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Canadian govt, Research Council join agrochemical industry lobby in controversial GMO regulation reform
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Organic producers are alarmed that the federal government is withdrawing the obligation to declare new GMOs in favour of the “voluntary transparency” demanded by the industry. Report by Thomas Gerbet, Radio Canada, May 3, 2023
UK GMO deregulation: Lack of consumer-focused traceability and labelling puts public health at risk
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GMWatch publishes its latest comments to UK FSA on the GMO deregulation bill and draft proposals for application and authorisation
The playbook for GMO 2.0 is going exactly to plan, brands step in to combat it
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By Max Goldberg, founder, Organic Insider
US Food and Drug Administration warns GMO developers over food allergy risks
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Agency warns that complete segregation and traceability are needed for all potentially allergenic GM crops. Report: Claire Robinson
Dutch citizens want stringent regulation and labelling of new GMOs
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Survey shows people aren't fooled by the promises of the deregulation lobby
Dutch biotech researchers with conflicting roles lobby for deregulation of new GMOs
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Government officials are informed and lobbied by biotech lobby organisations and small group of biotech researchers from Wageningen University. Report by Corporate Europe Observatory
Is the Alliance for Science’s lead researcher on misinformation a pathological liar?
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Mark Lynas yet again fabricates his past and smears friends and former associates. By Jonathan Matthews
Argentina: GMO agricultural model “damages health, generates illness and death”
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Younger people in villages sprayed with pesticides are 2.5 times more likely to die from cancer
Forest Stewardship Council backs away from genetic engineering
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Move follows global campaign calling on them to uphold their ban on genetically engineered trees
Gene-edited crops: The threat to health
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Scientists spell out the dangers of unexpected toxins and allergens in gene-edited plants
Non-safety-tested gene-edited soybean approved by Brazil's GMO regulator
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CTNBio considers a gene-edited GMO variety to be non-GMO, making research processes "less bureaucratic"
Human genome editing summit haunted by spectre of eugenics
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In a replay of shameful events of 1997, disabled people are being exploited in hype around human genetic modification. By Claire Robinson
Outrage as the Alliance for Science tries to co-opt the legacy of Wangari Maathai
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Africa’s most celebrated environmentalist was opposed to everything the Alliance stands for. By Jonathan Matthews
German youth associations demand protection of GMO-free food production
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Resolution says adherence to the precautionary principle, along with risk assessment, traceability, and labelling, remains essential for new GM
Environment ministers challenge Commission's upcoming proposal to deregulate new GMOs
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Aside from Austria, six other ministers questioned the Commission’s approach
Austrian and German ministers want stringent regulation of new GMOs
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International conference confirms detection of new GMOs is feasible for known/authorised products
New report showcases effective alternatives to glyphosate
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Farmers can maintain yields and protect health
Organic farming organisations: No free pass for genetic engineering industry!
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Demeter and Bioland say strong regulation for new GMOs, including traceability and labelling, must be guaranteed
UK consumers want safety testing, risk assessment, and labelling of "precision bred" GMOs
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Food Standards Agency must require labels to ensure safety and transparency
German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation slams EU Commission study on new GM
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Study "does not comply with some of the Commission’s own standards" – and its claim that some new GM products could improve sustainability is "hypothetical"
“Africa’s first pro-GMO peoples’ march” is classic astroturf
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PR professionals at RePlanet Africa and the Alliance for Science claim to speak for Africa. By Jonathan Matthews
The UK campaign to legalise germline gene editing
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By Pete Shanks. First published in Biopolitical Times, 5 March 2023
Stop Designer Babies protests irresponsible summit plans to legalise human genetic modification
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Research shows links between summit venue, chair and eugenics
Plant breeders' associations and seed companies claim to oppose patents on new GMOs – but there's a catch
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Proposed alternative system could intensify corporate control of seeds. By Claire Robinson
How Big Agribusiness ghostwrote the EU Commission's proposal on new GMOs
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Nature, farmers and consumers thrown under the bus