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'Co-existence' documents

The following are documents on aspects of 'co-existence' and GMO contamination. These documents represent the views of the authors and don't necessarily represent the policies of Consumers International.

Suman Sahai on co-existence (downloads pdf)
Paper: 'Can GM and non-GM crops be segregated in India - is co-existence possible?'
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Author: Suman Sahai, Gene Campaign
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Bartolini on co-existence (downloads word in Italian)
Paper: Statement on '"Coesistenza", contaminazione e OGM-Free: č a rischio la scelta dei consumatori ?'
Date: 9 September 2005
Author: Anna Bartolini, European Consultative Consumer Group
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'Hard red spring wheat at a genetic crossroads'  (downloads pdf)
Paper: 'Hard red spring wheat at genetic crossroads'
Date: March 2005
Author: Dennis Olson, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Published in: 'Controversies in Science and Technology: From maize to menopause' by University of Wisconsin Press.
Summary: In 2004, Monsanto announced that it would stop all research on GM wheat. The decision was the result of a long struggle by a coalition of consumer and farm groups in the U.S. and Canda, as well as consumer groups and wheat processing groups overseas. R. Dennis Olson breaks down the battle over GM wheat.

Altieri on coexistence (downloads pdf)
Paper: 'The myth of co-existence: why transgenic crops are not compatible with agroecologically based systems of production'
Date: August 2005
Author: Miguel A.Altieri, University of California - Berkeley
Published in: Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp361-371
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IFOAM (downloads word)
Paper: 'Co-existence between GM and non-GM crops: necessary anti-contamination and liability measures'
Date: October 2003
Published by: International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM) - EU Regional Group
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Somville GMOs (downloads word)
Paper: 'GMOs: Political, economic and Scientific challenges'
Date: 4 July 2005
Author: M. Somville, Greens/EFA Group in the European Pariliament
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Italian ER legal documents (downloads pdf in Italian)
Paper: 'Legge Regionale 22 novembre 2004, n.25 - Norme materia di organismi geneticamente modificati'
Date: 22 November 2004
Published by: Bollettino Ufficiale n. 158 del 22 novembre 2004
Summary: Regional legislation providing guidelines on GMOs in Regione Emilia-Romagna.