Reuters | October 11, 1999
BRUSSELS - The European Union's top scientific advisers were cited as saying on Monday that a genetically modified tomato developed by Anglo-Swedish life sciences company AstraZeneca Plc was safe to be marketed throughout the EU.
IPS | October 4, 1999 | By Farah Khan
JOHANNESBURG - Developing countries must band together to reshape the context in which the worlds' trade ministers decide whether to hold another world trade negotiating round when they meet in Seattle, U.S., later this year.
Henry Miller | October 8, 1999
In their paper1 criticizing "substantial equivalence" applied to foods from recombinant organisms, Millstone et al appear to misunderstand the term. (Read the article as is appeared in Nature magazine.)
New Scientist | October 9, 1999 | Debora MacKenzie
The bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), B. cereus and B. anthracis are all the same species, biologists believe. If, the story asks, you're thinking "so what?", then consider this: Bt is sprayed over crops in vast quantities and B. anthracis is the bug that causes anthrax.
