| Genetically
Modified Q&A - addresses questions such as: What is GM food? What
are the potential health risks? Are there health benefits? How do I know
what I am eating? From the BBC. |
| Biotechnology
Industry Organization (BIO) - trade organization for the biotechnology
industry. Has a section on
agriculture and biotechnology that includes news
and testimony, food
labeling, and international
trade. |
| GM
Food Quiz - unless you know exactly where the food you eat comes
from, chances are you've already consumed GM food. How much do you know
about it? From the Environmental News Network. |
| AgBioWorld.org -
provides information to scientists, policymakers, journalists and the general
public on the relevance of agricultural biotechnology to sustainable development. |
| Agricultural
Biotechnology and the Poor - white paper that argues that agricultural
biotechnology can help to alleviate hunger and poverty in the Third World.
REport contributors are from the Royal Society of London, the national
academies of science of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and the U.S., and
the Third World Academy of Sciences. |
| Campaign
on Food Safety - nonprofit, public interest organization dedicated
to building a healthy, safe, and sustainable system of food production
and consumption. |
| Citizens
for Health - campaigning to establish labeling of and standards for
genetically engineered foods. |
| Council
for Responsible Genetics - monitors the development of new genetic
technologies and advocates for their responsible use. |
| Dispelling
'Frankenfear' - explains genetic engineering, examines the risks,
and argues that genetic engineering is necessary in the promotion of
food security and in helping the poorest of farmers. |
| Genetically
Engineered Food Alert - coalition of seven organizations committed
to testing and labeling genetically engineered food. |
| Genetically
Engineered Foods: Fears and Facts (January/February 1993) - answers
to commonly asked questions, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. |
| Global
Issues: Biotechnology - features speeches, articles and links to
biotechnology policy, regulations, and science. From the Office of International
Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. |
| Greenpeace
True Food Campaign - aims to ban GM food and phase out industrial
farming in favor of organic techniques. |
| National
Agricultural Biotechnology Council (NABC) - provides people with
differing viewpoints a neutral forum where they can come together and
freely exchange ideas on critical issues facing agricultural biotechnology. |
| Northwest
Resistance Against Genetic Engineering (NWRAGE) - resisting "the
instrusion of genetic engineering into our lives, our food supply, our
environment and our privacy." |
| Safer
Food, Safer Farms Campaign - campaign against genetically engineered
food. From Friends of the Earth. |
| Spotlight:
Biotechnology in Agriculture - primer from the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations. |
| Technology
to Feed the World - examines the potential for genetically modified
crops to assist developing countries, and the issues that need to be
addressed. From the National Acedemy of Sciences. |
| The
Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Food - political advocacy
organization. Includes list of related resources. |
| The International
Center for Technology Assessment - non-profit, bi-partisan organization
committed to providing assessments and analyses of technological impacts
on society; includes section on organic food and food safety. |
| The
Risks and Benefits of Genetically Modified Food - controvery forum
from Univ. of Washington "designed to facilitate an even-handed exploration
of the potential risks, issues, and possibilities associated with GMF." |
| Waiter,
There's a Gene in My Food - coverage of the Australian consensus
conference on genetically modified food held in March, 1999. From the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation. |
| Biodevastation
2000 - conference and rally to address "the global corporate domination
of life on earth;" in opposition to genetic engineering of food. Boston,
MA; March 24-30, 2000. |
| Northeast
Resistance Against Genetic Engineering (NERAGE) - ad-hoc group of
individuals and other groups throughout the northeast USA who question
the need for genetic engineering in the food supply. |
| Genetic
Engineering - includes news, features, consumer information, factsheets
and other publications. From Greenpeace USA, opposed to GM foods. |
| Biotechnology
Knowledge Centre - collection of news items, technical reports, fact
sheets, and speeches geared towards food biotechnology sponsored by Monsanto
Company. |
| Center
for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - U.S. FDA division which promotes
and protects the public health and economic interest by ensuring that
food is safe, nutritious and wholesome. |
| Monsanto
UK - food biotechnology company which created genetically modified
foods. Site includes GM food discussion area and company updates. |
| Arpad
Pusztai's Home Page - features a section that highlights correspondence between
the scientist whose research raised doubts about the safety of GM food
and the Royal Society of
London, which discredited his research in a report. |
| Safety
of GM food Questioned - interview with gene scientist Dr. Arpad Pusztai.
From the World Socialist Web Site. |
| Genetix
Food Alert - UK organization campaigning against the use of genetically
modified foods. |
| Mothers
for Natural Law - offers information about natural foods and sources
and an online petition for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered
foods. |
| Seeds
of Resistance - headlines, background and in-depth resources; from
CorporateWatch. |
