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Conflicts of Interest: In Agriculture too?

March 15, 2007

Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Failure to declare a conflict of interest, as Lester Crawford has been reminded (see news item), is a federal offence for United States Government employees, punishable by a prison term. …

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Commentaries, Environment, Health, Science Media

The Agenda Gap in Science

February 28, 2007

Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Writing in New Scientist recently (New Scientist 06-01-07), Bernard Dixon, a former editor, bemoaned the lack of dialogue between scientists and the public and warned of the dangers of disengagement. …

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Biotechnology, Commentaries, Environment, Health

Cisgenic Plants: Just Schouten from the Hip?

February 23, 2007

Allison Wilson and Jonathan Latham Many genetic engineers have long resented the regulatory procedures imposed on transgenic crop plants, often arguing that there is no difference between the risks arising from transgenic plants and plants …

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Biotechnology, Commentaries, Environment

Transgene Escape! – But No One Has Called Out the Guards

February 4, 2007

Doug Gurian-Sherman of the Centre for Food Safety Introduction One route by which transgenes (the genes engineered into crops) may cause harm is by permanently escaping from agricultural environments into wild or natural areas. This …

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(Un)Sustainable Farming, Biotechnology, Environment, News

Transgenic Bt Maize Pollen Harms Swallowtails

January 2, 2007

Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Pollen from a Bt insect resistant maize is highly toxic to the European common swallowtail butterfly (Papilio Machaon) according to a paper published last week in the journal Basic and …

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