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Posting date: June 17, 2008
GE Trees: Why Biocontainment Won't Work
Scientific evidence suggests that biocontainment will not work to prevent the genes from GE trees from escaping.
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Posting date: January 29, 2008
Transgenic Trees
A briefing highlighting the issues surrounding transgenic trees.
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Posting date: September 06, 2007
GE Trees Threaten Ecosystem Collapse
GE trees are gaining popularity in many countries for purposes such as to address deforestation or for biofuel. But some scientists and environmentalist have serious ecological and safety concerns.
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Posting date: January 18, 2007
Submission to the Convention on Biological Diversity to Consider the Impact of GE Trees
A submission by Greenpeace to the Convention on Biological Diversity to consider and assess the potential environmental, cultural, and socio-economic impacts of genetically modified trees on forest biological diversity
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Posting date: May 09, 2006
Transgenic Plum Tree Tribulations in Romania
The first genetically engineered plum trees were tested in Romania in 1996, with the support of the European Commission. Ten years later, there's talk of destroying some. This article looks back on an experiment far from citizen's eyes.
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Posting date: March 31, 2006
Briefing Paper on Transgenic Trees
Given the negative impacts of transgenic trees, a coalition of organisations and individuals are raising the call for a global ban on the commercial release of transgenic trees into the environment.
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Posting date: February 23, 2005
Transgenic Trees Spread Mercury Poisoning
Is moving mercury from place to place really remediation? Prof. Joe Cummins asks.
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Posting date: October 01, 2004
The Travels of a Bioengineered Gene
This is an editorial in the New York Times on the findings that genes from GE grass can travel much further than anyone had thought possible. (please also see 'Genes from Engineered Grass Spread for Miles, Study Finds')
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Posting date: September 23, 2004
Genes From Engineered Grass Spread for Miles, Study Finds
A new study shows that genes from genetically engineered grass can spread much farther than previously known, a finding that raises questions about the straying of other plants altered through biotechnology.
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