Public Policy

Endorsing legislation to ban GE fish

Sign-on letter urging support for legislation to ban GE fish and require mandatory labeling

Sign-on letter urging support for legislation to ban GE fish and require mandatory labeling

Public Policy

Support Codex Alimentarius guidance on GE labeling

Sign-on letter to the USDA and FDA, urging support for Codex policy allowing countries to have different GE labeling policies.

Sign-on letter to the USDA and FDA, urging support for Codex policy allowing countries to have different GE labeling policies.

Public Policy

No need for Roundup Ready GE alfalfa

Letter to the USDA detailing the flawed assumptions, judgments and conclusions of its draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

Letter to the USDA detailing the flawed assumptions, judgments and conclusions of its draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

Public Policy

GE regulations are weak and deficient

Sign-on letter to USDA, urging revisions to proposed Bush administration rules on GMOs, to safeguard farmers and environmental interests and to maximize transparency and public participation.

Sign-on letter to USDA, urging revisions to proposed Bush administration rules on GMOs, to safeguard farmers and environmental interests and to maximize transparency and public participation.

Public Policy

Proposed GE regulations are inadequate

Public comments submitted to USDA re: proposed changes in regulations for GM crops, including food crops engineered to express experimental pharmaceuticals and industrial compounds.

Public comments submitted to USDA re: proposed changes in regulations for GM crops, including food crops engineered to express experimental pharmaceuticals and industrial compounds.

Public Policy

FDA proposes guidelines to regulate GE animals

Comments submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration during public comment period on regulation of genetically modified animals.

Comments submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration during public comment period on regulation of genetically modified animals.

Public Policy

Deregulating GE papaya

Letter to the USDA to oppose the deregulation of genetically modified (GM) papaya trees on the U.S. mainland.

Letter to the USDA to oppose the deregulation of genetically modified (GM) papaya trees on the U.S. mainland.

Public Policy

Pharmaceutical crops pose safety threats

Petition to the USDA to prohibit pharmaceutical and industrial chemical production using genetically modified food crops grown outdoors.

Petition to the USDA to prohibit pharmaceutical and industrial chemical production using genetically modified food crops grown outdoors.

Public Policy

Urging a ban on pharmaceutical safflower

Letter of comment re: the USDA's pending consideration to allow experimental, genetically engineered safflower to produce pharmaceutical compounds on 1,000 acres in Washington state. Co-signed by more than 25 organizations.

Letter of comment re: the USDA's pending consideration to allow experimental, genetically engineered safflower to produce pharmaceutical compounds on 1,000 acres in Washington state. Co-signed by more than 25 organizations.

Public Policy

Reject deregulation of genetically engineered plums

To USDA, APHIS, Regulatory Analysis and Development, urging the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to reject deregulation of a genetically engineered plum that would allow commercial planting for [...]

To USDA, APHIS, Regulatory Analysis and Development, urging the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to reject deregulation of a genetically engineered plum that would allow commercial planting for [...]

Public Policy

Food crops shouldn’t produce experimental drugs

To Washington state Senate Rules Committee and Senate Ways and Means Committee, urging an amendment to SHB 2640 to prohibit tax incentives for "pharma" crops engineered to produce experimental drugs [...]

To Washington state Senate Rules Committee and Senate Ways and Means Committee, urging an amendment to SHB 2640 to prohibit tax incentives for "pharma" crops engineered to produce experimental drugs [...]

Public Policy

USDA must conduct an EIS on GE wheat

Sign-on to petition asking the USDA to conduct a full Environmental Impact Statement on an application by Montsanto to release GE wheat. Includes addendum and associated documents.

Sign-on to petition asking the USDA to conduct a full Environmental Impact Statement on an application by Montsanto to release GE wheat. Includes addendum and associated documents.

Public Policy

Support GE food labeling law

Thank you to Rep. Jay Inslee, co-sponsoring the Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act, H.R. 2916.

Thank you to Rep. Jay Inslee, co-sponsoring the Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act, H.R. 2916.

Public Policy

Rules to regulate pharmaceutical crops

To USDA, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, re: Docket # 03-031-1, proposed rules to regulate genetically engineered crops containing pharmaceutical drugs and industrial chemicals (biopharms).

To USDA, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, re: Docket # 03-031-1, proposed rules to regulate genetically engineered crops containing pharmaceutical drugs and industrial chemicals (biopharms).