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Oct. 26, 2011 / Posted by: Eric Hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Eric hoffman, Genetic engineering
Day two on the genetically engineered salmon tour, and things are coming along well. We drove four hours this morning from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, to Fredericton, New Brunswick. Most of the day was spent in the car, but we also had a ...
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Oct. 25, 2011 / Posted by: Eric Hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Eric hoffman, Genetic engineering
Late last night, I finally arrived in Charlottetown, on Prince Edward Island, to kick off my genetically engineered salmon tour of Atlantic Canada. It was already dark when my plane landed so I couldn’t see just how beautiful the island is. ...
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Oct. 24, 2011 / Posted by: Eric Hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Eric hoffman, Genetic engineering
We all have a right to know whether the food we are eating has been genetically engineered.
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Oct. 22, 2011 / Posted by: Eric Hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Eric hoffman, Genetic engineering
Updates from a tour of Atlantic Canada – the center of the genetically engineered salmon controversy During a week-long tour of Atlantic Canada, we will raise awareness on the risks of genetically engineered fish pose to our environment and ...
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Jun. 10, 2011 / Posted by: Eric Hoffman and Kate Horner / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Eric hoffman, Kate horner
This blog post is one of a series of updates from Friends of the Earth representatives at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. By Eric Hoffman and Kate Horner, Friends of the Earth U.S. June 10, 2011 Dange...
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Apr. 8, 2011 / Posted by: Eric Hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Eric hoffman, Gene patents
A three-judge federal appeals court heard arguments on Monday in a case that could decide the future of human gene patents. The high-profile lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation on behalf of a nu...
Read More »Dec. 22, 2010 / Posted by: Eric Hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Eric hoffman
The consumer is faced with almost daily risks to their genetic privacy from human health and reproductive technologies to the criminal justice system. The consumer needs an understanding of the science, the privacy risks involved in releasing gene...
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