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Legal appeal challenges hidden GMO foods in marketplace
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Center for Food Safety challenges exemptions for highly refined foods and unfamiliar terminology (bioengineered) in GMO food labelling regulations
New paper lays out problems of developing gene-edited GM crops
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Numerous “technical constraints” have led to delays in commercialisation, say Argentine government scientists. Report: Claire Robinson
New genetically engineered soil microbes could threaten soil health
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New report raises concerns as regenerative agriculture gains ground for climate mitigation
GM Bt toxins harm beneficial wasp that helps cotton farmers defeat pests
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New study adds to existing evidence that GM Bt technology is neither benign nor sustainable. Report: Claire Robinson
CRISPR causes serious DNA damage with high frequency – but it’s often overlooked
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Uncompromising review is published as European Commission and UK government continue pretence that gene editing is precise, predictable, and safe. Report: Claire Robinson
Assessing potential environmental effects of genome-editing applications for plants
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Commentary by Third World Network
Polluted soil and health problems in farmers: GM Bt cotton in India
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Indian agroecologist Akash Naoghare discusses how GM cotton has affected farmers and the path back to sustainability
EFSA's “no critical areas of concern” about glyphosate is a massive cause for concern
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Agency’s perverse definition of a reassuring phrase helps extremely harmful pesticides to remain on the market. Report: Jonathan Matthews and Claire Robinson
Hungary continues to stand up for GMO-free agriculture
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"We do not support any initiative that would allow these [new GM] products to be placed on the market in the European Union without a proper health and environmental risk assessment" – Hungarian government
We need the whole truth to regulate GMOs
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Former genetic engineer says imprecision of GM techniques is nothing new and must not be denied or downplayed
Testbiotech: First recommendations with regard to the EU Commission proposal on new GMOs
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New regulation of genetically engineered plants should be completely revised or rejected
EU Commission proposal is “scientifically unacceptable” and trashes the precautionary principle
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The European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility dissects the Commission's GMO deregulation plan. Report: Claire Robinson
Allowing genetically engineered crops is the deathblow to sustainable agriculture
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With the Commission proposal on the use of new GM techniques in agriculture, Frans Timmermans is shooting himself in the foot, writes Anja Hazekamp MEP
The EU’s dangerous climbdown over Frankenfoods
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A new proposal will make it easier to farm and sell genetically modified crops – and campaigners are aghast
New genetic engineering – small cause, big effect
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The EU Commission is presenting a new narrative about GM, the basic concepts of which were first developed over 20 years ago by scientists at Wageningen University
EU Commission wants to exempt many New GE plants from risk assessment
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Proposed deregulation goes against science – Testbiotech analysis
European Commission proposal on new GMOs is incompatible with the precautionary principle
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Corporate interests trump freedom of choice and biosafety
EU Commission fulfils wishes of GMO corporations – more civil society reactions
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Blank cheque for the genetic engineering industry
"Spectacular submission to the biotech industry" and other statements on EU Commission proposal
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Austrian government says proposal is "unacceptable"
New study warning of dangers of gene editing in human embryos has relevance for agricultural GMOs
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Cells of early human embryos are often unable to repair DNA damage caused by CRISPR/Cas gene editing. Report: Claire Robinson
The EU's upcoming new GMO legislation fails consumers, farmers and nature
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Assessing the impacts of a far-reaching deregulation of new GMOs on consumers’ choice, farmers’ autonomy and nature protection
Unscientific deregulation of GMOs puts bees and nature at risk and violates consumer rights
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"No GMOs should be on our plates and in the fields without a full risk assessment and monitoring" – environmental groups
Canada: Science takes a back seat with federal gene editing decision
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By Cathy Holtslander, NFU Canada's Director of Research and Policy