New Democrats call for moratorium on GM seeds until regulations are overhauled Castlegar, BC – A new genetically manipulated variety of corn will soon be in use in foods in Canada but the potent new technology behind it, ‘SmartStax’, was approved without undergoing an assessment of its health and environmental impacts. A moratorium should be [...]
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Consumers Need Protection from Genetically Modified Foods
Friday, August 7th, 2009Rescind Approvals for GM Alfalfa
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009OTTAWA – At 9:30 AM on May 28, 2009 a press conference will be held on Parliament Hill – NDP Agriculture critic, Alex Atamanenko, MP (BC Southern Interior) will challenge the Conservatives to reverse the environmental and health approvals for Genetically Modified (GM) Alfalfa that have been awarded to Monsanto. He will be joined by [...]
New Democrats Press Harper to Reassess GMO Regulations
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009Government should stop relying on industry self regulation OTTAWA-New Democrat Leader Jack Layton and Agriculture Critic Alex Atamanenko are calling on the Prime Minister to reassess government regulations around genetically modified foods. At issue are concerns regarding the advisability of relying on the biotech industry’s own science to determine the way in which genetically modified [...]