Links & resources
Why GM food can't feed the world
Why I Still Oppose Genetically Modified Crops; Yale Environment 360, September 2009.
The Failure of Science: New Paper Makes a Damning Case Against Genetically Modified Crops; Ethicurean, June 2009.
Failure to Yield: Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops; A report about how GM does not increase crop yields. Union of Concerned Scientists, March 2009.
Why GM Crops Will Not Feed the World; Sound Consumer, October 2008.
Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear; Vanity Fair, May 2008.
Exposed: The Great GM Crops Myth; Major New Study Shows GM Crops are Less Productive. The Independent, April 20, 2008.
Who Benefits from GM Crops? (PDF); A report showing GM crops increase pesticide use and fail to alleviate poverty. Friends of the Earth International and the Center for Food Safety, January 2008.
The Non-GMO Project: A Campaign for Healthier Eating; Sound Consumer, September 2007.
Reasons to be GE free; The Ecologist, August 2003.
Biotech is a bad financial risk; Executive Summary of an Investor Risk Report on Monsanto prepared by financial analysts at 'Innovest' and commissioned by Greenpeace, April 2003.
New Study Says Costs of Roundup Ready Wheat Are Greater Than Benefits: Industry Could Lose Up To $272 Million; Press release dated August 2005, WORC (Western Organization of Resource Councils).
Health and GM foods
GM Crops – Just the Science; The Non-GMO Project.
The Hidden Health Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods (PDF); Center for Food Safety.
Pharmaceutical Rice in California: Potential Risks to Consumers, the Environment, and the California Rice Industry; Center for Food Safety report, July 2004.
USDA Backs Production of Rice With Human Genes; Washington Post, March 2, 2007.
Monsanto Whistleblower Says Genetically Engineered Crops May Cause Disease; Jeffrey M. Smith, Director of the Institute for Responsible Technology, Spilling the Beans, August 2006.
Disease-Resistant Genetically Engineered Crops May Make Humans (and Plants) More Vulnerable to Viruses; Jeffrey M. Smith, Director of the Institute for Responsible Technology, Spilling the Beans, June 2006.
Allergenic GM Papaya Scandal; Institute of Science and Society.
Bt Sprays May Induce Allergic Responses with IgE and IgG Antibodies; letters from Dr. Neil Carman, Ph.D. March 2006 to Texas officials, citing the Journal of Environmental Health Perspectives, July 1999 and 1994.
The environment and GM foods
Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use: The First Thirteen Years; report from The Organic Center, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the Center for Food Safety showing that the rapid adoption by U.S. farmers of genetically engineered corn, soybeans and cotton has caused increased use of pesticides, herbicide-resistant weeds and more chemical residues in foods. November 2009.
How Sweet It Isn't: GM Sugar Beets; Sound Consumer, April 2008.
The End for GM Crops: Final British Trial Confirms Threat to Wildlife; Independent Digital (UK) Ltd, March 22, 2005.
Roundup Ravages Riparian Residents; News release re: paper published on the study of "The Impact of Insecticides and Herbicides on the Biodiversity and Productivity of Aquatic Communities," by University of Pittsburgh assistant professor of biology Rick Relyea. April 18, 2005.
Roundup Revelation. Weed Killer Adjuvants May Boost Toxicity; Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 113, Number 6, June 2005.
Pharmaceutical Food Crops: In a field near you?; Sound Consumer, March 2007.
Packaging and Plastics; The argument against corn plastics. Sound Consumer, July 2006.
Genetically Engineered Crops and Pesticide Use in the United States: The First Nine Years (PDF); A report showing that GM crops do not reduce pesticide use. BioTech InfoNet, October 2004.
Labeling GM foods
Why label genetically engineered foods? (PDF); The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods, 2003.
Are There Human Genes in Your Food?; Trudy Bialic, Editor of the PCC Sound Consumer and Public Affairs Manager, PCC Natural Markets. Guest columnist, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 24, 2006.