2023 articles

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2023

List of articles in category 2023
Title	Published Date
GMOs: The Commission ignores its experts to reassure industry	25 October 2023
Bt cotton yields in Karnataka stagnate due to pest pressure – study	23 October 2023
Non-GMO industry association, biodynamic farming federation reject EU Parliament report on new GMOs	20 October 2023
New GM plants: EU Commission has lost sight of science and safety	19 October 2023
Gene-edited chickens to combat bird flu: Saviour or liability?	19 October 2023
US EPA refuses to examine toxicity of “inert” pesticide chemicals	14 October 2023
Roundup ingredient connected to epidemic levels of chronic kidney disease	13 October 2023
The passing of the Father of India’s Green Revolution. The devastating impacts of “hybrid high yielding varieties” and toxic chemicals. What did the GR really do for India?	06 October 2023
George Monbiot’s ally RePlanet accused of smelling “like astroturf”	04 October 2023
Apple fungal resistance without genetic engineering	29 September 2023
Expert opinion: EU Commission's genetic engineering deregulation plans are illegal	28 September 2023
Emails show industry influence over Health Canada decision to gut regulatory oversight of GM foods	27 September 2023
Stop overselling GM on yield, warns plant breeding researcher	26 September 2023
Peer-reviewed critique published of Mark Lynas’s article in which he accused GMO critics of spreading “misinformation”	15 September 2023
EU Commission’s GMO deregulation plans face strong opposition at GMO-Free Europe conference	11 September 2023
No hidden GMOs in food and agriculture!	07 September 2023
Legal appeal challenges hidden GMO foods in marketplace	06 September 2023
New paper lays out problems of developing gene-edited GM crops	30 August 2023
New genetically engineered soil microbes could threaten soil health	29 August 2023
GM Bt toxins harm beneficial wasp that helps cotton farmers defeat pests	16 August 2023
CRISPR causes serious DNA damage with high frequency – but it’s often overlooked	09 August 2023
Assessing potential environmental effects of genome-editing applications for plants	08 August 2023
UK’s agroecological farmers wary of genetic technologies	05 August 2023
Polluted soil and health problems in farmers: GM Bt cotton in India	01 August 2023
EFSA's “no critical areas of concern” about glyphosate is a massive cause for concern	26 July 2023
Hungary continues to stand up for GMO-free agriculture	18 July 2023
We need the whole truth to regulate GMOs	18 July 2023
Testbiotech: First recommendations with regard to the EU Commission proposal on new GMOs	18 July 2023
EU Commission proposal is “scientifically unacceptable” and trashes the precautionary principle	11 July 2023
Allowing genetically engineered crops is the deathblow to sustainable agriculture	10 July 2023
The EU’s dangerous climbdown over Frankenfoods	08 July 2023
New genetic engineering – small cause, big effect	07 July 2023
EU Commission wants to exempt many New GE plants from risk assessment	05 July 2023
European Commission proposal on new GMOs is incompatible with the precautionary principle	05 July 2023
EU Commission fulfils wishes of GMO corporations – more civil society reactions	05 July 2023
"Spectacular submission to the biotech industry" and other statements on EU Commission proposal	05 July 2023
GMO deregulation disregards safety and consumer rights	05 July 2023
New study warning of dangers of gene editing in human embryos has relevance for agricultural GMOs	03 July 2023
The EU's upcoming new GMO legislation fails consumers, farmers and nature	03 July 2023
Unscientific deregulation of GMOs puts bees and nature at risk and violates consumer rights	29 June 2023
Canada: Science takes a back seat with federal gene editing decision	23 June 2023
Worlds collide on science of public health	21 June 2023
Bringing back neglected crops: A food and climate solution for Africa	21 June 2023
Gene editing found to cause chaos in the genome of tomatoes	20 June 2023
Leaked proposal to deregulate new GMOs – Commission plan gives in to GMO seed corporations	16 June 2023
GM Freeze is looking for a new executive director	13 June 2023
Real pesticide reduction instead of empty promises for GMOs	06 June 2023
The corporate agenda behind carbon farming	01 June 2023
GMO risk assessment – a "fact-free" exercise	01 June 2023
EU finally funds detection methods research for new GM plants	18 May 2023
Unintended effects found in GM soybean include increased levels of allergens	18 May 2023
Corteva says it will label new GM seeds	12 May 2023
GMO-free requires dialogue and cooperation along the entire value chain	12 May 2023
Certified sustainable Europe-grown non-GMO soybean meal has 80% less carbon emissions than European average	11 May 2023
Canada: Federal government allows GMO companies free rein in the food system	04 May 2023
Canadian govt, Research Council join agrochemical industry lobby in controversial GMO regulation reform	03 May 2023
UK GMO deregulation: Lack of consumer-focused traceability and labelling puts public health at risk	03 May 2023
The playbook for GMO 2.0 is going exactly to plan, brands step in to combat it	25 April 2023
US Food and Drug Administration warns GMO developers over food allergy risks	22 April 2023
Dutch citizens want stringent regulation and labelling of new GMOs	20 April 2023
Dutch biotech researchers with conflicting roles lobby for deregulation of new GMOs	20 April 2023
Is the Alliance for Science’s lead researcher on misinformation a pathological liar?	18 April 2023
Argentina: GMO agricultural model “damages health, generates illness and death”	06 April 2023
Forest Stewardship Council backs away from genetic engineering	05 April 2023
Gene-edited crops: The threat to health	04 April 2023
Non-safety-tested gene-edited soybean approved by Brazil's GMO regulator	01 April 2023
Human genome editing summit haunted by spectre of eugenics	27 March 2023
Outrage as the Alliance for Science tries to co-opt the legacy of Wangari Maathai	22 March 2023
German youth associations demand protection of GMO-free food production	22 March 2023
Environment ministers challenge Commission's upcoming proposal to deregulate new GMOs	16 March 2023
Austrian and German ministers want stringent regulation of new GMOs	16 March 2023
New report showcases effective alternatives to glyphosate	16 March 2023
Organic farming organisations: No free pass for genetic engineering industry!	14 March 2023
UK consumers want safety testing, risk assessment, and labelling of "precision bred" GMOs	13 March 2023
German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation slams EU Commission study on new GM	10 March 2023
“Africa’s first pro-GMO peoples’ march” is classic astroturf	10 March 2023
The UK campaign to legalise germline gene editing	08 March 2023
Stop Designer Babies protests irresponsible summit plans to legalise human genetic modification	06 March 2023
Plant breeders' associations and seed companies claim to oppose patents on new GMOs – but there's a catch	05 March 2023
How Big Agribusiness ghostwrote the EU Commission's proposal on new GMOs	03 March 2023
Brutal attack on Paul François fits global pattern of intimidation of farmers and researchers	27 February 2023
Cutting into plant DNA only compounds problems	27 February 2023
Designer baby eugenics and how to stop it	14 February 2023
French farmer who fought Monsanto through the courts violently assaulted	14 February 2023
Germany: No government support for GMO deregulation	13 February 2023
EU Court of Justice rules on older mutagenesis techniques	09 February 2023
Monsanto mouthpieces use copyright claims “to hide their trail of industry deceit”	09 February 2023
AquaBounty to stop producing GM salmon in Canada	07 February 2023
Botched genetic technology bill will upend English agriculture	07 February 2023
Glyphosate directly causes impaired development and mortality in lacewing	07 February 2023
Date set for legal challenge against Monsanto/Bayer's "bogus" drought tolerant GM maize	04 February 2023
Unintended genomic outcomes in current and next generation GM techniques	02 February 2023
GMO-using fake meat company Impossible Foods' EU patent revoked	01 February 2023
The GMO lobby is misleading UK Parliamentarians on gene editing	27 January 2023
Top geneticist warns UK is embarking on experiment that could "cause great harm"	26 January 2023
Article debunks claims that gene editing will revolutionise crop breeding in Africa	24 January 2023
UK GMO deregulation bill: Response to Lord Benyon's letter to peers	20 January 2023
Global action: Stop genetically engineered trees	20 January 2023
Majority of members of UK's new GMO regulatory committee have conflicts of interest	16 January 2023
Study confirms new GM crops won’t fulfil EU sustainability goals	15 January 2023

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