GM Watch Podcasts
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A few weeks ago GM Watch started producing podcasts: audiofiles with interviews and reports on GM issues, adding another dimension to their excellent email list on - to say it in their own words - "the use of hype, propaganda and spin to promote this technology, and on exposing the role played by corporate-friendly scientists, industry front groups, PR companies, lobbyists, and political groups."

02 July 2006 How pro-GM lobbyists promote the GM agenda
25 June 2006 Illegal GM crops in Brazil and China
19 June 2006 GM pharmaceutical crops; Monsanto's GM rBGH
11 June 2006 Feeding the world and biotech PR; Doubts about drugs
5 June 2006 GM Cotton in India, worrying new research on GM Corn
1 June 2006 watching genetic modification around the world
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Alert: Stop Release of 1st Temperate GE Tree (Plum)
Global Justice Ecology Project

The US Department of Agriculture is accepting public comments between now and July 17, 2006 on a petition that would allow commercial growing and marketing of the first genetically engineered (GE) plum trees. If approved, this would remove all regulatory oversight of this GE variety, a virus-resistant plum tree known as the Honey Sweet Pox Potyvirus Resistant plum. This would open the door to GE varieties of many other related stone fruits, such as peaches, apricots, cherries and almonds, that are susceptible to the same virus. Ironically, this virus is not even found in the US today according to the USDA, and is certainly not a significant agricultural problem here.

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VIA CAMPESINA PRESSURES Brazilian GOVERNMENT IN THE OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE UN
AGAINST GENETICALLY MODIFIED

At the monday's afternoon(03/13), in the metropolitan region of Curitiba, the Via Campesina carried out a march during the opening of the MOP3. The peasants were pressure the brazilian government for that this mark favorable position to make clear the labelling of genetically modified shipments. Around 500 militants entered marching in the Expotrade Pinhas, to participate of the Global Forum of the Civil Society, organized by NGOs and social movements.

PICTURES OF VIA CAMPESINA ACT

know more: [MOP3] march 13rd | Notes about debates 13/03

Mexican legislators open the door to genetic privatisation
ARN.ESPORA - indymedia México (translated by topito)

During the media screen generated by the presidential succesion, on the 27th of April the Mexican Senator opened the door to the privatisation of genetic resources by means of the unanimous approval of the "Initiative of federal law for access and exploitation of biological and genetic resources", which will no doubt gravely affect, amongst other things, the food sovereignty of Mexico, as in the case of corn which has already been contaminated from its center of origin.

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