Bio/Technology/Diversity News Bulletin, Volume 2, Number 21 (1993)

Bio/Technology/Diversity News Bulletin Volume 2, Number 21 December 21, 1993 Code: NL93023 Size of Files: Text: 13K Graphics: No associated graphics files CONTENTS HEADLINES: - SCHOOL DISTRICTS SAY NO TO BGH - SCIENTISTS ISSUE WARNING OVER TRANSGENIC CROPS - EU REACHES DECISION ON BIOTECH PATENTING - BREEDER PATENTS NATURALLY COLORED COTTON VARIETIES - EPA SAYS BIOTECH REGULATION COULD BE IN PLACE BY '94 - WORLD BANK TO COMMERCIALIZE BIODIVERSITY - INDIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WILL PROTECT FARMERS FROM ROYALTIES * SCHOOL DISTRICTS SAY NO TO BGH At least two school districts in the country have passed resolutions expressing strong doubts about milk produced with synthetic bovine growth hormone (BGH), otherwise knows as bovine somatotropin (BST).... * SCIENTISTS ISSUE WARNING OVER TRANSGENIC CROPS Members of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) issued a report this week which says the government has not done its research with regard to genetically engineered plants.... * EU REACHES DECISION ON BIOTECH PATENTING Last week, the Internal Market Council of the European Union (EU) reached a common position on patenting rules to protect advances in biotechnology.... * BREEDER PATENTS NATURALLY COLORED COTTON VARIETIES A recent communique by the Rural Advancement Foundation International exposes the patenting of naturally colored cotton varieties by an American entrepreneur... * EPA SAYS BIOTECH REGULATION COULD BE IN PLACE BY '94 Robert Sussman, deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said major parts of a regulatory framework for biotechnology could be in place by next year.... * WORLD BANK TO COMMERCIALIZE BIODIVERSITY The World Bank is reportedly supporting a proposal that would commercialize the world's biological diversity.... * INDIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WILL PROTECT FARMERS FROM ROYALTIES Earlier this month, the Indian government said it would protect its farmers from the royalties they would be required to pay plant breeders under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)