[RWG] GMO, USDA APHIS Links

[Gena Fleming]

 Here's some more links for searching the status of GM crops.


Terminology:  "permit", "notification", "petition" defined:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/submissions.shtml

*The main USDA Biotechnology Search Page:
*http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/status.shtml

EXAMPLE:
Many of the *forest trees* are developed by Arborgen.  So, using the search
link above, select "Arborgen" under "Institution" and you get this list
(which includes "Movement Permits", "Release Permits", "Notifications" and
"Petitions" for GM Trees):
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/status/cata_ins_arborgen___________0055.html

If you do a "control F" on this page for "CBI", it will highlight all the
CBIs  in yellow, and you can scroll down and see that there is a lot of
confidential business information being engineered into these trees that
the public knows nothing about.


Back to the Search Page, note there is an option under "View Other Summary
Tables" at the bottom  to view all the APHIS data, and this is a very large
file.
There is a lot to digest here, both known and unknown....

best regards

Gena Fleming
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