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Greenpeace can't show GM sites on Google Map.
A French court has ordered Greenpeace France to take down a web page with a Google Map that shows locations of commercial, genetically engineered corn fields in France. Greenpeace argues the online maps should not be censored because an EU law requires the French government to make the crop site information public anyway. Greenpeace responded by carving a giant 'X' crop circle into one of the genetically engineered corn fields the courts say can no longer be Google-mapped. Greenpeace France will likely appeal the censorship order, and Greenpeace International is now hosting the offending map from servers in Amsterdam. More >>

Chowing down on genetically engineered food?
If you live in the US or Canada, chances are that is a yes. What exactly does it do to you? Now there's the gray area... The most recent country to say no to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is Venezuela. Thanks to President Hugo Chavez Frias, these crops won't be growing on Venezuelan soil. Recently, varying degrees of these bans have been sprouting up all over the place, from California (more here and here) to European countries including Switzerland and Greece. Do they work? Well, the problem is regulation — and pressure from the US, Argentina, and Canada, according to a recent New York Times article. Effective this year, despite the bans, members of the European Union are required to keep their doors open to GMOs. More >>

Potatoes with Cholera bacteria in Germany.
Development of GM plants to produce pharmaceuticals is increasing in Europe. This year an outdoor site in Germany may be used to test GM potatoes expressing a therapeutic protein from the Cholera bacterium. More >>

GM barley soon in a beer near you?
Genetically modified cereals aren't (yet) being grown commercially in Europe, but a number of field tests are suggesting potential. Biosafety tests in Germany with GM barley are now underway. More >>

Here's how much GMO they grow.
The numbers on 2006 GM crop production in Spain, France, and the Czech Republic reveal that Bt maize production is expanding in Europe, with France and the Czech Republic in the lead. In France, the area planted with GM maize this year is five times that of last year. This strain of maize is also commercially grown in Germany and Portugal. More >>

Slovakia OKs GMO trials against public opinion.
In late April 2006, the Slovak government authorized Monsanto to carry out field trials with genetically modified maize at three secret locations. Slovakia has never had an explicit ban on GMOs, but this is the first time GM seeds have ever been sown in Slovakia. Public opinion in Slovakia is concerned about GMOs, and about half of the population believe GMOs are dangerous to human health. More >>

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