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  • 111 Organizations Call for Synthetic Biology Moratorium

    by Elizabeth Pennisi on 13 March 2012, 2:57 PM | Cross-posted from Science Insider Synthetic biology needs more oversight, and the government needs to put in place regulations specific for this field. That is the bottom line for 111 environmental, watchdog, and other organizations that released a report today with specific recommendations for managing new biological techniques for building and remaking organisms for […]

  • Declaration calls for Precautionary Oversight of Synthetic Biology

    By Jeff Conant, for Climate Connections Today a broad coalition of 111 organizations from around the world released The Principles for the Oversight of Synthetic Biology, the first global civil society declaration to outline principles that must be adopted to protect public health and the environment from the risks posed by synthetic biology, and to address the field’s […]

  • Amyris downgraded; stock hits new record low

      by richardbrenneman, from Eats Shoots ‘n Leaves Amyris, the UC-Berkeley-spawned, Bill Gates-backed genetic engineering company that failed at its efforts to produce a cheaper antimalarial drug, then failed to produce cost-effective agrofuels, the news just doesn’t get better. Today the stock hit yet another all-time low, $5.80, down from a high of $385 just over a year […]

  • Years later, chemical company lot still a toxic stew

    Cross-posted from Richmond Confidential By: Ian Stewart | November 9, 2009 – 1:23 am Southern Richmond’s toxic sites View Toxic Richmond in a larger map An old man with a pair of binoculars leans against a wooden fence, intent on some unseen object inside the weedy Stege Marsh. When the tide’s up, the egrets and […]

  • EU proposes to bet the farm on agrofuel

    Bay Area reporter Richard Brenneman, on his blog Eats Shoots n Leaves, draws the link between yesterday’s European Commission proposal to step-up the transformation toward a “bio-economy” and the development of the new Lawrence Berkeley National Lab campus proposed for Richmond, California.  Next month, on March 29, GJEP will be co-convening an event to raise public […]

  • Becky McClain’s Worker’s Memorial Day speech 4-28-10

    Becky McClain’s Worker’s Memorial Day speech 4-28-10

      Becky McClain is a 23-year career molecular biologist who has worked on cutting edge technologies in mouse embryonic stem cell, vaccine development, molecular genetics, neurobiology and developmental biology research within both academia and private industry. In 2002-2004 she incurred biological exposures at Pfizer, Groton, CT from a biological hood and co-worker using a Lentivirus […]

  • The “Nightmare at Pfizer “- Injured Biotech Worker Becky McClain Speaks at 2009 April 28, 2009 SF Workers Memorial Day

    “Nightmare at Pfizer “- Injured Bio-Tech Worker Becky McClain Speaks at 2009 April 28, 2009 SF Workers Memorial Day Pfizer Biotech Stem Cell Researcher Becky McClain Reports On Health And Safety Dangers In The Biotech Industry Injured Pfizer Molecular Biologist Becky McClain was a health and safety officer at the drug company Pfizer. She was […]

  • Richmond Lab will be a Playground for Public-Private Partnership

    In an article in the San Francisco Business Times published yesterday, Lindsay Riddell writes, “officials are working to make a planned 2 million-square-foot second campus in Richmond an open environment where startups and corporations can better access the lab’s discoveries and resources.” “Berkeley lab director Paul Alivisatos said one of the goals for the second campus is to enable […]

  • Report: Who Will Control the Green Economy?

    Report: Who Will Control the Green Economy?

    click to download Who Will Control the Green Economy? From the UN Rio+20 preparatory meetings in New York, ETC Group today launches Who Will Control the Green Economy? The 60-page report connects the dots between the climate and oil crises, new technologies and corporate power. The report warns that the world’s largest companies are riding […]

  • Bio-Lab by the Bay: an Op-Ed from the Berkeley Daily Planet

    By M. L. Tina Stevens, PhD, Director, Alliance for Humane Biotechnology and Eric Hoffman Biotechnology Policy Campaigner Friends of the Earth Friday February 03, 2012 – 10:52:00 AM Recent news coverage highlights possible benefits the expanded Lawrence Berkeley National Lab could bring the city of Richmond (“Richmond chosen as site for Berkeley lab’s second campus,” […]