By Doug Palmer
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman said on Thursday the United States must remain commercially "engaged" with China to influence progress in areas such as labor and human rights.
MANIPULATING THE GENETIC PROPERTIES OF PLANTS HAS BEEN HERALDED BY PROPONENTS AS A BOON FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND A WEAPON AGAINST FAMINE. BUT PRACTICE SO FAR HAS PRODUCED UNPREDICTABLE OUTCOMES THAT URGE A CAUTIOUS APPROACH.
April 27, 2000 / The Vancouver Sun / Editorial
A new study based in Baltimore, MD has documented that many urban residents collect, use, and even sell urban Non-Timber Forest Products such as fruits,nuts, mushrooms, medicinal plants, vines, seedlings, and decorative greens
Agence France Presse / Kate Millar
GENEVA, April 27 (AFP) - The United Nations human rights commission ends its annual discussions here Friday having condemned Russia over its military action in Chechnya, but China again slipped through the net.
From Reuters on ABCnews.com
LONDON, April 27 - Spanish farmers are growing 3-meter-high artichokes for burning in special power stations to produce electricity, the Independent newspaper reported today.
Chicago Tribune
By George Gunset, Tribune Staff Writer. Tribune wires contributed to this
report.
The fear of genetically modified foods is reverberating through the
Midwest.
On the front line of the attack on genetically altered crops is an
insect-resistant corn called Bt, which until recently had been a
favorite of Midwestern farmers.
By PA news reporters
Many Europeans are fearful of genetically modified foods and cloning because they are not well informed about these issues, according to a European Commission survey released today.
"There is this great anxiety among Europeans in food safety," said Axel Kahn, head of an 11 member European Union scientific committee on biotechnology.
