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Biosafety regulation, law and policies
- Use and abuse of the precautionary principle
(Updated version) (P.Saunders)
Although a lot has been written and said about the precautionary principle, much of it misleading, it is actually just plain common-sense reasoning. It is the sort of reasoning accepted in the courts of law and adopted by mathematicians in the proper use of statistics.
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Joint letter of protest to Channel 4 Television
and The Times newspaper, UK (T.Egziabher)
JOINT LETTER IN PROTEST TO DOCUMENTARY, (EQUINOX, 19TH MARCH
2000) AND ARTICLE (GM FOODS AND THE LUXURY OF CHOICE, 21ST MARCH 2000),
USING SOUTHERN SCIENTISTS TO MAKE EUROPEANS FEEL GUILTY FOR NOT SUPPORTING
GENETIC ENGINEERING.
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The socio-economic aspects of GMOs and the need
for applying precautionary principles (H.Jhamtani)
Paper presented at the ASEAN Workshop on Biosafety of Genetically
Modified Organisms, Kuala Lumpur, 24-26 April 2000.
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The end of bad science and beginning again with new
life (M.W.Ho)
The debate on evolution between the creationists and the neo-Darwinists
is not just sterile, it misses the central issue, which is that neo-Darwinism
is wrong and dangerous. It is promoting and misguiding a runaway technology
that has the potential to destroy all life on earth. It reinforces a worldview
that undermines every single moral value that makes us human. It is also
obstructing and preventing the necessary shift to holistic ecological sciences
that can connect to the organic revolution rising from the grassroots all
over the world, which can truly regenerate the earth and revitalize the human
spirit.
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Towards a New Ethic of Science (Dr Mae-Wan
Ho)
Above is the author's attempt to spell out a new ethic of science
which deals with, among other things, science and the precautionary principle.
It is appearing in a volume: Ethical Careers Guide for Young Scientists:
Careers that do not cost the Earth, Scientists for Global Responsibility,
London, 2000.
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Implications for developing countries of proposals
to consider trade in GMOs at the WTO (CIEL Discussion Paper) (Matthew
Stilwell/CIEL)
This discussion paper offers some preliminary observations about proposals
for the upcoming WTO Seattle Ministerial by three countries - the US, Canada
and Japan - to consider trade in genetically modified organisms (GMOs) at
the WTO. These proposals raise significant issues for WTO Members - in particular
developing countries.
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Model National Biosafety Law (TWN)
See the above box for full description.
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An introduction to the model national law on
biosafety (G.S.Nijar/TWN)
This provides an introduction to the model biosafety law and lists
its basic scheme.
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Possible human health impacts of Monsanto's
transgenic glyphosate-resistant soybeans (C.Von Weizsacker/B.
Tappeser)
Attempts by Monsanto to market a soybean which has been genetically
engineered to make it resistant to a glyphosate herbicide produced by the
US multinational under the brand name 'Roundup', have provoked world-wide
protests. In the following critique, Dr Beatrix Tappeser and
Christine von Weizsacker reveal why the studies carried out by Monsanto
to assertain the safety of its Round-up Ready Soybeans are fatally flawed.
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Scientists call for bio-patent ban, GMO
moratorium (C.Raghavan/SUNS)
A group of leading scientists including some leading molecular biologists
and related disciplines have issued a statement calling on governments to
impose a moratorium on release of transgenic crops, food and animal feed
products.
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Special safety concerns of LMOs (Mae-Wan
Ho)
This paper was presented at the Risk Assessment/Risk Management and
Information Management on Biosafety Regional Workshop, Limbe, Cameroon, 9-11
August 1999. The workshop was organised by the Ministry of the Environment
and Forestry, Cameroon.
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GMO regulations based on unsound assumptions
(C.Raghavan/SUNS)
The current security measures and regulations for research and production
of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and GM-products are based on some
"unsound" earlier assumptions about survival and transfer abilities of
micro-organisms and concepts of biological containment. As such, the security
measures and regulations need changes and updating, three biologists and
micro-biologists at the Institute for Applied Ecology, Frieburg (Germany)
conclude.
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