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Lab Plans Raise Safety Concerns
Published December 1, 2008, 11:30 pm, The Harvard Crimson
Are the biotechnology firms in Cambridge a blessing or a curse?
Food crunch opens the doors to modified crops
Published December 1, 2008, 10:22 pm, The Bismarck Tribune
KUNMING, China - Zeng Yawen's outdoor laboratory in the terraced hills of southern China is a trove of genetic potential - rice that thrives in unusually cool temperatures, high altitudes or in dry soil; rice rich in calcium, vitamins or iron.
RML makes effort to reach out to community
Published December 1, 2008, 8:07 pm, Ravalli Republic
More than a century ago, many Bitterroot Valley settlers distrusted government-sponsored research into the deadly Rocky Mountain spotted fever that plagued the region.
Background Note: Nigeria
Published December 1, 2008, 1:53 pm, Scoop.co.nz
Geography Area: 923.8 thousand sq. km. (356,700 sq. mi.) about the size of California, Nevada, and Arizona. Cities: Capital --Abuja (pop. est. 452,000).
Lula's Green Light for Monsanto Has Flooded Brazil with GMO Soya & Increased Amazon Deforestation
Published December 1, 2008, 7:10 am, Environmental News Network
*Lula's government promotes genetically-modified organisms despite social opposition. Brazil is home to one of the world's largest areas of genetically-modified seed cultivations with 15 million hectares in 2007. The greatest increase of these crops occurred under the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, despite growing opposition from Brazilian farmers and environmentalists.
Food Crunch Opens Doors to Bioengineered Crops
Published December 1, 2008, 5:29 am, Wired News
Surging costs, population growth, and drought and other setbacks linked to global climate change are pressuring world food supplies, while soaring prices on the street have triggered riots and raised the number of people going hungry to more than 923 million, according to U.N. estimates.With food demand forecast to increase by half by 2030, the incentive to use genetic engineering to boost ...
DAI Launches New Health Sector
Published December 1, 2008, 5:00 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
International development firm DAI today announced the launch of a new Health sector that will lead the company's provision of integrated health services and expertise to donors, governments, and philanthropies worldwide.
Food cruch opens door to bioengineered crops
Published November 30, 2008, 10:11 pm, Mail and Guardian
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The Philippines BPI authorizes import of Bt cotton seeds from India
Published November 30, 2008, 7:06 pm, SeedQuest
The Bureau of Plant Industry recently issued the Cotton Development Administration (CDA) the corresponding import permit for Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton seeds from India.
Food Crunch Opens Doors To Bioengineered Crops
Published November 30, 2008, 3:57 pm, CBS4 Miami
Surging costs, population growth, and drought and other setbacks linked to global climate change are pressuring world food supplies. With food demand forecast to increase by half by 2030, the incentive to use genetic engineering to boost harvests and protect precious crops from insects and other damage has never been greater.
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