BBC

June 24

Biotech now a hot commodity -- AP

Corn pollen research set to determine GM impact -- Daily Yomiuri (Japan)

Massive banner delivers message: 'Biotech perverts - get out of our genes' to BIO industry reps -- Biojustice Media press release

Biotech meeting attracts protesters / Science, business confer in San Diego -- Washington Post

Research: Activists cite science only if it's convenient -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution column by Barry A. Palewitz

June 23

Biofood for thought / Opponents face off in debate over genetically modified organisms -- Montreal Gazette

Thailand: FDA tentatively orders labels for food with 3 to 5 percent content / Local labs unable to test lesser amounts -- Bangkok Post

Battle for control of world's crop genes -- Guardian (UK)

GM crop trial web site gets mass of hits -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Biotech a hope for Africa -- North County Times (Calif.)

The center of the biotech world -- Wired News

June 22

NGOs welcome government decision on BT cotton -- Times of India

Japan's snack recalls exacerbate biotech fuss -- Reuters

Greens tell UK to halt GM crops or face new crisis -- Reuters

GM giants escape strict new laws -- The Age (Australia)

Debate over biotech food continues -- KGTV, San Diego

Biotech battle moves to San Diego / Protest: With a major conference in town, foes of genetically engineered food plaster 'hazardous' stickers on items in supermarket. Mayor welcomes the industry -- Los Angeles Times

Protesters, mayor give two versions of biotech story -- AP

Australia to get tough on gene crop tests -- Reuters

Australia: Aventis plans for GM protests -- ABC Rural

India: Government bans GM cotton crop -- just-style.com

Protesters warn on genetic engineering -- Age (Australia)

U.N. to seek agreement on access to seed banks -- Reuters

Indonesia: Legal battle over biotech products kicks off -- Jakarta Post

Genetically modified canola becoming a weed -- CBC

June 21

Location of GM crop trials revealed on web site -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Tough gene technology to reduce risk to human health -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation

When choice becomes just a memory / Soon all our foods will be polluted by genetic modification -- Guardian (UK) column by Naomi Klein

Biotech protesters mobilize for convention -- North County Times (California)

Thailand: GMOs become a rights protection issue / Control mechanisms on GM products urged -- Bangkok Post

Tests on GM foods 'miss side effects' -- Edinburgh News (Scotland)

Five-year moratorium on GM seeds sought -- New India Press

Japan: Government mulls extending GM labeling requirements -- just-food.com

Tolerance would allow orderly marketing of StarLink corn -- Wallaces Farmer

GM laws please industry but criticized by environmentalists -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation

'No need' for Welsh GM trials -- BBC

Transgenic cotton fails to get environmental nod -- Economic Times (India)

Major setback for Monsanto as India refuses commercial growing of genetically engineered cotton -- Greenpeace press release

GM rice will trigger market for non-GM rice? / Thais call demand for non-GM crops a 'golden opportunity' -- PlanetRice.net

More worries about genetically modified canola -- CBC News transcript

June 20

Gene technology yields plant virus care -- CNN

StarLink corn fiasco motivates growers of "identity preserved" crops -- Kansas City Star

Banned biotech potato in Japan snacks -- AP

Protesters gear up to oppose biotech convention -- Reuters

Plant vaccine promises safe genetic modification -- Reuters

Evidence against bacteria-human gene transfer -- Reuters

Japan snack recall renews StarLink fears in East Asia -- Reuters

Environmental terrorists target engineered trees -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Biotechnology promises major advances for U.S. army -- Purdue University press release

Australia: Protesters warned to stay clear of GM trial sites when locations are revealed -- just-food.com

Report: Biotech could play 'major' role in feeding army -- AgWeb.com

EPA has big decision on StarLink request -- BridgeNews Commentary by Tim Todd

How magic markers are messing up our food system -- Globe and Mail column by Naomi Klein

June 19

Behind the label / Many skeptical of bio-engineered food -- ABC News

Biotech brings us perils -- North County Times (Calif.) commentary by Robert Nanninga

U.S. grain groups uneasy on upcoming EU biotech rule -- Reuters

The public is overwhelmingly optimistic and supportive of genomics research - However, knowledge and understanding remain modest / Harris Interactive study finds overwhelming majority believes they haven't eaten genetically modified food -- Press release

New Zealand: Escape of GE salmon eggs 'highly likely' -- Green Party press release

Government report on biotech corn disputed by some who got sick -- Bloomberg

New type of corn will hopefully be marketed next year -- Wallaces Farmer

June 18

Protesters plan to swarm San Diego convention / Gene-altered foods top demonstrators' list of concerns -- San Francisco Chronicle

Monsanto's remake -- Vancouver Sun

Scientists meet here on genetic engineering -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch

China: GMO product rules confuse domestic market -- Reuters

Saskatchewan professor says labeling food as modified gives wrong impression -- Vancouver Province

GM food sprouts new controversy -- Times of India

Company working on allergen-free cat -- Business Review

Guess, say the grocers -- Globe and Mail

June 17

Health & Science: Taiwan hopes to echo high-tech success in biotechnology industry -- Agence France Presse

New York: Groups push moratorium on genetically modified crops -- AP

Government report on biotech corn disputed by some who got sick -- Bloomberg

North Dakota ag commissioner blasts Monsanto biotech case -- familyfarmer.org

June 16

Thailand: No modified raw materials to be allowed / Safety assurances needed, says FDA -- Bangkok Post

Corn scare gets popped / There wasn't even a kernel of truth to the biotech scare -- Wall Street Journal editorial

Scotland: Public attitude to GM food is changing -- The Scotsman

June 15

GM crops ushering in new form of pollution, critics say -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

Fewer signs of support for genetically altered crops / Efforts to bring such foods to the market appear to wane a bit, a national consumer group says -- Christian Science Monitor

Scientists point to lessons learned from StarLink scare -- American Council on Science and Health editorial

GM food industry searches for health and happiness -- Reuters

Safeguards urged for genetic crops / Agriculture: A consumer group calls for research on potential harm to environment and public health. California has 1,435 experimental sites -- Los Angeles Times

Monsanto eliminating technology fees to farmers in 2002 -- AgWeb.com

Group: Biotech tests threaten crops -- AP

Maker of suspect corn seed accused of breaking UN pact -- Boston Globe

Hawaii farmers defend genetic testing -- Honolulu Star-Bulletin

June 14

Thailand: Saying no to transgenic crops -- Far Eastern Economic Review

Quebec microbrewery can say its beer has not genetically modified organisms -- Canadian Press

US report on StarLink fails to soothe Japan, Korea -- Reuters

Czech Tesco says branded products do not use GMO's -- Reuters

Genetics delay ripening, control post-harvest loss -- Times of India

Genetically engineered corn cleared in 17 food reactions / Product did not trigger allergies, health officials report -- Washington Post

U.S. finds no allergies to altered corn -- New York Times

U.S. finds no link in biotech corn, illness -- Boston Globe

U.S. watchdog group assails genetic field testing -- Reuters

Feature: Argentine farmers bet on biotech -- Reuters

Organic food booms in Italy but sales still modest -- Reuters

Testing finds no link between gene-modified corn, illnesses -- Los Angeles Times

Changing colors in mice -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory press release

More brands found with GM soy / Five baby food, milk products singled out -- Bangkok Post

Green groups reject US government report on StarLink bio-corn -- Reuters

Canada: MPs split on GM food labels -- Western Producer

June 13

US farm group concerned over EU's new GM rules -- Reuters

Finland wants more GM testing in Nordic cold -- Reuters

CDC: No Starlink allergies -- CBS News

Biotech farmers respect consumers -- AP

Biotech corn didn't cause reactions -- AP

Results of FDA tests inconclusive; health risk of StarLink corn still unknown -- Genetically Engineered Food Alert press release

CDC report: Genetically modified corn didn't cause sickness -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

Biotech crops help U.S. farmers -- Oklahoman opinion by Jim Zimmer of Monsanto

Group says Canada too slow on GMO labeling -- CBC

Newman's own daughter dedicated to organic foods -- San Jose Mercury News

Magistrates acquit GM crop protesters -- Guardian (UK)

Loblaws orders GMO-free labels removed -- Globe and Mail (Canada)

GM food report backlash / The Royal Society's report on genetically modified foods has drawn harsh criticism from the scientific community. Why does the Society remain silent? -- Financial Post (Canada)

GM soy in U.S. needs 10 percent less herbicide - study -- Reuters

Loblaws pressures for GMO labels -- CBC

June 12

China's GM rules to slow Monsanto's Bt corn plan -- Financial Express

June 11

Poland: Sejm promises harsh sentences for those caught smuggling GM foods -- just-food.com

MOFGA announces passage of seed-growing bill -- MaineToday.com

Sri Lanka defers GM ban -- BBC

June 10

Modified genes increase longevity of fruits -- Agence France Presse

EU sees new genetic food proposals / European Union official sees new proposals on genetically modified foods -- AP

June 9

As biotech crops multiply, consumers get little choice -- New York Times

GM trials face delay as crops destroyed / Company examines damage to six test sites -- Guardian (UK)

June 8

Taco Bell franchises to get $60 million -- Reuters

Shell suppliers give $60M to Taco Bell -- AP

Singapore: China oilseeds - GM turmoil as South American soy arrives -- Reuters

June 7

Greenpeace demands withdrawal of GM foods -- Times of India

Belgium plans EU biotech food push -- Reuters

Markets: GM fears fuel Brazil export bonanza -- Hoover's Online

June 6

Dept. of Agriculture keen on GE field trials / Genetic technology 'cannot be ignored' -- Bangkok Post

Books of the Times / 'The Botany of Desire': How grasses use people to fight trees -- New York Times book review

Environmentalists, fish farms square off over altered salmon -- Halifax Herald Limited

China enacts genetic product rules -- AP

Green guru Norman Borlaug calls for compulsory GM studies -- The Scotsman

Label GMO beer and food - Pass bill C-287 / More than 80 groups, 93% of Canadians say label now -- Council of Canadians press release

Mandatory labeling of GM foods quiets activists but deceives consumers -- AGCare press release (Canada)

Consumers come round to GM foods -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation Rural

June 5

Monsanto forms committee to guide introduction of biotech wheat products -- agweb.com

Consumers skeptical about GM feedback -- Yahoo! Australia and NZ News

FDA: Cloned animals not OK'd as food -- AP

U.S. studying safety of animal clones as food -- Reuters

Canadians head to Japan to soothe Quest canola concerns -- Reuters

Corn growers challenge logic of promoting biotechnology in foreign markets -- American Corn Growers Association press release

Genetically modified trees good news for paper industry -- New Straits Times (Thailand)

U.S. corn groups aim to ease biotech fears in Europe -- Reuters

You want some ketchup with that vaccine? / Tater tots aren't so tasty to disease-causing bugs -- WebMD.com

Debate over GM beer in Canada comes to a head -- Globe and Mail

June 4

Dupont turns into a green crusader / One chemical corporation has embraced the environment -- Sydney Morning Herald

Alter genes, risk an ecosystem? -- Washington Post

GM plan 'a license to contaminate' -- Independent (UK)

Fields of gene factories / For the bioengineering revolution, the next big step may be plants that can make industrial chemicals and drugs. Why build expensive facilities when you can just grow what you need? -- Los Angeles Times

Jelly plants could grow, and glow, on Mars -- CNN

June 3

Bill to criminalize crop tampering gains important sponsor -- AP

Tighten biotech food rules -- Denver Post editorial

Seeds of discontent / Farmers - and the public - may soon learn there's no turning back on genetically modified foods as the hemisphere hurtles toward another ill-considered trade pact -- Maine Sunday Telegram column by Nancy Allen 

Tainted pigs show up in sausage at funeral -- AP

June 1

UK shops mistaken to drop GM food - industrialist -- Reuters

Bombing biotech / Eco-terrorists strike again -- Wall Street Journal editorial

Altered food becoming less popular, says Texas A&M prof -- Mustang Daily (California Poly State U.)

US presses EU for changes in crop rules -- Reuters

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