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 Articles and Speeches

Genetically Engineered Salmon- Healthy for You, But Is It Healthy for the Earth? in Update Magazine (2010, Issue 6. With permission from FDLI)
—November/December 2010 (Acrobat - 1.96Mb)

Regulatory procedure necessary for GE Food published In The Hill
—October 2010 (Acrobat - 68kb)

GM Crops Proliferate Raising Global Hopes and Fears published In In Focus (A CECHE Publication on global health & environment issues)
—Summer 2010 (Acrobat - 1,217kb)

Are Current Rules Adequate to Regulate Genetic Engineering? published in The Environmental Forum (The Policy Journal of the Environmental Law Institute)
—March/April 2009 (Acrobat - 2,196kb)

Questions About Genetically Engineered Animals, published in The Miami Herald
—October, 23, 2008 (Acrobat - 66kb)

Genetically Modified Crops Need More Oversight, published in The Des Moines Register
— March 26, 2007 (Acrobat - 1,112kb)

Regulatory Slowdown on GM Crop Decisions, published in Nature Biotechnology
— July 2006 (Acrobat - 530kb)

Animal Cloning: FDA Safety Call Not Enough, published in Businessweek.com
— January 9, 2007 (Acrobat - 13kb)

Comparative Analysis of the National Biosafety Regulatory Systems In East Africa
— January 2006

"Implementing the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol through national biosafety regulatory systems: an analysis of key unresolved issues" by Gregory Jaffe, published in the Journal of Public Affairs
— August-November 2005 (Acrobat - 1,220kb)

"Creating the Proper Environment for Acceptance of Agricultural Biotechnology" by Gregory Jaffe
— June, 2005, to be published in NABC 17 Proceedings, Spring of 2006 (Acrobat - 44kb)

Biotech: Keep it, but regulate it
— June 25, 2004 (Acrobat - 100kb)

"Biosafety Regulation in the North and South" by Gregory Jaffe, published in the proceedings of the 8th International on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms
— September, 2004 (Acrobat - 19kb)

"Current Regulation of Biopharming: Is it Adequate?", Presentation by Gregory Jaffe at American Bar Association Fifth Biotechnology Roundtable
— May 21, 2003 (Acrobat - 98kb)

"Who's Watching What You Eat?", by Michael Jacobson and Gregory Jaffe in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
— April 23, 2003

Statement of Gregory Jaffe at Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology's Public Form entitled "Labeling Genetically Modified Foods: Communicating or Creating Confusion?"
— June 27, 2002

"How to Approach the Regulatory Condundrum?" presented at the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council's Foods for Health conference
— May 19, 2002

“Coordinated Framework: Structure Needs a Overhaul,” The Environmental Forum
— May/June 2002 (Acrobat - 56kb)

A Consumer Perspective on Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology,” presented at “Biotechnology and Sustainable Development: Voices of the South and North” conference
— March 18, 2002 (Acrobat - 60kb)

Getting Consumers the Information They Want About Genetically Engineered Foods: An Interim Solution”, FDLI's Update magazine
— November/December 2001

Genetically Engineered Foods: Are They Safe?”, Nutrition Action Healthletter
— November 2001

Lessen the Fear of Genetically Engineered Crops”, Christian Science Monitor
— August 8, 2001

FDA Approval of Genetically Engineered Food is Necessary to Protect Consumers”, AgBiotech Buzz
— June, 2001

Agricultural Biotechnology: Savior or Scourge?”, Address to National Agricultural Biotechnology Council Conference
— May 22, 2001

Common Sense on Biotechnology”, Wall Street Journal, published under the title “Consumer Groups Shouldn’t Reject Biotech”
— January 25, 2001

Biotech Food: Friends or Foes?, Nutrition Action Healthletter
— June 2000

Genetically Modified Food Fight - Higher levels of testing are needed for crops that have an increased potential for harm. West. J. Med., 2000, vol. 172, pp. 220-221 (Acrobat 23k)
— April, 2000

Statement of Michael F. Jacobson, Executive Director of CSPI, on the safety and labeling of genetically engineered foods, before the FDA
— November 18, 1999
  
 
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