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Mexico's president refuses to endorse decree that fails to prohibit glyphosate and GMOs
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President López Obrador wants to ban glyphosate and GMOs by 2024
Indigenous Mayan beekeeper honoured for halting Monsanto's planting of GM soy in Mexico
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"Mayan Lady of Honey" Leydy Pech is the recipient of the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize
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WHO and Lancet investigations into pandemic’s origins lack independence and credibility
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Newly announced teams of investigators are conflicted, biased and/or China-approved. Jonathan Matthews reports
More transparency demanded for gene-edited crops
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Researchers say industry, NGOs and academics must work together to provide basic information on how gene-edited crops are modified. Report: Claire Robinson
Switzerland wants to extend moratorium on GMOs for another four years
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Federal Council decides to extend ban on the use of genetically modified organisms
EcoHealth Alliance orchestrated key scientists’ statement on “natural origin” of SARS-CoV-2
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New revelations show lead investigator into origins of virus spearheaded attacks on possibility of a lab leak. Comment by Jonathan Matthews
The myth of a food crisis – new paper
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There is no global shortage of food, there is a glut, even under any plausible future population scenario, writes Dr Jonathan Latham
Bayer lobbying "very strongly" to change EU's GMO regulations to exempt gene editing
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Bayer executive misleads with false claims
Gene-edited and other GM crops "highly unlikely" to make food system more sustainable
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New review details failures of first-generation GM crops, points to unintended effects of new GM. Report by Claire Robinson
Genetic engineering still failing to increase crop yields
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Troll-spawned myths crumble to dust under scrutiny. Report: Claire Robinson
When hidden GMOs can't hide any more
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First open source detection test for a gene-edited crop and what it means for us – register for webinar
GM Bt cotton has failed in India – new study
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Researchers find GM Bt cotton leads to stagnant yields, high costs, increased insecticide use, low farmer incomes and farmer suicides
New paper highlights "collateral damage in genome editing"
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Gene editing technology remains unpredictable, say researchers
Lawyer wades into row over Cibus's gene-edited canola
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Commission must enforce EU law on GMOs. By Claire Robinson
No appetite for changing EU's GMO laws to exempt gene editing?
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Support for GM crops is declining among member states
Over 2,000 studies and journal publications document risks and harms from GMOs and related pesticides
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New database launched
Toxic compounds in glyphosate-free herbicides
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Heavy metals and carcinogens found in supposedly less toxic herbicide formulations – Claire Robinson reports
Destructive monocultures turned insect into serious pest
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Resurgence of corn rootworm shows solution lies in agroecology, not GM
UK-US trade deal: Groups demand ban on chlorinated chicken – but are silent on GM
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Even the Jamie Oliver-backed campaign Biteback2030 is avoiding the GM word – why?
Pesticide mixtures harm health even when each pesticide is present at "safe" levels
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New study challenges regulatory assumptions and practices. Report by Claire Robinson
Bt cotton in India is a GMO template for a "monumental irreversible catastrophe"
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by Colin Todhunter
Scientists outraged by Peter Daszak leading enquiry into possible Covid lab leak
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Lead investigator is considered one of the most conflicted and unreliable voices on the issue. Jonathan Matthews reports
Company claims first commercial gene-edited crop wasn't gene-edited after all
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Cibus now claims product of “precision” gene editing was a chance occurrence. Report by Claire Robinson