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[Title] => The continuing Bt corn war
[Summary] => In 2001, President Arroyo issued a National Biotechnology Policy – "(The Philippines) shall promote the safe and responsible use of modern biotechnology and its products as one of several means to achieve and sustain food security, equitable access to health services, sustainable and safe environment, and industry development." In April 2002, the Department of Agriculture released Administrative Order No. 8, which provided rules and regulations for the importation and release into the environment of plants and plant products derived from the use of modern biotechnology.
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[AuthorName] => STAR SCIENCE By Benigno D. Peczon, Ph.D.
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[Title] => Int’l scientists criticize anti-GMO campaign
[Summary] => Reaffirming its support to biotechnology, the interna-tional scientific community decried recently the anti-GMO campaign being waged by one of their peers.
Terje Traavik, a Norwegian anti-genetically modified organism (GMO) activist, recently came under fire from the international scientific community for apparent breach of ethics for releasing unconfirmed allegations that a GMO corn variety may have caused respiratory ailments in some Filipino tribesmen.
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[Title] => Prove claims, scientists dare anti-GMO activist
[Summary] => A leading Filipino scientist recently challenged a visiting Norwegian anti-GMO activist to "come up with solid evidence" before airing allegations that could cause panic in the local agriculture sector.
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[Title] => Farmers, RP scientists question GMO ‘scare campaign’
[Summary] => The country’s biggest farmer organizations recently warned against an "apparent organized campaign to discredit the government’s food security policy" following the recent rash of alleged anti-genetically modified organism (GMO) "propaganda".
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[Title] => Norwegian scientist’s findings vs Bt corn rebuffed
[Summary] => GENERAL SANTOS CITY — A University of the Philippines (UP) medical expert has dared a Norwegian scientist to support his claims that 39 farmers in Polomolok, South Cotabato have become immune to antibodies due to exposure to a genetically engineered corn variety.
"The findings need to be evaluated based on the principles of immunology and immunobiology," said Dr. Nina Gloriani Barzaga, professor of medical microbiology and microbial immunology at the UP College of Public Health.
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[Title] => Health of Mindanao farmers adversely affected by Bt corn — Norwegian scientist
[Summary] => Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr. has instructed experts of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to verify reports that 39 farmers in Mindanao developed immunity to anti-bodies as a result of exposure to the Bacillus thuriengensis (Bt) corn.
"We want to know if the reports are true so that we could take appropriate measures," Lorenzo said.
Lorenzo said the farmers are being tracked down by the field proposal of the DA in Mindanao, particularly in South Cotabato where Bt corn is being planted.
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Terje Traavik, a Norwegian anti-genetically modified organism (GMO) activist, recently came under fire from the international scientific community for apparent breach of ethics for releasing unconfirmed allegations that a GMO corn variety may have caused respiratory ailments in some Filipino tribesmen.
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"The findings need to be evaluated based on the principles of immunology and immunobiology," said Dr. Nina Gloriani Barzaga, professor of medical microbiology and microbial immunology at the UP College of Public Health.
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[Summary] => Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr. has instructed experts of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to verify reports that 39 farmers in Mindanao developed immunity to anti-bodies as a result of exposure to the Bacillus thuriengensis (Bt) corn.
"We want to know if the reports are true so that we could take appropriate measures," Lorenzo said.
Lorenzo said the farmers are being tracked down by the field proposal of the DA in Mindanao, particularly in South Cotabato where Bt corn is being planted.
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