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/ 14 December 2005
Most of us are aware of the simmering row around genetically modified (GM) food and crops. But the arguments are leaving general confusion in their wake because of the deeply polarised views put forth by those who promote, and those who are cautious about, these products.
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/ 7 December 2004
The hype about the sensational Hollywood movie <i>The Day After Tomorrow </i>has died down, but reality is proving to be just as dramatic. The southwestern United States is in the grip of a five-year drought — the worst in 500 years. Desertification threatens China. The snows of Kilimanjaro are melting. Even the forests of Alaska are burning.
Global resistance to the genetically engineered (GE) food industry has thrown the financial viability of this techno-logy into question.
Genetically engineered (GE) food was not even on the radar screens 10 years ago at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. And the topic will not be on the agenda at the Johannesburg Summit for Sustainable Development later this month, though it will be one of the hottest issues in town.