Contents

Introduction

The European Union

THE BARCELONA DECLARATION

WHAT THE EU CAN AND CANNOT DO

THE STRANGE CASE OF EUROPE’S UNWANTED GMOs

FIRST STEPS IN REGULATING GMOs

FROM FIELD TO FORK: THE NEW LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR GMOs

SEEDS

CO-EXISTENCE

LIABILITY

ENLARGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

THE SIXTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

PATENT LAW

The United States

BOVINE SOMATROPIN

THE CORPORATE AGENDA

REGULATION

REGULATION AND PUBLIC OPINION

PHARMING

PATENTS

REPRODUCTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC CLONING

BIOETHICISTS

REGULATORY CAPTURE

Other Developed Countries

CANADA

AUSTRALIA

NEW ZEALAND

SWITZERLAND

JAPAN

THE NEWLY INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES

Developing Countries

COULD BIOTECH PUT AN END TO HUNGER?

THE (ATTEMPTED) RAPE OF AFRICA

INDIA

ARGENTINA

BRAZIL

ISNAR AND OTHERS: THE CARROT TO BUSH’S STICK

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION: PRO-BIOTECH PROPAGANDA

OTHER ADVOCATES OF BIOTECH AS A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT

THIRD WORLD SCEPTICS

THE REAL SOLUTION LIES ELSEWHERE

International Treaties and Agreements

THE (CARTAGENA) BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS TOUCHING ON TRADE IN GMOs

PROPOSED UNITED NATIONS BAN ON HUMAN CLONING

UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON THE HUMAN GENOME AND HUMAN RIGHTS

ATTEMPTS TO CURB BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS

Conclusion

GMOs: IRREVERSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF THE WORLD’S FOOD SUPPLY

MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE

THE BOTTOM LINE

Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

Notes

Index