News in North America Top Archive
(2001)
- 11/14- Trader Joe's Supermarket
Chain Goes GE Free After Pressure Campaign by Greenpeace, OCA
& Other Groups
- 10/23- 50% of US Grain Handlers Plan to Segregate
GE & Non-GE Grains
- 10/18-Debate Erupts After Canada Parliament
Votes Against GE Food Labels
- 10/17-Canadian Government Continues to Use
Public as Guinea Pigs
- 10/11- Green Groups to Test
Bt Corn for Allergic Reaction
- 9/27- Food Industry Losing Ground
on Frankenfoods Issue
- 10/5- Canada Minister of Health Wants Mandatory
Labels on GE Food
- 10/2- Genetic Modification
Taints Corn in Mexico
- Sept. - Dumping of GE
Corn in Mexico Threatens Global Corn Varieties
- 9/21- Critics Say All Bt
Crops May Cause Human Health Problems
- 9/20- Biotech Industry Admits US Consumers
Are Leery of GE Foods
- 9/19 - GE Wheat Debate
Heating Up
- 9/1- US Dumping Genetically
Engineered Corn in Mexico
- 8/30- Biotech Crops On
the Way Out?
- 8/26- Bush Administration Threatens
EU on New GE Food Labeling Law
- 8/24- Frankencrops Pollution
Causing Major Crisis in Canada
- 8/23- Greenpeace Denounces Canada
Advisory Report on GE Foods
- 8/17 - CSPI-Bogus Public Interest
Organization-Takes Pro-GE Food Stance
- 8/13- Tests Find Many Unlabeled
GE Foods in British Supermarket
- 8/8- CBS-60 Minutes II-Covers
the Gene-Food Debate
- 8/7- Protest Outside US Governors'
Meeting Discussing GE Foods
- 8/7- New Salt-Resistant GE Tomatoes
Face Farm & Marketplace Rejection
- 8/2- Americans Turning Against
Genetically Engineered Foods
- 7/31- Canadian Coalition Calls for GE
Wheat Ban
- 7/29- Poll Shows US Churchgoers
Oppose Gene-Altered Food
- 7/16 - Farmers Planting Less GMO
Corn
- 7/13- U.N. Dead Wrong About
Engineered Crops
- 6/27- U.S. Gene-Altered Crops
Rejected Overseas
- 6/22- Five GE Crops Recently Taken
off the Market in Canada
- 6/20- ABC News Poll--Most Americans
Believe GE Foods Are Unsafe
- 6/20- Naomi Klein on GE Thrust to Deny
Consumer Choice & Pollute theWorld
- 6/18- California Winemakers
Face Global Boycott If They Grow Frankengrapes
- 6/15- Quebec Brewery Wins
Right to Label Its Beer GE-Free
- 6/13- Canada's Largest Supermarket
Chain Bans GMO-Free Labels
- 6/6- 93% of Canadians Demand
GE Food Labels
- 6/5- GE Beer Controversy Erupts
in Canada
- 5/31- Controversy Erupts in California Over Genetically
Engineered Wine
- 5/29- Colorado & Other States
Debate GE Food Labeling
- 5/27- Denver Ballot Initiative
Heightens GE Foods
- 5/23- Food Industry Opposes Mandatory
GE Labels in Massachusetts
- 5/17- US Sugar Giants Ban GE Sugar
Beets
- 5/4- Massive US Government
Subsidies for GE Soybeans
- 5/3- US
& Canada Again Derail Global Rules for
GE Food Labeling
- 5/3- Canada Scientists Warn of Contamination
by Bio-Pharm Crops
- 4/28- Seed
Industry Warns Corn Growers on GE-Free Claim
- 4/26- Food Companies Oppose GE Sugar
Beets
- 4/8- Genetic Drift Threatens
US Organic Farmers
- 4/5- British Columbia Proposes Mandatory
GE Food Labels
- 4/5- Leading Natural Food Brands
Test Positive for GE Contamination
- 3/31- US Farmers Still Planting Frankencrops
- 3/29- US Agribusiness Fights
Mexico Mandatory Labels for GE Foods
- 3/26- Three-Fourths of Americans Want
to Know if They Are Eating Frankenfoods
- 3/20 - American Farmers Are Getting
Angry over GE Crops
- 3,19 - Farmers Building Up Concerns About GE
Crops
- 3,17 - The first Genetically Modified
Insects are Scheduled for Release
- 3,14 - Irish Doctors Worry About GE Soy
Allergies in Children & Other Hazards
- 3,13 - CBS News and 60 Minutes II cover
the GE Controversy
- 3,12 - Biotech--Basics
- 3,12 - Terminator and Traitor seed patents
are still being granted
- 3,8 - 2,000 Women Protest Genetically
Engineered Foods
- 2,6 - GE Canola Superweeds
Spread Across Canada
- 2,5 - Nebraska Farmers Sue Aventis
on StarLink Contamination
- 1,11 - Gene-Altered Cotton
Producing Sub-Standard Fibers
- 1,2 - Gene-Altered Frankenfish Coming
to Market
(2000) Top
- 12,21 - Global Acreage of GE Crops Starts to Fall--RAFI
- 12,18 - EU/US Panel Calls for Mandatory Labeling of GE Foods
- 12,18 - San Francisco Passes Anti-GE Food Resolution
- 12,14 - USA Today on the New Wave of Frankenfoods
- 11,21 - Farmers Pressing State Attorneys General to Stop Frankencrops
Onslaught
- 12,11 - Corn Industry Disrupted by StarLink Controversy
- Dec - Canada's Farmers Call for Moratorium on GE Food & Crops
- 12,5 - GEFA Coalition Reports on Latest StarLink Corn Report
- 12,5 - EPA is Backed into a Corner on StarLink/Allergy Issue
- 11,30 - Religious Leaders Finally Questioning Gene-Altered Foods
- 11,28 - ABC National News on Continuing StarLink Corn Scandal
- 11,28 - 44 Americans Claim StarLink Corn Made Them Ill
- 11,27 - USDA Tries to Coopt Consumer Demand for Mandatory Labels
on GE Food
- 11,22 - More StarLink Corn Contamination Found--Overseas Markets React
- 11,14 - StarLink Controversy Destroys US Corn Export Market
- 11, 3 - Majority in US "Concerned" About Frankenfoods--One
Third Say Ban Them
- 11, 1- StarLink Recall Climb to 300 Different Items
- Nov - Business Week Scolds Biotech Industry
- 10,27 - Nader Calls for a Moratorium on GE Foods & Crops
- 10,27 - US Approves Dumping StarLink Corn Overseas
- 10,25 - StarLink Corn Scandal Continues to Spread
- 10,25 - OCA & GEFA Coalition Expose Another Brand-Name Product, Western
Family Taco Shells, Contain Illegal Bt Corn
- 10,22 - StarLink Scandal Reveals EPA's Dangerous Deregulation of GE
Crops
- 10,21 - Kellogg and Food Giants Panic As Gene-Altered Corn Scandal
Spreads
- 10,19 - Illegal GE Corn is Widespread in US Food Chain
- 10,14 - StarLink Recall Causes Food Industry to Fight Among Themselves
- 10,17 - Farmers Angry in Wake of StarLink Recall
- 10,13 - OCA & Its Coalition GEFA Will Keep Testing for Illlegal Bt Corn
- 10,11 - GE Testing Lab Highlighted in New York Times
- 10,14 - Widespread Contamination of our food Supply - Massive recall
is now underway
- 10,12-Safeway Recalls Taco Shells
- 9,27- Aventis Failed to Tell US Farmers to Segregate Illegal GE Corn
- 10,11- Safeway Taco Shells Contain Illegal, Likely
Allergenic Variety of Bt Corn
- 10,3- Federal Court Says It's OK That FDA Hasn't Been Testing or Labeling
GE Foods
- 9,29- Cargill Moves to Begin Segregating and Selling Non-GE Grains
- 9,25- Wall Street on the Taco Bell Scandal
- 9,27 - Taco Bell Scandal Continues--GE Seed Co. Suspends Sales of StarLink
Corn
- 9,26- Gore & Bush Ignore GE Food Controversy
- 9,22- Kraft Calls for Recall of its Genetically Engineered Corn Taco
Shells
- 9,18 - GE Food Alert Coalition Press Release on Kraft/Taco Bell GE Corn Scandal
- Biotech Critics Cite Unapproved Corn in Taco Shells
- Bush, Gore, and Nader on Frankenfoods
- 9,8 - Lies & Deception--Straight from the Mouth of USDA Chief Dan
Glickman and Other Biotech Apologists
- 9,2 - California Bill on GE Rice Segregation Threatens GE Industry
- 8,30 - OCA Anti-GE Resolution Passes Minneapolis City Council Biotech
Industry Complains
- 8,20 - Boulder, Colorado Bans GE Crops on City Land
- 8,21 - Alaska & Western States Ponder GE Frankenfish Ban
- 8,22 - Despite Industry Denials New Monarch Butterfly Study Shows Lethal
Effects of GE Corn
- 8,9 - Corn Chip Giant Frito-Lay Searching for Non-GE Cooking Oil
- 8,9 - Al Gore's Mealy-Mouth Position on Genetically Engineeered Food
- 7,31 - US Threatens WTO Reprisals over EU Labels on GE Food
- Aug link Biotechnology - the
answer to everything
- 7,20 - GE Fish: A Threat Disguised as a Solution to World Hunger
- 7,6 - The Emerging Scientific Debate on Frankenfish
- 7,19 - OCA & National Coalition Protest in 20 Cities Against
GE Foods & Crops
- 7,2 - USA Prepares To Spray Genetically-Modified Herbicides On Colombians
- 6,20: Civil Society Denounces the GE Golden Rice Deal
- 6,6: US Food Giant ConAgra Prepares for a GE-Free Future
- Big Isle papaya crops tainted
- Leading US Food Giants Fear Mounting Consumer Opposition toFrankenfoods
- 6,13 - Majority of US Consumers Oppose Frankenfoods
- 6,10 - New Global Survey Finds Growing Opposition
to GE Foods
- 6,12 - Frankenfoods in Your Shopping Cart--Biotech Industry Propaganda
for What's Already Out There
- May 25, 2000 - Biotech Opposition Finding Fertile
Ground in USA
- March 22, 2000 -Biotech Regulation Under Fire in
the USA
- May 3, 2000: OCA & Center for Food Safety Denounce FDA's New Guidelines
for Regulating GE Food
- April 27, 2000: USDA Predicts 25% Drop in GE Corn Harvest
- April 18, 2000: Grocery Store Chain in Eastern US Announces Plans to Eliminate or
Label GE Foods
- April 14, 2000: OCA & Our Allies are Attacked in the Right-Wing Press--We
Must be Doing Something Right
- April 5, 2000: OCA & National GE Moratorium Coalition Protest Scientific "Whitewash"
of Dangers of GE Foods
- April 2, 2000: A Dozen States Introduce Bills to Regulate GE Foods
- 3,27, 2000: Boston Globe & AP stories on the Biodevastation March
in Boston
- March 14, 2000:- New York Times Dismisses GE Opponents as Luddites
- March 10, 2000: Mandatory Safety Testing Bill for GE Foods Introduced in US
Congress
- March 10, 2000: America's Top Restaurants Shun Frankenfoods
- March 9, 2000: Poll finds 86% of Americans want Gene-Free Food labeled.
- Boston Resolution Against Genetically Engineered Foods.
- Feb. 25, 2000: Minnesota Mandatory Labeling Bill
- Feb. 17, 2000: Minnesota made history last week by introducing the first legislation
in the country calling for a moratorium on 5 GE crops!
- Feb. 8, 2000: Sen. Barbara Boxer Introduces Bill for Mandatory Labeling of
GE Foods in US Senate
- Jan. 22, 2000: Protests at the Montreal Biosafety Conference Call for GE Ban
- Jan 21, 2000: US Agrees on Limited Labels for GE Food Exports to the EU
- Jan 19, 2000: Greenpeace Wins First Round in EPA Lawsuit to Ban Bt Crops
- Jan. 21, 2000: USDA Secretary Names Advisory Committee
on Agricultural Biotechnology
- Jan 10, 2000: Bradley & Gore Talk About Their Positions on Frankenfoods
- Jan 13, 2000: USA Today: Increasing Debate Over Gene-Foods in the US
- Jan 16, 2000: EPA Places Restrictions on Planting of GE Corn
- Jan 12, 2000: Anti-GE Lawsuit Against FDA Has Clinton Administration Worried
- Jan 13, 2000: Poll Shows US Farmers Will Plant Up to 26% Less GE Crops This
Year
(1999) Top
- December 30, 1999: Two US Natural Food Supermarket Chains Announce They Are Going
"GE Free"
- Dec. 20, 1999: New York Times Says AgBiotech Has Been Harmed But Will Regain Momentum
- Dec. 22, 1999: Mandatory Labeling Bill for GE Foods in California
- Dec. 12, 1999: New York Times: The Gene Foods Debate Comes to the USA "What
Took So Long?"
- 11,23 - US Family Farm Groups Warn Against Planting GE Crops
- 11,19 - Wall Street Predicts a Major Drop in GE Crops for Next Year
- 11,15 - Big Money in Washington Opposes Labeling & Safety-Testing of GE Foods
- 11,10 -Biotech Industry Complains as Congressional Bill is Introduced for Mandatory
Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods
- 11,5 - 49 Members of the US Congress Send Letter to FDA Demanding Mandatory Labeling
of Genetically Engineered Foods
- 10,18 FDA Will Hold Public Hearings on GE Foods to Try to Head Off Controversy
in the USA
- 9,29 - Ohio Congressman to Introduce Mandatory Labeling Bill for GE Foods
- 10,7 - Wall Street Predicts a Major Upheaval over Genetically Engineered Foods
in the USA
- 10,5 - Biotech in the USA Under Attack from All Sides--Los Angeles Times
- 9,28 - Biotech Companies Gear Up to Defeat Anti-GE Coalition in the USA
- 9,22 - US Organization of Chefs Reject GE Frankenfoods
- 9,24 - US Trade Official Denies Rumors that Clinton Administration is Considering
a Proposal to Label GE Foods
- 9,22 - Monsanto Braces for Increasing Opposition to Ag Biotech in the USA
- 9,12 - US Grain Farmers Are in a Panic About GE Crops as Harvest Season Approaches
- 9,8 - US Biotech Industry Still Refuses to Label or Safety-Test--Despite
Increasing Consumer Concerns-New York Times
- 9,2 - Under Pressure American Medical Association Announces it Will Revise its Policy
on Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods
- 8,15 - Biotech Food Raises a Crop of Questions
- 8,18 - Sierra Club Biotechnology Task Force Chair
- 8,15 - Giant US Food Corporations & Biotech Industry Are Terrified of Mandatory
Labels on GE Food
- 7,27 - US Gov't Plans to Spray Controversial GE Fungus to Stop Marijuana Cultivation
- 7,20 - The USDA: Pretending to Listen to Consumers, While Backing GE 100%
- 7,11 - SF Chronicle on Mounting Concern Over Gene-Foods in the USA
- 6,24 - Update on US Lawsuit Against the FDA Regarding Labeling & Safety-Testing
of GE Foods
- 6,18 - US FDA Comes Under Increasing Pressure for its "No Labeling" Position
on GE Foods
- 6,17 - Mass Petition for GE Food Labeling Submitted to US Congress
- 6,16 - As GE Debate Intensifies US Government Likely to Support Bogus "Voluntary
Labeling" to Co-opt Dissent
- 6,7 - Jeremy Rifkin on Dangers of GE Food
- 6,6 - Interview with USDA Secretary Glickman on the GE Controversy
- 5,30 - US Government & Biotech Industry Finally Acknowledge that the GE Food
Debate is Getting Serious
- 5,29 - Call for "Seed Sovereignty" ban on Terminator Patents
- 5,23 - More GE Crops Planted in USA--But Farmers Are Starting to Worry
- 5,23 - White House Tries to Figure Out Labeling Scheme to Coopt Resistance
to GE Foods
- 5,23 - Religious Leaders Join Federal Lawsuit to Require Labeling & Safety-Testing
of GE foods
- 4,24 - Biotech Food Protests Reflect Cultural Contrasts, Health Fears
- 3,15 - Iowa and other US Farmers Worried Over Increasing Global Opposition to
GE Foods
- 3,3 - US Complains About EU Resistance to US
GE Exports
- 3,21 - US Grain Farmers Finally Wake Up to Threat of EU Boycott of GE Crop
- 2,25 - The Spud America didn't like: The New Statesman (U.K.)
- 2,20 - Why Americans are Swallowing Genetically Altered Food
- 1,27 - Insurance Industry Refuses to Insure "Unpredictable Risks" of Genetic
Engineering
- 2,4 - US Organic Corn Chips Exported to Britain Are Found to Be Contaminated by
Genetic Engineered Corn
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