GM crops

Briefing: GM Crops won't feed the world

Last edited 30 March 2004 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Publication date: February 2004

Summary
It has been a year since the "hunger crisis" erupted in Southern Africa which again highlighted the ongoing threat to food security in that region. While the anticipated crisis in Africa did not emerge, the global food and hunger situation has continued to deteriorate ...

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Article tagged as: agriculture, famine, GM crops, GM food, reports

GM maize rubber stamp spells disaster for UK wildlife

Last edited 13 January 2004 at 9:00am

The Government's statutory adviser, ACRE (the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment), has released its interpretation of the results of the GM crop farm-scale evaluations (FSEs).

These four-year tests examined the impact that growing GM crops in the UK might have on wildlife. They specifically compared damage to wildlife caused by weed control in GM crops fields, with weed control associated with conventional crops. In essence, the tests examined the impact of different chemical herbicide use, rather than the GM crops themselves.

Article tagged as: ACRE, farmscale trials, GM crops, GM maize, press releases

Government's GM advisors fail to answer the ultimate GM riddle

Last edited 25 November 2003 at 9:00am
25 November, 2003

A new Government report on 'coexistence' designed to examine whether GM crops can be grown without contaminating non-GM and organic crops has failed to answer this crucial question. The report published today (Tuesday) by the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission (AEBC) also looks at who should foot the bill if something goes wrong. 'GM Crops? Coexistence and Liability ' is the Government's final piece of evidence in helping decide whether or not GM crops are to be grown commercially in the UK.

Article tagged as: contamination, GM, GM crops, government, press releases

Briefing: That wasn't meant to happen!

Last edited 13 November 2003 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

GM Soya's tales of the unexpected

Publication date: November 2003

Summary
The proponents of GM crops often refer to the 'precision' of the GM technique. This briefing examines the unintended and unpredictable impacts of genetic modification by looking at the longest standing and most widely planted (largely in USA and Argentina) GM crop - Roundup Ready soya.

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GM animal feed - the story so far

Last edited 12 November 2003 at 9:00am

The UK campaign to get GM out of our food has been really successful. Due to public pressure, supermarkets and food producers have removed GM ingredients from their products and no GM crops will be grown in the UK in the foreseeable future.

However, one loophole remains - GM animal feed. The GM that was going into our food is now being dumped on the animal feed market.

One area is particularly problematic - dairy cow feed.

Article tagged as: animal feed, GM crops, press releases

Stephen Tindale, Executive Director, Greenpeace UK

Last edited 16 October 2003 at 8:00am
Greenpeace's Stephen Tindale

Greenpeace's Stephen Tindale

Article tagged as: business and political unit, GM crops, press releases

Close the door on GM crops

Last edited 16 October 2003 at 8:00am

The release today of the results of the Government's farm scale trial clearly show that Tony Blair should ban GM crops.

The trials did not even begin to address the possible catastrophic effects that GM could bring about. Yet even so, the results show that the alleged "benefits" of GM simply do not exist.

Article tagged as: farmscale trials, GM crops, press releases

GM Farm Scale Trials

Last edited 15 October 2003 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

A media briefing on the Government's GM farm scale trials

Publication date: October 2003

Summary
The Government's four year farm scale trial programme was launched in 1999 in response to widespread calls for a halt to the development of GM crops. The results were announced in October 2003. This briefing outlines what the farm scale trials failed to test, and the Greenpeace position on the trials.

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Article tagged as: agriculture, GM crops, reports

What part of 'No to GM' don't you understand, Mr Blair?

Last edited 24 September 2003 at 8:00am
24 September, 2003

Greenpeace today (24th September) called on Tony Blair to drop his push for GM crops in Britain after the Government's nation-wide consultation revealed that the public doesn't want the controversial technology. The results of the 'GM Nation?' debate show the essential rejection of GM. The government launched the 'GM Nation?' exercise amid allegations that Downing Street was ignoring huge public disquiet over the proposed genetic modification of food and crops.

Article tagged as: GM crops, government, press releases, tony blair

Greenpeace takes Mexican Government to court over returned shipment of contaminated corn

Last edited 15 September 2003 at 8:00am

Due to the complicity of the Mexican government, the ship "Ikan Altamira" returned to the port of Veracruz, Mexico. Escorted by the military this afternoon, it began unloading its 40,000 tonnes of GE contaminated corn, even though this violates the Biosafety Protocol, an international agreement signed by the Mexican government.

Article tagged as: cancun, GM crops, press releases, WTO

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