Publication archives

INDEPENDENT (London) | October 15, 1999 BRITAIN'S OLDEST medical journal faces public condemnation from the nation's most eminent body of scientists in a row about the quality of GM research in a report to be published today.

National Farmers Union News Release / For Immediate Release: October 13, 1999 / Contact: Erika Hovland Batcheller (202) 314-3104 Congress Should Immediately Begin Work on Measure's Shortfalls, NFU Says

Reuters | October 15, 1999 MELBOURNE - Europe's concern over genetically modified foods was driven by fear of the unknown following the mad cow and dioxin scares, a senior U.N. Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) official said on Friday.

Dow Jones | October 15, 1999 | By Stephen D. Moore, Staff Reporter Since raising questions about the safety of genetically modified foods 15 months ago, British researcher Arpad Pusztai has been assailed by many eminent peers but feted by luminaries such as the British Medical Association and the Prince of Wales.

Reuters | October 11, 1999 | By David Evans BRUSSELS - The European Commission is under pressure to take legal action against France over a refusal to import British beef, while using similar arguments to France in keeping U.S. hormone-treated meat out of Europe, analysts say.

Reuters | October 15, 1999 | By Patricia Reaney LONDON - The scientist at the center of an international uproar for raising safety concerns about genetically modified (GM) food said he hoped the publication of his work in a leading medical journal would lead to more research and tests.

GUARDIAN (UK) | October 15, 1999 | TIM RADFORD, SCIENCE EDITOR Doubt cast on methods used in attempt to show effect on humans The most controversial evidence that genetically modified food could be a threat to human and animal health is published in the Lancet today.

BBC | October 15, 1999 The scientific research that was largely responsible for sparking the intense debate in the UK over the safety of genetically-modified (GM) foods has finally been published, alongside new work showing possible effects on human health.