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Was the COVID-19 virus genetically engineered?
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A scientific article argues the virus could not have been genetically engineered – but not all scientists are convinced. Claire Robinson reports
New academic paper slams EU pesticide risk assessment practices
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"Green recovery" from COVID-19 crisis demands healthy and sustainable food system
New model aimed at predicting unwanted changes in GM trees falls short
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Life too complex to fit into computer algorithm
GM Freeze is facing closure – can you help?
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Please donate to the UK's umbrella campaign for a sustainable and GMO-free future
COVID-19: A wake-up call for biosafety
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There are good reasons why gene editing was included in the list of “weapons of mass destruction and proliferation” by a top US intelligence official. Report by Jonathan Matthews
GM Bt toxins harm caddisflies
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New study points to further adverse effects on non-target organisms
The uncomfortable truth about GMOs and co-existence
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Governments have adopted policies of co-existence of GM with non-GM and organic crops – yet no one knows how it might work
German environment minister: Global nature conservation can reduce risk of epidemics
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Ecosystems are thrown out of balance by human intervention
Scientists “surprised” to find that CRISPR editing tool is not as precise as previously claimed
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Editing tool is found to be prone to making off-target "nicks" in DNA
New resource shows dangers of de-regulating GMOs
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Much has already gone wrong with GMOs and far more could go wrong in the future
GM canola suffers price penalty in Western Australia
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Price penalty for GM canola would be greater if segregation regimes were more stringent
No place for gene editing in Commission's sustainability strategy
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The Farm to Fork Strategy aims to make farming healthier and more environmentally friendly – but it might also prove to be a back-door entry point for gene-edited products
New GMOs can be accurately identified – plant variety protection organisation UPOV
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Molecular markers provide an accurate signature of each variety
Trump administration proposes allowing GE crops on thousands of acres of wildlife refuges
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Plan would green-light growing crops engineered for increased herbicide use on dozens of refuges throughout southeastern US
Call for retraction of EU-funded G-TwYST study on GM maize
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Study claiming no adverse effects from a GM maize is unreliable, writes Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini in a new peer-reviewed analysis
Andean, African farmers condemn misuse of digital sequence information of potatoes
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A new kind of biopiracy
Roundup weedkiller harms biodiversity in freshwater systems
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Study finds resistance to the herbicide comes at a cost of plankton diversity
Glyphosate and other pesticides linked with increased risk of childhood leukemia
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Exposure to carcinogenic farm pesticides increases pregnant mother’s risk of her child developing leukemia, study finds
Spreading the risks: When genetically engineered organisms go wild
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First scientific review of risks due to offspring of GE plants persisting in natural populations
Non-GM breeding and agroecology save the banana?
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After decades of hype claiming only GM can save the banana from extinction due to disease, non-GM breeding and agroecology have succeeded where GM has failed
Yet more problems with CRISPR – with consequences for food safety
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Things go wrong "more often than you would think" – scientist commenting on unwanted duplications of genetic insertions
Missouri peach farm awarded $265M damages in suit against BASF and Bayer
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Dicamba herbicide drifted onto the farm from other farms planting GM dicamba-tolerant crops
Fraud in German laboratory casts more doubts on 2017 re-approval of glyphosate
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Entire EU pesticide safety evaluation procedure challenged by new findings