Greenpeace activists, following through on Greenpeace's opposition of Genetically Modified Organisms, have dismayed Australian scientists by raiding a
CSIRO experimental farm in Canberra and
destroying the station's entire experimental crop of genetically modified wheat.
posted by Silverdragonanon
on Jul 14, 2011 -
130 comments
Produced and recorded in the studios of Kootenay Co-op Radio in Nelson, British Columbia,
Deconstructing Dinner has been designed to dispense and discuss current food issues.
This weekly radio show hosted by Jon Steinman features a wide range of topics revolving around
food security.
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posted by utsutsu
on Nov 27, 2008 -
4 comments
bomb sniffing flowers. Danish, Canadian and U.S. scientists are closing in on a genetically engineered plant that will send up a floral signal: “DANGER—land mines below."
Scientists in Denmark have been tinkering with
Arabidopsis thaliana [...] to produce a plant [that] will turn a warning red whenever close to a land mine.” Arabidopsis can be genetically sensitized to the nitrogen-dioxide (NO2) that leaches from buried explosives.
posted by Tryptophan-5ht
on May 15, 2006 -
29 comments
Today the
British government released a
major report on the safety of genetically modified foods. According to
New Scientist, "existing genetically modified crops and foods pose a 'very low' risk to human health and are 'very unlikely' to rampage through the British countryside", but
others disagree.
posted by turbodog
on Jul 21, 2003 -
58 comments
Since Genetically Modified Organisms are a big no-no in Europe,
some scientists are now focusing their efforts on TILLING (Targeting Induced Local Lesions in Genomes), a novel technology for rapid selection of a mutation in any gene from mutant plant, through the use of a mutagen,
Ethyl Methanesulfonate (EMS).
Will this method be seen as less dangerous than Genetic Engineering à la Monsanto?
During my search on this topic, I stumbled on this entertaining story about
DIY genegeneering.
posted by titboy
on Oct 9, 2002 -
6 comments
Along with water, there's been increased interested in food issues lately. Probably the most controversial issue is genetically modified foods. And it looks like here in Canada,
they're not going to be labelled. The day after I read this in the paper, Steve Talbott published an issue of his
superb newsletter Netfuture, with
this thoughtful essay. [more inside]
posted by slipperywhenwet
on Aug 29, 2002 -
10 comments
Glowing Pig News Great to take to parties.....
(Hurrah for my first ever link that hasn't been found in previous threads...)
posted by Spoon
on Oct 12, 2001 -
13 comments
"I think that first world environmental groups (who oppose development of genetically modified crops) should put on the hat and shoes of farmers in Mali who are faced by repeated crop failure." -- Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, lead author of the U.N. Development Programme's annual Human Development Report. (Here's
another report on the same issue which includes a great deal of background information about the problems which still need to be solved, and why genetic modification of food crops is an essential part of the solution.)
posted by Steven Den Beste
on Jul 12, 2001 -
35 comments
Love to argue about Genetically Modified Foods? Hate to be under-informed? The Science Controversies On-line: Partnerships in Education (SCOPE) project has a huge database of resources and links to commentaries on various issues, one of which is genetically modified foods and covers both (all?) side of the issue. The site is still in the works, it looks like it is (and will be) a useful resource.
posted by iceberg273
on Feb 22, 2001 -
2 comments
