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The ABC in Australia aired a series of TV programs on Landline as follows:
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| ActionBioscience.org is a non-commercial, educational web site created to promote bioscience literacy. |
| GM crops: A bitter harvest? documentary shown on BBC UK in June 2002. |
GM Jury an interesting concept that was conducted in the UK based on a jury of ordinary people. Many points are listed in the "verdict" the three main ones being:
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| Nature Publishing Group resources in the field of genetics |
| Nature publishing Group Web focus. GM crops. Time to choose |
| Nature magazine debate Benefits and risks of genetic modification in agriculture, held in October 1998 |
| New Internationalist No 293/August 1997 Gene Dream |
| New Scientist Latest and archived articles on GM foods. |
| Our Food Database of Food & Related Sciences contains various technical/scientific aspects of our food supply including genetic engineering ones. It is compiled by a biochemist in Brazil. |
| Say No To GMOs! have an Education page that links to many extremely informative papers and web sites. This includes scientists speaking out, scientific studies, corporate ties, farmers woes and others. |
| Scope forum on GM Food Science Controversies On-line Parntership in Education is establishing on-line, intellectual communities focused on current controversies in science that concern leading research scientists and also connect to the interests of the general public. They cover a few topics and at least appear to try present factual information and/or various opinions on related questions. |
| The Sacramento Bee has a five part series called Seeds of Doubt. |
| The Lab's Expert Forum Biotechnology part of Australian ABC science section. |
| Network of Concerned Farmers have a excellent news subscription service. Even though they are based in rural Australia, news is provided from many sources around the world. You can also access archived news articles. |
| Genetically Engineered Crops and Pesticide Use in the United States: The first Nine Years October 2004. Is an excellent paper funded by the Union of Concerned Scientists and prepared by Charles Benbrook. It shows that farmers now use more pesticide on the top three GE crops—corn, soybeans, and cotton—than on conventional varieties. |
| GM gene crosses species Landscape sampling finds plant transgene flow into related species in same genus 14 km away. 23 Sept 2004 |
| Monbiot.com series of articles about genetic engineering by George Monbiot who is author and investigative jounalist. He writes a weekly column for the Guardian newspaper. |
| Reporters' Guide to Genetic Engineering in Agriculture Produced by the Environmental Media Services, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing journalists with the most current information on environmental issues. |
| Resistance found in GM refuges Wind pollination carries Bt genes from GM maize into neighboring plants. 11 May 2004 |
The following is a list of books dealing with the Genetic engineering issue. For each book the date of publication and ISBN number are included for reference.
| Recoding Nature: Critical Perspectives on Genetic Engineering | ||
| The book addresses some fundamental and profound questions such as: Are GM foods safe to eat? What do consumers think about GM foods and, alternatively, organic produce? What are the real risks of genetic pollution? And is it appropriate to delete a supposed gene for sadness? 'Recoding Nature' challenges the assumptions of those preparing the world for a recoded DNA future | ||
| Richard Hindmarsh, Geoffrey Lawrence | Nov 2004 | 0868407410 |
| Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You're Eating. | ||
| Also has a companion web site | ||
| Jeffrey M Smith | Sept 2003 | 0972966587 |
| Teach Yourself Genetics | ||
| To start with this book is not against GE foods. It is included in this list as a good introduction and history of genetics which I found interesting and informative, especially some of the early historical aspects. | ||
| Morton Jenkins | 2003 | 0340867523 |
| Genetically Modified Foods: Debating Biotechnology (Contemporary Issues Series) | ||
| Michael Ruse (Editor), David Castle (Editor) | Nov 2002 | 1573929964 |
| Seeds of Contention: World Hunger and the Global Controversy Over Genetically Modified Crops | ||
| Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Ebbe Schioler | Oct 2001 | 0801868262 |
| Dinner at the New Gene Cafe: How Genetic Engineering Is Changing What We Eat, How We Live, and the Global Politics of Food | ||
| Bill Lambrecht | Sept 2001 | 0312265751 |
| Genetically Engineered Food: Changing the Nature of Nature | ||
| Ralph Nader, Martin Teitel Ph.D | March 2001 | 0892819480 |