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· HIGH COURT RULING ON GMOs SHOWS THAT COUNCILS OF AUCKLAND/NORTHLAND PENINSULA HA
(Jun 16, 2009)
· High Court ruling gives nod to ARC’s cautious take on GMOs
(Jun 16, 2009)
· HIGH COURT GE DECISION A VICTORY FOR NEW ZEALANDERS
(Jun 07, 2009)
· GM animal applications invalid – High Court appeal upheld
(Jun 07, 2009)
· Federated Farmers of NZ praise GM free grass
(Jun 05, 2009)
· LOCAL AUTHORITIES CONSULT RATEPAYERS ON GMO LAND USE
(Apr 09, 2009)
· GMO Views To Be Aired
(Apr 07, 2009)
· Stop acting like Muppets and cancel all GE trials
(Mar 12, 2009)
· FAR NORTH DISTRICT COUNCIL JOINS OTHER LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN REGIONAL SURVEY REGA
(Oct 09, 2008)
· FAR NORTH DISTRICT COUNCIL JOINS OTHER LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN REGIONAL SURVEY REG
(Oct 09, 2008)
· Far North Joins Regional Survey on GMOs
(Oct 07, 2008)
· Mayor backs ban on GMOs
(Sep 14, 2008)
· Report exposes Government inaction over GE
(Apr 17, 2008)
· Restore Moratorium: GE FailuresThreaten National Interest
(Apr 17, 2008)
· Proposed release of GE vaccine will be protested - Greens
(Mar 13, 2008)
· Demise of GE Sapling Trees.
(Jan 18, 2008)
· Credibility of Food Safety Regulation takes a Significant Hit
(Dec 29, 2007)
· Pamela Peters
(Oct 10, 2007)
· Simon Bliss
(Oct 10, 2007)
· Jimmy Daisley
(Oct 10, 2007)
· Warren Slater
(Oct 07, 2007)
· Vince Cocurullo
(Oct 07, 2007)
· Don Hedges
(Oct 07, 2007)
· Simon Vallings
(Oct 07, 2007)
· Stan Semenoff
(Oct 07, 2007)
· GE onus belongs with polluters, central Government
(Jul 31, 2007)
· LOCAL AUTHORITIES EXPOSE FLAWS IN THE HSNO ACT WHICH MEANS THAT RESPONSIBILITY F
(Jul 25, 2007)
· Responsiblity for GE clean ups would land on local government and local land own
(Jul 24, 2007)
· Former Crop & Food Scientist says GE Brassica field test approval lacked scrutin
(Jun 02, 2007)
· GE Brassica Approval Lacks Common Sense - But Nice Job For Some
(Jun 01, 2007)
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3514857&thesection=news&t
hesubsection=general&thesecondsubsection=&reportid=53009
NZ HERALD
28 July 2003
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by Denise Didsbury, Rodney Times 20-2-03
http://www.indymedia.org.nz/front.php3?article_id=3711&group=webcast
Banners and a sack of organic potatoes were what Rodney residents and children used to resist pro-genetic engineering scientists in Leigh this week.
The residents staged a peaceful protest against a potentially pro-GE conference, held at the Leigh Sawmill Café from Sunday to Wednesday.
A number of anti-GE signs decorated the streets of Leigh, reinforcing the district's status as an organic-friendly region.
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http://www.biotech-info.net/CI_PR.html
http://www.biotech-info.net/MH_CI_statement.html
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Demand for Executive to ban crop trials until effects of GM food on health are studied
By Rob Edwards, Environment editor
http://www.sundayherald.com/29821
The Sunday Herald, 8 December 2002
EATING genetically modified (GM) food could give you cancer. That is the stark warning today from one of Scotland's leading experts in tissue diseases.
Dr Stanley Ewen, a consultant histopathologist at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, says that a cauliflower virus used in GM foods could increase the risk of stomach and colon cancers.
He is calling for the health of people who live near the farm-scale GM crop trials in Aberdeenshire, Ross-shire and Fife to be monitored. Their food and water will be contaminated by GM material, he said, which could hasten the growth of malignant tumours.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0,2763,645077,00.html
Paul Brown, environment correspondent, The Guardian, Tuesday February 5, 2002
The potential health effects of genetically modified foods should be rigorously investigated before allowing them into baby food or to be marketed to pregnant or breast feeding women, the elderly, and those with chronic disease, the Royal Society said yesterday.
The scientists were also concerned that the new generation of GM crops might cause allergies, particularly among farmers or workers in the food industry.
A report published yesterday marked a shift by the country's most eminent scientific body from its positive report on GM food in 1998, and is expected to influence the government's position.
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from: http://www.environmentdaily.com/articles/index.cfm?action=article&ref=11484
THURSDAY 31 JANUARY 2002
Long-term potential health risks posed by genetically modified (GM) material in food require further investigation before GM technology is commercialised, French food safety authority AFSSA said yesterday. Its position paper shows continuing resistance from French public authorities to any move towards an early end to the EU's moratorium on new GM crop authorisations.
Published in advance of a government-sponsored public debate on GMOs regulation to take place in Paris next week, Afssa argues that current safety testing for foods containing GMOs is insufficient.
Research into the impacts of prolonged exposure must be added to the existing regime, with particular emphasis placed on identifying risks of gradual development of allergic reactions, it says.
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Dr. Judy Carman, BSc, BSc (Hons), PhD(Med), MPH
Epidemiologist and Biochemist. Affiliate Senior lecturer, Dept of Public Health. University of Adelaide.
Without public discussion or consent, genetically engineered (GE) versions of soybean, canola, corn, potato, sugarbeet and cotton are currently eaten in Australia and New Zealand. They are widely present in breads, pastries, snack foods, baked products, oils, fried foods, confectionary, soft drinks and small goods casings.
GE plants contain artificially modified genes which are constructed by combining plant genes with different plant genes or genes from completely different organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi or animals.
Of any novel substance that may be produced in a GE plant, proteins are of particular concern.
Proteins have the ability to pass through the human gut wall, into the tissues of the body to create toxicological symptoms and other health problems such as food intolerances.
The so-called 'mad cow' disease of cattle is caused by a modified protein which can cause a disease in humans called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease if people eat beef from cattle infected with the modified protein.
All genes are made of a substance known as DNA. The modified DNA in GE plants is of particular concern because it may become incorporated into bacteria in the human gut, or cross the gut wall into the tissues of the body, with unforeseen consequences.
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We've all heard the good news about chickens- big player TEGEL has committed to ensuring all its chickens are fed on non-GE poultry feed. But did you know that a new growth hormone made by genetically engineered bacteria has been secretly approved for use on NZ pigs?
Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley stated in a February 2002 Press Release:
I have discovered through written Parliamentary Questions and OIA requests that pig farmers can now use an injectable growth hormone to make pigs grow by up to 20 per cent more in the last month of their lives.
"Consumers will not be able to avoid eating pork from pigs that have been administered with the growth hormone because there is no requirement to disclose this on a label", said Ms Kedgley.
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