BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL

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                    [Title] => GM crops as trade secrets?
                    [Summary] => Since 1987, large quantities of genetically modified (GM) corn, soy bean, rice and wheat have been exported by the United States, these are products of experiments on GM traits tested in a huge variety of food crops. Over 40,000 GM test plots on 500,000 acres have been authorized by the United States government. Many of the genes spliced into these experimental GM crops are hidden from the public as trade secrets making it impossible to test for the presence of experimental GM materials in foods exported by the US.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-01-09 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [AuthorID] => 1096447
                    [AuthorName] =>  Antonio M. Claparols
                    [SectionName] => Agriculture
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                    [ArticleID] => 246915
                    [Title] => DA approves list of 17 GMO products that may be imported
                    [Summary] => The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), an agency attached to the Department of Agriculture (DA), approved recently 17 transformation events (TEs) of genetically modified (GM) crops for commercial use as food, feed or processing materials in the Philippines. 


A report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agriculture Information Network (GAIN) shows that BPI approved last Feb. 4  the 17 TEs including corn, soybean, canola, potato and cotton. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-04-20 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [AuthorID] => 1704647
                    [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
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                    [ArticleID] => 242513
                    [Title] => Long road ahead for Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
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Conclusion
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the first legally binding international agreement governing the transboundary movement of genetically modified organisms (GMO), though ratified so far by 87 countries, will continue to be on a rough patch in its tussle with proponents of GMO. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-03-14 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [AuthorID] => 1704647
                    [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
                    [SectionName] => Agriculture
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                    [ArticleID] => 103427
                    [Title] => Wave of the future
                    [Summary] => 

Biotechnology, like information technology, is becoming a wave of the future. I
have just gotten a listing of FACTS and FALLACIES about biotechnology, and let
me pass these on to the readers, just to keep them informed of what
biotechnology is all about. Here they are:

FALLACY #1: Altering the genetic make-up of the foods we eat is inherently
dangerous. We do not know whether these foods might prove to be harmful years
from now.
                    [DatePublished] => 2000-04-23 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [AuthorID] => 1189692
                    [AuthorName] => Art Borjal
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
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GM crops as trade secrets?

By Antonio M. Claparols | January 9, 2005 - 12:00am

Since 1987, large quantities of genetically modified (GM) corn, soy bean, rice and wheat have been exported by the United States, these are products of experiments on GM traits tested in a huge variety of food crops....

Agriculture

DA approves list of 17 GMO products that may be imported

By Rocel Felix | April 20, 2004 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), an agency attached to the Department of Agriculture (DA), approved recently 17 transformation events (TEs) of genetically modified (GM) crops for commercial use as food, feed or...

Business

Long road ahead for Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

By Rocel Felix | March 14, 2004 - 12:00am

Conclusion The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the first legally binding international agreement governing the transboundary movement of genetically modified organisms (GMO), though ratified so far by 87 countries,...

Agriculture

Wave of the future

By Art Borjal | April 23, 2000 - 12:00am

Biotechnology, like information technology, is becoming a wave of the future. I have just gotten a listing of FACTS and FALLACIES about biotechnology, and let me pass these on to the readers, just to keep them...

Opinion