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GM quarantine in Romania

Posted by jamie — 5 September 2007 at 5:30pm - Comments

A Greenpeace volunteer sprays a car leaving Braila island, Romania

How's this for a creative and exciting example of direct action - it's a blockade but with a difference. Earlier this morning in Romania, Greenpeace volunteers quarantined a whole island where GM soya crops are being grown, which is illegal under EU law. Vehicles leaving Braila island were hosed down by people wearing white biohazard suits to prevent genetic contamination spreading to the mainland. Even a donkey and cart were washed and made GM-free!

Article tagged as: direct actions, EU, france, GM, GM crops, GM maize, GM soya, romania

Mexican crop circle poses the GM question

Last edited 15 August 2006 at 8:00am
A crop circle in the shape of a question mark adorns a field of GM maize in Mexico

A crop circle in the shape of a question mark adorns a field of GM maize in Mexico

Article tagged as: contamination, crop circles, GM crops

Syngenta contaminates US maize with illegal GM variety

Last edited 11 April 2005 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2005

Summary

Swiss chemical giant Syngenta has admitted it sold hundreds of tonnes of an illegal variety of GM maize to farmers in the USA over the past four years. The illegal GM crop, called Bt10, was modified with a gene from the soil bacterium bacillus thuringiensis, which makes the crop produce its own pesticide to kill insects.

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Article tagged as: genetic engineering, GM crops, maize, reports

UK government trials show GM crop bad news for the environment

Last edited 21 March 2005 at 9:00am
Oil seed rape

Oil seed rape

Today the government published the second set of results from the GM Farm Scale Evaluations (FSE) of Winter-Sown Oilseed Rape in the UK. The four-year study showed that compared to non-GM fields, growing GM Winter-Sown Oilseed Rape results in fewer numbers of broad-leaved weed seeds, which are a major source of food for farmland birds, half as many bees and two-thirds fewer butterflies.

Article tagged as: farmscale trials, GM, GM crops, oilseed rape

European GM crop co-existence recommendations legally flawed

Last edited 21 March 2005 at 9:00am
21 March, 2005

As European Commissioners gather to debate the future of Genetically Modified (GM) crops and food tomorrow, environment and consumer representatives have exposed an EC Recommendation, guiding member states on GM crops, as legally and fundamentally flawed. The NGOs are calling for the Recommendation to be withdrawn and are calling for an urgent meeting to discuss its legal status and content.

Article tagged as: EC, GM, GM crops, press releases

Victory: Bayer pulls out of GM research in India

Last edited 17 November 2004 at 9:00am
Traditional farming in India

Traditional farming in India

In a major blow to the future of genetically modified (GM) crops in the developing world, GM company Bayer has announced that it has stopped all its work on creating new GM crops in India. This is the biotech giant's third defeat this year proving just how unsustainable and unwanted GM agriculture is.

Article tagged as: agriculture, bayer, GM, GM crops, india, successes

Major blow for biotech as Bayer stops GM research in India

Last edited 17 November 2004 at 9:00am
17 November, 2004

In a major blow to the future of genetically modified (GM) crops in the developing world, GM company Bayer has announced that it has stopped all its work on creating new GM crops in India. In a letter to Greenpeace, Bayer claims that the decision to stop GM research was "due to changes in our global research strategy," and concedes that all work on GM cabbage, cauliflower, aubergine, tomato and mustard seed has stopped. The company will now only concentrate on conventional plant breeding.

Article tagged as: agriculture, bayer, GM, GM crops, india, oilseed rape, press releases

European Communities - measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products

Last edited 27 May 2004 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Publication date: May 2004

Summary
The US, Canada and Argentina are challenging the European Union's de facto moratorium on the approval of genetically modified (GM) foods and crops.

The Amicus Coalition represents a wide range of environmental, consumer and social justice groups lobbying the World Trade Organisation to prevent countries being forced to accept GM products that their consumers do not want.

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Article tagged as: agriculture, amicus coalition, EU, GM crops, GM food, reports, WTO

GM and Dairy Cow Feed

Last edited 13 May 2004 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Steps to a GM-free Future for the UK Dairy Industry

Publication date: May 2004

Summary
The report illustrates how the UK dairy industry can be both GM-free and independent of imports in the future by growing protein-rich crops such as lupins for cattle feed.

The report was produced in collaboration with the farmers' campaigning group FARM.

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Article tagged as: agriculture, animal feed, GM crops, reports

Greenpeace urges Ministers to reject GM maize Bt-11 amid new controversy on GMO evaluation procedures

Last edited 23 April 2004 at 8:00am
23 April, 2004

Brussels On the same day that French newspaper Le Monde reveals confidential expert opinion that raises doubts about the safety of a genetically modified (GM) maize recently cleared by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Greenpeace has released a report criticising the new EU GMO evaluation procedures. The environmental group today urges European Agriculture Ministers to reject a Commission proposal to allow the import and marketing of a GM sweet corn for human consumption.

Article tagged as: EU, GM crops, press releases