Publication archives

May 12, 2000 / The Expositor (Brantford) / Letter Norm Walpole of Waterford writes that the issue of genetically modified foods has sparked a raging debate and that it is probable that both the very pro and the very con statements are suspect and that the truth probably is to be found somewhere in the wide gap between them.

May 12, 2000 / The Edmonton Journal / Living / C1 / Front / Column / Judy Schultz / Food According to this story, a GMO is an organism that has been modified by transplanting genetic material, or DNA, from another organism in order to give it more desirable characteristics.

By Paul Eckert BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the European Union ended their first day of trade talks Monday with the EU saying it needed more time to hammer out a deal that would help pave the way for China's entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The absence of a deal with the EU is the biggest remaining obstacle to China's membership.

May 11, 2000 / Western Producer / Barry Wilson / Ottawa bureau Canadian Alliance MPs were cited as saying during an all-day House of Commons debate last week that mandatory labeling for food containing genetically altered material would cost the food system billions of dollars and sharply reduce farm incomes.

May 12, 2000 / Science / Volume 288, Number 5468 Issue of 12 May 2000, p 973 / Floyd Bloom

May 13, 2000 / Sydney Morning Herald / James Woodford, Environment Writer Australian scientists will, according to this story, this year grow hundreds of millions of genetically modified plants in secret trial plots on private and public land throughout Australia.

May 13 2000 / Yorkton This Week & Enterprise / David Suzuki Suzuki writes that although he is no longer active in genetic research, he still follow debates in this field with interest. That's why, Suzuki says, he is troubled by the lack of analysis in the media about serious issues raised by genetic technologies.

May 3, 2000 / Ontario Farmer Daily In the last week, a number of former DEKALB seed corn growers were signed on to grow for Hyland Seeds, division of W.G. Thompson's & Sons of Blenheim.