GMOs in the News – Early June 2006

Santa Cruz County moves closer to ban on genetically engineered crops
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2006/June/08/local/stories/02local.htm

Missouri GMO 'pre-emption' bill pushed back by farmers
http://deltafarmpress.com/news_archive/060601-Missouri-GMO/

GE-free victory in Ireland as GE crop trials are scrapped
http://tinyurl.com/fc2kd

US Scientists see spike in kids' food allergies
http://www.non-gm-farmers.com/news_details.asp?ID=2789

FDA sued for lax regulation of GM foods
http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=68312-fda-sued-for

Special Report: Monsanto's rBGH On The Run
http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6635

Multiple births may be linked to Monsanto's rBGH / Vegan Women Much Less Likely To Have Twins Than Women Who Eat Animal Products, Especially Dairy)
http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6638

Biofuel Challenges Big Oil - But Does it Need to Come From GE Crops?
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2660/

Contaminating the wild? GMO Field Trials Contaminated Wild Species
http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6634

The Corn Borer, Stay-at-Home Insect in GMO Fields
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/060906EA.shtml

Continuing Controversy in India over Mass Death of Sheep from Eating GE Cotton
http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_646.cfm

Did the US really "win" it's WTO lawsuit against Europe over GMO crops?
http://towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/759/0/

France Condemned for GM Pharming Test Sites
http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6632

More at http://www.gmwatch.org/archive.asp

Past Links

POLICY - LABELING, MORATORIUMS, ETC:

• UN Upholds Moratorium on Terminator Seed Technology
  http://www.etcgroup.org/documents/pressreleaseCOP8_March3106.pdf
• Residents of Montville, Maine vote to include a ban of GE seeds in land use ordinances
  http://www.gefreemaine.org
• Greens, Industry Clash Again on EU Biotech Policy
  http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35886/story.htm, or
  http://www.organicconsumers.org/ge/greens060406.cfm
• India - GM imports to be labelled
  http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcidd28

CONTAMINATION & TESTING:

• GE Contamination in Spain: A Warning for Europe
  http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0404-02.htm
• Testing to begin on genetically modified food
  http://tinyurl.com/r82be

HEALTH & SAFETY:

• Research raising serious concerns about GMOs - Letter to New Zealand Prime Minister from Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Genetics
  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0604/S00056.htm
• Genetically modified foods are not a healthy choice (op-ed)
  http://tinyurl.com/n7s9r
• GM food - is it safe or not?
  http://tinyurl.com/hcz78
• More Illnesses Linked to Bt Crops
  http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MILTBT.php
• Evidence of harm from GMOs growing
  http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcidd61

NEW GE PRODUCTS:

• Farmers, Others Sue USDA Over Monsanto GMO Alfalfa (From February, but relevant to Sonoma County)
  http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35154/story.htm

MONSANTO & THE CORPORATIZATION OF AG:

• Greenpeace activists occupy Monsanto seed facility in France
  http://tinyurl.com/hoseb
• Monsanto indicted for monopoly practices
  http://tinyurl.com/kkmq6
• Wal-Mart's Organic Offensive
  http://tinyurl.com/l5ujj

ALTERNATIVES:

• Organic cotton beats Bt Cotton
  http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID21591
• Resistance continues to GM crops; There is an alternative
  http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcidd34

THE POPE WEIGHS IN:

• Good Friday - Pope condemns "genetic manipulation"
  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2134140,00.html

And here are a couple items that are not about GE, but about local democracy vs. corporate control!

• The Barnstead Water Rights and Local Self Government Ordinance - prohibits corporations from owning, withdrawing, or hauling water from the community. Eliminates constitutional privileges from corporations at the municipal level.
  http://tinyurl.com/jr862
• Measure T Will Ensure Local Control
  Humboldt county measure prohibits non-local corporations from giving moneyin local elections
  http://www.votelocalcontrol.org/news_ts032706.htm