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ISP was launched earlier this year with the release
of a report named 'The Case for a GM-free Sustainable World' and a day conference 'GM Crops: Do We Need Them? Are They Safe?'
The text and powerpoints from some of these conference talks are available
here. Audio casettes, CDs (audio only) and VHS videotapes of the day are also
available - please
see the ISP online store.
ISP Launch 2003
GM Crops: Do We Need Them? Are They Safe?
May 10, 2003
Franklin-Wilkins Building, Auditorium B5, King's College, Waterloo, London
 13:30 Welcome and Introduction
Peter Saunders (with Michael Meacher)
Professor of Applied Mathematics, King’s College, London
Why an Independent Science Panel?
 13:40 David Bellamy OBE
Botanist, Broadcaster, writer and campaigner for Mother Earth
"Ah! How terrible is knowledge to the man whom knowledge profits not", Tiresias, circa 500BC
 14:10 Arpad Pusztai
Private consultant; formerly Rowett Research Institute, Scotland
What can Science Say on the Safety of GM Foods?
 14:40 Stanley Ewen
Consultant Histopathologist, Grampian University Hospitals Trust
Eating Growth Factors? No Thanks
 15:10 Malcolm Hooper
Emeritus Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Sunderland
Eating Pesticides too, with GM Foods
15:40 Tea break
 16:00 Gundula Azeez
Policy Manager, Soil Association
Can GM Co-exist with Non-GM?
 16:30 Vyvyan Howard
Toxico-pathologist, University of Liverpool
Anti-Precautionary Risk Assessment
 17:00 Brian John
Geomorphologist, environmental scientist and part of coordinating group, GM Free Cymru
Fit for Public Consumption?
 17:30 Mae-Wan Ho
Director, Institute of Science in Society
A Time and a Place for Gene Transfer
18:00 General Discussion
18:30 Close
Sponsored by The Ecologist, Institute of Science in Society, Scientists for Global Responsibility, The Soil Association, Third World Network and GM Free Cymru
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