Letters

"GMOs will not feed the world"

GMs renegade genes

Ecological costs of a GM plant are higher than benefits

"Only half the rats fed GM food survived"

European Parliament opposes import of three herbicide-resistant GM crops

The three GM soybeans are engineered to tolerate spraying with glyphosate or a combination of glyphosate and other herbicides

Bt gene harms GM plant

New answers to old questions on biosafety of GM crops

The Pellipadugu Declaration on Food Sovereignty

Adivasi, dalit, pastoralist and peasant communities declare food security can only be met through Food Sovereignty

Digging deep into muck

Film>> The World According to Monsanto • directed by Marie-Monique Robin

Scientists discover ‘safe’ GMOs

The synthetic organisms need amino acids to survive

India launches its first genetically modified crop

Bt brinjal set for field trial, experts warn of health risks

Why the world is worried about this new biotechnology

In the Convention on Biological Diversity, a moratorium on biotechnology, like genetically engineered mosquitoes, takes centre stage

‘BRAI will benefit both private and public sectors’

Introduction of the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill has brought cheers to the agri-biotechnology industry that was facing …

Monsanto at the receiving end of Bt cotton pricing policy

Monsanto losing price war with state governments

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Biotech is not just GM

Michael Antoniou teaches Molecular Genetics at King's College, London. In his spare time, he likes to help non-profits with information on the …

Syngenta for import of its genetically modified maize

Syngenta charts new GMpath

Green revolution, gene revolution has not worked

From green revolution to gene revolution, at who's cost?

GM maize and its health implications for humans

Michael Antoniou, head of the Nuclear Biology Group in the UK, has been studying the health effects of genetically modified (GM) crops since 1995.…

Science meets fiction

Down To Earth invites sci-fi buffs and writers to take its readers on a guided tour of the world of science fiction that throws a mirror to the …

France says yes to GM trials

'They asked me to withdraw my court case'

P PARDHA SARADHI is tenacious. This mild-mannered professor at the Department of Environmental Studies at the University of Delhi (DU) has …

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Delhi University's gene mystery

Department of Science and Technology has no idea where GM lines in a high-profile case came from and who gave permission for research

GEAC has power only to withdraw permission

Arjula R Reddy, a plant geneticist, was appointed co-chairperson of the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) in 2009. At present, he …

Halt GM crops