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• Scientist breaks protocol GE urgent warning, BizFood News, March 1, 2004

• Detection of corn intrinsic and recombinant DNA fragments and Cry1Ab protein in the gastrointestinal contents of pigs fed genetically modified corn 2003, J. Anim. Sci. 2003. 81:2546-2551 - ABSTRACT

• Year 2002 In Review - Part 2, Bumpy Road for Biotech, Rachel's Environment and Health News, #760, January 30, 2003

• Modified-Crop Makers Faulted On Safety Data Sent to FDA, Wall Street Journal, January 7, 2003

• How safe is GM food?, The Lancet, Vol 360, Number 9342, October 26, 2002

• A Different Perspective on GM Food, Nature Biotechnology, October 2002 Vol 20, No10 p, 969, posted on AgBioView October 8, 2002

• GM Maize Approved on Bad Science, ISIS Report, February 26, 2002

• Unraveling the DNA Myth -- The Spurious Foundation of Genetic Engineering, by Barry Commoner, Harpers, February 2002

• Foods derived from Modern Biotechnology, WHO 53rd Session, World Health Assembly Report

• Summary of the study entitled: Health-relevant and environmental aspects of different farming systems: organic, conventional and genetic engineering, Published by: InterNutrition - Swiss Association for Research and Nutrition, Switzerland

• Common Plant Vector Injects Genes into Human Cells, I-SIS (The Institute of Science in Society), September 24, 2001

• Genetically Modified Foods: Are They a Risk to Human/Animal Health?, by Arpad Pusztai, Ph.D. June 2001

• Ministry to fund GM food tests on humans, Sunday Times (London), May 23, 2001

• Tainted pigs show up in sausage at funeral, Associated Press, June 3, 2001

• Scientists fear biotech will harm food supply, Globe and Mail (Globe Interactive, a division of Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc.) May 2, 2001

• Risks of genetic engineering, The Hindu, May 3, 2001

• Inspection of the Safety Assessment of Genetically Modified, the Roundup Tolerant Soybean: Monsanto's Dangerous Logic as seen in the Application Document submitted to Japan, By Masaharu Kawata, Assistant Professor, School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan

• Jury Still Out on Genetically Modified Corn, Reuters Health via Yahoo! News, April 30, 2001

• Research into the Potential Health Effects of Genetically Modified ( GM) Foods, Medical Research Council, March 22, 2001

• Chemical Formed in Irradiated Food Damages DNA, Recent Study Reveals, Public Citizen - Critical Mass Energy and Environment Program, March 2001

• Humbled by the Genome's Mysteries, New York Times, February 19, 2001

•   The Royal Society of Canada's Expert Panel on the Future of Biotechnology -- Element of Precaution: Recommendations for the Regulation of Food Biotechnology in Canada -- Download the Full Report (PDF 775K)
  • GM Food Report: Ottawa Rapped, Expert Study Considered Major Setback for Biotech Industry, Toronto Star, February 5, 2001

• Report 10 of the Council on Scientific Affairs (I-00) Genetically Modified Crops and Foods, American Medical Association, 2000

• Release of Genetically Modified Organisms in the environment: is it a health hazard?, Report from a WHO/EURO-ANPA Seminar held at the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, Rome Division Rome, Italy, 7-9 September 2000
  • Full Report (39 pages)
  • Conclusions and Recommendations
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• Reporter's Remedy to Cure Biotech's Fear of Drug-Price Controls: Execs skeptical that illness prevention is profitable solution, San Francisco Chronicle, October 16, 2000

• Experimenting with Life, Food for Life, 2000

• Deposition by Dr. Lacey (British food safety specialist) in the Alliance for Biointegrity lawsuit against the FDA's GMO food policies

• Scientists versus the soya industry, Observer (UK), August 27, 2000

• Genetically Altered Foods: We Are Being Exposed to One of the Largest Uncontrolled Experiments in History, Chicago Tribune, September 3, 2000

• Bacillus identity crisis, Nature Biotechnology, August, 2000

• Fears of a clone, Observer (London), July 2, 2000

• Safety Issues Associated with the DNA in Animal Feed Derived From Genetically Modified Crops. A Review of Scientific and Regulatory Procedures, Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews, Series B: Livestock Feeds and Feeding 2000, Vol. 30, No. 3.
•  New developments in crop plant biotechnology and their possible implications for food product safety, Report 2000, March 4, 2000 .

•  The Safety of GE Food; Reasons to Expect Hazards and the Risk for Their Appearance, Published by PSRAST.

•  Pest Management at the Crossroads(PMAC), pesticides and human health.

• Hi-tech crops are bad for the brain, Independent, April 23, 2000

• Do genetically modified foods affect human health?, Lancet, 355(9201): 414, 29 January 2000.
  • Toxins and genetically modified food, letter in response to above, The Lancet, 355(9207): 931 - 934, March 11, 2000.

• Genetically Modified Food Sales 'Dead' In EU Until Safety Certain, Says Consultant, The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington D.C., March 23, 2000

• Letters to the Editor -- San Francisco Chronicle, November 10, 1999

• The Fox, the Chickens, and the Guinea Pigs, The Ottawa Sun, October 20, 1999

•  Safety and Farm Health Journal, Issue #2 -- October 1999, Biotechnology - Tomorrow's Agricultural Safety and Health Issue?

• Scientific Paper Outlining the Potential Health Implications of Genetically Modified Foods (pdf 68K)– From the United Kingdom’s National Department of Health

• Editorial: Biotech food/ More than blithe assurances needed, StarTribute.com, September 17, 1999

• Leaving a Bad Taste, Scientific American, May, 1999

• Health risks of genetically modified foods, The Lancet Volume 353, Number 9167, 29 May 1999

• MAFF Reveals New Scientific Findings Confirming Fears Over Health Hazards of GMOs, I-SIS News #3, 1999.

• Special Safety Concerns of Transgenic Agriculture and Related Issues, Mae-Won Ho, Briefing Paper for Minister of State for the Environment, The Rt Hon Michael Meacher, ISIS News #3, 1999.

• Gene Technology and Gene Ecology of Infectious Diseases, Mae-Wan Ho's key paper on the role of biotechnology in the spread of infecious diseases, Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease, 10:33-59, 1998.