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LATEST ARTICLES ON GM FOODS
GM crops can be worse for environment
The world's largest ever trial finds two of the three crops tested had a greater impact on farmland wildlife than conventional crops
16 Oct 03
Banning GM crops not enough to save wildlife
Results from the UK's environmental tests of transgenic crops are set for release, but non-GM herbicide-resistant crops might pose just as great a threat
15 Oct 03
UK public strongly rejects GM foods
British people are deeply concerned over the possibility of growing GM crops in the UK, says a major new report
24 Sep 03
GMO import ban caught in crossfire
The UN's Biosafety Protocol, which comes into force on Thursday, may be on a collision course with World Trade Organization rules
10 Sep 03
PAST ARTICLES ON GM FOODS
'Living condom' could block HIV
Genetically-modified versions of bacteria naturally present in the vagina can secrete proteins that women against the deadly virus
9 Sep 03
Weedkiller may boost toxic fungi
A widely used herbicide may encourage a blight that devastates crops, which could be problematic for backers of some GM wheat
14 Aug 03
GM food risk to humans "very low"
A major UK review concludes that existing GM crops pose little risk to health or the environment, but admits much remains unknowm
21 Jul 03
GM crops will have little economic benefit in UK
Public hostility means GM crops will have limited commercial benefit in Britain despite 'wide-ranging' potential, says government report
11 Jul 03
GM vaccine for peanut allergy shows promise
A vaccime based on genetically modified peanut protein shows promise in mice studies and may stop potentially fatal reactions in humans
10 Jul 03
GM food safety fear 'based on distortion'
The concern of the UK's recently sacked environment minister is ideological, not scientific, says the head of Britain's top science academy
25 Jun 03
Genetic engineers decaffeinate coffee
Researchers create low-caffeine plants that they claim could produce cheaper and fuller-flavoured coffee
18 Jun 03
Seeds more risky than pollen for GM escape
Seeds in the soil shed tractors and trucks may be more likely to carry GM crops out of fields, suggests research on sugar beet
18 Jun 03
End this phoney war
The dilemma we're being told we face over modified food is a fiction
14 Jun 03
A tale of two cultures
Objections to modified crops need not be based on science alone
24 May 03
GM crop experiment 'lacks statistical power'
The largest experiment in the world cannot give a definitive answer, say critics - wait for the data to be published, say the scientists
26 Mar 03
Altered beet offers a taste of the future
A Danish crop trial suggests engineered sugar beet is more friendly to wildlife than its conventional counterpart
15 Mar 03
Gene silencing could wipe out farm pests
The trick can produce sterile males for release, and might even prevent transgenic animals from spreading in the wild
10 Mar 03
KwaZulu farmers boosted by GM cotton
Sub-Saharan Africa's first commercially grown GM crops produce bumper yields and save on labour in the AIDS-blighted region
7 Mar 03
Fighting over pharming
Stricter rules are being demanded to keep drug-producing crops off our plates
1 Mar 03
Britain may force DNA 'barcodes' for GM food
Compelling biotech companies to insert DNA identity tags into their genetically modified organisms would make it easier for regulators to trace material
13 Feb 03
GM crop boost yields more in poor countries
Increases in yields can be eight times those in rich nations, suggest field trials of genetically modified cotton in India
6 Feb 03
Zambia's GM food fear traced to UK
Famine-struck Zambia is still rejecting food aid - and all because of a policy on genetically modified foods drawn up years ago in Britain
29 Jan 03
GM cows to please cheese-makers
Cattle genetically modified to produce high-protein milk ideal for the cheese industry are created in New Zealand
26 Jan 03
GM beet welcomes weeds and wildlife
Experimental fields full of weeds and insects suggest that careful use of weedkiller-resistant crops can lure back birds and animals
15 Jan 03
US fury at EU rules
The US has reacted with dismay to Europe's plans for tough laws on labelling genetically modified foods
7 Dec 02
Europe set for toughest GMO labelling laws
But the rules would force labels on some foods with no detectable GM protein or DNA, while allowing others with them to go unlabelled
29 Nov 02
GM crop mishaps unite friends and foes
The discovery of corn genetically modified to yield pharmaceutical or industrial products in soybean fields provokes sharp criticism
18 Nov 02
Zambia bans GM food aid
A government-backed delegation concludes that GM food is too risky - aid workers say the decision means people will go hungry
30 Oct 02
EU to permit new GM crops
After years of limbo, the European Union has adopted new rules to permit the development and sale of new GM products
17 Oct 02
Tear-inducing onions get the chop
Genetically-engineered onions lacking the chemical that makes eyes stream would not taste any different
16 Oct 02
Food aid may halt over GM row
Shipments to Zambia may stop in weeks if it does not reverse its ban on genetically-modified maize, warns WFP
17 Sep 02
Biotech researchers create safer soybeans
The beans lack a protein that causes most allergic reactions to soya - but non-allergenic food is unlikely to end the GM debate
13 Sep 02
GM fish farming 'too risky'
UK government advisors say the fish could escape from pens in open waters - their report also backs a ban on pet cloning
3 Sep 02
EDITORIAL
New year, new debate
Will the world finally make up its mind on genetically modified food?
4 Jan 03
Worlds apart
The planet has never been more divided over transgenic crops
9 Feb 02
You asked for advice, now act on it
When will we learn that with issues as fundamental as food and health, the government will get nowhere by simply insisting there is no danger?
15 Sep 01
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