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[Title] => House probe on genetically modified crops proposed
[Summary] => A lady lawmaker has asked the House Committee on Agriculture and Food to look into the biosafety of genetically modified crops in the country.
[DatePublished] => 2014-01-25 14:04:30
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[Title] => GM crops meet int’l standards on safety – US
[Summary] => The United States government yesterday assured that fears of consuming its genetically modified (GM) crops and agricultural products pass international standards for safety.
[DatePublished] => 2013-07-03 00:00:00
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[Title] => Lawmakers question firm on testing of GMO eggplants in RP
[Summary] => Two lawmakers questioned yesterday a multinational firm’s field testing of genetically modified eggplants in violation of law.
[DatePublished] => 2010-09-09 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1805432
[AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
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[ArticleID] => 339007
[Title] => American scientist urges Filipino experts to go into ‘biopharming’
[Summary] => A leading expert in plant pharmaceuticals from the US yesterday said the Philippines has the potential of making it big in commercializing plant-made pharmaceuticals or biopharming and said investors should look into the prospects of the new technology like investing in malls and other profitable business.
Dr. Henry Miller, a former director of the US Food and Drugs Administration, said the Philippines has experts both inside and outside the government who know how to use the technology which he said can help spur economic growth.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-28 00:00:00
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[Title] => Global protocol on biosafety could hurt RP
[Summary] => The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety could prove to be disadvantageous to developing nations like the Philippines which are likely to bear the added costs of trans-boundary shipments of genetically-modified organisms (GMO) or living modified organisms (LMO), an agriculture expert said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-22 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
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[Title] => Global organic farming now occupies 26-M has
[Summary] => Organic farming, developing rapidly throughout the world, now occupies 26 million hectares. This practice of farming is a systematic conversion of land to certified practices that ensure food safety and security from the farm to the table, a comprehensive and fully traceable system.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-03 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1096447
[AuthorName] => Antonio M. Claparols
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[Title] => Rats fed with GM corn found with abnormalities
[Summary] => Rats secretly tested by Monsanto with genetically modified (GM) corn diets have reportedly developed blood and organ abnormalities, thereby prompting environmentalists and food security activists in New Delhi, India to issue renewed calls for moratorium on GM foods and crops.
Results of Monsanto’s tests are the subject of a brewing controversy in Europe where it is facing increasing resistance to its products and legal initiatives are being mounted to compel bureaucrats to make public the full results of the tests.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-19 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1096447
[AuthorName] => Antonio M. Claparols
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[Title] => Monsanto Law: Genetic colonialism
[Summary] => Environmentalists call the Monsanto Law in Mexico a genetic colonialism. They rappelled into the Hall of Congress to protest. Outside, dressed like Devils they held up banners condemning what they call "The Monsanto Law."
The latest flash point over the idea of laboratory-altered food crops and medicines – the Law of Biosecurity for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) was signed recently by Mexican President Vicente Fox to the consternation of environmentalists.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-24 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1096447
[AuthorName] => Antonio M. Claparols
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[Title] => Updates on biotechnology
[Summary] => BIO (Biotechnology Industry Organization), a global organization with over 1,000 corporate members from 34 countries, held its annual meeting on June 6 to 9, 2004 in San Francisco, California. Issues and my comments follow:
| Public perception of biosciences: The key toward moving forward |
Acceleration of scientific development leads inexorably to an ever-widening gap between experts and society at large, including public institutions, the media and NGOs.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-31 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => STAR SCIENCE By Benigno D. Peczon, Ph.D.
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
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[Title] => Studies show bad effects of GM foods
[Summary] => Based on Dr. Mae-Wan Ho’s report on the findings of Italian scientist that GM (genetically modified) foods have bad effects on human health, environment and agriculture the Ecological Society of the Philippines (ESP) is asking the Senate to immediately ratify the Cartagena Protocol and follow the precautionary principle.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-27 00:00:00
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[SectionName] => Agriculture
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