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Food and farming business experts: Food Standards Agency consultation on "precision-bred" GMOs is misleading and flawed
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Open letter to UK's FSA is published
Academics, scientists call to scrap gene-editing proposal
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"The concept of safety is conspicuous by its absence in the proposal" – open letter
GM Bt cotton is failing in India: Cautions for Africa
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Planting non-GM cotton could double yields, say scientists
European Commission approves glyphosate for another 10 years
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"I very much regret this" – Germany's Agriculture Minister
New GM techniques – time for the European Parliament to stand up for its citizens
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Parliament must ensure that Europe can continue to have a thriving non-GMO food sector
Expert Panel commissioned by Health Canada urges caution on gene-edited insects for pest control
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Environmental groups call for ban on releasing GMOs into the wild
Glyphosate: EU pesticide approval system fails to identify full impact – scientists
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EU must respect Precautionary Principle and withdraw glyphosate’s authorisation, says ENSSER
Neighbourly partnerships help plants to better resist disease
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Findings are another nail in the coffin for genetic engineering approaches to disease resistance
Child cancer deaths in Brazil: Is GMO soy farming to blame?
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Study finds higher incidence of deaths from leukemia in areas downstream of soy farms
What does the EU Commission's GMO deregulation proposal mean for consumers, farmers, and the seed sector?
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GMWatch joined a lawyer and a scientist at a seed diversity conference to discuss the Commission's attempt to "disappear" new GMOs
The many problems with George Monbiot’s bullish backing for biotech-brewed bacterial banquets
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Jim Thomas’s must-read essay: “George and the Food System Dragon”
Global Glyphosate Study reveals glyphosate-based herbicides cause leukemia in early life
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Effects found at doses considered safe by regulatory agencies
Bt cotton yields in Karnataka stagnate due to pest pressure – study
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Initial economic benefits can diminish in the long run. Comment by TWN Info Service on Biosafety
Non-GMO industry association, biodynamic farming federation reject EU Parliament report on new GMOs
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Proposals are "an affront" to all EU food producers and retailers – ENGA
New GM plants: EU Commission has lost sight of science and safety
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Proposal will expose people and the environment to potentially unsafe food, feed and plants without informing citizens, say scientists
Gene-edited chickens to combat bird flu: Saviour or liability?
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Both risks and limitations are inherent in the GM approach. Report: Claire Robinson
US EPA refuses to examine toxicity of “inert” pesticide chemicals
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EPA’s failure to evaluate pesticide formulations that people are exposed to is admission that it is powerless to protect public health. Report: Claire Robinson
Roundup ingredient connected to epidemic levels of chronic kidney disease
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Hard water is contaminated with glyphosate complexes in Sri Lankan communities plagued by chronic kidney disease
George Monbiot’s ally RePlanet accused of smelling “like astroturf”
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Monbiot calls criticism of RePlanet “conspiracism” – but the evidence suggests otherwise. Report by Jonathan Matthews
Apple fungal resistance without genetic engineering
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Conventional plant breeding succeeds where GM has failed
Expert opinion: EU Commission's genetic engineering deregulation plans are illegal
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Should the proposal be adopted, an action for annulment would have good chances of success, according to law firm
Emails show industry influence over Health Canada decision to gut regulatory oversight of GM foods
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Documents confirm consistent, high level collaboration between CropLife Canada, Health Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Stop overselling GM on yield, warns plant breeding researcher
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Merritt Khaipho-Burch asks researchers and journal editors: "Why are such claims being published in the first place?" Report by Claire Robinson