Carmelo's Biotechnology and Science Section
Below you will find some of Carmelo's finest writing on the subject. Some
of these articles are in Spanish and no translation is avilable.
All pieces, though, are described by a brief summary.
Some articles are in .pdf format press here to download
Adobe Acrobat Reader™.
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From Golden Rice to Anti-Viral Tomatoes -- Good Health or Good Marketing? A look at governmental institutions’ reluctance to tackle the controversy surrounding genetic engineering. Originally at CorpWatch.Org |
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Flipping the Genetically Modified Tortilla, or Turning the Biotech Critique on its Head |
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Contaminated corn
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Is Mexican corn in danger of disappearing? |
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Carmelo writes about Brian Tokar’s most recent work: Redesigning Life? The Worldwide challenge to genetic engineering |
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An account of the flabbergasting conduct of corporations and their efforts to patent life (in Spanish) |
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Free trade is not
all it seems; this article outlines the less-than-noble intentions of the
‘Free Trade Areas of the |
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More on the threat
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A sequel to the article above (in Spanish) |
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Genetically
modified crops in |
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Winners and losers in the biotechnology revolution |
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An early article on the subject of cloning.
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This is only a small sample
of writings. Carmelo has two online projects where he comments on the
environment, biotechnology and other relevant subjects; please visit
Carmelo’s blog and his bio-security project, as well as
his Yahoo Group.