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Recent
News
July
4, 2005- Debating Modified Crop Label- A global battle continues
to rage over whether foods containing ingredients from genetically
modified crops ought to be so labeled... read
more...
May
20, 2005-Taro Forum to Discuss Genetic Research-
University
of Hawai'i officials and Native Hawaiian representatives meet at
a UH taro patch to discuss the future of controversial research
into genetically engineered taro. Research into genetically modified
taro — kalo in the Hawaiian language — has been conducted
in a laboratory setting for about three years. C.Y. Hu, associate
dean and associate director for research at the UH College of Tropical
Agriculture and Human Resources stated that UH has no plans to to
proceed with genetic research on local taro, but won't rule out
the possibility... read
more...
March
22, 2005- US Launches Probe into Sales of Unapproved Transgenic
Corn- Seed company, Syngenta, admits to sowing unapproved transgenic
Bt-corn. Though the unapproved variety differs only slightly from
the approved variety, and has subsequently been deemed safe for
human consumption and the environment, questions have been raised
as to if adequate controls are in place with regards to the production
of GMO crops... read
more...
January
18, 2005- Continued Growth of Biotech Crops Worldwide- International
Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)
published statistics on the increase of biotech crops planted worldwide...
read more...
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Web-Links
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Selected Biotechnology Industry Web links
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