GM Introduction
Find below: Issues in brief ... Outline Guide ... HintsIssues in brief
- GM: Food Facts Revealed brief summary by LABB, also available as a printed leaflet
- http://ecoforth.org.uk/gm/cgmffr.htm
- GM Foods - renewed threat to Europe introductory leaflets by GM Watch, fully referenced
- http://www.bangmfood.org/publications/4-short-leaflets/1-genetically-modified-gm-foods-renewed-threat-to-europe
- 10 reasons we don't need GM foods introductory leaflet by GM Watch, key facts referenced
- http://www.bangmfood.org/publications/4-short-leaflets/33-10-reasons-why-we-dont-need-gm-foods
- Why a GM Freeze? Social, economic & environmental problems of GM
- http://www.gmfreeze.org/why-freeze/
- GM crops and food introductory briefing by Friends of the Earth, 2003
- http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/gm_crops_food.pdf [141K]
- Genetic Engineering and Human Health summary by Soil Association 2005 [86K]
- http://92.52.112.178/web/sa/saweb.nsf/848d689047cb466780256a6b00298980/390f0f2e8b48dc8f80256ddb003aa322/$FILE/GE%20and%20human%20health.pdf
- Silent Invasion The sale of products from animals fed on GM feed is unregulated [1.4M]
- http://www.soilassociation.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=bkVSpF9FMZc%3d&tabid=390
- Coexistence or Contamination FoE guide (2007) to Government consultations
- http://www.foe.co.uk/community/campaigns/healthy_planet/gm_contamination.html
- False solutions to global warming International groups urge caution on GM biofuels
- http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/11/16/18330357.php
Outline Guide
These Learning Links, together with the rest of this website, are intended to provide an up to date guide to this controversial subject, by highlighting relevant Internet resources. In the main, they relate primarily to the UK situation. Serious questions have been raised about growing GM plants in the open, and the potential risks to the public, particularly from GM products in the food-chain. A look at the facts reveals there are many well-founded concerns, and several reports from scientists are referenced here. Consumers may wish to avoid GM products, but lack of information and shortcomings in labelling laws at present make this difficult.Items in this first section "GM Introduction" point to information for the newcomer, recommended mainly as an introduction to the principal issues of GM. However, readers should note when they were written, since some details may well have changed in the intervening period - this is often obvious. More up to date information may be found elsewhere on this website, particularly "GM Basics" (Learning Links) and "Recent Developments" (in What's New).
The next section "GM Basics" provides more detail, and some parts will also be of interest to the newcomer.
The third section "GM In-Depth" accesses additional resources for a deeper study of the subject.
The last section "Glossary" provides simple as well as more complete meanings of terms and abbreviations.
Hints
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