1. Section 401 of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

2. http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/fda101/fda101text.html.

3. http://www.fda.gov/opacom/morechoices/mission.html.

4. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Chapter 1, especially parts 101 and 102. See http://www.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/cfrassemble.cgi?title=200121.

5. See reference 2.

6. http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/opa-rdtk.html.

7. Padgette, S. et al. 1996. "The Composition of Glyphosate-Tolerant Soybean Seeds Is Equivalent to That of Conventional Soybeans", Journal of Nutrition vol. 126: 702-716.

8. Federal Register vol. 54, No. 104 (1992), p. 22991.

9. For a succinct overview of the problematic concept of substantial equivalence, including links to other articles, see the discussion on the website of Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Action of Science and Technology (http://www.psrast.org/subeqow.htm).

10. http://www.genewatch.org. (Click successively on "Database", "Search", and "Search by crop line". Then, under "Select a crop line", click on "GTS 40-3-2".)

11. Martineau, B. (2001). First Fruit. New York: McGraw-Hill.

12. Federal Register vol. 59, No. 98 (1994), pp. 26700-26711.

13. For a good description of the "gene gun", see: http://www.hawkhill.com/926s.html.

14. Trethewey, R.N. et al. (1998). "Combined Expression of Glucokinase and Invertase in Potato Tubers Leads to a Dramatic Reduction in Starch Accumulation and a Stimulation of Glycolysis", Plant Journal vol. 15, pp. 109-118; Fray, R. et al. (1995). "Constitutive Expression of a Fruit Phytoene Synthase Gene in Transgenic Tomatoes Causes Dwarfism by Redirecting Metabolites from the Gibberellin Pathway", The Plant Journal vol. 8, pp. 693-701; Bergelson, J. et al. (1998). "Promiscuity in Transgenic Plants", Nature vol. 395, p. 25.

15. Holdrege, C. and S. Talbott (2001). "Sowing Technology", Sierra (July/August), pp. 34 ff.; for an online version of this article, see http://www.netfuture.org/2001/Oct0901_123.html.

16. Gertz, J.M. et al. (1999). "Tolerance of Transgenic Soybean (Glycine max) to Heat Stress", The Brighton Conference: Weeds. Surrey, U.K.: The Council, pp. 835-840.

17. http://www.bio-integrity.org/FDAdocs/01.

18. http://www.bio-integrity.org/FDAdocs/04.

19. http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/biopolcy.html.

20. http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk (see "GM Plants" under "Issues"; report from February 2002).

21. Miller, H. (1999). "A Rational Approach to Labeling Biotech-Derived Foods". Science vol. 284, pp. 1471-1472.

22. Pollan, M. (2002). "Power Steer", New York Times Magazine (March 31), pp. 44ff.

23. For information about how you can make your opinion known, see the websites for The Campaign (http://www.thecampaign.org) and the Center for Food Safety (http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org).

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