Scientific document
GeneWatch UK and Greenpeace International, ongoing
The global GM Contamination Register
Records all incidents of contamination arising from the intentional or accidental release of genetically modified organisms
IFOAM International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, EU group, Christoph Then / Matthias Stolze, April 2010
Economic impacts of labelling thresholds for the adventitious presence of genetically engineered organisms in conventional and organic seeds
Seed purity, costs, advantages and risk management for markets avoiding genetically engineered plants, study by
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service GAIN Reports, 2008
Poland Biotechnology Poland's Framework Position on GMO's -- They say no, again, 01. December 2008
EU-27 Biotechnology Annual 2008, 28 November 2008
United Kingdom, Purple Tomatoes – Biotech Gets Colorful, 19 November 2008
Italy, Attack on the “Anti-Cancer” Tomatoes, 31. October 2008
Poland, Update: Introduction of Feed Ban Extended; GM Cultivation Law, 22. September 2008
Dr. A. Velimirov, Dr. C. Binter, Univ. Prof. Dr. J. Zentek, Report published by the Ministry for Health and Environment Austria, November 2008
Biological effects of transgenic maize NK603xMON810 fed in long term reproduction studies in mice
English, Deutsch
Reports reduced fertility of mice fed with gm-maize
Alberto Finamore, Marianna Roselli, Serena Britti, et al., published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 21 November 2008
Intestinal and Peripheral Immune Response to MON810 Maize Ingestion in Weaning and Old Mice
Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms, October 2008
Request from the European Commission to review scientific studies related to the impact on the environment of the cultivation of maize Bt11 and 15071
Joint Reserach Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, July 2008
A Descriptive Analysis of Conventional, Organic and GM Crop and Certified Seed Production in the EU
Defra UK, November 2007
Summary of responses to Defra consultation paper on proposals for managing the coexistence of GM, conventional and organic crops
Friends of the Earth Europe, November 2007
Too close to comfort
Report on corporate lobby power and its access to the European Commission, focussed on the key biotech lobby group EuropaBio. Examples of the very cosy relationship between the companies who stand to make profits from agricultural biotechnology and policy makers at the European Commission.
Central Science Laboratory, 2007
Adventitious traces of genetically modified seeds in conventional seed lots: current situation in Member States
an exhaustive country ba country overview on GMO seed testing and incidents of seed contamination in the European Union
Central Science Laboratory, 2007
Cumulative long-term effects of genetically modified (GM) crops on human/animal health and the environment: risk assessment methodologies
Center for Food Safety, June 2006
Contaminating the Wild
US field trials of experimental genetically engineered (GE) crops pose unassessed risks to wildlife, yet government regulators have inadequate safeguards to protect the environment from genetic contamination. The report examines the history of field trials of GE crops and warns that potential hazards will increase with increasingly powerful and unpredictable engineered genes.
PEW initiative, June 2006
US State legislature on Agricultural Biotechnology 2005
An overview on the content and fate of 117 pieces of legislation addressing GMOs in agriculture introduced at State level in the USA.
UNCTAD secretariat, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, April 2006
Tracking the trend towards market concentration: The case of the agricultural input industry
GeneWatch UK, April 2006
Presenting scientific advice on GMOs: Reporting uncertainty and assumptions
An analysis of the The European Food Safety Authority's GMO risk opinions.
USDA audit report, January 2006
Audit report: APHIS Controls Over Issuance of Genetically Engineered Organism Release Permit
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Inspector General "Current (USDA) regulations, policies and procedures do not ensure the safe introduction of agricultural biotechnology". The USDA audit report says the agency "lacks basic information" on where field tests are or what is done with the crops after they are harvested.
Agriculture and Life Sciences in the Economy Secretariat, IPTS / JRC - European Commission (2003 - 2008)
GMCC: coexistence between genetically modified (GM) and non-GM based agricultural supply chains
portal to the results of the bi-annual scientific co-existence conferences and their proceedings
Joint Reserach Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, January 2006
New case studies on the coexistence of GM and non-GM crops in European agriculture
Kent J. Bradford et. al, UC Davis, 2006
Methods to Maintain Genetic Purity of Seed Stocks
Florianne Koechlin, Greenpeace Epigenetics Conference, Frankfurt, December 2005
Risks underestimated - interviews with 9 scientist on gmo plants
Das unterschätzte Risiko - Interviews mit neun Wissenschaftlern zum Thema Gentechnik-Pflanzen
Various British Scientists, October 2005
The Farm Scale Evaluations of spring-sown genetically modified crops
The results of the farm-scale evaluations of three herbicide-tolerant GM crops - maize, beet and spring oilseed rape 1999-2002
Steve Suppan, IATP, September 2005
Backgrounder on the WTO Dispute: U.S. vs. EC BioTech Products Case
Ken Belcher on outcrossing of GMO in Canada, August 2005
Genetically Modified Crops and Agricultural Landscapes: Spatial Patterns of Contamination
Bt Maize inferior yield - Study by B.L. Ma and K.D. Subedi, August 2005
Development, yield, grain moisture and nitrogen uptake of Bt corn hybrids and their conventional near-isolines.
Prof. Miguel A. Altieri, University of California, Berkeley in Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, August 2005
The Myth of Coexistence: Why Transgenic Crops Are Not Compatible With Agroecologically Based Systems of Production
US Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), July 2005
Adventitious presence
Commentary on adventitious presence of GMO in seeds and harvest.
USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture, May 2005
Global Traceability and Labeling Requirements for Agricultural Biotechnology-Derived Products: Impacts and Implications for the United States
Michelle Marvier and Rene C. Van Acker, March 2005
Can crop transgenes be kept on a leash?
Transgenes escape via the movement of pollen and seeds, and this movement is facilitated by the growing number of incidents involving human error. Even the best designed risk management can be foiled by human error, a reality that is underestimated by most GM crop-risk analyses. Thus, our evaluation of risk should assume that whatever transgene is being examined has a good chance of escaping.
Gregg Jiaffe, CSPI, January 2005
Withering on the vine: Will Agricultural Biotech's promises bear fruit?
A report on US approvals of "second generation" GM crops shows a sharp decline in new GM traits and varieties since 2000.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, 2005
Setting up a genetically modified organism land register
proposes simple and effective means to trace GMO growing.
Monsanto Ratstudy, December 2002
13-Week Dietary Subchronic Comparison Study with MON 863 Corn in Rats Preseded by a 1-Week Baseline Food Consumption Determination with PMI Certified Rodent Diet #5002 ( ~1100 pages)
Summary of the Study (11 pages)
Sophie Richard, Gilles-Eric Seralini et. al., in Environmental health perspective, February 2005
Differential effects of glyphosate and Roundup on human placental cells and aromatase
New finding on the toxicity of "Roundup"
NABU, Tagungsdokumentation, Dezember 2004
Auswirkungen der grünen Gentechnik auf die Biodiversität - Anforderungen an eine ökologische Sicherheitsforschung
Kein Genmais auf unsere Äcker!
Informationen zu ökonomischen, ökologischen und rechtlichen Folgen des Anbaus von Mon 810
Friends of Earth Europe, November 2004
Throwing Caution to the Wind
A review of the European Food Safety Authority ( EFSA) and its work on genetically modified foods and crops.
North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, November 2004
Maize and Biodiversity - The Effects of transgenic maize in Mexico
Öko-Institut e.V., Freiburg, Oktober 2004
Aufbereitung des Wissensstandes zu Auskreuzungsdistanzen
Greenpeace, September 2004
Greenpeace briefing: "Ge-contamination, the ticking time-bomb"
A very well referenced assessment of incidents of contamination of non-GM crops with GMOs worldwide.
Christoph Werner Saure, 2004
Insekten am konventionellen und transgenen Raps Blütenbesuch, Pollentransfer und Auskreuzung
FAO, IFOAM, ISF, Rome, proceedings, July 2004
First World Conference on Organic Seed
Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH, Juni 2004
Studie:
Die Produktion von Saatgut in abgegrenzten Erzeugungsprozessen zur Vermeidung einer Verunreinigung mit Gentechnisch Veränderten Organismen im Kontext mit der Koexistenz von konventioneller Landwirtschaft mit oder ohne GVO und ökologischer Landwirtschaft.
Eine Studie für Schleswig-Holstein, Zwischenergebnisse Februar 2004
Ausbreitungsverhalten von gentechnisch verändertem (GV-) Raps
Sinclair, Purcell, Sneller on GM and (no) effects on yield increase, February 2004
Crop transformation and the challenge to increase yield potential
Union of Concerned Scientists, Laboratory testing of traditional (non-GE) seeds of corn, soybeans, and canola, February 2004
Gone to Seed, Transgenic contaminants in the traditional seed supply
Various Danish and European Institutes and DK Ministry for Agriculture, November 2003
First European Conference on Co-existence of Geneticall Modified Drops with Conventional and Organic Crops
(Includes Abstracts and extensive list of recent research and literature)
Study prepared for the government of upper Austria by Werner Mueller, 2003
Concepts for coexistence in Europe
Thomas Epprecht, Swiss-Re, July 2003
Genetic engineering and liability insurance - the controversy continues
Swiss-Re is world's second biggest re-insurance company. The author explains which GMO damages can be covered by insurance and which can not
Frontis, Wageningen International Nucleus for Strategic Expertise, The Netherlands, 1-4 June 2003
Proceedings of the Frontis workshop on Environmental Costs and Benefits of Transgenic Crops
Various Danisch Scientist, January 2003
Report from the Working Group on the co-existence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic crops
Untersuchung von FiBl und Öko-Institut im Auftrag des Umweltbundesamtes, 2003
Grüne Gentechnik und Ökologische Landwirtschaft
Untersuchung von FiBl und Öko-Institut im Auftrag des BUND, 2003
Wahlfreiheit bei GVO-Anbau?
National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) for DEFRA UK, December 2002
Monitoring large scale releases of genetically modified crops, results 94-97 and 97-00
Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Biosafety, Beijing, October 2002
Proceedings (306 pages pdf, 2 MB)
US National Academy of Sciences, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2002
Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants: The Scope and Adequacy of Regulation
Ecological Impact of GMO Dissemination in Agro-Ecosystems, International OECD Workshop, September 2002
Proceedings (218 pages pdf, 1,4 MB)
EU Joint research Centre, May 2002
Scenarios for co-existence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops in European agriculture
European Environment Agency, March 2002
Genetically modified organisms: The significance of gene flow through pollen transfer
A review and interpretation of published literature and recent/current research from the ESF ‘Assessing the Impact of GM Plants’ (AIGM) programme for the European Science Foundation and the European Environment Agency
English Nature, January 2002
Gene stacking in herbicide tolerant oilseed rape: lessons from the North American experience
Genetic engineering of herbicide resistant oilseedrape has created multiple resistant, "superweedy" varieties
Arbeitsgruppe Grüne Gentechnik und Ökologische Landwirtschaft (UBA), 19 Januar 2002
Grüne Gentechnik und ökologische Landwirtschaft
"Der Konflikt zwischen ökologischer Landwirtschaft und dem Anbau von gentechnisch veränderten Pflanzen - Der Rechtsrahmen in Deutschland und Vorschläge zur Verbesserung"
BfN, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, April 2009
Standardising the Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Plants in the EU
