Genetic Modification of Food
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Religious concern over genetically engineered (GE) Food A new and often hidden issue for people and the environment is the production and consumption of genetically modified foods. (more) |
Articles
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Intellectual basis for GM business flawed, 2008 The $73.5 billion global biotech business has to grapple with the science which says that the human genome might not be a "tidy collection of independent genes" after all. (more) |
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Mothers say No to GM Foods, 2008 MADGE was set up by Victoria mothers concerned about the ill-effects of genetically Modified (GM) food on their children’s health. (more) |
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No help to the poor, 2009 Columban Father Sean McDonagh asks, who benefits from GM crops? They feed the biotech giants and not the world’s poor putting at risk the Food Sovereignty of nations. (more) |
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Biotech corporations claim that GM food is safe, 2010 Biotech corporations claim that GM food is safe. In the case of Bt corn, a gene to produce the pesticide Cry1ab protein is inserted into the DNA of the corn. It is a poison and uptake differs with each insertion... (more) |
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Dangers of GM wheat trials, 2011 Concern for gene therapies led Catholic ethicists to focus on social aspects but they have been slow to consider the long term biological and inter-generational effects of gene-technology itself. The Winter edition of ‘Australian Catholics’ may be the first Australian religious journal to connect replacement gene technology (GM) with the two fields of medicine and food. (more) |
Theology & Resources
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Ethical Principles for a Catholic Response to Environmental Issues Logical rational argument underpins moral and ethical teaching. People of faith are guided by their Scriptures and leaders to analyse particular issues and draw conclusions as prudent judgments… (more) |
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A Genetically Modified Poem Diversity is the mark of nature rather than genetically modified mono-cropping. Bio-diversity roots food security in biological wisdom and not human arrogance… (more) |
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Unjust Genes: Life and Death for Sale This new DVD which draws campaigns overseas and in Australia. It aims to raise public awareness and promote clarity on the issue of transgenic food… (more) |
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Genesis of Columban transgenic-foods DVD Fifteen Justice and Peace groups around Australia hosted events in 2007 to promote a Columban DVD on transgenic food because it is an issue affecting local canola farmers, consumers and scientists, not just people overseas. (more) |
