Biotech critics challenging Monsanto GMO sugar beet
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - Opponents of biotech crops said on Wednesday they were filing a lawsuit to challenge the USDA's deregulation of Monsanto Co's genetically engineered sugar beet because of fears of "biological contamination" and other harm to the environment.
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A controversial genetically modified  rice strain found in commercial supplies last month should not  be approved by the U.S. Agriculture Department, which a  consumer group said on Thursday has failed to adequately  protect farmers and consumers.
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Monsanto Co.'s  attempt to buy  southern seed giant Delta & Pine Land Co.  could be  running into trouble as an unusual backlash against the  proposed combination is taking root across the U.S. Farm Belt,  the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday.
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Environmental groups are calling on the Welsh Assembly Government to strengthen the law to help prevent damage caused by growing genetically modified crops in Wales.
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The company that created the experimental variety of genetically engineered rice found this summer to have contaminated the U.S. rice supply contends that rice farmers and an "act of God" are to blame for the inadvertent release of the unapproved crop.
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A genetic test marketed by Myriad Gentics is causing great concern among cancer and genetics experts.
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Critics worry that a new strain of grass that is resistant to the herbicide Roundup could transfer its resistance to weedy relatives.
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OTTAWA (CP) - A hardline government stand on carbohydrate claims for new Canadian food labels has prompted a sharp retort from the purveyors of the Atkins low-carb diet.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday was facing a decision whether to bar a strain of genetically-modified corn after a watchdog authority said it had "serious doubts" about the product.
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As investigators track the source of tainted spinach, consumer groups seek more FDA authority over farms.
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German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer said that its agrochemicals division, CropScience, was being sued by rice farmers in the United States in a fight over genetically modified long-grain rice.
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Pollen from genetically engineered grass floated more than 12 miles from experimental plots and bred with conventional plants, raising concerns that the biotechnology industry can't control the "gene flow" of its creations.
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Â· Research aimed at producing green fuel  Â· Critics warn of terrorists creating new bioweapons
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A proposal to ban the planting of a genetically modified corn strain  sets up a bitter war within the European Union.
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WASHINGTON -- November 29 -- As Americans get ready for Thanksgiving meals around the country, the Food and Drug Administration has acknowledged that contamination of the food supply by genetically engineered crops is inevitable, but its new proposed
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Research on embryonic stem cells continues to ignite national debate over the beginning of human life. And with the Legislature likely to take up the issue in its next session, many worry that inaccurate information is being perpetuated by stem cell proponents and their counterparts.
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What do you call a biotech company that files a patent on the first artificial bacterium, potentially paving the way for a monopoly on synthetic life-forms? Microbesoft.