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PSRG welcomed the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification.
Genetic engineering biotechnology needs to be comprehensively addressed by independent scientists. What has been done to date has not been adequately addressed.
The PSRG Submission to the Royal Commission of Inquiry included Witness Briefs from the following members:
(please click onto links to for witness briefs)
* Dr Peter Wills, Theoretical Biologist, Associate Professor, University of Auckland
* Dr John Clearwater, Organic Specialist
* Dr Bernard Conlon, General Practitioner, Fellow of the RNZCGP
* Dr Neil Macgregor, Soil Scientist, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, Palmerston North
* Dr Mike Godfrey, Director, BOP Environmental Health Centre, Tauranga
* Dr Ruth Lawson, Parasitologist, Dunedin
* Christine Hartlage, MA, Environmental Ethics
* Robert Anderson, retired lecturer
Dr Max A. Turner & Dr Neil Macgregor also made a submission to the RCI.
Dr Peter Wills made a testimony on behalf of Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Genetics, Greenpeace New Zealand Inc, Green Party, Friends of the Earth (NZ), Sustainable Futures Trust and Pacific Institute of Resource Management.
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Reply from Acting Minister for the Environment 31 Oct 07