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New genetic engineering: No majority for the EU Commission proposal

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Published: 12 December 2023

Calls for mandatory risk assessment intensify, Testbiotech reports

EU Agriculture Council challenges the deregulation of new GMOs

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Published: 11 December 2023

Today's outcome is "a relief for nature protection, our right to transparency, our right to know what we buy and eat, and our freedom of choice"

The American Chestnut Foundation pulls support for failed GM American Chestnut tree

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Published: 10 December 2023

TACF cites "significant performance limitations"

New GMOs: What citizens, farmers, food operators and nature can expect from EU agriculture ministers

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Published: 07 December 2023

If the Council agrees on the current version of the proposal, no safety checks or monitoring will be necessary to market the majority of new GMOs

Bayer, BASF lobby pushed to scrap safety rules on new GM crops – even if they increase pesticide use

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Published: 05 December 2023



The GMO industry wants GM herbicide-tolerant and insecticide-producing crops to be allowed into our fields and onto our plates without safety checks or labelling. The European Commission and some MEPs have jumped to obey industry’s orders in designing a GMO deregulation law that will harm health, biodiversity, and farmers. Report: Claire Robinson and Nina Holland

New GMOs: Scientists oppose EU Commission proposal

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Published: 05 December 2023



Warning of danger to health and the environment

New GM techniques can create different genetic changes to those from conventional breeding, say scientists

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Published: 01 December 2023



New GMOs have specific risks for health and the environment that must be assessed, review concludes

New GMOs: 13 organisations alert the French President and Prime Minister to EU deregulation project

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Published: 30 November 2023

Deregulation "will have major consequences for all citizens" – Greenpeace France

Agricultural and environmental organisations protest against new GMO legislation in Europe

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Published: 30 November 2023



"People will no longer know whether they are getting GMOs on their plates" – organic farmer

Eight major German and Austrian supermarkets say consumer choice, organic must be protected from new GMOs

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Published: 29 November 2023


"EU regulations must guarantee full traceability and labelling of NGTs throughout the supply chain"

After years of hype, researchers temper expectations for GM American chestnut tree – reveal unexpected problems

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Published: 28 November 2023

Castanea dentata blight

Coalition of groups call on US Department of Agriculture to reject deregulation

Global Glyphosate Study researchers make leukemia data publicly available

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Published: 21 November 2023


Findings on leukemia in rats exposed to glyphosate are "of grave concern for public health" – Prof Philip Landrigan

NGOs challenge glyphosate re-approval in EU court

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Published: 21 November 2023


Approval "contravenes EU pesticide laws, which prioritise health and biodiversity protection over economic interests" – PAN Europe

Food and farming business experts: Food Standards Agency consultation on "precision-bred" GMOs is misleading and flawed

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Published: 21 November 2023

Open letter to UK's FSA is published

Academics, scientists call to scrap gene-editing proposal

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Published: 20 November 2023


"The concept of safety is conspicuous by its absence in the proposal" – open letter

GM Bt cotton is failing in India: Cautions for Africa

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Published: 17 November 2023


Planting non-GM cotton could double yields, say scientists

European Commission approves glyphosate for another 10 years

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Published: 17 November 2023


"I very much regret this" – Germany's Agriculture Minister

New GM techniques – time for the European Parliament to stand up for its citizens

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Published: 14 November 2023

Parliament must ensure that Europe can continue to have a thriving non-GMO food sector

Expert Panel commissioned by Health Canada urges caution on gene-edited insects for pest control

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Published: 08 November 2023

Environmental groups call for ban on releasing GMOs into the wild

Glyphosate: EU pesticide approval system fails to identify full impact – scientists

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Published: 06 November 2023

EU must respect Precautionary Principle and withdraw glyphosate’s authorisation, says ENSSER

Neighbourly partnerships help plants to better resist disease

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Published: 01 November 2023

Wheat in a field

Findings are another nail in the coffin for genetic engineering approaches to disease resistance

Child cancer deaths in Brazil: Is GMO soy farming to blame?

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Published: 01 November 2023

Child with cancer and spraying pesticides on GMO soy

Study finds higher incidence of deaths from leukemia in areas downstream of soy farms

What does the EU Commission's GMO deregulation proposal mean for consumers, farmers, and the seed sector?

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Published: 31 October 2023

LLG Conference and seeds in hand

GMWatch joined a lawyer and a scientist at a seed diversity conference to discuss the Commission's attempt to "disappear" new GMOs

The many problems with George Monbiot’s bullish backing for biotech-brewed bacterial banquets

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Published: 28 October 2023

George Monbiot, George and the Dragon, Jim Thomas

Jim Thomas’s must-read essay: “George and the Food System Dragon”

Global Glyphosate Study reveals glyphosate-based herbicides cause leukemia in early life

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Published: 25 October 2023

Effects found at doses considered safe by regulatory agencies

  1. GMOs: The Commission ignores its experts to reassure industry
  2. Bt cotton yields in Karnataka stagnate due to pest pressure – study
  3. Non-GMO industry association, biodynamic farming federation reject EU Parliament report on new GMOs
  4. New GM plants: EU Commission has lost sight of science and safety
  5. Gene-edited chickens to combat bird flu: Saviour or liability?
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