genetic modification Archive

  • Jeanette Fitzsimons

    100% Pure ‘Clean Green’ GE llamas? Um, no. - by Jeanette Fitzsimons



    Just over a week ago, the High Court ruled that ERMA breached the law in accepting applications from AgResearch to import and experiment on a range of genetically modified animals. I described the application at the time it was lodged as: A huge application to genetically engineer a wide range of animals, plus human and [...] read more
    June 17, 2009 9:21 am - 4 Comments
  • frog

    Monsanto and Michael Pollan discuss food production - by frog



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    October 13, 2008 8:39 am - 1 Comment
  • frog

    A good debate on genetic engineering - by frog



    George Darroch has started a good, and considered debate among frogblog commenters on the scientific risks of genetic engineering: There have been plenty of reasons to oppose genetic engineering that I can agree with; control of the food chain by large scale agribusiness, overstated benefits, chemical use, commercialisation of life, monocropping, loss of seed stock [...] read more
    September 9, 2008 2:34 pm - 14 Comments
  • frog

    GM chinese food - by frog



    I always figured when I bought food that might contain US ingredients I needed to be especially careful checking what the ingredients were and where they came from if I wanted to avoid GE food.  Not that I can check of course because there is no requirement for anyone to tell me what they are [...] read more
    September 8, 2008 4:37 pm - 25 Comments
  • frog

    Government doesn’t care about GE Royal Commission recommendations - by frog



    Research organisation Sustainable Future, has just released a new report showing the Government has implemented only 20 of the 49 recommendations of the 2001 Royal Commission on Genetic Modification. The report concludes: These findings show that the New Zealand Government is not currently pursuing the strategic option of ‘preserving opportunities’ as proposed by the Commissioners [...] read more
    April 16, 2008 10:32 am - 10 Comments
  • frog

    GE brings more weeds, more costs, but no more food - by frog



    Friends of the Earth have just released a significant global report on genetic engineering (GE or GM) showing that GE crops have led to a massive increase in pesticide use and have failed to increase yields or tackle world hunger and poverty. The biotech industry tells Africans that we need GM crops to tackle the [...] read more
    February 14, 2008 11:18 am - 9 Comments
  • frog

    This summer Monsanto is back - by frog



    This summer, once you are bored with the beach, the picnics and the bike rides (and maybe the occasional game of monopoly while you wait for the rain to clear), you might be looking for something else to do, something retro – maybe a little bit 2001/02.  Because one of the international superstars of the [...] read more
    December 13, 2007 2:46 pm - 37 Comments