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GM Contamination Register
This GM contamination register is the first of its kind
in the world. Although GM crops were grown on over 100
million hectares in 2007, there is no global monitoring
system. Because of this failure of national and
international agencies, GeneWatch UK and Greenpeace
International have launched this joint initiative to
record all incidents of contamination arising from the
intentional or accidental release of genetically modified
(GM) organisms (which are also known as genetically
engineered (GE) organisms). It also includes illegal
plantings of GM crops and the negative agricultural side-effects that have been
reported.
Only those incidents which have been publically documented are recorded here. There may be others that are, as yet, undetected.
This site is intended to be a resource for individuals,
public interest groups and governments. The register
can be searched to see where, when and how contamination
has taken place. It includes information about, and links to, sources
and the GeneWatch UK and Greenpeace web sites as well as
other useful sites.
*** The GM Contamination Register is now listed as a
‘Biosafety Information Resource’ on the
Biosafety Clearing-House – established by the Biosafety
Protocol as part of the clearing-house mechanism of the
Convention on Biological Diversity. To see the entry,
click here
If you would like to know when incidents are added to the
GM Contamination Register, send an email to:
info at gmcontaminationregister.org (replacing 'at' with the @ sign) with 'UPDATE' in the
subject line.
RECENT ADDITIONS/UPDATES TO THE CONTAMINATION REGISTER
28th February 2008
18th September 2007
19th July 2007
June
8th May
30th April
27th April
5th March 2007:
7th February 2007:
26th January 2007:
23rd January 2007:
23rd January 2007: update:
23rd January 2007: update:
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