Review number 316 Roundup of recent news via GMWatch on Twitter
https://twitter.com/#!/gmwatch India: Bt cotton fails farmers in state
http://bit.ly/vlHRTy India: Wave Of Suicides Among Cotton Farmers
http://j.mp/vv6I24 EU tightens control of Chinese rice over GM fears
http://bit.ly/vd7rg8 India: Former Supreme Court Judges Oppose Bill on Biotech
http://bit.ly/vssmXm New Zealand: GMO law probe a big surprise
http://bit.ly/umNEqA USA: Label GMOs Initiative Filed in California, Will You Sign?
http://bit.ly/sNwHVn Initiative language will be posted on the Label GMOs website in the coming days:
http://labelgmos.org/ Japan: Labeling of GMO products threatened by U.S.
http://bit.ly/vXkSjF Turkey: Petition (in Turkish) to stop 10 GMO corn varieties being imported (name & email needed)
http://bit.ly/plLBUU India: Break the BRAI bill, cry Karnataka farmers
http://bit.ly/rrQP5n India: 100+ proposals for GMO trials pending because State Govts not allowing field testing
http://bit.ly/vgNTH6 USA: 25% of seed company's Swiss chard and table beet fields already GMO contaminated:
http://bit.ly/rqVGgG India: Why Rajasthan scrapped seed pacts with Monsanto & co.
http://j.mp/rpQG6u EU member states refuse to endorse 2 GMO soy
http://j.mp/rq45lk USA: Second committee votes to phase out Boulder County GMOs
http://bit.ly/uMVrO6 Vietnam probes Japan's claim of GMO detection in rice noodles
http://bit.ly/rX23pr USA: Huge genetically modified rice settlement nears
http://huff.to/u0wc3b EU needs tougher import rules on feed crops - Greens
http://bit.ly/vP5Kau EU: Major data gaps in risk assessment of genetically engineered soybeans
http://bit.ly/v7HJuu France: Occupation of animal feed plant ended this morning. Great protest against GMO soy, plant closed 1.5 days!
http://bit.ly/vzeSgo Australia: Wild weather whips up seeds of dissent ow.ly/7xrOk
India: BRAI sparks outcry
http://bit.ly/u4B4L5 EU: 12 of 21 EFSA experts that approved GMO spud Amflora had conflicts of interest:
http://bit.ly/s7jCS1 Europe's food safety in hands of lobbies
http://bit.ly/s7jCS1 USA: Boulder County ag group recommends transition away from GMOs
http://bit.ly/uZS2TE USA: 'Citizens Cropland Policy' affects Boulder County board decisions on GMOs
http://bit.ly/w08jFK Nepal: US seed giant Monsanto under attack
http://bit.ly/tE2kdp USA: There've been over 100 open field trials of GMO pharma crops in the United States - over 1/2 involving maize!
http://bit.ly/tiPmS2 Monsanto, Bayer and Dow face trial for 'systematic human rights abuses'
http://bit.ly/tbjRFD GM tree trials in Sweden, Poland, and Belgium
http://bit.ly/vlzHdB Once again, organic ag proves just as a productive as chemical ag
http://bit.ly/uxy0wJ Western Australia's non-GM sector could vanish within 10 years due to contamination
http://bit.ly/uBGOkG Genetically Modified Crops - Contamination without Representation
http://bit.ly/vrHb54 Legislation may pass GMO labeling in Connecticut
http://bit.ly/vxlmLn A good non GMO solution: heritage rice fish coculture system
http://bit.ly/sytfuL USDA weighs biotech compensation plan
http://bit.ly/vZcQsE USA: Biotech opponents could receive millions
http://bit.ly/touFwz GMO mosquitoes: The Wipeout Gene
http://bit.ly/sZxG0s Thoughtful piece in Scientific American
Non-GM bug that could stop the spread of dengue
http://bit.ly/uIoHIh Natural alternative to GM mosquitoes
GM Mosquitoes Bite
http://slate.me/rL5n7c Slate piece pointing up the ecological complexities around GMO mozzies
New Zealand: Minister's Backing for '2,4-D' Corn Not Good for Public Health
http://bit.ly/tTJ273 USA: Hundreds besiege Boulder County GMO meeting
http://bit.ly/ts9CHE USA: Tell FDA and Obama to Label Genetically Engineered Food
http://bit.ly/vaAxGF Same old same old. 1st cisgenic plants will be herbicide-tolerant canola.
http://www.farmandranchguide.com/news/agri-tech/tech-firm-with-minnesota-ties-of fers-a-new-path-to/article_5e822fee-0843-11e1-8e3a-001cc4c002e0.html
WWF: GMO ag destroying forests and poisoning people in South America with help of WWF (video)
http://bit.ly/uJa6Sp Tanzania: International biotech conference calls for moratorium on GMO foods
http://bit.ly/sAv7AE Philippines: Communities stand firm against GMO eggplant
http://bit.ly/vJdQ34 Philippines: City stands firm against eggplant testing
http://bit.ly/svZixi Uganda: MPs query Biosafety and Biotechnology Bill
http://bit.ly/t6PgK9 India: As the number of widows keep rising, authorities fudge inquests to keep suicide numbers low
http://bit.ly/vAzbv2 Australia: Contamination worsens in Western Australia
http://bit.ly/teM4EJ Australia's stringently controlled GMO trials?
http://bit.ly/vQ5Ebe Africa: Delegates brace for heated debate in Nairobi
http://bit.ly/u6JQiP India: Kerala Food Processing Associations Reject GM-Foods
http://bit.ly/rNFicY Occupy Monsanto
http://www.facebook.com/occupymonsanto Australia: Hail storm unleashes more GMO canola contamination - highlights need for farmer protection legislation
http://bit.ly/skJc0H How EFSA and BASF paved the way for controversial GMO crops
http://bit.ly/sOc2wz USA: California ballot initiative to require labeling of GMO foods submitted to attorney general
http://bit.ly/slD8or India: Activists, farmers want BRAI bill scrapped
http://bit.ly/sw6Z5Z EFSA accused of intimidation
http://bit.ly/rULASY EU: Vested interests and flawed science behind Amflora GM potato
http://bit.ly/t4Xg0b US asks Turkey to relax GMO regulation if it wants better access to US markets
http://bit.ly/tMyoNN Hawaiian papaya to test GMO acceptance in Japan
http://bit.ly/rrOE26 USA: Agent Orange Action Group Calls for protest at Monsanto's annual general meeting
http://aoag.org/?p=617 Monsanto Pakistan to set up GMO crop learning centres for farmers
http://bit.ly/sHmeqz Insects Developing Resistance to GM Bt Crops
http://bit.ly/tYjFgD New Zealand: Let's insist on labels for GMO food
http://bit.ly/vDVGRS U.S. wants them abolished
Unlocking the Potential of Organic Farming in Africa - UNEP
http://shar.es/bV4AO Indian MPs oppose biotech bill
http://bit.ly/tKAliK US asks Turkey to change GMO regulation
http://bit.ly/tMyoNN USA: Maine farmer heads group challenging genetics giant
http://bit.ly/teAQK9 Pharm Crops Ignoring Health & Environment
http://bit.ly/tiPmS2 USA: The dismantling of sustainable agriculture science
http://j.mp/vMMY8y Argentine Doctors: Pesticides Used on GMOs Are "Real Chemical Weapons" bit.ly/sU2lQC
USA: Uncle Sam Would Be Doomed Without GMO Crops - Forbes
http://onforb.es/vtCzGi No golden opportunity in Golden Rice
http://bit.ly/sxvSq7 Concern in Nepal about Monsanto project
http://j.mp/uAM3Vt USA: Superweeds are growing threat in GM reliant regions
http://j.mp/rD2Cve GMO Researchers Attacked, Evidence Denied, and a Population at Risk
http://j.mp/tXm0jK World hunger blamed on U.S.
http://bit.ly/smE4ix USA: GMOs are taking over your pantry
http://bit.ly/v0gWzd 'People don't want to be a GMO Experiment'
http://bit.ly/tzH9H9 Peru "defends its biodiversity, its agriculture, its gastronomy and its health" with 10-year GMO ban
http://bit.ly/tHtQS8 USA: Shareholder to Monsanto: Be Transparent about Genetically Engineered Food Risks fb.me/1bHb5cKhq
No patents on plants and animals! Open letter:
http://bit.ly/immjHA Sign on here:
http://bit.ly/u3XxBX USA: When Trolls Do Fight
http://j.mp/vrtpqN Africa: Food Crisis as Kenya Opens its Doors to GMOs
http://bit.ly/uCtPF3 USA: Why Is the State Department Using Our Money to Pimp for Monsanto?
http://bit.ly/tq69He Reuters: Groups sue U.S. over GMO crops in wildlife refuges
http://reut.rs/vIOS17 Template: Make your own "No Frankenfish" bumper sticker
http://flic.kr/p/aAELcB USA: Ohio Residents Win Right to Know What's In Their Food:
http://bit.ly/vTuZVu USA: "No Frankenfish" button becomes Alaskan senator's Halloween treat
http://bit.ly/sZCyKT EU: Biotech giant eyes fast food market for its new GMO spud
http://bit.ly/uNyrly Why risk our health when there are safe alternatives?
Australia: Grain handler accused of failing to clean up GMO spill
http://bit.ly/tP8t29 Law Prof Is Concerned About Methods of Company Using Genetics to Control Mosquitoes
http://bit.ly/sAFg3P Farmers in the Philippines oppose GMO rice, call it a 'Trojan horse'
http://bit.ly/vaboVq Chinese scientists make human blood protein from GMO rice
http://bit.ly/vHeNV7 Bt resistance spreads!
http://bit.ly/td3csr Gates Foundation "Swimming Against a Tide of Informed Opinion"
http://bit.ly/rr1uCu The Revolving Door between Regulatory Agencies and Industry: A Problem That Requires Reconceptualizing Objectivity
http://goo.gl/cNP1m Rising trend of farm suicides in India
http://bit.ly/tDDIhe Safety of wild fish stocks questioned if GMO salmon eggs hatchery gets OK
http://bit.ly/q0sf6q Italian magistrate charges Managing Directors of Bayer and Syngenta with bee-killing over clothianidin
http://bit.ly/vmi7Fq Consumers Speak Up Against Monsanto's GMO Sweet Corn
http://bit.ly/sdHvu4 Please sign this petition for a moratorium on cultivation of GMO crops in Ireland
http://bit.ly/u3hT1f Tasmania's GMO Free Status Reaping Rewards
http://bit.ly/sJSSdP