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Glyphosate-based herbicides do not contribute to sustainable agriculture
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Scientific paper concludes that glyphosate-based herbicides such as Roundup harm human and animal health, soils, and biodiversity. Report: Claire Robinson
Pesticides often found in EU foods cause ill health effects missed by regulatory safety tests
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State-of-the-art tests show damage from mixtures of pesticides, when each is present at a level regulators claim is safe
Researchers call for greater awareness of unintended consequences of CRISPR gene editing
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Findings in human embryos are relevant to plants and farm animals. Report: Claire Robinson
The future of agricultural gene editing: More herbicide-tolerant crops sooner
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Scientists look forward to crops that can be sprayed with multiple herbicides and evade risk assessment
Roundup surfactants measured in urine, paving the way for biomonitoring in people
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First step taken towards determining intake and body burden of overlooked toxic compounds
Pesticide toxicity to invertebrates and pollinators increasing in GM crops
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Results demolish claims of decrease in the environmental impacts of pesticide use
Vice-President Timmermans, don't deregulate GM crops and animals
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New GM techniques can cause unwanted genetic errors that can result in the production of novel toxins or allergens, warn civil society and farmer groups
"Small" changes made with gene editing cause severe deformities in plants
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New study points to unintended effects of gene editing in plants and potential negative effects on ecosystems
Majority of Europeans want GM foods – including gene-edited ones – to be labelled
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86% want GM foods labelled, while 68% of those who've heard of new GM techniques such as CRISPR want labelling for foods produced with them
Sunday Times GMO promotional veers wildly off-target
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Widely debunked claims on GMOs reappear in attempt to fool the public
How do genetically engineered crops speed up the spread of plant pests?
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Adverse environmental effects in insecticidal Bt plant cultivation
UK targeted for experimental gene-edited tomato
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Developer opts for deliberate contamination as commercialisation strategy
73% of Welsh voters do not support any weakening of GM regulations
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Survey results show Westminster government has no public mandate to deregulate gene editing
European Group on Ethics presents biased and inaccurate report on new genetic engineering
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Report is scientifically inaccurate and skewed by anti-regulatory agenda. Report: Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews
New analytical tool reveals massive DNA damage caused by CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing
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Much of the damage would have been missed by analyses conducted till now. Report: Claire Robinson
New scholarly briefing raises tough questions about gene editing in agriculture
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Issues should form the basis of a real debate
GMWatch publishes its response to UK government consultation on deregulation of gene editing
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Government should get acquainted with the science
EU Commission breaking own rules to give green light for new GMOs?
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Commission allows companies that stand to profit from the weakening of GMO safety rules to help rewrite them
The Monsanto Papers: Deadly secrets, corporate corruption, and one man's search for justice
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Carey Gillam's new book is out
Researchers want GMO transparency
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"It's important for people to know that these gene edited plants are going into the market" – Prof Jennifer Kuzma
New GM technology has no place in sustainable farming
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Green MEPs Benoît Biteau and Martin Häusling argue that new GM technology won’t solve the problems of industrial agriculture and will undermine nature, climate protection and the European Green Deal
GMO boosters suffer logic bypass in using COVID vaccines to promote GMO deregulation
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Authors arguing for deregulation of GM crops and foods fail to mention that vaccines are tightly regulated – scientist
Scientists call for international database of gene-edited GMOs to aid detection
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Approach will help avoid trade disruptions
UK: Your food freedom is under threat – Act now!
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Tell the government not to deregulate experimental gene-edited foods