The report by Hillbeck and Schmidt examines the published literature on Bt toxins widely incorporated as a feature of GM plants- in scores of laboratory feeding studies. Any chronic, sublethal effects of this toxin in soil or plants on non-target predator species could severely damage the management methods of bio control where predator insects are used to manage prey pests, said Claire Bleakley of GE Free (NZ) in Food and Environment. Any chronic, sublethal effects of this toxin in soil...

He also drives the loader when we feed cattle and runs the sugar beet harvester, which is his favorite thing to do - he lives all year just to run the beet digger. Jim's wife, Shellie, is a part-time beautician in Worland and part-time farmer's wife, which involves picking up the slack wherever necessary. As he wraps up his senior year, Joey is contemplating his future - going to college or joining his father and uncles on the family farm. Right now, the Miller brothers are busy with...

Four-Cheese Risotto Is Recalled The following recall has been announced: updated: May 4th - 6:55pm Menu Foods Opts for Another Recall Pet food manufacturer Menu Foods expanded its recall Thursday because of possible cross-contamination between melamine-tainted products and other foods made in the same period. Four-Cheese Risotto Is Recalled The following recall has been announced: updated: May 4th - 6:55pm Menu Foods Opts for Another Recall Pet food manufacturer Menu Foods expanded its...

The technique, dubbed a 'particle gun', involves introducing foreign genes into regenerable soybean tissues by coating on carrier particles, which are physically accelerated into plant tissues. Firing line The application for the soybean patent was first submitted in 1988 by US biotech company Agracetus under the title 'Particle-mediated transformation of soybean plants and lines' Opponents complained that the patent gave Monsanto de facto control over all GM soybeans, and have been...

The report is authored by Jane Ambachtsheer, Mercer Investment Consulting, Jonas Kron, Attorney at Law, Richard Liroff, Investor Environmental Health Network, Tim Little, Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment, and Rachel Massey, Global Development and Environment Institute. CSRwire.com - News from Investor Environmental Health Network: Toxics in Your Portfolio?: Companies Facing Shareholder Resolutions on Chemical Risks in Products Jump From Just Three in '04-'05 to 17 in '06-'07.