Background documents about Bt11 and 1507
These are the draft approvals issued by the EU Commission in January 2009, that should be rejected by the Member States:
Draft Commission Decision concerning the placing on the market of a maize product (Zea mays L., line 1507)
These were the draft bans proposed by the Environment Commissioner in November 2007:
Draft ban of bt11 cultivation Draft ban of 1507 cultivation
1507 Summary on status of approval for cultivation (with links to key documents)
Bt11 Summary on status of approval for cultivation (with links to key documents)
EFSA initial opinion on cultivation of Bt11, April 2005
EFSA initial opinion on cultivation of 1507, June 2005
Line by line annotations of the shortcomings of EFSA's risk assessment of maize line 1507
Hidden Uncertainties - What the European Commission doesn’t want us to know about the risks of GMOs (Friends of the Earth & Greenpeace, 2006) An overview on risks and uncertainties of GMOs as pointed out by the European Commission itself (in defense of its case against the US at the WTO in 2005)
Too close for comfort: The relationship between the biotech industry and the European Commission (Friends of the Earth 2007)
A detailed analysis of the lobby power of the GMO industry in Brussels and its close ties to the European Commission
Jack Heinemann, University of Canterbury, Potential human health risks from Bt plants (2009)
As exposure to Bt-generated Cry toxins has increased dramatically and changed in its nature over the past years and immunological responses to their presence have been observed in mammals including humans suggest a re-evaluation of these toxins impact on human health.
