Genetically Modified Links



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GM Watch - a news and research service founded in Norfolk, UK in the spring of 1998 to report on the growing concerns about genetic engineering.
Organic Consumers Association - a grassroots non-profit public interest organization which deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, corporate accountability, and environmental sustainability.
True Food Network - a resource that you can come to for information and, most importantly, a place you can come to take action regarding GE foods.
Kraft campaign on GMOs - GMO free activist group/campaign.
GE Food Alert - a coalition of seven organizations united in their commitment to testing and labeling genetically engineered food.
Friends of the Earth GMO campaign pages - is the U.S. voice of an influential, international network of grassroots groups in 70 countries. Friends of the Earth has for decades been at the forefront of high-profile efforts to create a more healthy, just world.
Genetic Engineering Action Network - a diverse network of grassroots activists, national and community non-governmental organizations (NGOs), farmer and farm advocacy groups, academics and scientists who have come together to work on the myriad of issues surrounding biotechnology.
The campaign to label genetically modified foods - Mission statement:To create a national grassroots consumer campaign for the purpose of lobbying Congress and the President to pass legislation that will require the labeling of genetically engineered foods in the United States
Say No to GMOs! - this site offers extensive information on the complex and controversial issue of genetic engineering.
Organic Trade Association - is the membership-based business association for the organic industry in North America. OTA's mission is to encourage global sustainability through promoting and protecting the growth of diverse organic trade.
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Gene Traders- a new and comprehensive collection of research and essays on biotechnology.
Sources for Non-rBGH Cheese Dairy - A list of U.S. dairy farms and manufacturers that do NOT use genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rBGH) in their cheese products. Many also sell milk, butter, and other dairy products. This list includes rBGH free cheese from cows only.
http://go.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/pharm/index.php - Union of Concerned Scientist's database of field trials.
http://www.texpirg.org/TX.asp?id2=16715&id3=TX& - PIRG's Raising Risk Field Testing of GE Crops in the U.S.
http://www.nbiap.vt.edu/cfdocs/fieldtests1.cfm - USDA's searchable database of field trials of GE crops, run by Virginia Tech University.
http://www.gmcontaminationregister.org/ - Contamination Register.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/AgBiotechIP/ - USDA Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property.
http://www.genet-info.org/genet/2001/Sep/msg00041.html - Edmonds Institute: Biohazards Next Generation.
http://www.non-gmoreport.com/ - The Non-GMO Report - The Non-GMO Report is a monthly newsletter that provides information to help food producers respond to the challenges of genetically modified foods and capitalize on markets for non-genetically modified products.
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/project.jsp?project=seeds_prjct - A searchable database of events concerning the seed industry, farmers' rights, GM crops, and other related issues
http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/campaigns/ge - Greenpeace's Say No to Genetic Engineering webpage
http://www.rsc.ca//index.php?lang_id=1&page_id=119 - Royal Society of Canada's report Expert Panel on the Future of Food Biotechnology
http://www.biointegrity.org/ - A public interest organization that organized a lawsuit against the FDA. This site contains (a) copies of key memos about the risks of GE foods that the lawsuit forced the FDA to divulge and (b) other informative documents about the risks and the way in which the government has covered them up.
For information about GM trees, go to http://www.wrm.org.uy/subjects/biotechnology.html