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Big Ag prevails as EU ministers surrender to pressure
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"By allowing untested and unlabelled GM plants to be released into the environment and onto our plates, they are putting both people and nature at risk" – Save Our Seeds
"Shocking abandonment of consumers’ right to information" – association of non-GMO food/feed sector
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Parliament must defend its demand for traceability and labelling
EU ambassadors back new GMOs deregulation: A dark day for farmers, consumers, nature
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"EU governments have voted on the side of a handful of big corporations’ profits, instead of protecting farmers and consumers’ right to transparency and safety" – Friends of the Earth Europe
Argentina and Paraguay: Civil society organisations call for suspension of GM wheat
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Bioceres reports 24% drop in income
GMWatch submits comments on GMO deregulation secondary legislation to scrutiny committee
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Scientific foundation of "precision bred" status is lacking
GMO grapevines in Italy: Researchers mislead the public and the press
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As crop trashers target the vines, scientists leading trials hide their GMO status. By Claire Robinson
Civil society groups warn new Asilomar conference: Scientists must not be allowed to self-regulate
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Open statement says some technologies pose “existential threats” to humanity
New GMOs: Blocking minority holds firm in EU test vote
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Poland's efforts to push the file forward have failed so far
Joint letter to the EU Commission: Pseudo-science must not be an option for Europe!
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Groups demand that the Commission withdraw the proposal for deregulation of NGT plants
Poland's latest proposal on new GMOs/NGTs ignores farmers' rights
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Lack of obligation to publish detection methods for patented new GMOs will unleash patent infringement lawsuits on farmers
Asilomar déjà vu?
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What will be the significance of this month’s 50th anniversary meeting at the famed Pacific Grove conference centre in California? by Tina Stevens and Stuart A. Newman
GMO deregulation threatens breeders, farmers, and the organic and non GMO sectors in the EU
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Over 200 environmental and farmer groups warn that Poland's deregulation proposal ignores critical questions
Scientists slam New Zealand’s GMO deregulation push
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Proposals to exempt gene-edited organisms would be the most “extreme” in the world. Report: Claire Robinson
Convergence of generative AI and genetic engineering raises new concerns
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AI technologies now enable developers to even create "new-to-nature" proteins and organisms, which could pose previously unknown risks
There is no “magic threshold” for new GMO safety
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Number of mutations cannot determine safety of new GM plants
“Mirror life” microbes pose “unprecedented risk” to life on Earth
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Scientists call for halt on work to develop mirror bacteria that would evade immune response
New legal opinion: New GMOs deregulation proposal shifts safety testing, liability to EU food industry
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“Unbelievable but true: If a GMO in food causes harm, the food sector would be held liable” – Wolfgang Ahammer, Oils For Life
Poland's proposal opposing patents on new GMOs doesn't address problems with EU deregulation plan
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"A handful of biotech and pesticide corporations will reap the benefits and profits, while farmers, consumers and nature face significant risks and losses" – Friends of the Earth Europe
What can be achieved at EU level against patents on seeds?
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The Green parliamentary group in the Bundestag presents an expert opinion
Civil society groups and experts condemn USMCA dispute ruling on Mexico’s corn restrictions
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Decision ignored substantial scientific evidence on health and environmental risks, sidestepped threats to Indigenous rights
EFSA’s opinions on GMO-derived fake meat product are full of data gaps and errors
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Worrying findings in animal feeding trials, flawed safety tests, and incomplete analyses mean public health may be at risk from LegH Prep consumption
GM salmon company AquaBounty shuts down operations
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Company announced that it does not have sufficient liquidity to maintain its “only remaining operating farm”
Glyphosate approval challenged in European Court of Justice
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EU Commission and scientific agencies systematically excluded critical scientific studies reporting adverse effects caused by glyphosate – PAN Europe
Victory! Federal court strikes down lax GMO rules, halts genetically engineered crop introductions without USDA oversight
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Court ruling holds 2020 regulations exempting most genetically engineered crops from oversight contradicted the agency's own prior conclusions and are unsupported by science
Canada’s pesticide and food safety regulators’ deep links with industry lobby
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The lobbying practices of the pesticide and GMO industry in Canada revealed. By Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews