CBIC Bio Journal - Full English Index (2009)

Contents

Trend:
GM varieties detected in Canadian produce (Reuters 2009/10/05, Alberta Express 2009/10/08)

News

New problem for the GM pumpkin (Pennsylvania State University 2009/10/26)
Risk of increased numbers of resistant pests in USA (New York Times 2009/10/05)
High lysine GM maize may cause illness (Stuff 2009/10/02)
Ireland moves towards becoming GM-free (GM Free Ireland Network 2009/10/13)
Poland moves towards regulation of GM crop cultivation (Polskie Radio 2009/10/15)
UK scientists issue declaration on GM crop promotion (The Times 2009/10/20, The Daily Telegraph 2009/10/21)
Turkey moves to ban GM crop imports (Wisconsin Ag Connection 2009/10/30)
Roman Curia and Cameroon bishop disagree (Catholic News Service 2009/09/30, 2009/10/08)
GM cotton trials begin in Uganda (The Monitor 2009/10/14)
Kenyan Agriculture Minister issues statement saying GM crops will not be imported (Business Daily 200910/06)
South African government rejects GM potato (African Center for Biosafety 2009/10/15)
Ethiopian regulatory law puts the brakes on imports of GM crops (Fortune 2009/11/01)
Peru bans the use of GM seeds (Living in Peru 2009/09/30)
Brazil approves three GM maize varieties (Reuters 2009/09/17)
Mexico approves GM maize (CNN 2009/10/20)
The Bill Gates Foundation funds promotion of GM crop introduction in Africa (The State News 2009/10/18)
Sales of the blue rose begin
Setback for the cloned pet business (Bio Arts 2009/10/09)
Verdict in the ES cell paper fabrication case (Yonhap News 2009/10/26)
Written explanation necessary for the production of reproductive cells from pluripotent cells
Investors worried about Smart Stax (PR Newswire 2009/10/08)
Monsanto’s profits worsen (AP 2009/10/07, Bloomberg 2009/10/09)

Closeup
Fierce debate over GM crops in India and Pakistan

GM eggplant moving towards approval for commercial planting in India (Hindustan Times 2009/10/14, Food & Beverage News 2009/10/26, The Hindu 2009/10/23, Livemint.com 2009/10/16, Express News Service 2009/11/02)
India and Pakistan cooperate on GM cotton (Hindustan Times 2009/10/04, Dawn 2009/10/14, The Nation 2009/10/11)
Open field cultivation trials of GM maize (Meri News 2009/10/06, Sify 2009/10/30)

Contents

Trend:
GM flavourings to appear soon

News

Demands dismissed in Joetsu GM rice trial
EU Commission approves separate GMO regulatory policies by member countries (European Biotechnology News 2009/09/09)
GM sugar beet cultivation ban verdict in US (San Francisco Chronicle 2009/09/22, Grand Fork Herald 2009/09/22, Capital Press 2009/09/25)
Viet Nam and Thailand clash over promotion of GM soy (Viet Nam Net 2009/09/23)
Monsanto’s seeds approved in India (The Economic Times 2009/09/22, Fibre2Fashion.com 2009/09/07)
Bayer to develop GM rice in India (Samay Live 2009/09/08)
Moves to abolish GMO-free zone in Negros (The Visayan Daily Star 2009/09/23)
Large demonstration against cultivation of Bt cotton in Pakistan (Action Aid International 2009/09/15)
Impacts of GM fish on ecology and human health (European Research Headlines 2009/09/16)
Now a blue chrysanthemum (Japan Agricultural Newspaper 2009/09/15)
GM food distributed with no labeling in Israel (Haaretz 2009/09/03)
Prosecutors demand 4-year sentence for former Seoul University professor Hwang U-seok (The Associated Press 2009/09/24)
Large personnel cuts at Monsanto (The Associated Press 2009/09/11)
GMO-free milk popular in Germany (Trace Consult 2009/09/21)
GMO-free restaurants spread in Romania (Agent Green 2009/09/15, 23)
Pollen from GM plants found in Australian honey (Greenpeace Australia Pacific 2009/10/01)
Spilled GM canola volunteers increase year by year
GMO crop approvals for October 2009

Closeup
Impurities produced by GM technology

Contents

Trend:
Repercussions of the introduction of multi-gene inserted SmartStack crops (The Epoch Times 2009/08/12, Bloomberg 2009/08/13)

News

Spread of herbicide resistant weeds continues (Memphis Commercial Appeal 2009/08/09)
Bt cotton causes increase in bad-smelling bugs (Foster Folly News 2009/08/10)
Road closed to cultivation of GM herbicide tolerant alfalfa in the US (Capital Press 2009/07/17)
Scientists demand GM seed use for independent research (The News Journal 2009/08/09)
A series of Monsanto-related personnel take up positions in the Obama administration (Forbes 2009/08/12 and others)
Paper manufacturer requests approval of GM tree (Bloomberg 2009/08/28)
Use of agrichemicals increases, not decreases, with GM crop cultivation (Biodiversity Report, CIP Americas Program 2009/08/17)
Egypt wavers on GMO policy (Reuters, 200908/12, 13)
Formulation of guideline on pharmaceutical-producing GM crops begins in EU (Nature News 2009/08/07)
Is Viet Nam introducing GM crops despite lack of regulations? (Viet Nam News 2009/08/29)
While Bt cotton increases, India plans to increase production of organic cotton (My News 2009/08/27)
Indonesia refuses import of GM soy contaminated produce (Viva News 2009/08/25)
UN Human Rights Committee criticizes patents on foods (Intellectual Property Watch 2009/08/07)
Livestock die at Monsanto mine (Capital Press (2009/08/27)
China and German company form partnership to develop GM rice (Bayer Crop Science 2009/08/14)
GMO-free zones spread in Western Australia (Australian Broadcasting 2009/08/14, Augusta Margaret River Mail 2009/08/12)
Organ transplant clone GM pig born in ROK (The Korea Times 2009/08/11)
MAFF requests voluntary restraint of distribution of cloned livestock food products
MEXT working group hears report on current state of production of mouse reproductive cells

Closeup
World trends in GM food labeling

GM food labeling bill submitted to Romanian parliament (Hot News 2009/08/12)
Fines for GM food labeling violation in Ukraine (Kyiv Post 2009/08/11)
Non-GM labeling approved in Germany (The Local Germany 2009/08/10)
Japanese power change causes repercussions in Australia (Sydney Morning Herald 2009/09/01)

Contents

Trend:
Monsanto develops GM maize containing 8 inserted genes (The Globe and Mail 2009/08/04)

News

Monsanto begins serious work on GM wheat development (Grain News 2009/07/14 and others)
Bayer forms partnership with Australian research institute to develop GM wheat (Bayer Crop Science 2009/07/21)
Monsanto to begin development of next generation GM canola soon (Winnipeg Free Press 2009/07/28)
Brazil and German enterprise in joint development of GM sugar cane (Reuters 2009/08/04)
Slight rise in GMOs in US 2009 grain plantings (USDA 2009/06/30)
Investigation based on federal anti-trust law in grain belt (The Wall Street Journal 2009/08/08)
Australia approves GM blue rose for commercial cultivation (The Chemical Engineer 2009/06/30)
GM wheat trials to begin in Australia? (Stock & Land 2009/07/29)
Monsanto steps up attack on South Australia (Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2009/07/30)
French government rejects EU Food Safety Authority safety assessment of GM crops (Agence France Presse 2009/07/04)
Unapproved GM maize contaminates exports from US to EU (Forexyard 2009/08/07)
Ethiopian biosafety law enacted (Capital 2009/07/30)
GM sugar beet contaminates commercially sold soil (The Organic and Non-GMO Report 2009/07/01 and Colorado Daily 2009/07/30)
US GM pigs given to China (Shanghai Daily 2009/07/04)
Insects with resistance to two kinds of insecticide toxin confirmed (Nature 2009/07/06)
GM papaya to be approved
Manufacture of reproductive cells from pluripotent cells to be considered after 7-month hiatus
Current state of cloned livestock

Closeup
GMOs in India: Acceleration towards diversification (Food & Beverage News 2009/07/04 & BJ staff)

Contents

Trend:
Increasing numbers of cultivation projects for GM trees (Toward Freedom 2009/06/25, MosNews 2009/06/17, Mainichi Shimbun Ibaraki Edition 2009/06/16, Farming 2009/06/06)

News

Weed herbicide resistance now spread to 15 varieties (Agweek 2009/06/08)
Environmental degradation caused by the increasingly prevalent herbicide Roundup (Live-PR 2009/06/05)
Debate over dangers of Roundup heats up (Environmental Health News 2009/06/22)
Defoliant tolerant GM soy (GM Freeze 2009/06/12)
GM maize with inserted swine flu vaccine (Iowa State University 2009/04/30)
Sterile GM mosquito trials in India (The Hindu 2009/06/19)
Monsanto starts vegetable seed development (Reuters 2009/06/23)
Monsanto: large-scale rationalization (St. Louis Post-Dispatch (2009/06/24)
Monsanto-owned mine source of environmental pollution (The Associated Press 2009/06/26)
Suspension of cultivation continues on Monsanto's GM alfalfa (Reuters 2009/06/24)
9% of Canadian farmers in favour of GM wheat. (Reuters 2009/06/26)
Changes in Paraguay agriculture due to GM soy expansion (Inter Press Service News Agency 2009/07/01)
Colombian cotton yields down with Bt cotton (Colombian Reports 2009/06/10)
New GM crop experimental station to be located in Puerto Rico (Counter Punch 2009/06/23)
Verdict halts development of GM animals in New Zealand (The New Zealand Herald 2009/06/08)
Agriculture Minister of Western Australia explains that GM canola will not affect trade between Japan and Australia (Western Australia Today 2009/06/07)
GM maize trials to begin soon in Kenya (Daily Nation 2009/06/17)
Top black-eye pea producer Nigeria to start GM variety trials (Daily Trust 2009/06/10)
EU Commission requested to recognize right to establish GMO-free zones (EurActive 2009/06/25)
Stern GMO-free bill submitted to Welsh Parliament (Farmers Weekly 2009/06/30)
Blood abnormalities in gene therapy at Kyushu University

Closeup
Food Safety Commission re-assesses cloned livestock food products as safe

Contents

Trend:
American Academy of Environmental Medicine calls for moratorium on GM food (The American Academy of Environmental Medicine 2009/05/19)

News

European Commission accepts Poland's GM-free policy (Polskie Radio 2009/05/29)
High court rejects Monsanto's appeal over GM cultivation ban (Forbes 2009/05/28)
Latvia to ban GM crop cultivation (The Baltic Course 2009/05/13)
GM maize spreads throughout Mexico (University of California, Davis 2009/06/01)
Uzbekistan to develop GM crops (Central Asian News 2009/06/02)
Philippine farmers suffer under expensive GM seed costs (The News Today 2009/05/11)
Opening of the soy market causes influx of GM soy products to China's oils and fats market (PR-Inside 2009/05/25)
Fierce arguments over area to be planted with US GM sugar beet (The Denver Post 2009/05/28)
GM corporation fights Hawaii legislature election with cash (Honolulu Weekly 2009/05/20)
US, Aus, NZ wheat producers association begins GM wheat promotion (Reuters 2009/05/14 & 15)
High tryptophan accumulating GM rice to go to trials (National Institute of Crop Science 2009/05/20)
Rossland, BC, Canada, declares GMO-free zone (Trail Rossland News 2009/05/19)
Aquinnah, Massachusetts, adopts ordinance banning the cultivation of GM crops (Vineyard Gazette 2009/05/15)
Nebraska legislature passes GMO-free zone invalidation bill (Lincoln Journal Star 2009/05/06)
Tasmania extends GM crop moratorium for 5 years (Tasmanian Government 2009/05/20)
Greece extends GMO free policy for 2 years (AP 2009/05/27)
GM tree outdoor cultivation in Belgium (Global Forest Coalition 2009/05/12)
DuPont criticizes Monsanto's activities (Soyatech 2009/05/19)
Somatic cell clone livestock food deliberations repeated (Sankei Shinbun 2009/05/27 and others)
New GM labeling system in Ukraine (The Financial Ukraine 2009/05/22)
MEXT submits revised draft of human ES cell guidelines
GM crop approvals for June 2009

Closeup
Argentine Agriculture destroyed by GM soy (Eurek Alert 2009/05/27, Reuters 2009/05/07, The Financial Times 2009/05/29)

Contents

Trend:
Indictments concerning health repercussions of Roundup increase (Inter Press News Service Agency 2009/03/04, Latin America Herald Tribune 2009/04/14, Organic Consumer Association 2009/04/27, Momento 24 Argentina 2009/04/20)

News

GM crops do not achieve better yields when compared with non-GM crops (Reuters 2009/04/14)
GM crops lose their merit with the spread of superweeds (France24 2009/04/19, Purdue University 2009/04/14)
Mexico City bans GM maize (SciDev.net 2009/04/03)
All participants oppose the introduction of GM rice at a hearing in Brazil (Assessoria e Servi&ccedilos a Projetos em Agricultura Alternitiva 2009/04/04)
Canadian non-GM soy to enter Asian market in place of US (The London Free Press 2009/04/03)
GM crop regulatory law under discussion in Maine (Bangor Dairy News 2009/04/18)
US Secretary of Agriculture states he will promote GM crops positively (The Des Moines Register 2009/04/21)
Western Australian government to implement GM canola trial in 20 locations (Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food 2009/04/15, Stock&Land 2009/04/23)
National campaign begins by Indian farmers opposed to Bt aubergine (Financial Chronicle 2009/04/16, Ground Reality 2009/04/04)
Uganda pushes ahead with multiple GM crop trials (The New Vision 2009/04/22, 04/28)
Kenya GM crop trials go ahead under leadership of state agencies (Business Daily 2009/05/07, Africa Science News Service 2009/04/30)
GMO-free local governments spreading in Western Australia (Dannybrook-Bridgetown Mail 2009/04/09)
Aya Town adds ban on GM crops to ordinance
GM mini-pig cloned in S Korea (Joon Ang Daily 2009/04/23)
MHLW approves two new gene therapy treatments
MAFF fails to alter the GM crop cultivation guidelines
GM crop approvals for April 2009

Closeup
German Agriculture Minister Ilse Eigner bans GM maize

Ban on GM maize cultivation (Der Spiegel 2009/04/14, Reuters 2009/04/21)
Concerning GM potato trials (Bloomberg 2009/04/22, Reuters 2009/04/27)
Backlash against pig gene patent (Deutsche Welle 2009/04/16, Reuters 2009/04/18)

Contents

Trend:
Monsanto applies for approval of GM drought resistant maize in USA and Canada (Reuters 2009/03/09, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2009/03/27, and others)

News

Great reduction in soil microbes and oxygen with GM cotton (Navdanya 2009/02/24)
South African GM maize unharvestable (The Times 2009/03/29, Reuters 2009/04/02)
Ugandan National Agricultural Research laboratory leaves GM banana lying around (Sunday Monitor 2009/03/29)
Development go-sign for GM cotton in Uganda (New Vision Online 2009/03/04)
Nigeria approves open field trials of GM cassava (Pambazuka News 2009/03/12)
EU environmental ministers meeting approves ban on GM maize cultivation (Deutsche Welle 2009/03/02, Greenpeace European Unit 2009/03/23)
European Court of Justice orders disclosure of info on GMO trials locations (Reuters 2009/02/18)
Use of WTO as strategy to open Azerbaijan to GMOs (Azerbaijan Business Center 2009/03/12)
Belgium approves trials for GM tree (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology 2009/03/03)
GM planted areas decline in Brazil7s largest soy producing state (Reuters 2009/0/3/13)
GM maize trials in Cuba (Agence France Press 2009/03/01)
Many US soy farmers withdrawing from GM (The Organic and Non-GMO Report 2009/3)
US consumers organizations call for freeze on new GM crop applications (Food Navigator 2009/03/23)
GM crop cultivation in US National Wildlife Refuge illegal (The news Journal 2009/03/25)
Philippine farmers organization indicts DuPont and others (Pinoy press 2009/03/13)
3 kinds of GM crop cultivation to begin in the Philippines soon? (Business Mirror, Philippines 2009/02/25)
Large European dairy maker to start GMO-free campaign (Trace Consult 2009/03/02)
Successive GMO-free declarations in the Philippines (Philippine Daily Enquirer 2009/03/19, The Visayan Daily Star 2009/03/13))
GM pollution investigation on wild Mexican variety of maize (AP 2009/03/04)
Bourbon whisky switches to GM raw materials (soytech.com 2009/03/10)
Monsanto plans larger-scale GM trails in Mexico (Inter Press Service News Agency 2009/03/16)
GM golden rice human guinea pig trial to begin (GM Free Cymru 2009/03/14)

Closeup
The state approves the production of reproductive cells from pluripotent cells

Contents

Trend:
2008 GM crop planted areas (ASAAA Report) (Friends of the Earth Europe 2009/02/10)

News

Australian farmers organization calls for suspension of GM canola planting (Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2009/02/26)
Planted areas of GM canola to increase in Australia (Weekly Times 2009/02/18)
Ukraine bans import of products containing more than 0.9% GM crops (MIG News 2009/02/19)
China moves towards approval of GM rice (Business Mirror 2009/02/15)
Imports to Japan of soy meal shift from South America to India (Sify, India 2009/02/06)
GM crops to be introduced as Kenya enacts biosafety law (Africa Science News Service 2009/02/12)
GM cassava moves to open field trials in Nigeria (SciDev.Net 2009/02/20)
German ministers support ban on GM maize (Reuters 2009/02/20 and others)
US food manufacturers declare non-use of GM sugar beet (Food Navigator 2009/02/17)
US Catholic organization calls for ban on clone and GM foods (Catholic Healthcare West 2009/02/05)
Commercialization of GM salmon gets underway (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2009/02/10)
Two-thirds of Luxembourg's local governments declare themselves GMO-free (GM-free Ireland 2009/02/18)
80% of consumers reject GM soy foods (Japan Agricultural Newspaper 2009/02/25)
Roundup sales falling (Reuters 2009/01/25)
Cartagena working group meets in Mexico (Prensa Latina 2009/02/24 and others)
Development of the pollen allergy alleviating GM rice to be shelved (Asahi Shimbun 2009/02/28)
Investigative committee evaluates somatic cell cloned livestock as safe to eat
GM crop approvals for March 2009

Closeup
GM crop planted area data from the ISAAA report

Contents

Trend:
Go-sign given in US for distribution of GM animal foods (FDZ 2009/01/15 & 2009/02/06)

News

New toxicity of Roundup identified (Committee of Independent Research and Information on Genetic Engineering 2009/01/05)
GM canola yield far lower than conventional canola (Western Australia Business News 2009/01/16)
Monsanto develops stearidon acid soybean (Nutra Ingredients 2008/12/19)
USA defenceless against GMO imports (Reuters 2009/01/14)
Planted areas of GM cotton shrink two years in succession in US (Delta Farm Press 2009/02/05 and others)
Indian doctors' organization demands suspension of GM crop cultivation (Express Buzz 2009/01/15)
Warning on safety of GM eggplant (CNN-IBN 2009/01/30)
Suicides increase among GM cotton farmers in India (The National Newspaper 2009/01/20)
Breach of regulations at field trials in New Zealand (3 News 2009/01/13)
Commercial cultivation of GM cotton begins in Burkina Faso (Reuters 2009/01/08)
Field trials of GM cassava to begin in Uganda (The News Vision 2009/01/06)
GM rice pollution occurs in India (Gene Campaign 2009/01/20)
GM soy detected in food in South Korea (The Korea Times 2009/02/03)
GM soy genes found in honey in Germany (Ökotest 2009/01/02)
Bill Gates Foundation provides funding for development of GM banana and others (St. Louis Dispatch 2009/01/17)
Syngenta profits up 25% on previous year (Reuters 2009/02/06)
Codex Committee to restart discussion of GM food labelling
The Japan Society for Reproductive Regeneration appeals for approval for production of fertilized ova from reproductive cells produced from pluripotent cells
Report approving production of human embryo finalised

Closeup
Hokkaido cross-fertilization trials: distance and nets do not prevent genetic pollution

Contents

Trend:
Somatic cell cloned livestock approved for human food

News

USA: cotton polluted with non-approved GM Bt cotton already being consumed (FDA 2008/12/08)
European Commission warns of genetic pollution (European Commission 2008/12/10)
Hawaii: GM crop lab (Scientific American 2008/12/08)
EU council of environment ministers proposes changes in GM crop approval system (Greenpeace International 2008/12/04)
European Food Safety Authority denies animal testing results (EFSA 2008/12/05)
Series of Illegal GM cultivation cases in UK (Western Mail 2009/01/03, The Daily Mail 2008/12/19)
Cuba moves forward on GM crop expansion line (Reuters 2008/12/02)
South Korea takes a disliking to US GM corn? (Alibaba 2008/12/04)
Conflict over the introduction of GM eggplants to India (The Economic Times 2008/12/16)
Pakistan and China sign agreement on development of Bt cotton (Daily Times, Pakistan 2008/12/18)
Indian molecular biologist proposes ban on introduction of GM crops (Express Buzz 2008/12/21, Deccan Herald 2008/12/24)
Trials for GM cassava and GM potato in Ethiopia? (Walta Information 2009/01/03)
Western Australian government decides on start of GM canola trials (The Sunday Times 2009/12/24)
Effective GM-free declaration by Kerala State, India (The Hindu 2008/12/19)
iPS cell research: "We lost 10-1" vs. USA last year
Human embryo production approval for assisted repromed
80% of consumers anxious about GM food (Japan Agricultural Newspaper 2008/12/21)
Monsanto to commercialize drought-resistant crops (CNN Money.com 2008/12/03)

Closeup
Monsanto and the Obama Administration

In the midst of the financial crisis, Monsanto gains unprecedented profits (Japan Agricultural Newspaper 2008/12/09)
Tom Vilsack - The new Secretary of Agriculture (Alter Net 2008/12/18, and others)

Contents

Trend:
Abnormalities found in two Monsanto GM corn animal experiments (Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 2008/11/14, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing 2008/11/11)

News

Poland to continue regulation of GM crop cultivation (Polskie Radio 2008/11/18)
Possible legal opposition to GM cultivation in seed producing area (Insurance Journal 2008/11/03)
Next US Administration's Secretary of Agriculture from Monsanto Network (Organic Consumers Association 2008/11/12)
Heated discussion in US over soon-to-be-approved GM animal food (WBZ TV 2008/10/28, Market Watch 2008/11/12)
Bio-fuel GM corn to be approved in US (Reuters 2008/11/24)
Opposition grows to commercial planting of GM papaya in Florida (Global Justice Ecology Project 2008/11/20)
US Union of Concerned Scientists demands ban on cultivation of GM pharm crops (Union of Concerned Scientists 2008/11/14)
Hawaii County Council passes measure to ban cultivation of GM taro and GM coffee (The Honolulu Advertiser 2008/11/14)
US biotech firms target the Philippines for introduction of new GM crops (ABC-CBN News 2008/11/04, The Philippines Star 2008/11/02)
Golden rice to go to commercial production in the Philippines (The Philippines Star 2008/11/08)
Argentine's GM soy cultivation destroys environment (Inter Service Press News Agency 2008/11/10)
Nigeria to introduce GM crops? (African Press Agency 2008/11/27)
GMO-free declaration in Nelson City, Canada (Kootenay Coop Radio 2008/11/06)
Improved Bt cotton cultivation expands in India (The Hindu 2008/10/31)
Failures in GM plant development (Aresa 2008/10/31, Africa Science News Service 2008/11/18)
Foreign capital biotech research institute opens in China (Xinhua 2008/10/27)
Syngenta buys Argentine seed company (Reuters 2008/11/10)
Monsanto buys two Brazilian firms (Biofuel Review 2008/11/03)
Gene pollution expands in Mexico (Nature News 2008/11/12)
Reproductive cells produced from pluripotent cells approved, but fertilization banned

Closeup
Situation in Australia concerning lifting of GM canola ban

Concern for expansion of GM canola genetic pollution (Weekly Times 2008/11/07, Stock & Land 2008/11/25, Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2008/11/03)
Bt cotton to be commercially grown in Western Australia (The Western Australian 2008/11/14, Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2008/11/18)
Two states continue GMO moratorium (The Examiner 2008/11/24, Food Week Online 2008/11/01)