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• British doctors have urged a halt to genetically modified crop trials.
  In November 2002 the British Medical Association (BMA) has published an
  advice to the Health and Community Care Committee of the Scottish
  Parliament. The BMA -that has a membership of over 120.000 representing
  more than 80 % of British doctors- says that there "has not yet been a
  robust and thorough search into the potentially harmful effects of GM
  foodstuffs on human health.". To see the full text of the doctors
  advice, click here.

• UK Food Standard Agency publishes University of Newcastle research indicating that modified DNA survives in human gut, antibiotic marker genes can be taken up by intestinal bacteria - see "evaluating the risks associated with using GMOs in human foods, http://www.foodstandars\ds.gov.uk/science/sciencetopics/gmfoods/gm-reports, and "GM genes found in human gut', John Vidal, The Guardian, 17 July 2002, http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4463029,00.html 

• BBC investigation reveals that GM maize needs more applications of toxic chemicals, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/archive/2067669.stm , June 2002.

• GM cotton damaging the environment, Xinhua News Agency, China, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-06/03/content_422594.htm, 4 June  

• GM potatoes deter one pest but attract another, New Scientist UK, http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.gsp?id=ns99992340, 2 June 2002.

• EU Joint Research Centre says GMOs will mean financial losses for farmers - see JRC study "Scenarios for co-existence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops in European agriculture", http://www.jrc.cec.eu.int/GECrops/, May 2002. 

• The European Environmental Agency publishes its report "Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): The significance of gene flow through pollen transfer" stating that oilseed rape is "high risk" and sugar beet "medium to high risk" for pollen mediated gene flow from crop to crop and from crop to wild relatives, March 2002, http://reports.eea.eu.int/environmental_issue_report_2002_28/en

• The World Conservation Union (IUCN) President states that GM crops are a threat to biodiversity, Reuters interview, Helsinki, 8 March 2002, www.reuters.com 

• The UK's English Nature issues report warning of triple herbicide-tolerance problems and cross contamination, February 2002.  http://www.english-nature.org.uk/news/story.asp?ID=335

• Britain's Royal Society says there must be more research into GM food safety, particularly risk allergies and use in baby foods, February 2002.  http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk

• France's food safety agency, AFSSA, demands better evaluation of risks linked to GM foods, January 2002.  http://www.afssa.fr

• GMOs contaminated wild maize in Mexico, November 2001.  Nature Magazine, Vol. 414, p. 541-543, www.nature.com

• Researchers at the University of Illinois reveal “dramatically cut growth rates” of Black Swallowtail butterflies feeding on GM maize, September 2001. http://www.pnas.org

• Researchers at the University of Minnesota confirm GM maize risks for Monarch butterflies, September 2001. http://www.pnas.org

• Scientists from Iowa, Cornell and Minnesota Universities tell US Environmental Protection Agency that licensing of insect-resistant Bt crops would be premature, September 2001. http://www.foe.org/safefood/

• "Persistence of oilseed rape outside cultivated fields", Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Vol. 102, F.D. Pessel et al, July 2001, http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00122/bibs/1102006/11020841.htm

• French food safety agency (AFSSA) reveals widespread GMO pollution, July 2001.  http://www.afssa.fr

• Monsanto’s GM soya increases uses of Roundup herbicide, May 2001.  http://www.biotech-info.net/RR_problems.html

• "Sound science?  The evidence against Aventis T25 maize", Friends of the Earth, February 2001.  http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/real_food/resource/experts.html

• Scientists say GM crop risks are unknown, December 2000.  Science Magazine, Volume 290, 15 December 2000, http://www.sciencemag.org

• US - illegal Starlink GM maize discovered in human food chain, September 2000. http://www.foe.org/safefood/

• University of East Anglia (UK) confirms risk to wild birds of GM crops, September 2000.  http://www.sciencemag.org

• UN Food and Agriculture Organisation report reveals GM crops are not needed to feed the world, April, 2000, http://www.fao.org/es/ESD/at2015/toc-e.htm 

• Farmers may need more chemicals with GM crops, December 1999.  New Scientist Magazine, 15.12.1999, http://www.newscientist.com

• Research highlights dangers of Bt toxin, December 1999.  http://www.nature.com

• Dr. Arpad Puzstai’s research on feeding GM potatoes to rats published in The Lancet journal, October 1999.  The Lancet, Volume 654, Issue 9187, http://www.lancet.com/journal/vol354/iss9187/contents

• Substantial equivalence is inadequate for safety assessments of GM foods, October 1999.  Nature Magazine 401 7 October 1999 525 www.nature.com

• Glyphosate (Roundup) can damage harmful insects, October 1999. http://www.gn.apc.org/pesticidestrust

• Action Aid warns of “grave threat that GM crops and patents pose to the food security of millions of poor people”, September 1999.  http://www.actionaid.org

• British Medical Association advises precautionary principle for GM crops and recommends moratorium, Interim Statement May 1999.

• http://www.bma.org.uk/public/webdocs.nsf/webdocsvw/ReportGMOIntro?
  OpenDocument

• Cornell University scientists publish research on effects of Bt maize on Monarch butterflies, May 1999.  http://www.nature.com

• Christian Aid report "Selling suicide: farming, false promises and genetic engineering in developing countries", May 1999, http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/indepth/9905suic/suicide1.htm 

• Swedish scientists issue damning report on Monsanto’s Roundup, March 1999.  Journal of the American Cancer Society, Volume 85, Issue 6, 15.03.1999, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgibin/issuetoc?ID=75503688

• National Pollen Research Institute warns of contamination from GM crops, March 1999.   http://www.pollenforecast.worc.ac.uk

• Scottish Crop Research Institute confirms harmful effects of GM plants on beneficial insects, January 1999.  Molecular Breeding journal, 5(1) 75-83, http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1380-3743

• Structural changes to mice intestines fed on GM potatoes, 1999.  Natural Toxins Volume 6 Issue 6 219-233.