Agriculture, pesticides, food security and food safety

FP Carvalho - Environmental science & policy, 2006 - Elsevier
... using more productive plants and plant varieties resistant to pests, and promoting the use of
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) resistant to ... The world has known a continuous growth
of pesticide usage, both in number of chemicals and quantities, sprayed over ...

[PDF][PDF] Environmental benefits of genetically modified crops: global and European perspectives on their ability to reduce pesticide use

RH Phipps, JR Park - Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences, 2002 - ask-force.org
... Nelson, GC, Bullock, D., Nitsi, E., 2001. Environmental effects of GMO's: Evidence from the use
of glyphosate-resistant soybeans. ... Envir. Ethics 12, 279-303 Pesticide manual: a world compendium,
2000. ... New technology: Issues relating to the use of genetically modified crops. ...

Contaminants of bee products

S Bogdanov - Apidologie, 2006 - hal.archives-ouvertes.fr
... GMO: genetically modified organisms; AFB: american foul brood; EFB: european foulbrood, SHB:
small hive beetle. ... and fifteen French honeys were analysed between 1986 and 1996 and pesticide
residues were ... In 101 Spanish honeys 10 OC pesticides were found in 1 to 57 ...

[HTML][HTML] RETRACTED: Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize

GE Séralini, E Clair, R Mesnage, S Gress… - Food and chemical …, 2012 - Elsevier
... failures documented in this work confirm the pathological effects of these GMO and R ... Genetically
modified crops safety assessments: present limits and possible improvements. ... How subchronic
and chronic health effects can be neglected for GMOs, pesticides or chemicals. Int. ...

[HTML][HTML] How subchronic and chronic health effects can be neglected for GMOs, pesticides or chemicals

GE Séralini, JS De Vendômois, D Cellier, C Sultan… - Int J Biol Sci, 2009 - ijbs.com
... This is a matter of debate, since 99.9% of those are genetically modified to contain new pesticide ...
GM transformation process from other variables it is only valid to compare the GMO (in this ... effects
of GM diets, or of residues of pesticides that are contained by GMOs, have also ...

Maternal and fetal exposure to pesticides associated to genetically modified foods in Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada

A Aris, S Leblanc - Reproductive Toxicology, 2011 - Elsevier
... its metabolite AMPA was not detected and GLUF was detected in 18%, thus no significant
correlation emerged from these contaminants in the ... To our knowledge, this is the first study to
highlight the presence of pesticides-associated genetically modified foods in ...

[BOOK][B] Food safety: contaminants and toxins

JPF D'Mello - 2003 - books.google.com
... 65 JPF D'Mello PART II: ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS 5 Pesticides: Toxicology and ... AFG2
(Chapter 4) ai Active ingredient; as used in pesticide formulations (Chapter ... Chapter 11) Food
Standards Agency (UK)(Chapter 19) Fresh weight Genetically modified (Chapters 15 ...

Overview of the use of genetically modified organisms and pesticides in agriculture

D Pimentel - Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 2001 - JSTOR
... introduction of some genetically modified varieties of virus-resistant potatoes in Mexico
underscores the important implications of this ... small farmers use red potato varieties that are not
considered suitable for GMO transformation. ... 2001] GMOs and Pesticides in Agriculture 59 ...

The role of earthworms for assessment of sustainability and as bioindicators

MG Paoletti - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 1999 - Elsevier
... 11. 'Archeological' pesticide residues. High ... 1994). A growing list of Genetically Modified
Organisms (GMOs), including microorganisms, animals and crop plants, are already
available or will soon be introduced to the marketplace. For ...

Explaining public resistance to genetically modified corn: an analysis of the distribution of benefits and risks

F Wu - Risk Analysis, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
... or the products produced from genetically engineered/modified organisms (GEO/GMO) are not ...
market savings that Bt corn growers experience through reduced pesticide use and ... Although
consumers are indeed price responsive and genetically modified corn can lower prices ...

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