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                    [Title] => Greenpeace rejoinder to M. Villanueva’s column
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Greenpeace would like to respond to the column of Ms. Marichu Villanueva, “Scientific Debate, Not Mob Attacks” printed 23 September 2013, in the hope that your journalistic integrity will allow you to represent both sides of the debate fairly.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 962218 [Title] => FDA bans 8 beauty products from Japan [Summary] =>

Eight Japanese beauty products containing substances that can cause uneven skin coloring have been banned.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img46/6494/gen7new.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 961979 [Title] => Greenpeace to FDA: Stop misleading the public on GMOs [Summary] =>

Militant environmentalist group Greenpeace called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday to stop claiming that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the form of food are safe to eat and pose no risks to the environment.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-05 13:53:50 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1422137 [AuthorName] => Jovan Cerda [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img547/6739/bus5.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 955563 [Title] => Anti-GMO in Manila [Summary] =>

The National Consumer Affairs Council (NCAC), Consumer Rights for Safe Food (CRSF) and other members of No2GMO network welcome anti-GMO advocate Jeffrey Smith to Manila for a series of talks with legislators, businessmen, academe and consumers.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 949189 [Title] => Group hope CA order to stop planting of GMOs [Summary] =>

A group of environmentalists has expressed hope that the planting of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the country will not be pushed after the Court of Appeals (CA) recently stopped the ongoing field-testing of genetically modified eggplant and its looming commercialization.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 807838 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Genetic engineering [Summary] =>

The debate on genetically modified organisms has moved to the eggplant, with the controversy going all the way up to the Supreme Court.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img406/1285/startoonthumbk.gif ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 641219 [Title] => Vatican won't challenge RP bishops on GMO [Summary] =>

Vatican officials had expressed support for genetically modified crops (GMOs) but are unwilling to challenge bishops from the Philippines and other Catholic leaders who disagree, claiming GMO is being pushed by Washington, according to leaked diplomatic cables from the US embassy in the Vatican.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 411737 [Title] => Gov't urged to guard against entry of GMO products [Summary] => The Ecological Society of the Philippines (ESP) is urging the government to initiate testing procedures to determine whether ... [DatePublished] => 2008-11-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 16396 [Title] => DA’s top biotech expert says GMOs are safe [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 241653 [Title] => Anti-GMO groups seek review of RP policy on Bt corn [Summary] =>
Part two
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety aims to protect biological diversity from potential risks posed by genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) produced through modern biotechnology.

There are several documented cases of biotech disasters such as the StarLink maize case where the company was forced to settle and compensate farmers for their losses while resulting in the pullout of at least 300 food products at an undisclosed cost to food manufacturers.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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