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Campaigners react angrily to GM statement

ANTI-GM campaigners have reacted angrily to the ministerial statement on the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops made by environment minister Phil Woolas. In his statement Mr Woolas said that GM crops...

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Lifting GM bans may trigger legal landslide

THE lifting of bans on genetically modified (GM) canola in NSW and Victoria will trigger a landslide of lawsuits from producers, Australia’s largest organic farming body said today. The warning follows...

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Eating GM foods is a health risk

The Premier’s decision to allow genetically modified crops is also bad for the economy. JOHN Brumby’s announcement to allow genetically modified (GM) foods to grow in Victoria threatens more than just...

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Sowing a bitter harvest

One outcome of the Indo-US deal on Agriculture appears to be the deregulation of the GM (genetically modified) foods sector. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has through a notification withdrawn...

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GM foods can be dangerous. But you do the research

PLEASE don’t read this and think all genetically modified applications are bad. Please don’t read this and think I am against genetic research. Quite the contrary — I think much good will come from it,...

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Nanotechnology a ‘bigger concern’ than GM foods

The lifting of bans on genetically modified crops has revived the debate about the safety of the food we eat. But the next step in industrial food production has got Australia’s food regulator bracing...

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Farmers may face legal action over GM crops

MARK COLVIN: Farmers could soon be swapping writs over paddock fences as the battle over the introduction of genetically modified crops moves into the legal system. Anti-GM farmers are worried that...

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GM seeds can ‘last for 10 years’

Seeds of some genetically modified crops can endure in soil for at least 10 years, scientists have discovered. Researchers in Sweden examined a field planted with experimental oilseed rape a decade...

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