2014-01-02 | permalink
With many scientific breakthroughs come products and profits. Some, such as genetically modified foods, can be controversial.
2014-01-02 | permalink
Seeds are big business in Hawaii, where large biotech companies develop genetically modified crops. Megan Thompson reports on a battle being waged on the island of Kauai by residents who say growing practices like pesticide use are hazardous to public health.
2014-01-02 | permalink
Prices for dried distillers grains (DDGs)—a by-product of corn-based ethanol that is used as animal feed—fell $30 a ton at U.S. export markets after top buyer China rejected two shipments last week because of the presence of an unapproved strain of genetically modified grain, traders said Tuesday.
2013-12-20 | permalink
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference has advised the government to “hasten slowly” with the introduction of genetically modified foods to the local market.
2013-12-20 | permalink
A group of scientists and food security experts have taken the Russian Government resolution, which will allow the registration of GM crops and products containing GMOs from June 1, 2014, to the Supreme Court.