Topic: Bt crops

Banned GM maize sown in Germany

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

The question is which one and how much. There are conflicting reports from various news agencies.

Bt maize (mostly) harmless to earthworms

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Four year study: Genetically modified Bt maize does not harm earthworms even after several years of cultivation.

GM crop use makes minor pests major problem

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Growing cotton that has been genetically modified to poison its main pest can lead to a boom in the numbers of other insects, a ten-year study in northern China has found.

Critique no. 4 of GM corn safety

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

This one from a statistician

Critique no. 3 of GM corn safety research

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Critique no. 3 from Food Standards Australia New Zealand: FSANZ remains confident that the changes reported in these studies are neither sex- nor dose-related and are primarily due to chance alone.

Critique of 3 GM corn safety research cont…

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Critique no. 2 of the French research findings safety concerns with 3 GM corn

Research suggests GM corn danger

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Three types of Monsanto’s GM corn do have toxic effects on rats, according to recent research, but it remains to be seen if it holds up any better than previous studies.

Report: Biotech the key to improving Australia’s agriculture

Monday, December 14th, 2009

The Bureau of Rural Sciences report, Plant gene technology: improving the productivity of Australian agriculture, released today.

China approves its first GM rice

Monday, November 30th, 2009

China has approved its first strain of genetically modified (Bt) rice for commercial production.

Reply to Organic Centre report on GM crops

Friday, November 20th, 2009

PG Economics Ltd has, in quick time, posted a comprehensive critique of the Organic Centre’s recent report, “Impacts of genetically engineered crops on pesticide use: the first thirteen years” by Charles Benbrook.