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31 December 2002 - Meacher
denies 'burying' GM bad news (Independent, UK)
30 December 2002 - Government denies burying GM report (PA News)
30 December 2002 - Alert after GM crop altered other plants (Guardian, UK)
29 December 2002 - GM crops are breeding with plants in the wild (Independent, UK)
27 December 2002 - Japan finds StarLink in US corn cargo (Reuters)
26 December 2002 - Non-modified soybean harvest success (XENS)
24 December 2002 - Alarm as GM pig vaccine taints US crops (Guardian, UK)
20 December 2002 - Report on GE maize crops savages agencies' role (New Zealand Herald)
20 December 2002 - Maize report finds legal and accountability confusion (NZPA)
20 December 2002 - Monsanto Sales Down, CEO Out and Weed Resistance Up (PANUPS)
19 December 2002 - Chemicals giant drops its support (Leatherhead Advertiser, UK)
19 December 2002 - Monsanto Seeks Successor, May Face More Upheaval (WSJ)
18 December 2002 - Monsanto president resigns; shares fall (Reuters)
18 December 2002 - Monsanto President Verfaillie Resigns (AP)
18 December 2002 - Ban on 'biopharm' crops urged (USA Today)
16 December 2002 - Washington Bans Genetically Engineered Salmon (ENS)
16 December 2002 - GM Foods Debate Hits Latin America (ENS)
13 December 2002 - Top Europe chefs take up cudgels against GM foods (Straits Times, Singapore)
13 December 2002 - Two local biotech companies fined over genetically modified corn (Honolulu Star)
9 December 2002 - US to give hungry Zambia food despite GM spat (Reuters)
8 December 2002 - GM expert warns of cancer risk from crops (Sunday Herald, UK)
7 December 2002 - Meacher in organic food row (Guardian, UK)
7 December 2002 - Agriculture Department settles with biotech company over mishaps (AP)
7 December 2002 - US fury at EU rules (New Scientist)
6 December 2002 - Canada High Court Forbids Patents of Harvard's Mice (Wall Street Journal)
5 December 2002 - Monsanto failed halfway in developing herbicide tolerant rice in Japan (GMO IS)
5 December 2002 - U.S. Policies Contribute To African Famine (The Black World Today)
5 December 2002 - First petition to restrict GE food imports filed in Pakistan (NewsEdge)
5 December 2002 - Nestle denies reports it broke Chinese GM-food rules (AP)
5 December 2002 - India: Public forum calls for ban on genetic engineering (just-food.com)
4 December 2002 - Corn could make cotton pests Bt resistant (Nature)
4 December 2002 - Biotech companies change self-imposed moratorium (AP)
3 December 2002 - The fake parade (freezerbox.com)
3 December 2002 - Biotech Group Backs Off Pledge On Genetically Modified Corn (Wall Street Journal)
3 December 2002 - Quarantined soybeans in Aurora sold (Independent, US)
3 December 2002 - Company forbids saving its seeds (Belleville News)
2 December 2002 - New US-EU trade war looms (BBC News)
2 December 2002 - U.S. Ponders Next Course In EU Biotech-Food Fight (Wall Street Journal)
2 December 2002 - Lamy backs African stance on GM aid (Bloomberg)
2 December 2002 - Pharmageddon / Risks of Edible Trasgenic Vaccines (ISIS)
2 December 2002 - Commission seeks consensus on GM labels (FT)
2 December 2002 - Nestle slammed for selling unlabelled GM food (just-food.com)
1 December 2002 - US policy on aid is 'wicked' - Meacher (Independent, UK)
29 November 2002 - Review of GM strategy will ignore field trials (Guardian, UK)
29 November 2002 - GM review ignores crop trials (BBC News)
29 November 2002 - GM debate descends into farce (FoE)
29 November 2002 - African consumer leaders support Zambia (ISIS)
28 November 2002 - EU ministers agree new thresholds on GM food, feed (Reuters)
28 November 2002 - EU Ministers Agree on Biofood Labeling (AP)
28 November 2002 - EU reaches deal on labelling of foods containing GMOs (EUbusiness)
27 November 2002 - UK Government Minister condemns 'wicked' USAID GM food policy (GFA)
26 November 2002 - Germany donates non-genetically modified foods (BBC Monitoring)
26 November 2002 - UK "GM Public Debate" - How to be "a pain" (GM Food News)
25 November 2002 - Hi-tech crops will not save poor (Guardian, UK)
24 November 2002 - Conflict of interest claims over Sainsbury biotech cash (Sunday Times, UK)
22 November 2002 - Open Letter to Professor Tom Humphrey of the Food Standards Agency (GM Food News)
21 November 2002 - Canada afraid to upset U.S. with GM labels (Western Producer, Canada)
21 November 2002 - No one dying because of GM rejection: Zambia (Western Producer, Canada)
21 November 2002 - African consumers demand South Africa label GM foods (Angola Press)
20 November 2002 - Doctors want GM crop ban (BBC News)
20 November 2002 - Off message (Guardian, UK)
19 November 2002 - Crop trials must stop, say doctors (The Scotsman, UK)
19 November 2002 - The covert biotech war (Guardian, UK)
19 November 2002 - Greenpeace exposes genetically engineered drug corn (Greenpeace USA)
19 November 2002 - Rejecting GM crops is profitable (Liverpool Daily Post)
18 November 2002 - Deadline for responses to Scottish Parliament investigation into the health impact of GM crops
18 November 2002 - GE-free marchers mass to retain moratorium (New Zealand Herald)
18 November 2002 - GM crop mishaps unite friends and foes (New Scientist)
17 November 2002 - Alarms sound over 'biopharming'; Tainted crops cast doubt on gene altering (AJC)
17 November 2002 - GM warning on US trade deal (FoE Australia)
16 November 2002 - Corn for Growing Far Afield? (Washington Post)
16 November 2002 - GE free New Zealand - Auckland
15 November 2002 - ProdiGene case prompts food industry to call for changes in biotech (AP) ...the biotech industry cannot be trusted to prevent 
the food supply from becoming contaminated with plant-made pharmaceuticals
15 November 2002 - GM "pharmaceutical" maize contaminates soya (FoE)
15 November 2002 - Pharmaceutical Corn Debate Continues (Farm Progress)
14 November 2002 - ProdiGene officials could be sent to jail if government finds violations (AP) Officials at a biotechnology company face a possible one-year jail term if the U.S. government finds they broke 
laws when genetically engineered corn contaminated two soybean crops
14 November 2002 - US foodmakers urge ban on food crops for medicine (Reuters)
14 November 2002 - Biotech Firm Mishandled Corn in Iowa (Washington Post)
14 November 2002 - USDA Orders Prodigene Biocorn Destroyed in Iowa (Reuters)
14 November 2002 - GMA urges the use of non-food crops for biotech drugs (GMA)
14 November 2002 - Cloned animals dying at NZ AgResearch (NZ Herald)
14 November 2002 - GM contamination of organic animal feed (Soil Association, UK)
13 November 2002 - Soybeans Mixed With Altered Corn; Suspect Crop Stopped From Getting Into Food (Washington Post)
13 November 2002 - Wake up to a drug-free breakfast (Farmers Weekly) Experts are worried that drugs produced from genetically-modified crops could find their way into American breakfast cereals.
13 November 2002 - Reckless USDA Policy Fails to Keep Biopharmaceuticals out of Food Supply (GE Food Alert)
13 November 2002 - NFPA says pharma-corn incident validates food industry concerns (NFPA)
13 November 2002 - USDA probes Nebraska crop contamination (Reuters)
13 November 2002 - USDA investigates biotech company for possible permit violations (USDA)
13 November 2002 - False Start (Guardian, UK)
13 November 2002 - Anti-GM Activists Seek Answers As Executive Health Inquiry Begins (Aberdeen Press & Journal, UK)
12 November 2002 - FDA orders destruction of soybeans contaminated with genetically engineered corn (AP)
12 November 2002 - EU's Lamy Warns U.S. Against Opening WTO Proceedings Against GMO Import Ban (ITD)
10 November 2002 - Toxic town; town of Anniston, Alabama, is contaminated due to manufacture of PCBs (CBS News)
10 November 2002 - Knowledge - Common Heritage, Not Private Property - London, UK
10 November 2002 - Advisers brand Blair's GM debate a sham (Observer, UK) Tony Blair's strategy on genetically-modified foods is in crisis after a series of extraordinary attacks by Whitehall's own communications arm and a panel of independent advisers
10 November 2002 - GM food will not ease hunger (Independent, UK)
8 November 2002 - DJ Official Says Many Chinese Fear Genetically Modified Food (Dow Jones)
7 November 2002 - Entry of GM mustard opposed (The Hindu)
5 November 2002 - Food, Biotech Industries Feud Over Plans for Bio-Pharming (WSJ)
1-3 November 2002 - Growing a GE Free Northeast: Education, Strategy and Action Against Genetic Engineering
1 November 2002 - People's Food Sovereignty Network Launched (PANA/IBON)
30 October 2002 - Monsanto posts wider loss as Roundup sales slump (Reuters)
29 October 2002 - IMF blamed for Malawi famine (WDM)
29 October 2002 - Imclone stock falls on test report (AP)
28 October 2002 - Sowing Disaster? (The Nation)
28 October 2002 - 1000 farmers to rally vs IRRI (PDI)
27 October 2002 - GM battle matter of taste for Euro chefs (FT)
26 October 2002 - How safe is GM food? (The Lancet)
25 October 2002 - Deadline for responses to UK Government GM Strategy 'Scoping Note'
25 October 2002 - Sir Paul says let there be labeling (AP)
25 October 2002 - Protesters Defiant After Court Hands Down Fines For GM Crop Attacks (Aberdeen Press & Journal, UK)
22 October 2002 - GM-free Britain campaign launched (FoE)
22 October 2002 - Monsanto drops pursuit of genetically engineered lawn grass (CTA)
21 October 2002 - Is this GM debate just another smokescreen? (Western Morning News)
18 October 2002 - EU not budging on biotech (CropChoice News)
18 October 2002 - European Union remains GM-free (FarmersWeeklyinteractive)
18 October 2002 - Seeds of doubt (Guardian, UK)
17 October 2002 - UK stands alone in opposing European GM labelling plans (FoE)
17 October 2002 - France says not ready to end ban on new gene crops (Reuters)
17 October 2002 - EU tightens GM food law (BBC News)
16 October 2002 - GM food debate rages on (BBC News)
16 October 2002 - Corn Growers Say U.S. Isolating Itself On GMO Issue (ACGA)
15 October 2002 - GM-free food (swissinfo)
15 October 2002 - U.N. food envoy questions safety of gene crops (Reuters) 'There is absolutely no justification to produce genetically modified food except the profit motive and the domination of the multinational corporations'
15 October 2002 - US Shifts Tactics in GMO Clash with EU (Financial Times)
15 October 2002 - ActionAid speaks out on GM food aid (ActionAid)
14 October 2002 - EU ministers seek accord on GM foods (AFP)
13 October 2002 - Master chefs feed GM foods rebellion (Observer, UK)
11 October 2002 - EU postpones decision on GM rules as member states fail to agree (just-food.com)
11 October 2002 - Playing Guinea Pigs to Genetically Modified Food (Chicago Tribune)
10 October 2002 - EU puts off agreement on biotech rules despite threats of WTO action from Washington (AP)
10 October 2002 - GM wheat: an unacceptable crop? (Reuters) A Reuters report on Thursday elaborates on how Asian buyers of US wheat remain largely opposed to the planned
introduction of genetically modified wheat
10 October 2002 - Label fight heats up in Oregon (USA Today)
10 October 2002 - Sri Lanka to enforce mandatory labeling for GM products (Xinhua)
8 October 2002 - Predicted hazard of gene therapy a reality (ISIS)
8 October 2002 - Oregon Voters Mull GM Food Labels (AgWeb)
8 October 2002 - Activists in attack on GM crop trial
7 October 2002 - Cover-up claim over secret GM crop dumping (Aberdeen Press & Journal)
7 October 2002 - US 'dumping unsold GM food on Africa' (Guardian, UK)
7 October 2002 - Bush using famine in Africa as GM marketing tool (Greenpeace UK) Research published today by Greenpeace exposes the Bush Administration's use of the famine in southern Africa as a marketing tool to push GM food in the continent
7 October 2002 - Lula government would favor GM-free Brazil (Reuters)
6 October 2002 - Biotechnology: They promised magic cures, but success is an illusion (Independent, UK)
5 October 2002 - Organic muddle (Montreal Gazette)
5 October 2002 - Don't fence us in (Guardian, UK)
4 October 2002 - Church leaders oppose seed patents: Increase in hunger feared (Edmonton Journal)
4 October 2002 - Heinz caught out over GE food (Greenpeace Australia)
4 October 2002 - Lobbyist says seed companies must be liable for GE contamination (NZ Herald)
3 October 2002 - EU to go ahead with GM food labelling requirement, WTO papers show (WSJ)
3 October 2002 - Swiss activists still seek ban on GMO testing (Reuters)
3 October 2002 - Genetically engineered maize grew in New Zealand (AP)
3 October 2002 - Gene therapy trials halted (BBC News)
3 October 2002 - Leukaemia alert over gene therapy (BBC News)
3 October 2002 - Make farming sustainable, equitable (The Hindu)
2 October 2002 - Mystery Effect in Biotech Drug Puts Its Maker on Defensive (New York Times)
1 October 2002 - House moots GM ban (swissinfo)
1 October 2002 - Biotech's worst nightmare (Agri-News)
30 September 2002 - Biotech hope and hype (Maclean's)
30 September 2002 - Modified pollen hits organic farms (Toronto Star) Biotech proponents said it couldn't happen. Critics warned it was just a matter of time. Now the nightmare scenario of many farmers seems to have hit Ontario
30 September 2002 - GM - a nation ill at ease (Consumers Association) The new report reveals that consumers believe that the main beneficiaries of the use of GM in food production are the companies that develop the technology, while consumers themselves see little in it for them.
30 September 2002 - Food industry is campaigning against Oregon GMO proposal (WSJ)
27 September 2002 - Genes caught skipping from bacteria to beetle (Nature)
25 September 2002 - Studies show Roundup herbicide to be hormone disruptor (CropChoice News)
24 September 2002 - EU Parliament Backs Right to Reject GM Organisms (Reuters)
24 September 2002 - GM Mustard: Another scientific scandal in the making (AgBioIndia)
24 September 2002 - Tests on genetically modified mustard sought (The Hindu)
21 September 2002 - Boll worm Attacks Bt Cotton in Gujarat (Gujarat Samachar)
21 September 2002 - Bristol Genetix Group public meeting - Bristol, UK
20 September 2002 - British Beekeepers Stand Firm on 6 Mile Limit (BBKA) The importance and relevance of the 6-mile hive-exclusion zone was debated. The BBKA policy on this was strongly endorsed and that commercial planting should not occur pending the publication of further research.
20 September 2002 - New research confirms customers want GM-free honey (GFA)
20 September 2002 - Statement of Devon Beekeepers Association at the BBKA Conference on GMO-free Honey (DBKA)
19 September 2002 - UN is slipping modified food into aid (New Scientist)
18 September 2002 - Disastrous GM crops have cost US economy pounds 8 billion, claims study (Independent, UK)
18 September 2002 - Chefs Join Campaign Against Altered Fish (New York Times) ...200 chefs, grocers and seafood distributors across 40 states plan to announce today that they have pledged not to purchase fish that have been altered through biotechnology.
18 September 2002 - Government seeks to suppress GM debate (FoE)
18 September 2002 - GM food crops up in court after 3-year battle (Cape Times, South Africa)
18-21 September 2002 - Genetic Engineering and the Intrinsic Value and Integrity of Animals and Plants - Edinburgh, UK
17 September 2002 - GM crops are economic disaster, new report says (Cropchoice News)
17 September 2002 - Biotechs fail to find cure for despair (Daily Mail, UK)
17 September 2002 - PPL chairman and non-executives leave in final boardroom clear-out (Financial Times, UK)
16 September 2002 - 'Dolly the Sheep' firm closes cloning program (PA News)
15 September 2002 - GM crop taints honey two miles away, test reveals (Sunday Times, UK) Evidence that genetically modified (GM) crops can contaminate food supplies for miles around has been revealed in independent tests commissioned by The Sunday Times.
15 September 2002 - Genetic Food Alert calls for reassurances as GM honey contamination is revealed (GFA)
14 September 2002 - Scottish Beekeepers Association Position Statement (SBA)
14 September 2002 - GM firm recruits Short's aid adviser (Guardian, UK)
13 September 2002 - Patent laws hamper war on poverty (Guardian, UK)
12 September 2002 - Bayer Plans to Cut Another 4,700 Jobs (Dow Jones)
11 September 2002 - U.S. Study Says All Clones Genetically Abnormal (Reuters)
11 September 2002 - Parliament launches GM enquiry (BBC News)
11 September 2002 - Government says refugees will not be given GM food aid (just-food.com)
10 September 2002 - Who benefits from the World Food Programme - US corporations or the poor? (GFA)
10 September 2002 - Biotech crop guidelines raked (Des Moines Register)
10 September 2002 - Fury over new GM crop trials (The Scotsman) Environmental campaign groups also questioned why
Aventis was being allowed to continue the GM tests when it may yet be found guilty of serious breaches of its licence.
10 September 2002 - Government approach to GM reporting illegal, says FoE (FoE)
9 September 2002 - GM Wheat Portends Disaster for Great Plains (AlterNet)
6 September 2002 - India: Farmers want compensation after ruined GM crops (IPS)
5 September 2002 - CNN International debate between World Bank and Friends of the Earth (CNN)
4 September 2002 - Corn Growers Call for New GAO Study on Cost of Genetically Engineered Crops (ACGA) U.S. corn gluten feed and meal exports are also down significantly over the last few years, added McGuire. “The current corn-marketing year (MY 2001/02) export data is confirming that there is a year-over-year cumulative GMO-driven export loss continuing for both corn and corn gluten.
3 September 2002 - US accused of using summit to push GM food (SAPA)
3 September 2002 - Friends of the Earth Groups in Developing Countries Set Bush Administration Straight... (FoE)
3 September 2002 - Fears over GM farm animals (BBC News)
2 September 2002 - Plans to promote GM crops defeated (Independent, UK)'I have never seen so many environmental ministers hugging each other as when the proposal went down', said one British negotiator early this morning.
2 September 2002 - GM foods -- Fooling the world (AgBioIndia)
2 September 2002 - Russia imposes mandatory GM labelling (just-food.com)
1 September 2002 - UK Government Chief Scientist slams US GM 'aid' to Africa as a 'massive human experiment' (Observer, UK)
1 September 2002 - Zambian GM food aid decision highlights global problems (FoE) The experience of Mexico,where GM contamination of wild maize stock has been detected in the last two years, suggests that the Zambian Government was right to be cautious.
31 August 2002 - African Civil Society Statement on GM 'Food Aid' (African Civil Society Group)
31 August 2002 - Greenpeace, Zambia reject U.S. claim (Washington Times)
30 August 2002 - Bayer found responsible for poisoning of children in Peru (PANUPS)
28 August 2002 - European and American Millers Tell U.S. Wheat Associates Board to Go Slow on GM Wheat (AP) 'I cannot tell you how to run your business - but if you do grow genetically modified - or enhanced - wheat, we will not be able to buy any of your wheat - neither the GM nor the conventional.'
28 August 2002 - Corporatisation of the Seeds of Life (Earthlife Africa)
27 August 2002 - Bayer Responsible in the Pesticide Poisoning Deaths of 24 children (CBG)
27 August 2002 - US farmers reap heavy penalty for sowing GM crops (New Zealand Herald) ...the US food industry has lost billions of dollars in exports since introducing GM crops.
27 August 2002 - GM crops are incompatible with DEFRA objectives (gmfoodnews.com)
26 August 2002 - It is the offer of gene tech-maize which is unethical, not its rejection (Suddeutsche Zeitung, Germany)
26 August 2002 - Statement of Solidarity with Southern African Nations Over GM Food and Crops (IATP)
26 August 2002 - Thanks, but no thanks (The Globe and Mail, Canada) ...no one has eaten these new and unnatural foods long enough to know if they are truly safe to eat over a lifetime.
25 August 2002 - Bush baits Brussels over GM crops (Independent, UK)
24 August 2002 - Bt cotton - bitter harvest (The Hindu) The Bt cotton story in India had all the makings of a terrible tragedy, even before official permission was granted for its cultivation.
23 August 2002 - Roundup-resistant weeds add to Monsanto's quotient of woe (CropChoice News) University of Tennessee scientists have documented marestail weed resistance to Roundup on hundreds of thousands of soybean and cotton acres in the state.  As farmers have planted more and more Roundup Ready varieties since 1996, they've been spraying more of the weed killer, not less.
23 August 2002 - Chorus of disapproval grows over modified grains (Financial Times, UK)
23 August 2002 - Revolving door from DFID to agribiz (Guardian, UK)
22 August 2002 - EU Declines US Call to Reassure Africa on GMO Food (Reuters) The European Union on Thursday rejected calls from Washington for it to reassure African countries that genetically modified (GM) food aid from the United States is safe.
22 August 2002 - US seeks EU help to force GM food on Africa (Green MEPs) It is clearly unacceptable for the US to impose a solution to starvation which will have a devastating impact on the ability of farmers to feed themselves in the future.
22 August 2002 - Levy explains government's rejection of GM maize (The Post, Zambia)
22 August 2002 - GM farm debate will be a sham, say experts (Daily Mail, UK)
21 August 2002 - Genetically Modified Animals May Pose Environmental Risks (Wall Street Journal)
21 August 2002 - Panel Identifies Gene-Altered Animals' Risk (Washington Post)
20 August 2002 - Pacific Seeds incinerates 30 tonnes of maize due to GM contamination (just-food.com)
20 August 2002 - Troubled Monsanto scales down GM hopes in Europe (Guardian, UK)
20 August 2002 - Bt cotton prone to leaf curl virus in North India (Business Line)
20 August 2002 - Meacher's scepticism on GM crops reflects shift in opinion, say greens (Independent, UK)
20 August 2002 - Corporate capture - Next week's earth summit... (Guardian, UK)
20 August 2002 - The secret plan to combine GM seeds with normal crops (Daily Mail, UK)
19 August 2002 - Monsanto scales down hopes on GM foods: Company assumes no progress on approval before 2005 (Financial Times)
19 August 2002 - Monsanto enters a time of transition (Financial Times)
19 August 2002 - Fourteen arrested trying to decontaminate illegal GM trial site in Dorset (ToGG)
19 August 2002 - Biotechs on edge as money evaporates (Seattle Times)
19 August 2002 - Four fields of GM crops destroyed (Glasgow Herald)
19 August 2002 - Zambia Finally Rejects Transgenic Food Aid (ENS)
18 August 2002 - More GM crop trials break test guidelines (Independent on Sunday, UK)
18 August 2002 - Labour must concede there is no case for GM crops (Independent on Sunday, UK)
18 August 2002 - Twenty GM protestors arrested at Aventis site in Hilton, Dorset, UK (FoE)
18 August 2002 - Zambia Bars Altered Corn From U.S. (AP)
17 August 2002 - Zambia turns down GM aid (BBC News)
17 August 2002 - GM storm looms as consumers fight shy (Guardian, UK)
17 August 2002 - Sowing distrust - Europe goes against the grain on GM (Guardian, UK)
17 August 2002 - The case for genetically modified food remains hard to stomach (Independent, UK)
17 August 2002 - GM seed blunder deepens public doubts (The Times, UK)
17 August 2002 - GM plants no panacea (New Scientist)
16 August 2002 - GM trial ruined by rogue gene strain (Guardian, UK)
16 August 2002 - Ministers suspend GM crop-testing (Independent, UK)
16 August 2002 - Urgent tests on GM crop seeds (BBC News)
15 August 2002 - Minister seeks GM assurances (BBC News)
15 August 2002 - Rogue GM crops discovered (BBC News)
15 August 2002 - Biotech blunder results in GM trial chaos (FoE, UK)
15 August 2002 - UK says impurities in Aventis GM trial (Reuters)
15 August 2002 - Weeds get boost from GM crops (New Scientist)
15 August 2002 - Zambian scientists urge state to reject GMO maize (Zamnet News, Zambia)
15 August 2002 - Scientists shocked at GM gene transfer (Guardian, UK)
14 August 2002 - Brazil increases the control of GM soybeans to export more to China (CropChoice News)
14 August 2002 - Poverty and Transgenic Crops (Nature)
13 August 2002 - US Comes Under Attack Over GMOs (The Post, Zambia)
12 August 2002 - Cattleman sees potential problem with USDA proposal for voluntary biotech labels (CropChoice News)
9 August 2002 - Source seed from GE-free countries (Green Party New Zealand)
8 August 2002 - Beware Americans Bearing Gifts - Another Poisoned Chalice in Africa (Food First)
8 August 2002 - Italian court probes 10 seed companies over GMOs (Reuters)
8 August 2002 - Farmer gives on-site support to GM protesters (Glasgow Herald, UK)
7 August 2002 - Bayer to cut further jobs at CropScience (FT)
7 August 2002 - Mozambique will not allow GM maize to enter country's ports - premier (Hoovers)
6 August 2002 - US May Set Guidelines for Biotech-Free Crops (Reuters)
6 August 2002 - Africa torn between GM aid and starvation (The Times, UK)
5 August 2002 - Activists upset with Bush over GM crops (UPI)
3 August 2002 - Pharmaceutical crops raise questions about liability (AP)
3 August 2002 - Zimbabwe Continues to Block Gene-Altered Corn (Washington Post)
1 August 2002 - Acrylamide In Cooked Foods: The Glyphosate Connection (ISIS)
31 July 2002 - Delay Is Seen for Genetically Modified Wheat (New York Times)
30 July 2002 - Dignity in hunger (The Post, Zambia)
30 July 2002 - Rebellious Bodies Dim the Glow of 'Natural' Biotech Drugs (New York Times)
28 July 2002 - No GE backdown, say Greens (New Zealand Herald)
26 July 2002 - Eat GM or starve, America tells Africa (Reuters)
26 July 2002 - Government must not ignore public over GM crop commercialisation (FoE)
25 July 2002 - Beekeepers vote to oppose GM crops (The Western Australian)
25 July 2002 - Australia farmers want postponement of GM canola (Reuters)
24 July 2002 - Barrow-loads of GM crops delivered to Government in London (Genetic Engineering Network)
24 July 2002 - No GM crop commercialisation - Deliver your message to DEFRA - London, UK
24 July 2002 - New Zealand's PM could lose the election over GM scandal (Guardian, UK)
23 July 2002 - Monsanto Earnings Down on Bad Debt (AgWeb)
23 July 2002 - Who's Pulling Life Sciences' Strings? (Green Party New Zealand)
23 July 2002 - Dorset anti-GM convoy take message to central government
22 July 2002 - Highland GM Campaigners take message to London
22 July 2002 - Devon anti-GM convoy takes messages to DEFRA (ToGG)
22 July 2002 - Lincolnshire anti-GM campaigners deliver messages to DEFRA on 24 July (Gaia Trust)
22 July 2002 - North Dakota Considers Banning Modified Wheat (Progressive Farmer)
21 July 2002 - Australian farmers could be shut out of EU over GM (AAP)
21 July 2002 - PM's ally attacks 'feudal' Charles (Independent on Sunday, UK)
21 July 2002 - Genetically modified maize damaged in Cheshire
19 July 2002 - Scarborough Rock Solid Against GM (SAGE)
19 July 2002 - Nicky Hager: Denials and diversions, but deeds remain (New Zealand Herald)
19 July 2002 - Hunger Strike Targets Dow Chemical (ENS)
18 July 2002 - GM crop DNA found in human gut bugs (New Scientist)
18 July 2002 - Shaw's Supermarkets Face Anti-GE Pressure in New England (AP)
17 July 2002 - GM genes found in human gut (Guardian, UK)
17 July 2002 - Can GM food make your body immune to antibiotics? (Daily Mail, UK)
17 July 2002 - UK study finds genes from GM crops in human gut (Reuters)
17 July 2002 - New research questions GM safety (FoE)
15 July 2002 - Wheat Growers Struggle Over Biotech (Farm Progress)
15 July 2002 - Battered Biotechs Can't Get Past Paralysis at FDA (Wall Street Journal)
15 July 2002 - Genetic Allegations (newsroom.co.nz)
15 July 2002 - Papers show industry too close to GE corn story (New Zealand Greens)
15 July 2002 - Monsanto stock slips on Pharmacia-Pfizer deal (Reuters)
15-17 July 2002 - Towards Humane Technologies: Biotechnology, New Media, and Citizenship - Queensland, Australia
14 July 2002 - New Zealand PM accused of GM cover-up (Independent, UK)
10 July 2002 - Book says NZ suffered major accidental release of GE sweetcorn (New Zealand Herald)
10 July 2002 - GM crop disaster looms: farmer (The Western Australian)
9 July 2002 - Norfolk site for GM crop trials (Eastern Daily Press)
8 July 2002 - Report from Essex GM crops protest (Essex anti-GM resistance)
Essex GM crops protest 8 July 2002 - Europe plans labels to let consumers decide on GM food (New Zealand Herald)
7 July 2002 - GM foods enter food chain covertly (The Hindu, India)
7 July 2002 - Carnival against GM crops - Weeley, near Clacton, UK
6 July 2002 - Drug genes could enter food chain (New Scientist)
4 July 2002 - EU Body Supports Stricter Labeling Of Genetically Modified Ingredients (Wall Street Journal)
4 July 2002 - Oregon GE Labeling Initiative Generating Media (Jeff Peckman)
3-10 July 2002 - GM Seeds of Doubt - Australia
3 July 2002 - Europe backs stricter GM rules (BBC News)
3 July 2002 - Tough GM labelling bill in Europe grates U.S. (Reuters)
3 July 2002 - With anonymity (The East Bay Express)
2 July 2002 - Euro MPs Debate Future of GM Foods in EU (Reuters)
2 July 2002 - Green MEP challenges Labour to put consumer first in GM vote (Green Party)
2 July 2002 - Blair orders MEPs to block strict labelling of GM foods (Independent, UK)
2 July 2002 - GM at the crossroads (Guardian, UK)
1 July 2002 - Say what it is on the label (Guardian, UK)
30 June 2002 - GM Crops - Tony Blair's 'Poll-Tax'? (gmfoodnews.com)
30 June 2002 - Popular guide to GE-free food reaches Western Australia (Greenpeace)
29 June 2002 - Fresh call to bar GM after study (Sydney Morning Herald)
28 June 2002 - Armed with new report, North American farmers will urge Aussie counterparts to avoid biotech path (CropChoice News)
28 June 2002 - Pollen-Mediated Movement of Herbicide Resistance Between Commercial Canola Fields (Science)
28 June 2002 - Gene-altered foods failing to whet sales, firms find (Chicago Tribune)
28 June 2002 - Gene-Altered Canola Pollen Can Spread to Other Fields (Wall Street Journal)
27 June 2002 - GM crops: gene transfer possible through pollen (The Hindu, India)
27 June 2002 - Agricultural Biotechnology Science Compromised (Worthy, Strohman, Billings)
27 June 2002 - Conflicts around a study of Mexican crops (Nature)
27 June 2002 - Court to hear appeal in organic crop lawsuit (The Star Phoenix (Saskatoon))
27 June 2002 - GMO marketing concerns persist at IGC (Manitoba Co-operator)
26 June 2002 - New evidence may forestall GM trials (The Times, UK)
26 June 2002 - Deal made in dough; Monsanto, Spring Wheat bakers sign pact to perfect system to segregate wheats... (Grand Forks Herald)
26 June 2002 - Genetically Modified Crops: Issues of Public Concern - Scunthorpe, UK
25 June 2002 - GM crop trials undermined by US investigation (FoE UK)
25 June 2002 - Food labeling initiative appears headed for November ballot (AP)
25 June 2002 - Charles renews attack on GM crops (PA News)
23 June 2002 - The real reasons for hunger (Observer, UK)
22 June 2002 - Fields of gold? - Biotech's cash benefits may not be what they seem (New Scientist)
21 June 2002 - Panel to Look for Banned Corn (Reuters)
21 June 2002 - GMOs Could Wipe Out Natural Species (ENS)
20-24 June 2002 - Global Justice Action Summit - Missoula, Montana, USA
20 June 2002 - Science War Intensifies (ISIS)
18 June 2002 - The Pink Castle Is Gone - Long Live The Pink Castle (Pink Castle)
17 June 2002 - Official Says GM Maize Would Have Hit Country's Beef Exports (Daily News, Harare)
15 June 2002 - The great Mexican maize scandal (New Scientist)
13 June 2002 - As food summit wraps up, criticism of biotech and good intentions heats up (AP)
12 June 2002 - Monsanto lowers profit views, cites Latin America (Reuters)
12 June 2002 - U.N. slammed for distributing GM corn in Guatemala (Reuters)
12 June 2002 - Public wants GM food labelled (Ottawa Citizen)
12 June 2002 - Prince challenges Blair over his GM crop policy (Times, UK)
12 June 2002 - GM crop firms should be liable for any damage done, says Prince (Daily Telegraph, UK)
12 June 2002 - US forced to defend new farm subsidies, GM policies at UN World Food Summit (just-food.com)
12 June 2002 - Oxfam condemns the distribution of food aid contaminated with Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) (Oxfam)
11 June 2002 - Prince warns of GM crop threat (BBC News)
10 June 2002 - Future of Genetically Modified Corn in Question Given Recent Decision By General Mills to Go Organic (Bakery Online)
10 June 2002 - Time to come clean on the dirty secret of starvation (Guardian, UK)
10 June 2002 - Starlink contamination found in USAID food shipment (FoE)
10 June 2002 - Fields of Gold snapper Anna hits back at TV show's adviser (Daily Mirror, UK)
9 June 2002 - GM contamination spreads in Mexico (BBC News)
9 June 2002 - Top scientists: be honest about GM (Sunday Herald, UK)
9-10 June 2002 - David Rovics benefit gigs, Toronto, Canada
8 June 2002 - Protesters hold march in Rome over genetically modified food, land reform ahead of U.N. summit (AP)
8 June 2002 - Gene crops are no answer for world hunger-Bove (Reuters)
8 June 2002 - Campaigners trampled GM crops (BBC News)
8 June 2002 - GM damages environment but not pests, says study (Guardian, UK)
8 June 2002 - Science journal accused over GM article (Guardian, UK)
7-9 June 2002 - biodevastation2002 - Toronto, Canada
7 June 2002 - Denial Continues over Horizontal Gene Transfer (ISIS)
7 June 2002 - Fields of ire (Guardian, UK)
7 June 2002 - EU: MEPs take tough line on European GM legislation (just-food.com)
7 June 2002 - Genetic threats blowin' in the wind... (National Post, USA)
7 June 2002 - EU signs treaty to save crop variety (Reuters)
6 June 2002 - Greenpeace protests outside Swiss food giant Nestle over GMO foods in Asia (AFP)
6 June 2002 - CropLife Canada welcomes Committee Recommendations on GM foods (Canada News Wire)
5 June 2002 - Euro MPs vote for tougher rules on GM food labels (Reuters)
5 June 2002 - First victory in EU battle for improved GM labels (Genetic Food Alert)
5 June 2002 - EU Takes Steps to Require More Labeling for GMOs (Wall Street Journal)
4 June 2002 - Public Want GM Food Labelled - Survey (Ananova)
4 June 2002 - Consumer survey finds 94pc want GM foods clearly labelled (Daily Telegraph, UK)
4 June 2002 - China GMO cotton bad for environment (Reuters)
4 June 2002 - Row erupts over impact of transgenic cotton (Dow Jones)
4 June 2002 - Most firms shying away from genetic manipulation (The New Straits Times Press, Malaysia)
3 June 2002 - Chinese researcher says genetically altered cotton will lose effectiveness (AP)
3 June 2002 - Pink Castle Protestors Charged (Pink Castle)
3 June 2002 - Nicaraguan Representatives Denounce Food Aid Contamination by GE Crops... (Alliance for a Nicaragua Free of Genetically Modified Organisms)
3 June 2002 - Minister cautions on biotechnology (The Nation, Nairobi)
3 June 2002 - The fight to control life on the planet (bioJUSTICE-bioDIVERSITY 2002)
2 June 2002 - Green lobby forces Blair into rethink over GM (Observer, UK)
2 June 2002 - The conspiracy to undermine the truth about our GM drama (Observer, UK)
2 June 2002 - Parliament GM adviser should resign (Sunday Herald, UK)
1 June 2002 - Starving Zimbabwe shuns offer of GM maize (Guardian, UK)
31 May 2002 - Zimbabwe turns away U.S. food consignment (AP)
31 May 2002 - BBC defends upcoming drama about potential dangers of GM crops (Guardian, UK)
31 May 2002 - BBC defends GM drama (BBC News)
31 May 2002 - Biotech devil snares Labour's soul (The Dominion, New Zealand)
30 May 2002 - GM crop pullers are invicible! (Rowan Tilly)
30 May 2002 - Kernels of Truth (Eastern Bay Express)
30 May 2002 - 20-year study backs organic farming (New Scientist)
29 May 2002 - Margaret Fulton helps shoppers say no to genetically engineered food (Greenpeace Australia)
29 May 2002 - Corporate phantoms - The web of deceit over GM food (Guardian, UK)
28 May 2002 - Jury trial for GM protesters (Farmers Weekly)
28 May 2002 - Militants score Monsanto meeting with local policy makers (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
27 May 2002 - Silent protest in GM fields (The Scotsman, UK)
27 May 2002 - States set own GM-free zones (The Australian)
26 May 2002 - Biotech minister made GM millions - Lord Sainsbury's shares worth £42.6m (Mail on Sunday, UK)
26 May 2002 - GM threat to organic farming (Independent, UK)
26 May 2002 - GM could kill off organic farms (Observer, UK)
24 May 2002 - Schmeiser: Monsanto lying about 98 percent of his crop being genetically modified (CropChoice News)
24 May 2002 - GM food labelling row could mutate into trade war (Times, UK)
23 May 2002 - Face the Facts: Scientists Can Get Things Wrong (Independent, UK)
23 May 2002 - Agbiotech Tries to Improve its Image (Washington Post)
21 May 2002 - Riddle of the spores - Why has the FBI investigation into the anthrax attacks stalled? (Guardian, UK)
21 May 2002 - Housewife destroyed GM crops (The Scotsman, UK)
21 May 2002 - Suppressed Study Shows Engineered Crops Raise Costs (ENS)
20 May 2002 - GM demonstrators plan silent protest next to Highlands trial site (The Scotsman, UK)
20 May 2002 - Bt corn linked to hog breeding problems (Jim Riddle)
19 May 2002 - Leaked report shows Government scrambling to change GM law (FoE, UK)
19 May 2002 - Outrage at Labour gag on protests (Sunday Herald, UK)
19 May 2002 - GM crop protesters to be silenced (Independent, UK)
19 May 2002 - Swampy resurfaces to fight GM crops (Sunday Times, UK)
18 May 2002 - Squeezed out - No room for GM crops in an "organic" Britain (New Scientist)
18 May 2002 - Farmer unveils location of secret GM wheat plots (The Star Phoenix (Saskatoon))
17 May 2002 - EU says farmers face extra costs to stay GM-free (Reuters)
17 May 2002 - European Commission GM report kept quiet (just-food.com)
17 May 2002 - U.S. Rep. Kucinich, Sen. Boxer aim to address farmer rights with GM crop legislation (CropChoice News)
16 May 2002 - EU Study Finds GE & Non-GE Crops Can't Co-Exist (Greenpeace)
16 May 2002 - Report from first day of Percy Schmeiser appeal (CropChoice News)
16 May 2002 - Environment in a spin (Guardian, UK)
16 May 2002 - Genetic engineers know not what they do (Canberra Times)
16 May 2002 - Aventis moves to stop release of pesticide details (Financial Times UK)
16 May 2002 - Biotech firm takes UK govt to court on data release (Reuters)
15 May 2002 - New organic standards launched (Soil Association)
15 May 2002 - No progress at Codex on GM food labelling (Bridges)
14 May 2002 - The fake persuaders - Corporations are inventing people to rubbish their opponents on the internet (Guardian, UK)
13 May 2002 - Bionova R&D Operations to Be Shut Down (PR Newswire)
13 May 2002 - China's Ban on Biotech Investors May Violate WTO Obligations (Dow Jones)
10 May 2002 - A fanciful tale... On the appeal of the Percy Schmeiser decision (CropChoice News)
10 May 2002 - OCA and Greenpeace Call on Safeway to Stop testing GE foods on Kids (OCA)
10 May 2002 - Railroad will pay after genetic testing Workers were screened without their knowledge (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
10 May 2002 - U.S. Military Proposes Illegal Bioweapons Research (Village Voice)
9 May 2002 - Anthrax attack bug identical to army strain (New Scientist)
9 May 2002 - China's Ministry of Health Gets Tougher on Biotech (Farm Progress)
9 May 2002 - National Research Council Report Raises GMO Liability Concerns For Farmers (ACGA)
8 May 2002 - Boots withdraws GM-contaminated product from sale and implements GM-free policy (gmfoodnews.com)
8 May 2002 - US Armed Forces Push for Offensive Biological Weapons Development (Sunshine Project)
8 May 2002 - Imperial College investigated over GM research (Guardian, UK)
8 May 2002 - Folly of GM crop trials (Glasgow Herald)
8 May 2002 - Native Americans Protest Patenting of Wild Rice (University Wire)
7 May 2002 - British support EU labelling - MORI poll (MORI)
7 May 2002 - Trade war fear as public resists GM food (Guardian, UK)
7 May 2002 - Pink castle blocks GM crop tests (BBC News)
7 May 2002 - Finnie had power to stop GM trials, say protestors (Glasgow Herald)
7 May 2002 - Three arrested as protesters destroy GM crops (The Scotsman)
6 May 2002 - Canada probe draws blank on GM-tainted seed (Reuters)
6 May 2002 - Obituary of a GM crop puller - Remembering Penny Hanson (1939 to 2002) (Rowan Tilly)
6 May 2002 - Three arrested over GM raids (BBC News)
5 May 2002 - Scottish GM crops stance challenged (Scotland on Sunday)
4 May 2002 - Greenpeace set to grill Nestle (Bangkok Post)
4 May 2002 - Inquiry fails to find cause of GM crop contamination (FoE)
4 May 2002 - SNP leader's GM visit (BBC News)
4 May 2002 - No grounds for GM coffee, Swiss retailers agree (swissinfo)
3 May 2002 - GM Products Raise Food Costs (Mail & Guardian, South Africa)
3 May 2002 - UK village takes on government over gene crop test (Reuters)
3 May 2002 - Five deny GM crop attack (BBC News)
2 May 2002 - UK Co-Op Bank spurns genetic modification business (Reuters)
2 May 2002 - Councillor's GM call (The Scotsman)
2 May 2002 - Villagers vote to oppose GM crop trials (East Anglian Daily Times, UK)
2 May 2002 - Transatlantic disputes threaten U.S.-European summit (Reuters)
1 May 2002 - Monsanto - up to its dirty old tricks again (The Ecologist)
1 May 2002 - Anger grows over failure to stop GM crop test in Highlands (Guardian, UK)
30 April 2002 - Highlands council in renewed plea to halt GM testing (Glasgow Herald, UK)
30 April 2002 - FoE welcomes GM consultation (FoE)
29 April 2002 - Biotech Bias on the Editorial and Opinion Pages of Major United States Newspapers and News Magazines (Food First/Food First/IFDP)
29 April 2002 - Possible Frankenfish Ban in California Spooks Industry (San Francisco Chronicle)
29 April 2002 - Belgium refuses licence for Aventis GMO crop test (Reuters)
28 April 2002 - Third attack on GM crop site (BBC News)
28 April 2002 - Five arrests in second attack on GM crops (The Scotsman)
28 April 2002 - Revealed: Finnie does have power to stop GM trials (Sunday Herald, UK)
28 April 2002 - Every cloned animal suffers from defects (Ananova)
27 April 2002 - Second attack on GM crop site (BBC News)
27 April 2002 - World Day for Laboratory Animals 2002
27 April 2002 - GM Imports Find Way Into Mexican Corn (The Scotsman)
27 April 2002 - UK GM Safety Tests Flawed (Farming Today, BBC Radio 4)
26 April 2002 - Protesters disrupt Bayer shareholders meeting (Reuters)
25 April 2002 - Locals under siege from GMO’s in Dorset
Locals under siege from GMO’s in Dorset
23 April 2002 - EU confirms growth hormones pose health risk to consumers (just-food.com)
21 April 2002 - Controversial GM crop trial destroyed (PA News)
21 April 2002 - GM crops vandalised (BBC News)
20 April 2002 - Bt Cotton Belies Promises: Research (The Financial Express, India)
19 April 2002 - 'Worst ever' GM crop invasion (Daily Telegraph, UK)
19 April 2002 - Mexico's vital gene reservoir polluted by modified maize (Guardian UK)
19 April 2002 - Finnie suffers GM crop defeat (BBC News)
18 April 2002 - World not ready for GM wheat - conference (Reuters)
18 April 2002 - Proper Regulation of Unapproved GMO Crops a Must for U.S. Food Security (PR Newswire)
18 April 2002 - MSPs back call to scrap GM trial (The Scotsman)
18 April 2002 - Corn Study Spurs Debate over Corporate Meddling in Academia (AP)
17 April 2002 - MSPs want GM trial halted (BBC News)
17 April 2002 - What Lurks Behind Triple Herbicide-Tolerant Oilseed Rape? (ISIS)
17 April 2002 - U.S. groups protest gene-altered crops in Chicago (Reuters)
17 April 2002 - Sow resistant - The battle continues to prevent Brazil, a major soya producer, caving in to pressure to authorise GM crops (Guardian, UK)
17 April 2002 - Activists Protest in Front of the Chicago Board of Trade (ODJ)
16 April 2002 - U.S. farm groups unite on transgenic wheat ban (CropChoice News)
15 April 2002 - Seeds of dissent: Anti-GM scientists are facing widespread assaults on their credibility (Big Issue, UK)
15 April 2002 - Consumer-Environmental Coalition Files Legal Action Seeking Criminal Investigation of Monsanto and Aventis (CFS)
15 April 2002 - Experimental GM rape plants in Belgium destroyed (Reuters)
15 April 2002 - Monsanto Says Crops May Contain Genetically-Modified Canola Seed (Wall Street Journal)
15 April 2002 - Monsanto admits canola seed could harbour unapproved GM seed (just-food.com)
13 April 2002 - Cabinet split over seeking GM crops view (Independent, UK)
10 April 2002 - Biotech Protesters Mobilize Across North America (Inter Press)
10-17 April 2002 - Continental Days of Action against Genetically Engineered Corn (OCA)
9 April 2002 - UC Department Torn Over Corn Research - Scientist’s Reputation May Be Damaged (Daily Californian)
8 April 2002 - Astonishing Denial of Transgenic Pollution (ISIS)
8 April 2002 - Fight against Monsanto vaults farmer into spotlight (Globe and Mail Canada)
6 April 2002 - Greenpeace stops US shipment of maize to Mexico to eliminate source of genetic contamination (Greenpeace)
5 April 2002 - Pressure On EU to Ban GM Crops (Mail & Guardian South Africa)
5 April 2002 - Scientist Claims Vendetta Over GM Research (Glasgow Herald, UK)
4 April 2002 - $170-million British grant? No thanks, say Indian farmers (Straits Times, Singapore)
4 April 2002 - Philippines to regulate import of GMOs (Reuters)
4 April 2002 - Monsanto Plans 5% Work-Force Reduction, Reiterates Earnings Outlook (Dow Jones)
4 April 2002 - US scientists defend Mexico corn GMO study (Reuters)
3 April 2002 - Biotech dispute settled out of court by Monsanto and DuPont (just-food.com)
29 March 2002 - Farmers Move to Block Modified Wheat (CBC News)
28 March 2002 - Freedom for jailed GM crop protester (BBC News)
28 March 2002 - Bt Cotton burnt on Holi (ECO-India)
27 March 2002 - Warning over India GM cotton plan (BBC News)
27 March 2002 - Huntingdon Life Sciences market maker hammered by SHAC (SHAC)
27 March 2002 - Munlochy vigil in Scottish Parliament
Munlochy Vigil Website 25 March 2002 - GM buffer zones too small (Farmers Weekly)
24 March 2002 - GM crops bound to escape, says EU (Independent on Sunday, UK)
23 March 2002 - March for Donnie Macleod
23 March 2002 - Anti-GM campaigners take their protest to prison (The Scotsman)
22 March 2002 - Beijing seen tough on GMOs, particularly on soyoil (Reuters)
22 March 2002 - Du Pont ditches hybrid wheats (Farmers Weekly)
21 March 2002 - Significance of gene flow through pollen transfer (European Environment Agency)
21 March 2002 - China implements its new regulations on genetically modified foods (CropChoice News)
20 March 2002 - Anti-GM petition wins hearing (The Scotsman)
20 March 2002 - Calling Poirot: bizarre case of cross-border 'super corn' (Christian Science Monitor)
20 March 2002 - $9m settlement paid to consumers over StarLink contamination (Chemical Week)
19 March 2002 - Why no one would bother to clone PPL: Long odds on biotech firm's survival (Guardian, UK)
17 March 2002 - Agriculture experts discuss concern over pollen drift from biotech crops (AP)
17 March 2002 - German GM giant to exploit opening in Britain's relaxed environmental laws (Hoovers)
17 March 2002 - German GM giant to exploit opening in Britain's relaxed environmental laws (Independent, UK)
15 March 2002 - Scientists Leave Wales GM-Free (Western Mail, UK)
14 March 2002 - Shareholders Want Anheuser to Label Biotech Corn in Beer (Dow Jones)
12 March 2002 - GM trials up for question (BBC News)
12 March 2002 - 4000 in bid to stop trials of GM crops (Glasgow Evening News)
10 March 2002 - Farmers told GM crops are too dangerous to insure (Glasgow Herald)
9 March 2002 - Last Chance Rally - Report (Rowan Tilly)
9 March 2002 - Five arrested at GM crop protest (BBC News)
9 March 2002 - Last Chance Rally - Oppose the GM farm-scale trials in the UK
8 March 2002 - Conservationist says GM crops threat to diversity (Reuters)
8 March 2002 - Frosty reception for GM liability proposal (European Policy News)
7 March 2002 - Poison Pharm Crops Near You (ISIS)
6 March 2002 - FOE challenges FSA to stand up for consumers (FoE)
6 March 2002 - UK Minister, Watchdog may clash on GM food labels (Reuters)
5 March 2002 - Brazil Burns Soy in Battle Over Biotech Foods (Reuters)
4 March 2002 - Stop the GM crop tests, says health chief (The Herald, UK)
2 March 2002 - British Debate on GE Crops Continues - The seeds of discord (Daily Telegraph, UK)
1 March 2002 - China GMO rules: Great Wall or Euro-style caution? (Reuters)
1 March 2002 - NGO Applies For Ownership of British "Chip" (PANUPS)
1 March 2002 - Obesity in mice offers proof of cloning's unpredictability (Boston Globe)
1 March 2002 - Picking A WTO-GMO Legal Fight Will Erode U.S. Corn & Corn Gluten Exports While Threatening U.S. Ethanol Plant Expansion (ACGA)
1 March 2002 - Ag industry wrestles with rules for genetically altered crops (AP)
28 February 2002 - US exporters say cancel 220,000 tonnes corn to China (Reuters)
28 February 2002 - California Considering Ban on GE Fish (LA Times)
27 February 2002 - Monsanto Ordered To Cough Up (IRN)
25 February 2002 - GM Maize Approved on Bad Science (ISIS)
25 February 2002 - Jury decides against Monsanto, Solutia in PCB case (Reuters)
25 February 2002 - Monsanto found guilty of polluting (Guardian, UK)
23 February 2002 - Jury finds Monsanto liable for releasing tons of PCB (Washington Post)
22 February 2002 - Study Calls Biofood Safeguards Inadequate (LA Times)
22 February 2002 - Peasants and Scientists Demand Ban on GMOs (KMP)
22 February 2002 - GE rice resistance: market rejects gene-altered crop (CropChoice News)
21 February 2002 - Federal Reviews of Bioengineered Crops Are Deemed 'Superficial' in a New Study (Wall Street Journal)
21 February 2002 - Premium Price for GMO Bt Corn Costs Farmers, Boosts Biotech Firms (IATP)
20 February 2002 - Scientists clash over GM safety (FoE)
20 February 2002 - ACRE T25 hearing, London, UK
20 February 2002 - EU holds firm over gene seed thresholds (Environment Daily)
20 February 2002 - All the difference in the world (Toronto Star)
20 February 2002 - U.S. Soy Sales to China Stop (AP)
19 February 2002 - Modified piglets turned into chicken feed could force scientists to alter their methods (Globe and Mail Canada)
19 February 2002 - University of Maine Researchers Warn of Seed Contamination (Bangor Daily News)
19 February 2002 - Calvert concerned about GM wheat (Regina Leader Post)
19 February 2002 - Agribusiness company involved in dispute with farmers who are reusing seeds (AP)
19 February 2002 - China, Brazil, India, 9 other nations form alliance against biopiracy (AP)
18 February 2002 - Open letter to ACRE from FoE UK (FoE)
17 February 2002 - Leaked results from GM crop trials show that oilseed rape is damaging the environment (Munlochy GM Vigil)
14 February 2002 - Spain's largest soya importer accused of deliberate GE contamination (Greenpeace)
14 February 2002 - Row erupts over approval of GM foods (ABC Australia)
14 February 2002 - Councils ban GM trials (The Australian)
14 February 2002 - Watchdog might urge DNA theft be made an offence (Guardian, UK)
12 February 2002 - Australian company suspected of human bio-piracy (Tonga Human Rights and Democracy Movement)
12 February 2002 - Glufosinate a herbicide used with genetically modified crops: Ignored side effects (Professor Joe Cummins)
12 February 2002 - Time is Running Out for Organ Transplants From Animals (New Scientist)
12 February 2002 - Monitoring effects of GM foods difficult: doctors (CBC)
10 February 2002 - Biotech battle rages over rice (Newhouse News)
10 February 2002 - Cloned animals meet early deaths (New Scientist)
9 February 2002 - GM concern could mar US wheat sales to Egypt (Reuters)
7 February 2002 - Politicians Join Farmers in Call to End Crop Trials (The Scotsman)
7 February 2002 - GM labels inevitable - Liberal MP (Western Producer)
6 February 2002 - Frankenfoods - The truth at last (Daily Mail, UK)
6 February 2002 - Kraft campaign launch - Supermarkets nationwide, USA (GE Food Alert)
5 February 2002 - Government watchdog gives stark warning over GM weeds (FoE)
5 February 2002 - Pope warns scientists about genetic manipulation (Deutsche Presse-Agentur)
5 February 2002 - Rise of GM superweed a disaster for wildlife (Independent, UK)
5 February 2002 - GM crops may become weedier (English Nature)
5 February 2002 - Call for more curbs and improved safety tests for eating genetically modified foods (Financial Times)
5 February 2002 - Anti-Biotech Group Targets Kraft Foods (Reuters)
5 February 2002 - Activists block US soybean shipment in Philippines (Reuters)
5 February 2002 - Rogue GM plant warning (BBC News)
5 February 2002 - Scientists signal GM food setback (The Scotsman, UK)
4 February 2002 - Scientists to warn of GM food dangers for babies (Independent, UK)
4 February 2002 - Wrong Side Of The Law? Critics Say Biotech Crops Could Land You In Court (Progressive Farmer)
4 February 2002 - GM food safety checks inadequate, says report (New Scientist)
4 February 2002 - Call for GM food safety tests (BBC News)
1 February 2002 - Wall Street Analyst Predicts Less Profits for Monsanto (Reuters)
1 February 2002 - Market Pressure: Busting BGH and Biotech (BioDemocracy News)
31 January 2002 - Consumers unaware of widespread GM contamination in everyday foods (Five Year Freeze)
31 January 2002 - Government 'lacking credibility' on GM food, admits minister (Independent, UK)
31 January 2002 - Reckless government ignores its own concerns over GM crop trials (FoE)
30 January 2002 - FoE challenges government over GM crop trials - Separation distances must be at least 5km (FoE)
30 January 2002 - Government signals GM cool-off (BBC News)
30 January 2002 - Mysterious 'alien' corn invades Mexico countryside (Reuters)
30 January 2002 - Worldwide hunger more a political problem, study finds (Ohio State University)
29 January 2002 - GM protestors blockade Bayer on day of Wall Street launch (CBG)
28 January 2002 - Biotech firms bypass journals to make news (Wall Street Journal)
28 January 2002 - European Union Pressing For GMO Labeling Rules (Chemical Market Reporter)
28 January 2002 - Fawu to fight for GM food embargo at negotiations (Organicts)
26 January 2002 - Modified Crops Could Lead To "Superweeds," Study Suggests (National Geographic)
25 January 2002 - World Health Organization to Examine Safety of GM Foods (Times of India)
25 January 2002 - EU's Lamy says sees GMO approvals stuck for months (Reuters)
25 January 2002 - Italy adopts 'zero tolerance' stance on GM contamination (just-food.com)
25 January 2002 - Activists Oppose Promotion of Genetically Modified Products from U.S. (Korea Times)
24 January 2002 - Hounded Huntingdon quits LSE [London Stock Exchange] (Reuters)
23 January 2002 - EU liability plans too weak on GMOs - Greenpeace (Reuters)
23 January 2002 - Contaminated Corn and Tainted Tortillas: Genetic Pollution in Mexico's Centre of Maize Diversity (ETC Group)
23 January 2002 - EU attempts to soothe fears and boost biotech (Reuters)
22 January 2002 - Some Genetics Researchers Don't Share (AP)
22 January 2002 - New Report Challenges Fundamentals of Genetic Engineering (Harper's)
21 January 2002 - GM food to dominate US-Korean trade talks (just-food.com)
19 January 2002 - Exclusion Zones Around GM Crops to be Extended (Daily Telegraph, UK)
18 January 2002 - Corn Growers Concerned Trade Legislation Will Backfire (ACGA)
17 January 2002 - US threatens public's right to choose on GM foods, says FOE (just-food.com)
17 January 2002 - Biologist calls scientific basis of genetic engineering flawed (ENS)
15 January 2002 - Croatia set to ban GM food production (Reuters)
14 January 2002 - U.S., Canadian Farmers Support Croatia's Bid to Ban Genetically Modified Food (AP)
13 January 2002 - Biotech crops fail to reap more cash for farmers (AP)
12 January 2002 - Testing of "genetic crops" halted (NRC, Netherlands)
11 January 2002 - Western Canada organic farmers sue Monsanto, Aventis over modified canola (AFP)
11 January 2002 - State Dept Helps Monsanto Cover Up Fallout from Biowarfare in Colombia (CBS News)
10 January 2002 - Dunavant says US cotton quality still lags, blames seeds (Reuters)
10 January 2002 - Ottawa assailed over biotech monitoring (National Post, Canada)
10 January 2002 - GE potatoes destroyed in second sabotage (New Zealand Herald)
10 January 2002 - Organic farmers launch class action suit against Monsanto and Aventis (Saskatchewan Organic Directorate)
10 January 2002 - GM Food Giant Killed Our Sons, Say Families (The Australian)
9 January 2002 - Huntingdon loses U.S. backer (Reuters)
9 January 2002 - US bank turns back on Huntingdon (BBC News)
9 January 2002 - Supermarkets - Genetics, Waste and Blockades (IndyMedia)
8 January 2002 - Scottish Nationalists Demand Halt to GM Trials (The Scotsman)
7 January 2002 - Citizen's Vigil Exposes Bad Science in GM Crop Trial (ISIS)
7 January 2002 - Monsanto accused of cover-up (Guardian, UK)
7 January 2002 - PPL shares trip up as Dolly gets arthritis (Reuters)
7 January 2002 - China issues GMO details, effective from March 20 (Reuters)
7 January 2002 - Solutia shares drop on chemical dumping worries (Reuters)
7 January 2002 - Questions for Jose Bove; Unhappy Meals (New York Times Magazine)
6 January 2002 - UK Supermarkets United in Continued Opposition to GM Foods and Ingredients (gmfoodnews.com)
6 January 2002 - Call for GM crop trial moratorium (BBC News)
5 January 2002 - Dolly's arthritis raises fear of fast ageing in clones (Independent, UK)
5 January 2002 - Genetic engineering poses great threat, says anti-biotech activist (The Grand Rapids Press)
4 January 2002 - EU majority oppose GM foods (Farmers Guardian)
4 January 2002 - Europe and US still in dispute over GM foods (Glasgow Herald, UK)
4 January 2002 - Cloned Sheep Dolly Develops Arthritis (Reuters)
3 January 2002 - Cancer-proof mice age prematurely (Nature)
2 January 2002 - Anti-GM Activists Take in New Year at Camp (Aberdeen Press & Journal)
1 January 2002 - Monsanto Hid Decades Of Pollution (Washington Post)
1 January 2002 - Crop Patent Fear (AP)

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