World * Watch updates.

• Position: Meshed briefs

See "Risking Corn, Risking Culture," Nov/Dec 2002, p. 8

GMO Corn in Mexico A report written for the environmental branch of NAFTA emphatically confirms that genetically engineered corn threatens Mexico's ecosystems and traditional corn crops. Once released (as recounted in the World Watch article), says the report, the spread of the GMO corn cannot be confined.

See "Climate Business as Usual," and "Bush's Scientific Relativism," Jan/Feb 2003, pp. 2 and 3

Twisting Science On February 18, two major scientific groups released reports sharply criticizing the Bush administration for distorting scientific communications to support its ideological agenda. A report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, including 12 Nobel laureates, observed: "Across a broad range of issues, the administration has undermined the quality of the scientific advisory system." The report included 37 pages of examples of distortions or censorship. A similar complaint was issued by the National Research Council.

See "Blue Revolution," March/April 1998, p. 10

A Little Antibiotic in Your Salmon? Six years ago, we published an in-depth article on "the promises and pitfalls of fish farming." Last summer, The Economist magazine published a cover...