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US-based NGOs suggest path to public trust for gene-edited GMOs

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Published: 16 August 2021

CRISPR/Cas9 system for editing

Principles contain useful elements but some serious pitfalls. Report: Claire Robinson

How to improve pesticide regulation

Details
Published: 10 August 2021

Poisoned fruits

New scientific commentary explains reforms needed to protect public health

Vidarbha farmers suffering bollworm attacks on GM Bt cotton – again

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Published: 06 August 2021

pink bollworm

Farmers have faced regular infestations for at least four years; pesticide spraying to increase

Safety concerns raised over Impossible Burger GMO fake meat ingredient

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Published: 06 August 2021

Impossible plant-based burger

Soy leghemoglobin does not have a history of safe use in food

Breakthrough in non-GMO malaria control

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Published: 29 July 2021

Anopheles Stephensi Mosquito

Infecting mosquitoes with a naturally occurring biocontrol agent means they can't pass malaria to people. Report: Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews

Non-GM breeding produces salt- and drought-tolerant soybeans

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Published: 23 July 2021

Salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive soybeans

Conventional breeding with marker assisted selection succeeds where GM has failed. Report by Claire Robinson

Gene editing-free seed, plant and food labelling launched in Japan

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Published: 23 July 2021

Gene editing-free seed, plant and food label

Uncontrolled distribution of unlabelled and non-safety tested gene-edited tomato seed prompts citizens to set up OK SEED Mark

GMO purple tomato takes centre stage in deregulation push

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Published: 21 July 2021

indigo rose tomato

New York Times Magazine publishes false and misleading statements in pro-GMO fairytale. Report: Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews

Arkansas lawyer fights dicamba damage to crop and trees, warns of arson and intimidation

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Published: 15 July 2021

Herbicide damage to hills oak, jevertson

"Trees that were old" in the 1540s "are damaged and dying"

We need a global ban on human genetic engineering, not "governance"

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Published: 14 July 2021

Child robot creating clones genetic engineering

Group says the WHO is trying to normalise human genetic engineering; Prof Stuart Newman condemns uncontrolled experiments on prospective people

Herbicides used with GM crops increase antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soil

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Published: 12 July 2021

Multidrug resistant bacteria inside a biofilm

Glyphosate, glufosinate, and dicamba all affect soil microbiomes – study

Changes in GM food laws will imperil public health

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Published: 11 July 2021

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Letter to the editor of the Financial Times

Don't exclude gene editing from GMO safety rules – scientists

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Published: 01 July 2021

Watery broken DNA

Precautionary principle of EU GMO regulations "should not be weakened" by excluding whole groups of gene-editing applications from their scope. Report: Claire Robinson

Increasing number of patents on food plants and New GE

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Published: 27 June 2021

Plants become intellectual property patented

Interest in patents is also impacting public debate

Mixed cultures for a greater yield

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Published: 27 June 2021

Mixed plants

Mixed cultures are more productive than monocultures, shows an ETH Zurich research project

£695,933 of taxpayer money went to failed GM wheat project

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Published: 26 June 2021

Wheat and Money

Outcome was buried on obscure government website. Report: Claire Robinson

Daszak forced to step down as lead investigator into pandemic origins

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Published: 25 June 2021

Addendum Recused

Scientist who branded the lab leak hypothesis a conspiracy theory finally admits conflicts of interest. Report: Jonathan Matthews

Former Tory Party advisor wants us to swallow GM food

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Published: 23 June 2021

Camilla Cavendish and GMO Corn Cobs

Camilla Cavendish promotes false and misleading narratives to warm up the public to deregulated GMOs. Report: Claire Robinson

“Puff piece for Peter Daszak” attacks “anti-GMO movement’s obsession” with lab leaks

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Published: 17 June 2021

Peter Dasza and Wuhan Institute of Virology

Mother Jones’ reporter Kiera Butler accused of “journalistic malpractice” and “serious breach of basic reporting ethics”. Report: Jonathan Matthews

Glyphosate pesticides persist for years in wild plants and cause flower infertility

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Published: 16 June 2021

Prickly Rose

Researchers show for first time that commonly used herbicides can persist within wild forest plants for years, reducing fertility long-term and potentially impacting pollinators

Are gene-editing technologies traditional? Not if they are linked to intellectual rights

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Published: 13 June 2021

Small plants in test tubes

By Kathleen Garnett

Mexico wants to import non-GMO corn and US farmers say they can deliver it

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Published: 08 June 2021

Corn cobs on sack cloth

Mexico's GMO corn ban presents an opportunity for US farmers to supply non-GMO corn south of the border. By Ken Roseboro

French court rules anti-glyphosate protest necessary and proportional to protect public health

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Published: 05 June 2021

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Court says given the "particularly insidious" dangers of glyphosate-based herbicides, the activists' actions were justified

UK gene editing public consultation announcement expected mid-June

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Published: 03 June 2021

Burnt ToastChange in law could speed commercialisation of GM wheat for people who can't “use a toaster properly”

Glyphosate associated with 503 infant deaths per year in Brazil – study

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Published: 02 June 2021

Tractor spraying glyphosate on soy field at sunset

Researchers find deterioration in health conditions at birth in areas downstream from intensive GM soy production 

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  2. Europe's food retail sector calls for clear regulation of new GMOs
  3. Don't let agriculture giants plough past GMO regulatory guardrails
  4. Glyphosate herbicide exposure linked to preterm births
  5. Damning findings on glyphosate residues from research on no-till farming
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