Michael Scheinthal's List: OCA

"The current generation of genetically modified (GM) crops unnecessarily risks the health of the population and the environment.

Present knowledge is not sufficient to safely and predictably modify the plant genome, and the risks of serious side-effects far outweigh the benefits.

canola plants and treeWe urge you to stop feeding the products of this infant science to our population and ban the release of these crops into the environment where they can never be recalled. "

-from an Open Letter by the Independent Scientists', read at the Joint International GMO Opposition Day, April 8, 2006

Genetic Engineering News

* 11/30/08 - GM Watch: Monthly Review No. 63
* 11/29/08 - Lula's Green Light for Monsanto Has Flooded Brazil with GMO Soya & Increased Amazon Deforestation
* 11/28/08 - African Farmers Don't Need Monsanto's Biotechnology, They Need Self-Determination
* 11/25/08 - US Heading to Deregulate GE Corn for Ethanol Use
* 11/24/08 - Obama: Another Biotech Booster in the White House?
* 11/23/08 - Pig Genetically Engineered to Make Factory Farming Easier is Close to Market
* 11/21/08 - Bush Administration USDA Rushing Through Dangerous New Rules on Genetically Engineered Foods & Crops
* 11/21/08 - Monsanto Tried to Block Austrian Government Funded Research Showing GE Corn Causes Infertility
* 11/21/08 - GM Maize Disturbs Immune System of Young and Old Mice
* 11/20/08 - Obama's Reported First Choice to Head USDA, Tom Vilsack, Responds to His Critics & OCA Responds
* 11/20/08 - Consumers, Businesses and Organic Farmers Overwhelmingly Oppose Engineered Papaya
* 11/20/08 - Another Monsanto Fox Guarding the Henhouse in Obama's Transition Team: rBGH Booster Michael Taylor
* 11/20/08 - Tell Obama: NO to Vilsack for Secretary of Agriculture
* 11/19/08 - Wal-Mart Dumping Bovine Growth Hormone
* 11/17/08 - Controversial GMO Crops to Be Grown in Secret on Military Bases in UK to Thwart Protesters
* 11/16/08 - Summary of Top Stories of the Week on GMOs (Nov. 16, 2008)
* 11/16/08 - The Wolff in the USDA Henhouse: Obama Team Apparently Considering Another Monsanto Booster for Appointment
* 11/15/08 - Attack of the Tiny Nano Particles - Be Slightly Afraid
* 11/14/08 - Monsanto Purchases a Brazilian Sugarcane Ethanol Company for $290 Million
* 11/14/08 - OCA Stirs Up Controversy Around Possible Appointment of Ex-Governor Vilsack for Obama's USDA Secretary
* 11/13/08 - Genetically Engineered Corn Contaminating Mexico's Irreplaceable Original Varieties
* 11/13/08 - Who Owns Nature?: Monsanto & Biotech Corporations Move to Monopolize Seeds & Biodiversity
* 11/13/08 - New Study Confirms Genetically Engineered Food Damages Fertility
* 11/12/08 - Hawaii County Council Moves to Ban GE Coffee & Taro
* 11/12/08 - Six Reasons Why Obama Appointing Monsanto's Buddy, Former Iowa Governor Vilsack, for USDA Head Would be a Terrible Idea
* 11/12/08 - Saving the Nation's Seed Supply
* 11/11/08 - Subway Bans Milk from Cows Injected with rBGH
* 11/11/08 - Ireland Committed to Remaining GMO-Free
* 11/11/08 - Genetically-Engineered Food: Potential Threat to Fertility
* 11/10/08 - Obama Reportedly Considering Two Pro-Agribusiness Biotech Cheerleaders for USDA Secretary--Tom Vilsack & Collin Peterson
* 11/10/08 - Hawaii Council to Consider GMO Advisory Commission
* 11/10/08 - The Beauty Creams With Nanoparticles That Could Poison Your Body
* 11/06/08 - Controversy Over Industry Attempts to Genetically Engineer Traditional Medicinal Herbs in India
* 11/03/08 - The GM Genocide: Thousands of Indian Farmers are Committing Suicide After Using Genetically Modified Crops
* 11/03/08 - Summary of Top Stories on GMOs for October 2008
* 10/30/08 - Monsanto Battles Biopiracy Claims in India
* 10/27/08 - GMO-Crop Crisis a Rapidly Growing Concern
* 10/27/08 - Europe's Secret Plan to Boost GM Crop Production
* 10/24/08 - Counties in California & Hawaii Ban GE Crops
* 10/24/08 - Will the Future of New Mexico's Chile Include Genetic Engineering?
* 10/21/08 - Vitamins Present GMO Challenges for Organic Industry
* 10/20/08 - A Debilitating Bout of Monsantosis
* 10/20/08 - Monsanto Hurting Iowa & U.S. Farmers
* 10/19/08 - GMW Weekly Watch # 261
* 10/18/08 - URGENT: GE Papaya ALERT
* 10/17/08 - Non-GM Seed and Feed Make a Comeback
* 10/16/08 - Mutant Seeds for Mesopotamia
* 10/16/08 - Hawaii: Council Bans GMO Taro, Coffee
* 10/16/08 - Bayer Facing A Billion Dollars in Lawsuits After Polluting Thousands of Rice Fields with Genetically Engineered Rice
* 10/16/08 - THE SCOOP - October 2008 Organic Center Newsletter
* 10/14/08 - Latest News on GMOs & Monsanto
* 10/13/08 - Is America Starting to Turn Against Genetically Modified Food?
* 10/12/08 - Genetically Engineered Insulin's Side Effects
* 10/12/08 - The Agrofuels Hoax: The Perils of the Coming Sugar Economy
* 10/10/08 - Paraguayan Farmers Occupy Large Brazilian-Owned Farms to Block the Entry of Genetically-Modified Soy

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# 05/21/08 - Nanotubes May Pose Health Risks Similar to Asbestos
# 05/21/08 - ALERT: Stop Bush Biotech Bullying
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# 04/25/08 - Overhaul of Agriculture Systems Needed
# 04/21/08 - Major Genetic Engineering Myth Exposed--Genetically Modified Crops Produce Less, Not More, Than Conventional Crops