Archives 2000:
Opinions

December 26

Biotech's allergy benefits -- Washington Times column by Michael Fumento

December 20

Golden chance wasted -- Washington Times column by Debra Saunders

Mad Cow reality confronts phony biotech scare -- Tech Central Station column by Duane D. Freese

Reject gene-altered corn -- USA Today editorial

StarLink's risks miniscule -- USA Today counterpoint column by John R. Cady

We need biotech to feed the world -- Wall Street Journal column by Dr. Norman Borlaug

Gene altered foods: A case against panic -- New York Times column by Jane Brody

Pull together food safety agencies -- Los Angeles Times editorial

Troubles that grew with StarLink corn provide lesson in economics -- St. Paul Pioneer Press column by Edward Lotterman

Genetic altering growing out of hand -- Chicago Tribune column

Golden grains of hope: A life-saving, genetically altered rice gets stuck in politics -- Sacramento Bee editorial

Column: Unfounded fear of genetics -- Iowa State Daily

Washington State University scientist says biotechnology need not be feared -- AScribe News

Tacogate: There is barely a kernel of truth -- Washington Post column by Thomas Hoban

Corn growers tell EPA: Don't rush to judgment on StarLink corn / American corn growers take measured, long-term stand on GMO corn -- American Corn Growers Association press release

Unnecessary setback for biotech corn -- Chicago Tribune column by Dennis Avery

A matter of life or starvation / To ignore modern biotechnology as a possible solution to pressing food security challenges would be most unwise -- Bangkok Post column

Editorial: StarLink corn - a scary chapter in biotechnology -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

Disaster of the day: Aventis corn monster -- Forbes.com

Fool plate special: Ag biotech woes -- MotleyFool.com

Column: Don't be scared, be responsible -- Daily Illini (U. Illinois) opinion by Tony Gallagher

Why GM theatrics don't fool the crowd -- National Post (Canada) opinion

GMO-free zones step ahead -- Cropchoice opinion

Food fears -- Washington Post column by Christopher Close

Americans tell Kellogg's: Stop using scary corn -- Greenpeace press release

Biotech tricks or treats -- Washington Times column by Steven Milloy

Biotech food labeling is regulatory overkill -- Los Angeles Times column by Henry Miller

Approval should not come under duress / An okay from the EPA now seems expedient, not scientific -- Portland (Maine) Press Herald

Farmer-to-farmer campaign issues warning to farmers on StarLink retroactive growers contract / Aventis, not farmers, should be held liable for contamination of conventional corn fields -- press release by Farmer-to-Farmer Campaign on Genetic Engineering in Agriculture

Contaminated corn causes Kellogg's run for cover -- Greenpeace press release

Editorial: Fear not -- Evansville (Indiana) Courier & Press

Bioengineered food touches science, culture -- Orlando Sentinel interview with bioethicist Paul B. Thompson

Editorial: GM inquiry starts on sensible note -- New Zealand Herald

Todd on agribusiness: GMO seed firms hurting their own cause -- BridgeNews commentary

Biotech briefing: Monsanto -- Forbes.com

Corn grower president applauds EPA decision to make seed corporations responsible for economic losses / Farmers concerned about being kept in the dark on GMO corn recall -- American Corn Growers Association press release

StarLink corn controversy will explode on USDA, U.S. farmers -- Farm and Food File column by Alan Guebert

USA Today editorial page debate: FDA quick to cap corn scare, by USA Today editors; Don't ignore the risks, by Jeremy Rifkin

GMA survey shows Americans learning more about biotechnology; food consumption patterns unchanged -- Grocery Manufacturers of America press release

Cracking up over taco shells -- Washington Times column by Henry Miller

Farmer's goal to provide high-quality food -- The Oklahoman

Miracle crops that immunize -- The Oklahoman

American Chiropractic Association supports regulation of genetically modified plants -- ACA press release

GMA applauds judge's rejection of activists' lawsuit against FDA biotech policy -- Grocery Manufacturers of America press release

Eek! Attack of the perfectly harmless tacos! -- Wall Street Journal column by Holman W. Jenkins Jr.

BIO applauds court ruling on FDA biotech policy -- Biotechnology Industry Organization press release

Incident shows need to label genetically altered food -- Los Angeles Times column by Ronnie Cummins and Ben Lilliston

Taco shell recall - a mishap that could have been worse -- Minneapolis Star Tribune editorial

As old as civilization, biotech works -- Oklahoman column by George Acquaah

Sharper oversight for biofoods / Costly recall of taco shells points up need for smarter FDA rules on production and marketing of genetically modified foods -- Los Angeles Times editorial

Corn growers support Kraft's taco recall -- National Corn Growers Association press release

Taco terrorism -- Fox News column by Junk Science's Steven Milloy

ACGA: Industry should pay to segregate / Genetic ID responds to Aventis attack -- Cropchoice News

Why the Washington Post and NPR should I.D. Genetic I.D. -- Reason magazine

Genetically modified food: Is it safe? -- CNN Crossfire transcript with guests Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri)

DeltaPine's shame -- Cropchoice.com opinion

More biotech study needed -- Kansas City Star editorial

Resistance dropping toward biotech foods -- Chicago Tribune column by Jack Kemp

Viewpoint: Environmentalists should embrace biotech wonders -- Scripps Howard News Service

Labeling engineered food -- Boston Globe editorial

How it happened that we don't regulate biotech -- column by Donella Meadows

Genetically altered foods violate bounds of creation -- Bergen (N.J.) Record column by Rabbi Lawrence Troster

Selfish elitism enjoyed at a terrible cost -- Knight-Ridder column by John Meredith

My doubts about GM food -- This London (Associated Newspapers), column by Helen Browning

Test, label genetically altered foods -- Sun-Sentinel editorial (southern Florida)

There's nothing like a feel-good bowl of golden rice. Or not -- Globe and Mail (Canada)

Our faith in biotech is far too blind -- National Post column

Overly harsh rules will be unnecessary and expensive -- Sydney Morning Herald column

Tried and tested: why the consumer should trust GM cornflakes -- Sydney Morning Herald column

Grass-roots cry: Send in the weeds -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer column by Jon Hahn

GMOs on the menu -- Irish Times editorial

Editorial: Biotech food -- Evansville Courier & Press

Patent baloney: It's Monsanto, of course! -- CropChoice.com opinion

July 5

Future food / Genetic modification sparks hopes, fears about what we eat -- Seattle Times food column by Judith Blake

Column: Biotech foods leave a bad taste -- Daily Texan (U. Texas-Austin)

July 2

How to turn a chaotic food fight into a reasoned discussion -- Los Angeles Times column by Stephen Cohen

June 19

Will Frankenfood feed the world? -- Time Magazine article by Bill Gates

June 14

Biotech crops: Rely on the science -- Washington Post opinion

June 5

A need for caution, not alarm -- Denver Rocky Mountain News editorial

May 30

Frankenfood's critics are hard to swallow -- Globe and Mail commentary by Saskatchewan premier, Roy Romanow

May 25

Heaven has nothing to do with it / Irrational talk by Charles did not help environmental scientists -- The Guardian (UK) commentary

May 13

Genetic groceries no reason to panic -- Abilene Reporter-News editorial (Texas)

May 2

Biotech in hot oil -- Wall Street Journal editorial

April 28

Modified squash is case for more biotech testing -- Seattle P-I editorial

April 24

Want genes with that? / A science panel takes a middle course on altered food -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial

Conservative take on radical technology -- San Francisco Chronicle column by Marc Lappe, Britt Bailey

April 18

Label modified food? Of course -- Christian Science Monitor commentary

Taste of truth behind argument against genetically modified food -- Philadelphia Inquirer commentary

April 17

A solid, cautionary report on risks of biotech foods -- Minneapolis Star Tribune editorial

April 15

Still a mess / There has to be a way to bring sanity to the gene food fiasco -- New Scientist editorial

April 13

Psst. GMOs are scary. Pass it on -- National Post commentary

April 9

Label genetically altered food -- Los Angeles Times opinion by Marc Lappe and Tom Hayden

April 7

All tomatoes are not equal -- Christian Science Monitor editorial

April 2

End the biotech food fight -- Los Angeles Times opinion by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman

March 31

Destruction of nurseries should be nipped in the bud -- Vancouver Sun editorial

March 29

Labels on modified foods becoming a sticky issue -- Boston Herald editorial

March 28

Labeling GM foods -- Boston Globe editorial

March 26

Biotech's benefits -- Boston Globe editorial

March 25

So far, so good / For the moment, the gene genie is staying in its bottle -- New Scientist

March 22

Natural born killers -- New York Times opinion piece

March 9

International panel for GM food? -- Nature, commentary

February 25

You're eating genetically modified food -- USA Today column by James Freeman

February 21

Don't misrepresent biotechnology -- USA Today editorial

Don't rush this corn to market -- USA Today editorial response by Ariane van Buren

February 9

Fear of food -- San Jose Mercury News editorial

February 8

Seeds of doubt harmful / Genetic engineering can yield healthier foods -- Columbus Dispatch editorial

February 6

We can engineer nature. But should we? -- New York Times Week in Review

February 2

Something for everyone -- Montreal Gazette editorial

U.S. should label modified foods -- Minnesota Daily (U. of Minn. school paper) editorial

February 1

Food gene label unneeded -- Los Angeles Times editorial

Biotech food protocol adds to the confusion -- Seattle Times editorial

Canada's GMO food exports might be limited by protectionists -- Calgary Herald editorial

January 31

Fear and ignorance and biotech -- Chicago Tribune editorial

A smell test for GM food -- Christian Science Monitor editorial

January 30

Canada lacks caution on Frankenfoods -- Montreal Gazette opinion

January 29

Protocol for diminished future -- National Post opinion

Biotech reaps what it sowed -- National Post opinion

January 26

Go slow on genetic pact -- Los Angeles Times editorial 

January 22

Golden rice and superbugs -- Washington Post editorial

January 10

OPINION: Who Crippled Biotech Foods? The Culprits Are Myriad - Bridge News

Editorial: Biotech food: Resistance to labels erodes confidence -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

January 6

Playing with nature in a high-tech future -- Washington Post

December 28

In defense of better food -- Boston Herald editorial 

December 26

Please chew on this, Monsanto: Modified food has eaters fed up -- Toronto Star column

December 19

Biotech foods: second thoughts -- Los Angeles Times editorial

December 13

Sowing seeds of fear -- Detroit News editorial

December 12

Biotech, Third World style -- Los Angeles Times editorial

December 3

Be not afraid, use genetics to feed the world's hungry - Jack Kemp column, Los Angeles Times