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2021

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Title Published Date
Chronic high glyphosate exposure delays individual worker bee development 04 January 2021
Project Censored’s top 10 underreported stories of 2020 05 January 2021
Investigation on weedkiller dicamba adds to pattern of corporate deception on pesticide hazards 05 January 2021
USDA moves to weaken regulation over GM animals 06 January 2021
UK: Public consultation on de-regulating gene editing launched 07 January 2021
Organic body seeks government assurance of meaningful gene editing consultation 07 January 2021
Gene-editing plan "dark day" for animal welfare and environment, say farming experts 08 January 2021
"Huge mistake" for government to "water down" gene editing legislation – RSPCA 08 January 2021
Brexit: Scotland may be "forced" to sell GM food if England changes law 08 January 2021
Genetic engineering, agriculture and Brexit: Treachery in our midst 09 January 2021
Gene editing of British produce could cause problems for exports to the EU 10 January 2021
Monsanto helped fund group behind protest that led to deadly Capitol Hill riot 10 January 2021
The lab-leak hypothesis and a "gamechanging" article 10 January 2021
US FDA won't transfer animal gene-editing authority to USDA 14 January 2021
Daszak facing calls to step down from Covid-19 inquiries as WHO team arrives in Wuhan 15 January 2021
"No one wants GM food – but Westminster wants to foist it upon Scotland anyway" 18 January 2021
No sooner had Brexit been approved, than the GMO lobby shifted up a few gears 18 January 2021
Brexit voters reject lower food standards 21 January 2021
Victory in fight against deregulation of GMOs in Italy 21 January 2021
A death and a settlement as Bayer continues trying to end Roundup litigation 20 January 2021
France has not backed deregulation of gene-edited crops 20 January 2021
New report shows EFSA systematically ignores risks of GM crops and foods 22 January 2021
Japan's first genome-edited food, a tomato, gets green light for distribution 23 January 2021
How to respond to the UK consultation on the deregulation of gene editing 24 January 2021
International Take Action: Tell US Senate: Vote No on Mr Monsanto (Tom Vilsack) 25 January 2021
Landmark Agent Orange court case against agrochemical giants gets underway 26 January 2021
Genetic breakdown of molecular mechanism underpinning GM "sterile" insect techniques 26 January 2021
Glyphosate and Roundup disturb gut microbiome and blood biochemistry at doses that regulators claim to be safe 27 January 2021
Survey: EU citizens reject genetic engineering of wild species with gene drives 27 January 2021
Gene-editing advocates ignore history at their peril 28 January 2021
Lawsuit challenges FDA approval of GM additive that makes Impossible Burger "bleed" 29 January 2021
Organic farming is a sustainable alternative for developing economies 03 February 2021
GMO spin doctors are using coronavirus vaccines to promote GM crops 03 February 2021
Potential GMO research misconduct at Norway's Institute of Marine Research 04 February 2021
Detecting gene-edited food: The EU’s nightmare 04 February 2021
Are glyphosate-based herbicides poisoning us and the environment? 06 February 2021
Gene editing: Should livestock and crops be genetically engineered in the UK? 06 February 2021
GMO crop researchers denounce pro-GMO "hype cycle" 09 February 2021
CRISPR tomatoes 09 February 2021
Gene editing fails to tick the boxes for consumers, says farmer 09 February 2021
WHO investigation descends into farce in rush to rule out a lab leak 10 February 2021
How to conduct a public consultation – what DEFRA should have done 11 February 2021
Civil society calls on supermarkets to show leadership on GMOs 11 February 2021
German cabinet approves legislation to ban glyphosate from 2024 12 February 2021
GMWatch mythbuster exposes UK government misinformation on gene editing 16 February 2021
“No need for you to sign the ‘Statement’ Ralph!!” 16 February 2021
Genetically modified genes can distort wild cotton’s interactions with insects 16 February 2021
Monsanto owner Bayer and US officials pressured Mexico to drop glyphosate ban 16 February 2021
Bill Gates, Climate Warrior – and Super Emitter 17 February 2021
Why China and the WHO will never find a zoonotic origin for the COVID-19 pandemic virus 17 February 2021
Co-op is first UK supermarket to reject GM gene-edited crops and animals without safety checks 19 February 2021
UK: Your food freedom is under threat – Act now! 21 February 2021
EFSA: Risk assessment of New GE plants necessary even if no additional genes are inserted 22 February 2021
Scotland and EU warned as England looks to legalise genetically edited food 22 February 2021
Westminster "breaking own rules" with genetically modified food consultation 22 February 2021
Scientists call for international database of gene-edited GMOs to aid detection 23 February 2021
GMO boosters suffer logic bypass in using COVID vaccines to promote GMO deregulation 24 February 2021
US TAKE ACTION: Stop USDA from automatically approving all GMO animals! 24 February 2021
Mexico to ban glyphosate, GM corn 25 February 2021
GMO crop-linked weedkillers favour antibiotic resistant bacteria in soil, new study shows 25 February 2021
New GM technology has no place in sustainable farming 27 February 2021
Hype over cloned ferret rings hollow 26 February 2021
Bayer’s plan for settling future Roundup cancer claims faces broad opposition 26 February 2021
Researchers want GMO transparency 01 March 2021
The Monsanto Papers: Deadly secrets, corporate corruption, and one man's search for justice 01 March 2021
Australia: New South Wales ag minister sacrifices GMO discretion 03 March 2021
EU Commission breaking own rules to give green light for new GMOs? 04 March 2021
Farmers and rights groups boycott food summit over big business links 07 March 2021
Responding to the UK government's public consultation on gene editing 09 March 2021
The next neocolonial gold rush? 10 March 2021
GMO risk assessment standards: Pressure growing on EU Commission and EFSA 11 March 2021
CRISPR/Cas gene editing found to cause heritable changes in gene regulation in mice 11 March 2021
Iowa: Farmers could be fined for pesticide drift 12 March 2021
GMWatch publishes its response to UK government consultation on deregulation of gene editing 12 March 2021
"Post-Brexit Britain": A new GM food fight 13 March 2021
New scholarly briefing raises tough questions about gene editing in agriculture 16 March 2021
US: Agreement on regulation of genetically modified livestock under review 18 March 2021
New analytical tool reveals massive DNA damage caused by CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing 20 March 2021
Call to restore ban on GM crops and neonics in wildlife refuges 20 March 2021
New pesticides will modify insect genes: What could go wrong? 21 March 2021
Could an accident have caused COVID-19? 22 March 2021
European Group on Ethics presents biased and inaccurate report on new genetic engineering 23 March 2021
73% of Welsh voters do not support any weakening of GM regulations 24 March 2021
UK targeted for experimental gene-edited tomato 24 March 2021
How do genetically engineered crops speed up the spread of plant pests? 24 March 2021
Bayer won’t ask US Supreme Court to reverse Roundup loss 26 March 2021
Bill Gates finances lobby for "new GMOs" in Europe 29 March 2021
Sunday Times GMO promotional veers wildly off-target 30 March 2021
Revealed: The new lobbying effort to deregulate GMOs 30 March 2021
Majority of Europeans want GM foods – including gene-edited ones – to be labelled 01 April 2021
"Small" changes made with gene editing cause severe deformities in plants 01 April 2021
GM waxy maize: The gene-edited Trojan Horse is moving through the gates 31 March 2021
Vice-President Timmermans, don't deregulate GM crops and animals 01 April 2021
Pesticide toxicity to invertebrates and pollinators increasing in GM crops 02 April 2021
Why new genetic techniques need to be stringently regulated – study 06 April 2021
UK Environment Agency pension fund invested in manufacturers of toxic weedkillers 06 April 2021
Roundup surfactants measured in urine, paving the way for biomonitoring in people 07 April 2021
The future of agricultural gene editing: More herbicide-tolerant crops sooner 08 April 2021
The myth of a food crisis 12 April 2021
Canada Action Alert: Health Canada proposes to remove regulation for some GMOs 12 April 2021
Researchers call for greater awareness of unintended consequences of CRISPR gene editing 13 April 2021
Pesticides often found in EU foods cause ill health effects missed by regulatory safety tests 15 April 2021
Glyphosate-based herbicide hacks hormones of baby girls after exposure in the womb 15 April 2021
First GMO mosquitoes to be released in the Florida Keys 16 April 2021
Gates unhinged: Dystopian vision for agrifood must not succeed 19 April 2021
Growing opposition to the Bayer Monsanto Roundup settlement 19 April 2021
Paradise altered: EPA approves first release of GM mosquitoes in Florida Keys 19 April 2021
Industry attacks Mexico's glyphosate ban 20 April 2021
USDA may allow GE trees to be released into the wild 20 April 2021
Glyphosate-based herbicides do not contribute to sustainable agriculture 21 April 2021
Germany: 94 associations call for strict regulation of genetic engineering 21 April 2021
Residents adopt council land to stop it using toxic glyphosate weedkiller 21 April 2021
Regenerative organic farming, not GM, is the solution to the climate crisis 22 April 2021
First application for approval of CRISPR/Cas plants in the EU 22 April 2021
Germany: Non-GMO label continues to grow 23 April 2021
EU Commission study on the future of GMOs – What can we expect? 23 April 2021
Bayer accused of "pay to appeal scheme" by Roundup lawyers 23 April 2021
Paraquat – harvesting a health hazard 26 April 2021
Proven: Glyphosate herbicides change gene function and cause DNA damage 27 April 2021
German Academy statement on gene editing distorts science, endangers public health and environment 27 April 2021
Can eating cows save the planet? 28 April 2021
EU Commission backs removing safety checks for new GMOs 29 April 2021
NGO comments on European Commission study that opens the door to new GMOs 29 April 2021
Reform of EU law on new GM as envisaged by EU Commission would weaken precautionary principle 30 April 2021
Weedkillers are accelerating the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria 04 May 2021
Green MP pushes for ban on glyphosate herbicides 04 May 2021
Calyxt gene-edited soybean flops in the US 07 May 2021
Conventional breeding produces non-GM virus-resistant tomatoes 08 May 2021
Mexican court strikes down Bayer’s legal challenge over glyphosate ban 08 May 2021
EU Court of Justice rejects Bayer attempt to overturn ban on bee-killing pesticides 08 May 2021
New GM techniques in the food sector: Impacts on health and the environment 10 May 2021
What the global battle against the fall armyworm reveals about how the US and China see the future of global food production 10 May 2021
Health Canada proposes to abandon oversight of some new GMOs from gene editing 11 May 2021
Chinese PhD thesis sheds important new light on the origin of the COVID-19 coronavirus 11 May 2021
Glyphosate endangers vital symbiotic relationships between insects and microorganisms 12 May 2021
Another loss for Bayer over Roundup cancer claims as court shoots down preemption argument 17 May 2021
Farmers be wary of gene editing 18 May 2021
We should all be worried about the United Nations Food Systems Summit 18 May 2021
Damning findings on glyphosate residues from research on no-till farming 18 May 2021
Glyphosate herbicide exposure linked to preterm births 19 May 2021
Global food giants sourced soy linked to illegal Amazon deforestation 20 May 2021
CANADA TAKE ACTION: Demand mandatory safety assessments of all genetically engineered foods 21 May 2021
Don't let agriculture giants plough past GMO regulatory guardrails 23 May 2021
Deregulation of new genetic engineering: Reasonable? Proportional? 25 May 2021
Senior staffers in Trump EPA changed, omitted science during 2018 review of dicamba; Skipped internal peer-review process 25 May 2021
Debate on safety of new GMOs moves to Council 25 May 2021
Europe's food retail sector calls for clear regulation of new GMOs 26 May 2021
Bayer to rethink Roundup in US residential market after judge nixes $2 billion settlement 27 May 2021
Farm ministers “must stop wasting time pushing new GMOs” 27 May 2021
Swiss voters to cast ballots on pesticide-free farming amid climate of fear 28 May 2021
Ultra-processed foods, patents and monocrops 28 May 2021
Scientists, and two major American universities, are trying to patent methods for editing human embryos 28 May 2021
Glyphosate associated with 503 infant deaths per year in Brazil – study 02 June 2021
UK gene editing public consultation announcement expected mid-June 03 June 2021
French court rules anti-glyphosate protest necessary and proportional to protect public health 05 June 2021
Mexico wants to import non-GMO corn and US farmers say they can deliver it 08 June 2021
Are gene-editing technologies traditional? Not if they are linked to intellectual rights 13 June 2021
British head of Wellcome Trust accused of "chilling" bid to stifle debate on Wuhan lab leak theory 13 June 2021
Canada: Proposed non-approval process for gene-edited products will erode trust 15 June 2021
Brexit's real driving force is lower standards and less regulation 15 June 2021
EU approval of glyphosate: The scandal continues 16 June 2021
Ominous first step in EU renewal process of glyphosate 16 June 2021
Glyphosate pesticides persist for years in wild plants and cause flower infertility 16 June 2021
“Puff piece for Peter Daszak” attacks “anti-GMO movement’s obsession” with lab leaks 17 June 2021
Climate crisis: EU agriculture needs systemic solutions, not new GM technology 22 June 2021
Former Tory Party advisor wants us to swallow GM food 23 June 2021
Daszak forced to step down as lead investigator into pandemic origins 25 June 2021
£695,933 of taxpayer money went to failed GM wheat project 26 June 2021
Increasing number of patents on food plants and New GE 27 June 2021
GM plants are a sorry use of lab bench space – professor 26 June 2021
Mixed cultures for a greater yield 27 June 2021
Don't exclude gene editing from GMO safety rules – scientists 01 July 2021
Corporate studies asserting glyphosate safety show many flaws, new analysis finds 02 July 2021
Whistleblowers expose corruption in EPA chemical safety office 03 July 2021
Changes in GM food laws will imperil public health 11 July 2021
Herbicides used with GM crops increase antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soil 12 July 2021
We need a global ban on human genetic engineering, not "governance" 14 July 2021
Arkansas lawyer fights dicamba damage to crop and trees, warns of arson and intimidation 15 July 2021
EU Commission spreading misinformation 15 July 2021
Eastern Arkansas faces potential 650,000 to 800,000 acres of dicamba damage 20 July 2021
GMO purple tomato takes centre stage in deregulation push 21 July 2021
Bayer gets lift in pre-trial ruling ahead of Roundup cancer trial 21 July 2021
Pete Myers: Toward deep structural reform of pesticides 21 July 2021
Dicamba herbicide injury on the rise 22 July 2021
Gene editing-free seed, plant and food labelling launched in Japan 23 July 2021
Non-GM breeding produces salt- and drought-tolerant soybeans 23 July 2021
A sting in the AGRA tale 23 July 2021
Philippines approves GMO golden rice for commercial production 23 July 2021
The stories we trust: Regulating genome edited organisms 26 July 2021
COVID-19: Did scientists stifle the lab-leak theory? 27 July 2021
Breakthrough in non-GMO malaria control 29 July 2021
Hurried GMO golden rice approval raises questions 29 July 2021
Bayer confirms end of sale of glyphosate-based herbicides for US lawn and garden market 30 July 2021
US EPA buried internal report linking glyphosate to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 03 August 2021
Direct progenitor of SARS-CoV-2 pinpointed as originating from Mojiang, China 03 August 2021
Safety concerns raised over Impossible Burger GMO fake meat ingredient 06 August 2021
Vidarbha farmers suffering bollworm attacks on GM Bt cotton – again 06 August 2021
Another study finds link between glyphosate exposure and shortened pregnancy 06 August 2021
How to improve pesticide regulation 10 August 2021
Appeals court rejects Bayer’s bid to overturn Roundup trial loss 11 August 2021
Scientist testifies in Roundup trial 13 August 2021
Scientists publicly denied – but privately admitted – SARS-CoV-2 could have been lab-engineered 13 August 2021
US-based NGOs suggest path to public trust for gene-edited GMOs 16 August 2021
Endocrine disruptors are also nervous system disruptors 21 August 2021
GM Bt maize hits predator of armyworm pest 23 August 2021
Tunisia plants (non-GM) seeds of hope against climate change 01 September 2021
Experimental GM wheat trial goes ahead in UK 02 September 2021
Tracking genetically modified animals 02 September 2021
Groups slam Commission plans to deregulate new GMOs 06 September 2021
New GE wheat to be tested in UK field trials 08 September 2021
Illegal GMO rice: Products recalled around the world 08 September 2021
Rules on GM farming and cars to be top of UK bonfire of EU laws 17 September 2021
Did illegal GMO rice contamination come from Indian GMO field trials? 18 September 2021
New report demands moratorium on gene drives 21 September 2021
Japan's gene-edited tomato another GMO white elephant 21 September 2021
Chromothripsis: Bad news for gene editing 22 September 2021
Don't call new GM techniques "natural" – scientists 23 September 2021
India: GM Bt cotton growers protest over pest attack 23 September 2021
Bill Gates — Do better, and listen to African civil society 23 September 2021
Study shows anti-mosquito pesticide pyriproxyfen link with microcephaly 24 September 2021
Lab-grown meat is vapourware, expert analysis shows 26 September 2021
Brazil's wheat industry association says millers won't buy GMO wheat from Argentina 28 September 2021
Putting money before life 29 September 2021
Soil Association: GM foods are not the solution for sustainable farming 29 September 2021
Scotland, Wales won't follow Westminster govt on gene editing deregulation 02 October 2021
Tell the European Commission: No to new GMOs 02 October 2021
Disin-gene-uous business: Those Westminster govt plans to deregulate gene editing 01 October 2021
England: Eustice goes ahead with unpopular plan to dismantle GM safeguards 02 October 2021
Switzerland extends its GMO moratorium, explicitly covering gene-edited GM plants 04 October 2021
Can altering the genes in our food really be safe? 05 October 2021
On-target effects of genome editing techniques: (Un)repaired DNA damage, a hindrance to safety and development? 07 October 2021
Trial suppresses mosquitoes using non-GMO approach 07 October 2021
Document published by EU Commission shows intention to deregulate new genetic engineering 08 October 2021
Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission warns of market disruption from Argentine GM wheat 08 October 2021
Is Boris Johnson getting cold feet on GMO deregulation plans? 12 October 2021
Glyphosate: 41 groups tell EU Commission to end use of unreliable industry studies 13 October 2021
UK Action Alert: Ask your MP to ensure your voice is heard 14 October 2021
Scientists push for access to pesticide spray records 15 October 2021
Why do GMOs for developing countries always disappoint? 16 October 2021
Mexico quietly rejects application for GMO corn imports 16 October 2021
New resources to share on why gene editing must not be deregulated and won't solve climate change 18 October 2021
Tell the EU Commission you want to keep new GMOs strictly regulated! 21 October 2021
Farmers worry as India's illegal GM rice is pulled from EU shelves 21 October 2021
US National Institutes of Health admits to funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan 22 October 2021
New GMOs pose similar or greater risks than older-style GMOs – nature conservation agency 24 October 2021
New non-GMO blight-resistant potato has global importance 28 October 2021
New scientific publication highlights novel risks and applications of gene editing 27 October 2021
COVID-19 vaccines in lettuce and spinach? 29 October 2021
New book on COVID-19 origins was plagued by censorship 31 October 2021
Glyphosate: Health and cancer groups ask France to clarify contradictory position on health effects 04 November 2021
Corn pests showing signs of resistance to Bt toxin Vip3Aa 04 November 2021
What is the relationship between pesticides and sleep disorders? 05 November 2021
"AIM for Climate" is a poisoned arrow for food and climate policy 05 November 2021
Scientists find yet more genetic errors from CRISPR gene editing 06 November 2021
Mediterranean diet may only be healthy if it's organic 06 November 2021
Please support protesters in Argentina against the GMO onslaught 08 November 2021
Brazil clears GMO wheat flour from Argentina, but sales may be slow 12 November 2021
Approved in Brazil, Argentine GMO wheat moves forward 14 November 2021
CRISPR gene editing causes whole chromosome loss 19 November 2021
Disgraced MP at centre of UK’s lobbying scandal was close ally of GMO lobby 23 November 2021
The (GM) soy curse: Is Ukraine facing the same fate as the Amazon? 22 November 2021
European Commission gives in to Big Biotech's tactics to deregulate new GMOs 25 November 2021
Partners in crime: Owen Paterson and Matt Ridley. Or why you can’t keep a bad man down 28 November 2021
Glyphosate: EU toxicity assessment report still fails to address health risks 27 November 2021
UK: Donate to GMWatch without it costing you a penny! 30 November 2021
Stop genetic engineering deregulation, German industry association tells Commission 29 November 2021
Only two out of 11 industry glyphosate studies given to EU regulators deemed reliable 29 November 2021
GMO? Soon you won't know, if Australia's food regulator gets its way 30 November 2021
Glyphosate: EU assessment report excludes most of the scientific literature from its analysis 30 November 2021
Researchers slam EU safety review of glyphosate 01 December 2021
Groups tell UN food agency to ditch "toxic alliance" with pesticide association 06 December 2021
India: Historic win for farmer seed rights 06 December 2021
Action alert from Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees 06 December 2021
Agribusiness groups lobbying to water down the EU’s sustainable farming targets 09 December 2021
USDA is facing a legal challenge over its new GMO labelling standards 11 December 2021
Round Table on Responsible Soy has failed to stop deforestation – WWF Netherlands 14 December 2021
Investigative journalist Paul Thacker wins prestigious award for “expertly researched” articles 16 December 2021
Monsanto will plead guilty to illegal use of pesticide in Hawaii and will pay additional $12m 15 December 2021
Uncontrolled spread of GE oilseed rape: A global problem 19 December 2021
Facts are facts, opinions not so much 21 December 2021
RIP Arpad Pusztai 22 December 2021
Cell line tests on pesticides not ready to replace animal testing 25 December 2021
European Commission puts big business before health and environment 28 December 2021

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