In The News

For more information and a variety of perspectives on genetically modified foods, visit the following sites. Note: Some of these sites are sponsored by groups that have a clear agenda or point of view; use your critical thinking skills when evaluating information from these sites.

http://www.biotech-info.net AgBioTech InfoNet: Genetic Engineering Applications: Impacts and Implications

http://www.betterfoods.org Alliance for Better Foods

http://www.bio.org/aboutbio/guide2000/guide_agriculture.html Biotechnology Industry Organization

http://www.thecampaign.org The Campaign to Label GE Foods

http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org Center for Food Safety

http://www.colostate.edu/programs/lifesciences/TransgenicCrops Colorado State University: Transgenic Plants: An Introduction and Resource Guide

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides Environmental Protection Agency: Biopesticides

http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/Default.htm Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agriculture Department

http://www.fda.gov/oc/biotech Food and Drug Administration: Bioengineered Foods

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/biotechm.html Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: Biotechnology

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2001/101_fish.html Food and Drug Administration/FDA Consumer. A New Kind of Fish Story: The Coming of Biotech Animals

http://www.gefoodalert.org Genetically Engineered Food Alert Coalition

http://www.nationalacademies.org/webextra/crops National Academies: Technology to Feed the World

http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/ge Greenpeace Genetic Engineering Page

http://www.truefoodnow.org Greenpeace True Food Network

http://www.biotechbasics.com Monsanto: Biotech Basics

http://www.nffc.net/bio.htm National Family Farm Coalition: Biotech Issues

http://www.nap.edu/books/0309069300/html National Research Council: Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants: Science and Regulation (report available online)

http://special.northernlight.com/gmfoods Northern Light Special Edition: Genetically Modified Foods

http://www.oecd.org/ehs/icgb Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development: Biotechnology

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest PBS: Harvest of Fear: A Nova/Frontline Special Report Exploring the Growing Fight Over Genetically Modified Food

http://pewagbiotech.org Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology

http://www.psrast.org Physicians and Scientists for the Responsible Application of Technology

http://scope.educ.washington.edu/gmfood Science Controversies On-Line/Partnerships in Education: Genetically Modified Food

http://www.biotech.ucdavis.edu University of California, Davis: Biotechnology

http://www.agen.ufl.edu/~foodsaf/wi008.html University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center: Biotechnology and Food Glossary

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: Biotechnology

http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service

http://www.usda.gov/agencies/biotech/links U.S. Department of Agriculture, Links on Biotechnology