CRG has investigated and reported on the commercial claims made about genetically modified crops and transgenic animals introduced into the food supply. More often than not, the claims have been exaggerated, the risks understated, and the scientific justification has been selective and commercially influenced. CRG has questioned the compatibility of herbicide resistant plants and insect resistant crops with sustainable agriculture. All uses of GM crops should meet rigorous safety testing and follow procedures of democratic participation by public stakeholder groups. Moreover, CRG's Genetic Bill of Rights requires that people have a choice to purchase non-GM crops that meet the organic standard.
Background Materials
Frequently Asked Questions About Genetically Engineered Food
Precaution Before Profits: An Overview of Issues in Genetically Engineered Food and Crops by Sophia Kohlemainen
CRG Amicus Brief in Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farms:
Challenging Genetically Modifed Alfalfa Before the U.S. Supreme Court
Official Statement on Biopharmaceutical Crops
NGO Statement: Final Plenary, Third Intergovernmental Conference on the Cartagena Protocol
Codex Matters: A Report for the 49 Parallel by Phil Bereano
Articles
Biotech Eggplant: Ignoring the Resounding 'NO', GeneWatch, March 2010
(Indias's Battle over Biotech Eggplant )
Special issue of GeneWatch on Genetically Modified Food 2009
Up for Grabs by Brian Tokar, GeneWatch, May 2006
Dispatch from Curitiba by Phil Bereano, GeneWatch, May 2006
Whistleblowers, Threats, and Bribes by Jeffrey Smith, GeneWatch, May 2005
Digging for Gold by Anuradha Mittal, GeneWatch, May 2005
Trans-Atlantic Food Fight by Phil Bereano, GeneWatch, March 2003
Biotech's Hall of Mirrors by Jonathan Matthews, GeneWatch, January 2003
Transnational Corporations, GM Food, and the Arms Race by Sujatha Byravan, GeneWatch, November 2002
Farm Fresh . . . Aprotonin? by Bill Freese, GeneWatch, November 2002
Precision Farming: Agribusiness Meets Spy Technology by Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero, GeneWatch, November 2002
Hearts of Darkness by Doreen Stabinsky, GeneWatch, November 2002
Biotech Family Secrets by Cameron Woodworth, GeneWatch, November 2002
Engineered Food Claims Are Hard To Swallow by Phil Bereano, Seattle Times, 19 November 2002.
The Free Ride Slows Down by Brian Tokar, GeneWatch, September 2002
Vermonters Vote Against the Genetic Engineering of Food by the ISE Biotechnology Project, GeneWatch, May 2002
Genetically Engineered Thanksgiving: Uninvited DNA Comes to Dinner by Martin Teitel and Suzanne Theberge, GeneWatch, November 2001
"Modified Foods are Like Drugs" by Paul Billings, Boston Globe, 28 August 1999
Science-based Policy in the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food by Sheldon Krimsky and Nora Murphy
Resources
Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
Center for Food Safety
Codex Alimentarius Commission
Consumer Federation of America
Consumers International
Friends of the Earth
True Food Network