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Genetically Modified Organisms
Web Sites for BIOL 128
This page was created specifically for Donald "Buzz" Hoagland's course, Spring Semester, 2004.  It is in no way extensive and should serve only as a starting point for Internet searches.

**Genetically Modified Organisms Subject Guide
http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/Biology/gmo.htm
This guide has links to many sites, both US generated and from other countries, representing all perspectives.  An excellent source for more information.

Regulation of Genetically Engineered Organisms and Products
(Iowa State University)
http://aphisweb.aphis.usda.gov/bbep/bp/overview.html

Agricultural Biotechnology  (Univ. of Maryland and the NAL)
http://agnic.umd.edu/

OLD:  Biotechnology:  An Information Resource  (National Agricultural Library of the US Department of Agriculture)
http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic/
Although this web site is no longer current--having been replaced by the one at the Univ of Maryland above--it provides "access to selected sources, services and publications covering many aspects of agricultural biotechnology."

Biotechnology and Agriculture: Questions and Answers on Recent Issues     (U.S. Embassy in Thailand)
http://www.usa.or.th/services/irc/bio_qa.htm
Read some of this, and check out the reference at the bottom of the page.  Do you read the information differently after you know something about “Monsanto?” See below for more information.

Organic Consumers Association
http://www.organicconsumers.org/gelink.html
Scroll down to see head turning news items related to Genetic Engineering.

Food Biotechnology  (International Food Information Council)
http://www.ific.org/food/biotechnology/index.cfm
The mission of this web site is to “communicate science-based information on food safety and nutrition to health and nutrition professionals, educators, journalists, government officials, and others providing information to consumers.”

GMO Fact Sheet  (United States Information Service Bangkok, June 21, 1999, 1 page.)
http://www.usa.or.th/services/irc/bio_fs.htm
Can you figure out how factual this is?

New Scientist:  Latest Articles on GM Food
http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/gm/

Genetically Modified Organisms Office
(National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands)
http://arch.rivm.nl/csr/bggo.html

EC Sponsored Research on Safety of Genetically Modified Organisms  (Philippe Busquin, EU Research Commissioner)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/quality-of-life/gmo/

Biotech-Related WWW Sites and Documents  (NAL, USDA)
http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic/www.html
Take a look at how many government agencies were involved in biotechnology in 2001....


The Case:

Percy Schmeiser: Canola crook or corporate martyr?
http://www.geo-pie.cornell.edu/issues/schmeiser.html

Monsanto vs Schmeiser
http://www.percyschmeiser.com/

Monsanto
http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/layout/default.asp


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