ISIS is an independent not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing critical yet accessible science-based information to influence social and policy changes towards a sustainable, equitable world. We have made key inputs into debates worldwide on genetic modification, climate change, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, AIDS, holistic health and more http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ Is it safe to douse cities with synthetic pheromones? Prof. Joe Cummins and Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/sexHormonesInCityLife.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/sexHormonesInCityLife.php Why take a dangerous, costly, and untested high tech option when safe, effective, and affordable alternatives are available. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Terminator_Mosquitoes_to_Control_Dengue.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Deadly_Gift_from_Monsanto.php To follow up on your articles, I enclose photographs of mealy bugs infested cotton plants in the demonstration plots of different seed companies in Vidarbha: Ganga Kavari, Paras Bbhrahma, and Banny. All of the plots have the Bollgard label. These mealy bugs have never been in our region on any plants before Bt cotton was introduced. Ram Kalaspurkar http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Deadly_Gift_from_Monsanto.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Deadly_Gift_from_Monsanto.php It was the warmest day of the year so far and inside the sumptuously decorated Jubilee Room in the House of Commons there was barely standing room. The capacity audience were gathered for the launch of the much acclaimed ISIS report. Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Full_House_for_Food_Futures_Now.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Full_House_for_Food_Futures_Now.php As India edges closer to what is probably the last year of field trials for Bt Brinjal (eggplant, aubergine) before commercial approval may be granted, large scale resistance has been building up all over the country http://www.i-sis.org.uk/gmProtestsIndia.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/gmProtestsIndia.php Preliminary findings suggest a link between Morgellons Disease and Agrobacterium, a soil bacterium extensively manipulated and used in making GM crops; has genetic engineering created a new epidemic? Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/agrobacteriumAndMorgellons.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/agrobacteriumAndMorgellons.php The decline of the honeybee attracted worldwide attention in 2007. Investigations carried out by the Institute of Science in Society implicated a synergistic interaction between the recent widespread use of new pesticides (including Bt toxin from GM crops) and fungal infections. Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/honeyBeeOrganicFarming.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/honeyBeeOrganicFarming.php The first study of its kind in North America, possibly in the world, shows how the risks of GM technology outweigh the benefits especially in the longer term. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/canadianFarmersGMOs.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/canadianFarmersGMOs.php International Panel of 400 Agricultural Scientists Call for Fundamental Change in Farming Practice. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMFreeOrganicAgriculture.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMFreeOrganicAgriculture.php The GM industry has been ailing at least as far back as 2005, but kept alive by an aggressive campaign of disinformation http://www.i-sis.org.uk/gmFailuresContinue.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/gmFailuresContinue.php Food without Fossil Fuels Now - Launch Conference in UK Parliament http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LaunchFoodFuturesNow.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LaunchFoodFuturesNow.php Prof. E. Ann Clark reviews the real scientific surveys that contradict every claim made by British academics regarding the benefits of GM crops in their government-funded 'study' http://www.i-sis.org.uk/americanFarmersGMOs.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/americanFarmersGMOs.php Invited Keynote Lecture, 2nd Mediterranean Conference on Organic Agriculture in Croatia, Organic Agriculture - Contribution to Sustainable Ecosystem, 2-6 April 2008, Dubrovnik University. Dubrovnik, Croatia http://www.i-sis.org.uk/foodWithoutFossilFuels.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/foodWithoutFossilFuels.php NGOs concerned over the World Bank's proposed US$7-12 billion portfolio of climate investment funds. Celine Tan of Third World Network http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WBCFMUCT.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WBCFMUCT.php Just add sunlight for energy and life. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/liquidCrystallineWater.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/liquidCrystallineWater.php May decrease income by up to 40 percent or more. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/noAdvantageInTransgenicCotton.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/noAdvantageInTransgenicCotton.php Government Funding Industry to Market GM Crops. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/UKFUAGMD.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/UKFUAGMD.php Professor Peter Saunders reviews the unpublished, non-peer-reviewed research report behind a press release from the UK government Economic and Social Research Council claiming "UK farmers upbeat about GM crops" http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MMASS.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MMASS.php The University of Leeds Centre for Plant Sciences submitted an application to release genetically modified (GM) potatoes to the open environment for a field trial. The transgenic potato plants have been produced using Agrobacterium tumefaciens. A version of this article was submitted to Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) 4 March 2008 on behalf of ISIS. Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/TransgenicPotatoNottobeReleased.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/TransgenicPotatoNottobeReleased.php This report was submitted to the USDA on behalf of ISIS. Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/geneticallyModifiedAlfalfa.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/geneticallyModifiedAlfalfa.php New evidence may pull the plug on GMOs. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/transgenicLinesUnstable2.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/transgenicLinesUnstable2.php Stability of All Transgenic Lines in Doubt Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MON810GenomeRearranged.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MON810GenomeRearranged.php Recent evidence confirms that transgenic DNA does jump species to bacteria and even plant and animals, as some of us had predicted Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/horizontalGeneTransfer.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/horizontalGeneTransfer.php Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho expose cavalier risk assessment that ignores existing evidence and takes absence of evidence as evidence of absence http://www.i-sis.org.uk/transgenicPoplars.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/transgenicPoplars.php Non-GM breakthroughs keep coming thick and fast for problems that GM proponents claim require GM, but GM solutions, if any, are years away http://www.i-sis.org.uk/NonGMLeaveGMBehind.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/NonGMLeaveGMBehind.php Redeeming Science from Corporate / Corruption / Climate Change / Electrosmog / Letters to the Editor / USDA Watch / Freeing the World from GM / Organic and Sustainable http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety37.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety37.php How organic agriculture and localised food (and energy) systems can potentially compensate for all greenhouse gas emissions due to human activities and free us from fossil fuels http://www.i-sis.org.uk/foodFutures.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/foodFutures.php Europe's lead generally welcomed but will others follow? Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Europe2020CarbonEmissions.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Europe2020CarbonEmissions.php A remarkable project reversing the ecological and social damages of the past 100 years that have locked the country in poverty The world's largest single study of its kind now shows that composting increases yields two to three-fold and outperforms chemical fertilizers by more than 30 percent http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GEFSEP.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GEFSEP.php Poland announced it would stick to its ban on 12 February 2008 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/PolandsGMOfreeStatus.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/PolandsGMOfreeStatus.php Dr. Christian Velot, has lost his funding. There is a committee of support for Velot and they have organised a petition that has attracted 9288 signatures as of 26 January 2008. You can sign it on line http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SupportFrenchScientist.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SupportFrenchScientist.php Prominent politicians condemn Canadian government employee for fraudulent research, disinformation, intimidation of UK and Irish citizens and attempt to sabotage Irish Government policy. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/politiciansDenounceGMOTricks.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/politiciansDenounceGMOTricks.php Organic, sustainable agriculture that localize food systems has the potential to mitigate nearly thirty percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and save one-sixth of global energy use. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Lim Li Ching http://www.i-sis.org.uk/mitigatingClimateChange.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/mitigatingClimateChange.php Cordless phones depend on the same microwaves that power cell phones and other wireless telecommunication and may be far more hazardous. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/cordlessPhonesBrainTumours.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/cordlessPhonesBrainTumours.php Dr. Sudhir Kumar Kaura's impassioned plea http://www.i-sis.org.uk/BTAllergyNorthIndia.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/BTAllergyNorthIndia.php Open Letter to British Food Journal Editor and Editorial Board. We, the undersigned, are writing to request the Editor and the Editorial Board of the British Food Journal (BFJ) to retract the published article "Agronomic and consumer considerations for Bt and conventional sweet corn" and to withdraw its "Award for Excellence for Most Outstanding Paper in 2004". This paper, purporting to show that consumers prefer to buy genetically modified (GM) Bt sweet corn over conventional sweet corn, is highly misleading, if not a "flagrant fraud", as it is based on manipulations of the shoppers' preference, not reported in the paper http://www.i-sis.org.uk/openLetterWormyCorn.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/openLetterWormyCorn.php Cuba's experience has opened our eyes to agriculture without fossil fuels, a possibility rapidly turning into a necessity for mitigating climate change as world production of petroleum has also peaked. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/OrganicCubawithoutFossilFuels.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/OrganicCubawithoutFossilFuels.php The importance of marginal farmers in India using an emergent agricultural knowledge system against the corporate takeover of farms. Sam Burcher. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/biodynamicFarming.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/biodynamicFarming.php The fake moral crusade to feed the world with genetically modified crops promoted as the second "Doubly Green Revolution" is doing even more damage than the first. The bad genetics involved in has failed the test in science and in the real world. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/doublygreenrevolution.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/doublygreenrevolution.php Letter to editor Andrew Marshall in response to the call for suggestions in the December 2007 issue of Nature Biotechnology http://www.i-sis.org.uk/NatureBiotechnologyLetter2.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/NatureBiotechnologyLetter2.php Letter to Nature Biotechnology in response to the article defending the "new format" feature on Ermakova's findings of adverse health and reproductive impacts on rats fed genetically modified (GM) soya, and on the validity of the "scientific criticisms" of her work. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/NatureBiotechnologyLetterErmakova.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/NatureBiotechnologyLetterErmakova.php How Farmers in Sahel Confound Scientists. Scientists are catching up with farmers on how local knowledge and cooperation can work miracles. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Lim Li Ching http://www.i-sis.org.uk/greeningTheDesert.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/greeningTheDesert.php Biofuels out forests in, scientists advise policy-makers to concentrate on increasing fuel efficiency in the short term and restoring unused croplands to forests. Selective harvesting of wood waste and biomass from standing forests may be sustainable. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/savingRainforests.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/savingRainforests.php When ISIS organised its briefing at European Parliament in June (Scientists and MEPs for a GM free Europe, SiS 35), we already knew that one of our speakers, Irina Ermakova, has had her funding withdrawn because the results of her experiments (GM Soya Fed Rats: Stunted, Dead, or Sterile, SiS 33) challenged the claims of the biotech industry that GM food is safe. She has since been the victim of a scandalous attempt to discredit her work by the mainstream journal, Nature Biotechnology (Science and Scientist Abused, SiS 36). http://www.i-sis.org.uk/abuseOfScience.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/abuseOfScience.php Evidence for global warming unequivocal and most likely due to human activities, but there is high confidence for effective adaptation as well as high agreement and much evidence of substantial economic potential for mitigation; the cost of fighting global warming at the most stringent level will cost no more than 0.12 percent of global GDP a year up to 2030. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/IPPCClimateBali.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/IPPCClimateBali.php Engineered with novel procedures and constructs for multiple resistances to toxic herbicides Now seeking non-regulated status from obliging regulators. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/stopGMsoya356043.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/stopGMsoya356043.php Organic food flown in from poor African countries to the UK has triggered debate over organic certification; the solution may be a transparent voluntary label that directly informs consumers. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/transparentlabelorganic.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/transparentlabelorganic.php Write us and tell the world about yourself http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS36lettersToTheEditor.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS36lettersToTheEditor.php Science Betrayed / USDA Watch / Organic Now / The Return of the Whale Dreamers / Rethinking HIV/AIDS / The Importance of Being a Science Activist / Health Watch / Cold fusion Hots Up / Climate Change / Biofuels Watch / Letters to the Editor / GM Free http://www.i-sis.org.uk/announcingSIS36.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/announcingSIS36.php Data suppression and manipulation, victimisation of scientist, abuse of science and more. Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Actone.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Actone.php Scientists find wastes from transgenic Bt corn impair growth of common aquatic insect and call on future risk assessment to include aquatic ecosystems previously overlooked. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/BtCropsThreatenAquaticEcosystems.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/BtCropsThreatenAquaticEcosystems.php Not just base metals into gold; but the profuse creation of elements that is rewriting the book of genesis. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/alchemistsDream.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/alchemistsDream.php Many ways for atomic nuclei to come close coherently and fuse together in condensed matter. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HowColdFusionWorks.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HowColdFusionWorks.php Evidence for cold fusion accumulates as enthusiasts transform it into a new discipline. Cheap, clean, and safe nuclear energy on the horizon. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/coldFusionCondensedMatter.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/coldFusionCondensedMatter.php Jatropha may seem like the most sustainable option among bioenergy crops but has yet to prove its potential. Research on socioenomic and environmental impacts of large-scale cultivation needed as well as lifecycle analysis on energy and carbon emissions. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/JatrophaBiodieselIndia.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/JatrophaBiodieselIndia.php Dr. Mae-Wan Ho uncovers a dangerous vaccine project funded by the European Union and demands a halt on all clinical trials and a suspension of the project http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ControversyAIDSvaccines.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ControversyAIDSvaccines.php This latest failure heightens concerns that the vaccine strategy may be fundamentally flawed and hence unsafe and unethical. Full disclosure of clinical and scientific data must be made mandatory. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/NewstrategyHIVvaccine.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/NewstrategyHIVvaccine.php I want to tell you how I became a science activist, not an activist scientist, but a scientist working for science because I am convinced of the importance of science. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ScienceActivist.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ScienceActivist.php The USDA is promoting a potentially disastrous strategy for controlling mastitis in cows that could enhance a host of other diseases and create new disease agents. Prof. Joe Cummins. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/UdderDisregardForSafety.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/UdderDisregardForSafety.php New study confirms link between attention deficit hyperactive disorder and artificial food colours, but the UK Food Standards Agency is downplaying the evidence and offering misleading advice, coinciding with an aggressive campaign of disinformation from industry. Prof. Peter Saunders. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/FSAadditives.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/FSAadditives.php Martin Khor stresses the need to link development and environment for developing countries and cooperation between North and South especially in the next period of the Kyoto Protocol http://www.i-sis.org.uk/TWPClimateChange.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/TWPClimateChange.php Invited lecture for conference on Environment, Agriculture, Food, Health and Economy, World Food Day, 17 October 2007, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ThermodynamicsOfOrganisms.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ThermodynamicsOfOrganisms.php We are writing on behalf of the Institute of Science in Society* to express our deep concern over your recently published article about Dr Irina Ermakova and her work. The article is grossly unfair to Dr Ermakova and certainly not in the best traditions of scientific publishing. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LetterToNatureReErmakova.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LetterToNatureReErmakova.php FAO Report says organic farming fights hunger, tackles climate change, good for farmers, consumers and the environment. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/FAOPromotesOrganicAgriculture.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/FAOPromotesOrganicAgriculture.php The proposed changes make the regulatory regime even more permissive. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/USDAderegGMOs.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/USDAderegGMOs.php Comprehensive study gives the lie to claims that organic agriculture cannot feed the world because it gives low yields and there is insufficient organic fertilizer. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/organicagriculturefeedtheworld.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/organicagriculturefeedtheworld.php What connects British actor Kim Kindersley to a dispossessed aboriginal tribe to the musician Julian Lennon? A powerful new film documenting a gathering of indigenous and tribal leaders that explores the profound connection between whales, dolphins and humanity. Sam Burcher. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WhaleDreamers.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WhaleDreamers.php Letters from readers of Science in Society magazine. As published in issue 35 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS35lettersToTheEditor.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS35lettersToTheEditor.php Is Mega-Philanthropy Good for Society? / Physics of Organisms and Applications / GM-Free World / Save our Honeybee / Bird Flu / Letters to the Editor / Technology Watch http://www.i-sis.org.uk/announcingSIS35.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/announcingSIS35.php USDA rubberstamps the largest ever collection of transgenic poplars with uncharacterized and dangerous constructs. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMpoplarsandhybrids.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMpoplarsandhybrids.php In the first venture of its kind the book contains the wisdom of over 200 of the world's most dynamic women, who speak frankly about everything: their mothers, families, education, men, gurus, love, feminism, fairy stories, failures and successes. Zerbanoo Gifford http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SWIW.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SWIW.php Our heartbeat betrays all our feelings good and bad, and feeling good may be the way to health and general well being. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/happinessIsAHeartbeatAway.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/happinessIsAHeartbeatAway.php Dr. Lilian Joensen exposes the Gates Foundation's betrayal of public trust in Argentina http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GatesPhilanthropyStemCells.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GatesPhilanthropyStemCells.php The world's biggest philanthropic foundation is reaping huge profits investing in companies responsible for causing the problems it tries to solve; its grant-giving is also doing more harm than good in undermining health and agricultural systems, distorting national and global priorities, and preventing the necessary paradigm change that could help secure the future of the planet. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/PhilanthropyGatesStyle.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/PhilanthropyGatesStyle.php Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho rebut USDA conclusion that transgenic DNA and RNA are non-toxic http://www.i-sis.org.uk/TransgenicPlumUSDA.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/TransgenicPlumUSDA.php You can tell a person's health from the way the heart beats, it is the complex rhythm of the Quantum Jazz of life, and mathematical physicists are learning how to decipher it. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HeartbeatofHealth.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HeartbeatofHealth.php Regulators show cavalier disregard for the safety of threatened species as well as human beings in proposed release of the GM pharm crop. Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/gmSaffloweHumanPro-Insulin.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/gmSaffloweHumanPro-Insulin.php The non-pathogenic GM bacteria not only carry antibiotic resistance marker genes, but the proposed field tests will also involve the release of the wild-type bacterium that is pathogenic to rice and may cause disease in human beings. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/gmBacteriaFieldtest.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/gmBacteriaFieldtest.php Proposal for an integrated food and energy rich farm to beat climate change and the energy crisis, and a path to social revolution http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HowtoBeatClimateChange.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HowtoBeatClimateChange.php Proposed release has not considered risks of antibodies to wild life and human beings, nor the horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance marker genes to disease-causing bacteria. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/antibodiesinhybridtobaccoplants.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/antibodiesinhybridtobaccoplants.php A battle over the rights to bird flu viruses at the recent World Health Assembly raises important issues on access to health and medicines for people in the world's poorest countries and presents a strong case for banning patents on disease agents and their genes and genome sequences http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Whosebirdfluvirus.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Whosebirdfluvirus.php Dr. Mae-Wan Ho exposes the scandals of GM science that promotes GM crops in the face of damning evidence for health and the environment, and warns that further indulgence in GMOs will severely damage our chances of surviving global warming. Briefing to European Parliament, Scientists for a GM Free Europe, 12 June 2007. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/NoToGMOs.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/NoToGMOs.php Researchers find GM pollen cross-pollinated non-GM plants at 21 km and predict much worse. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMcontamination.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMcontamination.php Independent scientists, MEPs, farmers and citizens united at the European Parliament condemning GMOs; the European Food Safety Authority to be sued http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Scientists_for_a_GM_free_Europe.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Scientists_for_a_GM_free_Europe.php Turning an environmental disaster into a real catastrophe http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Dicamba_Ready_GM_crops.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Dicamba_Ready_GM_crops.php Professor Joe Cummins says systemic pesticides undermine the bee's immune system, leaving it susceptible to the parasitic fungus Nosema http://www.i-sis.org.uk/PFHB.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/PFHB.php Prof. Joe Cummins presents evidence that parasitic fungi can kill insects when low, otherwise non-lethal concentrations of pesticides are present http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Parasiticfungi.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Parasiticfungi.php Sold Science / Letters to the Editor / Ban Wi-fi / Quantum Jazz, The Tao of Biology / Living Sustainably / GM-Free World / New Physics of the Organism / Killing Bees / HIV causes AIDS? http://www.i-sis.org.uk/announcingSIS34.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/announcingSIS34.php Birds near mobile phone base stations do not breed well Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MPVB.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MPVB.php Microwaves from wireless mobile phone transmitters may be more potent than lower frequency electromagnetic fields in promoting cancer Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/CRFMC.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/CRFMC.php Wireless communication takes over in homes, offices, and public places, as evidence of microwave health hazards multiply for humans and species across the living world. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/DSOM.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/DSOM.php Dr. Mae-Wan Ho explains why the vaccine-antiviral model doesn't work and why a new paradigm is needed to provide health for all http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HowToStopBirdFluInstead.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HowToStopBirdFluInstead.php The biofuels boom is already having devastating effects on the world's poorest countries and on planet as a whole by accelerating deforestation and climate change. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/The_BP-Berkeley_Deal.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/The_BP-Berkeley_Deal.php French scientists find signs of toxicity to liver and kidney in Monsanto's study on its controversial GM maize. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMmaizeMON863toxic.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMmaizeMON863toxic.php What quantum coherence has to say about the organism, ethics, and ultimate reality - Keynote lecture presented in Global Philosophy Forum, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA, 7 April 2007 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/QuantumJazzTaoofBiology.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/QuantumJazzTaoofBiology.php The ultimate reality beyond the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics is also beyond ordinary physics. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LifeandtheUniverse.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LifeandtheUniverse.php For some time now, honeybees have been disappearing from farmers' hives without a trace. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins on the trail of possible culprits... http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MysteryOfDisappearingHoneybees.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MysteryOfDisappearingHoneybees.php Bees worldwide have been involved in a disappearing act called 'colony collapse disorder' over the past two years, with little sign of the disease or infestations that have resulted in massive loss of colonies in the past. The bees simply leave the hives and fail to return. Beekeepers and scientists alike are stymied as to the cause of this strange phenomenon. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MobilePhonesVanishingBees.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MobilePhonesVanishingBees.php Neonicotinoid insecticides used both in sprays and seed dressing may be responsible for the collapse of honeybee colonies. Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/requiemForTheHoneybee.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/requiemForTheHoneybee.php Dismissing differences detected between GM and non-GM feed in safety tests appears to be common practice, and is condoned by regulatory authorities. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMmaize59122notSafe.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMmaize59122notSafe.php The universe is one manifesting itself in multiplicities that behave according to certain mathematical rules; but this leads to paradox as soon as we think of the underlying reality as if the multiplicities were real. Ulrich Mohrhoff http://www.i-sis.org.uk/BeyondCentralDogmaofPhysics.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/BeyondCentralDogmaofPhysics.php The advisory committee has made considerable effort towards assuring the safety of a genetically modified ice-structuring protein intended for use in edible ices, but large gaps still remain. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMProteinForIceCream.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMProteinForIceCream.php A WHO staff member's parting salvo to the international health agency and its neoliberal approach to health. Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LULALTD.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LULALTD.php Current medical interventions concentrate exclusively on addressing sexual transmission of HIV while much higher rates of non-sexual transmission are being ignored http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HIVsexualTransmission.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HIVsexualTransmission.php