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Human Genetic Engineering
What's Happening:
Press Release: Congress Passes First-Ever Legal Ban on Sports Gene Doping - December 20, 2006
Friends of the Earth President Brent Blackwelder Provides Statement to the House Government Reform Committee on Steroid Use in Baseball - March 17, 2005
Designer Athletes -- an Essay on Human Genetic Engineering
Press Release: Cloned Animals Suffer Death, Deformities According to Leading Journal Articles - August 13, 2002
Press Release: Pet Cloning Death and Deformity Details Pursued under Freedom of Information Act by Humane Society and Friends of the Earth: Groups Call Upon Texas A&M to Inform the Public About Controversial Research - May 8, 2002
Read a chain of Washington Post letters to the editor on human cloning.
Letter: 100 + Progressive Leaders Call for Moratorium on Human Embryo Cloning and Prevention of Eugenic Engineering - March 19, 2002
Letter: Pet Cloning Opposed by The Humane Society of the United States, Friends of the Earth in letter to Texas A&M University - March 8, 2002
Press Release: Senate Asked to Prevent Cloning by National Environmental Leaders - Feb. 27, 2002
Washington Post Editorial Says Friends of the Earth's Position on Cloning is in the Spirit of Rachel Carson's Legacy.
Read the testimony of Dr. Brent Blackwelder, president of Friends of the Earth, before the Senate Appropriations Committee, concerning the cloning of humans and genetic modifications.
Friends of the Earth -U.S.position on Cloning and Inheritable Genetic Modification
What Others are Saying About Cloning and Inheritable Genetic Modification
In the News: The Washington Post "Cloning Report" with articles and interactive poll
Resources: Association of Reproductive Health Professionals factsheet: "Human Cloning and Genetic Modification: The Basic Science You Need to Know"
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