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**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Although this web site is no longer current--having been
replaced by the one at the Univ of Maryland above--it provides "access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....
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