A Seed Europe - Update GENTECH.NL

A SEED wants a GMO free agriculture and food chain. We reject any form of genetic manipulation in consumption goods. The GMO campaign aims at raising awareness about the issue by spreading information and doing public actions. We are also working on creating gmo free zones in the Netherlands.

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Update GENTECH.NL - DEC 2009

Tuesday, 06 October 2009

Since the last update GENTECH.NL, the Dutch critical news and info site on GMOs in agriculture and consumer goods, published news items on the Benbrook study which showed an increase in pesticide use related to GE crops, contamination troubles for rice, soy and flex, the carefully pro-GMO orchestrated GMO Conference 2009 in The Hague, and last but not least, the new GMO free labels showing up in Europe. All to gentech.nl AT aseed.net. New items since May 2009:

- GM Watch News overview of November 2009
- Bayer liable for escaped GE rice
- Genetic contamination soy beans 'solved' by approving maize
- NGO's accuse Verburg of bias
- 144 million kg more pesticides due to GMOs
- 10.000 protest mails against Dutch development money for IrResponsible Soy
- Granates found in potato factory
- Ireland gets GMO free label and prohibition of GMO cultivation
- Critical report about agriculture and climate change
- Greenpeace delivers 180.000 signatures against GE rice handtekeningen to EU Commissioner Vasiliou
- European network of concerned scientists launched
- Dutch Parliament critical about RTRS
- GE flax contamination

all items can be read about on www.gentech.nl - in Dutch

Last Updated ( Monday, 14 December 2009 )