GMO Information Resources

 


A Global Citizens Report on the State of GMOs -- False Promises, Failed Technologies  2011 report coordinated by Navdanya International, International Commission on the Future of Food and Agriculture, with the participation of The Center for Food Safety (CFS) 

GM: Novel Cuisine or Unpalatable Prospect?  Bite Magazine, Summer 2011.  Food Standards Agency, United Kingdom

Genetically Engineered Food: An Overview  September 2011 report from Food and Water Watch

Sorry, NYTimes: GMOs Still Will Not Save the World  A nice Grist Magazine rebuttal by Anna Lappe to a NYT Op-Ed by a well-known proponent of GMOs.  (August 2011)

Third World Network/Biosafety Information Centre European website:  resources on biotech, trade, development, north-south issues, including “Genetic Engineering and Omitted Health Research: Still No Answers to Ageing Questions”

Safety Testing and Regulation of Genetically Engineered Foods  Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews  (2004).  Excellent technical review of scientific literature

Union of Concerned Scientists See “Failure to Yield: Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops” (2009) and other resources on food, agriculture and GMO’s.

Center For Food Safety CFS is at the center of ongoing GE litigation actions.  GE resources and policy comments. 

GM Watch Wide selection of videos and information

National Organic Coalition National alliance of organizations (NOFA Vermont included) – GE positions and papers agriculture.

The Organic Center Excellent resources, including  "Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use: The First Thirteen Years"  (2009) http://www.organic-center.org/09

Institute of Science in Society   Special Safety Concerns of Transgenic Agriculture and Related Issues-- Briefing Paper for UK Minister of State for the Environment

GMO Compass GMO info website supported by the EU

A decade of EU-funded GMO research (2001 - 2010) Report of the European Commission

Non GMO Project Many GE resources, including “GM Crops -- Just the Science:  Research documenting the limitations, risks and alternatives”.  

Institute for Responsible Technology Many resources -- online videos, books, podcasts, blogs, reports and information on GMOs 

GMO Safety -- Genetic Engineering - Plants - Environment Webpage of the EU Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods:  Approaches to Assessing Unintended Health Effects A 2004 National Academies Press report produced by the Committee on Identifying and Assessing Unintended Effects of Genetically Engineered Foods on Human Health.  Institute of Medicine and National Research Council (USA).