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Glyphosate and cancer: A textbook case of “manufacturing doubt”
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by Sustainable Pulse. Source: Le Monde, by Stéphane Foucart (article translated from French to English by Sustainable Pulse)
England and UK: Beyond GM legal action says "no" to hidden GMOs
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Negotiations stall on EU GMO deregulation proposal
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Commission and Council won't compromise on key issues, including traceability and labelling
New GMO alert: GMO rice isn't on the market, but it's still showing up
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By Non-GMO Project staff
INVITATION: AI and genetically engineered organisms: a biosafety issue
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Wednesday 2 July | 15:00–17:00 CEST | Online workshop from Testbiotech
Bitter harvest — 30 years of broken GMO promises
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Save Our Seeds and GMWatch explore the fate of the bold claims made for agricultural GMOs
New film showcases what’s wrong with food and farming – and how to put it right
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“In Symbiosis” unveils the driving forces behind a broken food system and puts forward a path to building true resilience
International study reveals glyphosate weedkillers cause multiple types of cancer
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Leukemia findings are especially striking – potentially lending support to plaintiffs in court cases who allege that Roundup exposure caused their blood cancer
New report shows dismal market reality of New GMOs
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Currently only three New GMOs are being cultivated and not a single crop has contributed to sustainability goals
US farmers are planting too much GM Bt maize, leading to galloping pest resistance
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A recent study reaches damning conclusions about the failure of the technology – but an agricultural expert says the reality is far worse. Report: Claire Robinson
Norway's Parliament revises GMO law, retains precautionary stance
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Risk assessment, traceability and labelling are still mandatory for all GMOs, including gene-edited ones
GM crops fuel rise in pesticide use despite early promises, study shows
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Spread of GM crops has not contributed to chemical reductions or land reclamations, but to increased use of the pesticides they were claimed to curtail. Report: Claire Robinson
EFSA is hiding data on genetically engineered burgers
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Public transparency is threatened also for new GMOs. Report by Testbiotech
New GMOs: Freedom of choice only possible through mandatory labelling, warn 44 civil society organisations
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European Parliament must maintain its demand for on-package labelling of all products containing new GMOs
UK government promises industry it will never find out if a “new GMO” harms health or environment
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New legislation bans government from requiring any safety tests on a “precision bred” GMO that wouldn’t be done on a conventional plant or animal. By Claire Robinson
Gene drive: Communication, hype, and the publics
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Commentary by Third World Network on new scientific article
The new “Spirit of Asilomar”: Move fast, don’t ask questions
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By Naomi Kosmehl, Save Our Seeds
Mutant rice and Bill Gates’s lab rats: Grand experiments in India’s fields
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By Colin Todhunter
Non-GM bean breeding success claimed as GM breakthrough
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Guardian article mangles language and facts, pulling the wool over the public’s eyes about the real capabilities of GM. By Claire Robinson
GM no-till agriculture is not “regenerative” or climate-friendly – new report
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One-third of the US’s total annual pesticide use attributed to no- and minimum-till GM corn and soy. Report: Claire Robinson
Gene-edited low acrylamide wheat hits roadblock
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Researchers can’t remove foreign DNA – so it's back to the drawing board
Guatemala: Indigenous peoples denounce GMO threats, defend food sovereignty
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Communities raise the alarm about confirmed cases of transgenic maize
Abolition of GMO labelling requirements for new GM plants and foods would violate international law
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EU deregulation proposal fails to comply with Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, says law professor. Report: Claire Robinson
Engineering nature? Genetic technologies in conservation
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Free webinar, 29 April 2025, 3pm – 4.30pm BST
Big Agribiz co-opts organic principles to promote its “biologicals”
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US Health Secretary and organic enthusiast Robert F. Kennedy Jr is exploited to promote “biologicals”, some of which are GMOs. Report: Claire Robinson