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Cell line tests on pesticides not ready to replace animal testing
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In vitro tests on three GMO-associated pesticides show alarming toxicity of 2,4-D but miss toxic effects of glyphosate that show up in other types of study
Facts are facts, opinions not so much
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Pete Shanks reviews Life As We Made It, by Beth Shapiro
Investigative journalist Paul Thacker wins prestigious award for “expertly researched” articles
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Thacker is known for fearlessly exposing corporate front groups, dodgy experts, veiled vested interests and bad journalism. Report: Jonathan Matthews
Monsanto will plead guilty to illegal use of pesticide in Hawaii and will pay additional $12m
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Company also agrees to plead guilty to felony offences related to banned pesticide alleged in $10 million deferred prosecution agreement filed in 2019
Round Table on Responsible Soy has failed to stop deforestation – WWF Netherlands
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GMWatch and other NGOs warned back in 2009 that the industry-dominated forum was no better than a greenwashing exercise. Report: Claire Robinson
USDA is facing a legal challenge over its new GMO labelling standards
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Advocates for clear labelling of genetically modified ingredients say the agency’s required language is confusing to consumers
Agribusiness groups lobbying to water down the EU’s sustainable farming targets
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Agrochemical and pesticide giants like Bayer and BASF are pushing for weaker action on harmful chemicals and climate goals
Action alert from Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees
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India: Historic win for farmer seed rights
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PepsiCo’s intellectual property rights on potato variety revoked
Groups tell UN food agency to ditch "toxic alliance" with pesticide association
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"This partnership with CropLife is in direct conflict with FAO's mandate as a UN institution to fulfil human rights to health, adequate food, clean water and environment, and safe working conditions"
Researchers slam EU safety review of glyphosate
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According to an independent review by cancer researchers, the EU preliminary decision that glyphosate is safe is based on faulty studies
Glyphosate: EU assessment report excludes most of the scientific literature from its analysis
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92% of toxicity studies judged irrelevant or unreliable by preliminary European report. By Claire Robinson
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GMO? Soon you won't know, if Australia's food regulator gets its way
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Only two out of 11 industry glyphosate studies given to EU regulators deemed reliable
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Review of industry safety studies shows vast majority do not meet international standards for scientific validity
Stop genetic engineering deregulation, German industry association tells Commission
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GMO-free success story "would be massively threatened if plants produced with new genetic engineering were to come onto the market untested and unlabelled"
Partners in crime: Owen Paterson and Matt Ridley. Or why you can’t keep a bad man down
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The forces that shaped Paterson’s rise to prominence are as active and influential as ever, writes Jonathan Matthews
Glyphosate: EU toxicity assessment report still fails to address health risks
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Report dismisses scientific evidence from public scientific literature
European Commission gives in to Big Biotech's tactics to deregulate new GMOs
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Citizens' concerns and already-proven farming solutions to climate change are dismissed
Disgraced MP at centre of UK’s lobbying scandal was close ally of GMO lobby
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Owen Paterson’s former bedfellows take cover as he quits the House of Commons. Report: Jonathan Matthews
The (GM) soy curse: Is Ukraine facing the same fate as the Amazon?
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The EU wants to crank up soy production in eastern Europe. But with illegal genetically modified crops rife, who will benefit?
CRISPR gene editing causes whole chromosome loss
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Study reveals yet another catastrophic unintended effect of gene editing. Report: Claire Robinson
Approved in Brazil, Argentine GMO wheat moves forward
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Warnings and rejections of an unprecedented global experiment