November 2019 Golden Rice is the name of a rice that has been genetically engineered to produce beta-carotene, which the body can convert into vitamin A. It is being promoted as a solution to the serious problem of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in countries such as the...
Caution needed to prevent accidental GM salmon production in ocean net-pens Thursday, September 12, 2019. Halifax. Ahead of the Canadian Seafood Show, September 25-26 in Montreal, Canadian and U.S. environmental groups (1) are calling on the aquaculture and...
Proposed Monsanto corn tolerates four herbicides Ottawa, August 22, 2019. Canadian civil society groups the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) and Prevent Cancer Now (PCN) are calling for a review of the use of genetically engineered (genetically modified or...
Farmers in Nova Scotia have found that the European corn borer has developed resistance to the genetically engineered trait designed to kill it Tuesday, June 11, 2019 – Halifax. In Nova Scotia, corn farmers are observing that the European corn borer, an insect...
