Sources with a Positive Position on the Technology
Scientific societies – Academies – National and international organizations with a positive position on the technology
Scientific societies
* American Council on Science and Health, Biotechnology and Food (2000).
* American Dietetic Association, Agricultural & Food Biotechnology -Position Paper (2006).
* American Medical Association, Council on Scientific Affairs, Genetically Modified Crops and Foods (I-00) Full Text (2000).
* American Phytopathological Society, Statement on Biotechnology and its Application to Plant Pathology (August 2001).
* American Society for Cell Biology (undated)
* American Society for Microbiology, position on Genetically Modified Organisms (2000)
* American Society of Plant Biology, Statement on Plant Genetic engineering (2006).
* International Association of Plant Breeders (ASSINSEL), Position Paper on Genetically ModifiedCropsandPlantBreeding (2005)
* Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, Position Statement on Food and Agricultural Biotechnology (2000).
* Crop Science Society of America
* International Society of African Scientists,
Position Statement, Potential Benefits of Biotechnology to Agriculture in Africa and the Caribbean (2001).
* Federation of Animal Scientific Societies (representing the American Dairy Science Association, the American Society of Animal Science, and the Poultry Science Association), FASS Facts On Biotech Crops - Impact on Meat, Milk and Eggs (2001).
* Genetics Society of America
* Society for In Vitro Biology
* Consensus document on GMOs Safety (14 Italian scientific societies)
* Consensus document on Coexistence (20 Italian scientific societies)
Society of Toxicology
National / International academies
* International Council for Science (ICSU)
Non-governmental organization representing including both national scientific bodies (117 members) and international scientific unions (30 members).
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Published as a series of papers in Trends in Food Science & Technology (2003) vol14.
* U.S. National Academy of Sciences (Various joint US NAS boards)
Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods: Approaches to Assessing Unintended Health Effects (2004)
Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture (2000)
* BrazilianAcademy of Sciences
* ChineseAcademy of Sciences
* IndianNationalScienceAcademy
* MexicanAcademy of Sciences
* Third WorldAcademy of Sciences
* Italy: NationalAcademy of Science and Academy of Lincei
* FrenchAcademy of Science
* German Academies
Union of the German Academies of Science and Humanities, Commission Green Biotechnology:
* PontificalAcademy of Sciences
Science and the Future of Mankind: Science for Man and Man for Science, "Study Document on the Use of 'Genetically Modified Food Plants' to Combat Hunger in the World" by Nicola Cabibbo (2001).
Statement and Proceedings of the Study week held at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (April 2009).
* Royal Society of London,
Genetically Modified Plants for Food Use and Human Health-An Update (Feb. 2002).
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Other national/international bodies/societies
* FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Statement on Biotechnology (March 2000).
* WHO, World Health organization
* Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
* GM Science Review Panel, United Kingdom (July 2003)
* New Zealand Royal Commission
Report of the New Zealand Royal Commission on Genetic Modification (2001).
* International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) (2005)
* Australian FSANZ regulator
* White Book – genetically modified crops (Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the CzechRepublic)
* AgBio World Declaration of Support for Agricultural Biotechnology (more than 3400 scientist, among which 25 Noble Prize winners, subscribing it)
* Health Canada
* American Seed Trade Association, ASTA Position Statement on Genetically Modified Plant Varieties.
For compilations(albeit incomplete) of the documentsabove or of quotes thereof, see:
(most links in these page are however not working any longer)