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Tanzania steps up vigilance on GMOs as Kenya okays GM foods
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“We are not open to... GM technology” – Tanzania ag minister
Nigerians being ambushed into consuming GM foods
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Since 2015 up to 20 GM foods have been approved for import into the country
European Commission’s biased road to deregulation of new GMOs
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Forty groups say targeted survey is fatally flawed and cannot be used for impact assessment of “new genomic techniques” legislation
Gene-edited crops pioneer Calyxt crashes, giving the lie to deregulation claims
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There’s no evidence gene editing can rapidly bring desirable new crops to market. By Jonathan Matthews and Claire Robinson
Many agbiotech scientists pushing for EU deregulation of GMOs have vested interests
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New report reveals the interests of the scientists-turned-lobbyists who stand to benefit from deregulation
"Voices from the ground" make regulation better
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A new report from Beyond GM/A Bigger Conversation argues it's time to make meaningful citizen engagement part of the DNA of the regulatory process
UK Genetic Technology Bill is not fit for purpose
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Bill has raised multiple concerns about its scope, about the legality of some of its provisions, and about democracy
Time to end GM herbicide-tolerant crops, says new report
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Growing failure of Roundup Ready crops provides opportunity to phase them out and adopt new methods and technologies
Veteran science reporter accuses Kevin Folta of “amazing gaslighting” over Bayer’s cash
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Expresses astonishment that “Folta’s cult followers” can’t see through his denials of conflict of interest. Report by Jonathan Matthews
Rat feeding study suggests the Impossible Burger may not be safe to eat
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Rats fed GM yeast-derived protein soy leghemoglobin – the burger’s key ingredient – developed signs of toxicity. Report by Claire Robinson and Dr Michael Antoniou
Extreme GM "extinction technology" of gene drives presented as "natural"
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Orwellian moves to redefine our concept of nature aim to gain public and regulatory acceptance for risky technologies. Report: Claire Robinson
Court rules "QR" codes alone unlawful for GMO food labelling
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"Today's decision marks a key step toward ending the food industry's deceptive and discriminatory GMO food labelling practices"
Impossible Foods seeks EU and UK approval for its GMO "fake meat" bleeding ingredient
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EFSA asks for more information on toxicity and allergenicity. Report by Claire Robinson
How stats are cooked to wrongly claim success for GM crops in Africa
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Prof Brian Dowd-Uribe explains that only considering averages obscures the fact that Bt cotton made rich farmers richer but poor and medium farmers poorer
UK’s new Prime Minister “dangerous” for the environment, food and farming
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James Rebanks calls Liz Truss and some of her ministers “full on crazed ideologues”. Report by Jonathan Matthews
Study is first to show glyphosate and Roundup disrupt human gut bacteria
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Findings suggest probiotics could help reverse damage to people's gut bacteria caused by Roundup exposure. Report by Claire Robinson
Gene editing is not “precision breeding” – international scientists and policy experts
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UK government and EU lobbyists are misleading policymakers, regulators, and the public. Report by Claire Robinson
Silence from science community as NIH cancels grant to Wuhan Institute of Virology
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COVID damages memory of grant dismissal protestors, but the Internet never forgets
Monsanto’s smear merchant, the Genetic Literacy Project, is now Bayer’s bully
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Kevin Folta stands accused of helping the GLP get Bayer’s big dollar funding, then lying about it. Report by Jonathan Matthews
Roundup: World’s most popular weedkiller linked to convulsions in animals for first time
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Scientists say it is "concerning how little we understand" about impact of glyphosate on nervous system
Another GMO yield hype story debunked
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Yield trials for GMO photosynthesis-enhanced soybeans fail to convince. Report by Claire Robinson
President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act includes massive taxpayer subsidy to GM crops
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Center for Food Safety condemns GMO biofuels and "climate-smart" agriculture gravy trains
Claims that “supercharged biotech rice” yields massively more grain debunked
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Paper in Science condemned as “misleading” and the journal as “too credulous”. Jonathan Matthews and Claire Robinson report