Category: Issues
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Green Greed – Seeds of Injustice, By Vandana Shiva
Originally published on Asian Age and Navdanya.org “The “green economy” agenda… could well become the blueprint for the biggest resource grab in history, with corporations appropriating the planet’s green wealth and biodiversity.” “Big oil, big pharma, big food, big seed companies are joining hands to appropriate biodiversity and biomass — the living carbon, thereby extending […]
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Synthetic Vanilla Fact Sheet – Friends of the Earth
Originally published by Friends of the Earth Synthetic Biology Vanillin: not natural, not sustainable, not likely to be labeled, and coming to an ice-cream cone near you. A new ingredient is about to enter the global food supply in many of our favorite foods from ice cream to birthday cake. And like many of the […]
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Friends of the Earth Launches Campaign against Synbio Vanilla
Originally published on Friends of the Earth Friends of the Earth (FOE) has launched a campaign to urge Haagen Dazs, Dryers, Baskin Robbins, and other major ice cream companies to commit to not use synbio vanilla in their ice cream. Dana Perls, Food and technology campaigner for FOE, says “In the face of inaction by […]
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California Governor Jerry Brown Vetoes Bill that Would Have Legalized Sale of Human Eggs
Advocates for women’s health and opponents of the commercialization of human genes by corporate research interests won a small victory August 13, 201. California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have allowed the sale of human eggs for research purposes. Brown acknowledged that the health risks of the egg extraction procedure would be […]
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Kickstopper Campaign Suceeds in Blocking Funding for Future GMO Releases on Kickstarter
Kickstarter bans project creators from giving away genetically-modified organisms Reposted from The Verge By Duncan Geere, August 2, 2013 Kickstarter is clamping down on genetically-modified organisms following the success of a project to genetically engineer glowing plants for use as additional lighting in people’s homes. Earlier this week and without explanation, the crowdfunding website quietly altered […]
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DIY SynBio Lab “BioCurious” Questions Glowing Plant Project Propriety – East Bay Express Article
BioHackers By Azeen Ghorayshi July 31, 2013 Reposted from the East Bay Express A recent Kickstarter campaign to genetically engineer a glowing plant and distribute its seeds across the country has raised questions about the ethical responsibility of DIY scientists in the brave new world of synthetic biology. What if we used trees to light […]
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Workshop on containment and release of engineered micro-organisms; Kings College London
On 29th April 2013 King’s College London Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation held a workshop on “Synthetic Biology: containment and release of engineered micro-organisms” at King’s College London. The workshop brought together key stakeholders (synthetic biologists, microbiologists, regulators, NGOs, research funders and social scientists) to discuss the prospects for micro-organisms produced by synthetic biology that […]
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Coalition urges VETO of AB 926 – Human Egg Harvesting Threatens Women’s Health
Contact Governor Brown today and urge him to: VETO AB 926!! AB 926 will expand the market in human eggs by paying young women to “donate” their eggs for research. But egg harvesting involves serious health risks! Tell Governor Brown that if California approves paying women to risk their health and fertility it should take […]
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Podcast: Tinkering with DNA – Stuart Newman interviewed by C. S. Soong on Against the Grain, KPFA 94.1 FM
Originally broadcast on Against the Grain, KPFA 94.1 FM Wedensday, June 12, 2013 Download program audio (mp3, 48.38 Mbytes) Worried about genetically modified organisms, and GM food? Well, a number of scientists are pursuing the genetic modification of humans, altering DNA sequences that will be passed along to future generations. According to Stuart Newman, inheritable […]
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Podcast: Jim Thomas, Becky McClain and Edward Hammon discuss synthetic biology on Before You Leap
BioBeware By the Center for Environmental Health Originally published by Before You Leap, the podcast of the Center for Environmental Health. We hear from Jim Thomas on the story of how the birth of modern synthetic chemistry began with the color purple and what this means for dealing with the risky new technology of synthetic […]