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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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Please take action to protect the global food supply
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
Brazil clears GMO wheat flour from Argentina, but sales may be slow
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Shipments of the new variety developed in Argentina are unlikely anytime soon due to opposition from Brazilian millers and global consumers
Please support protesters in Argentina against the GMO onslaught
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Argentina’s rural communities are being devastated by the GMO/toxic model of agriculture, writes Jonathan Matthews
Mediterranean diet may only be healthy if it's organic
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Consuming Mediterranean diet made from conventional food results in 10 times higher total pesticide intake than Mediterranean diet made from organic food
Scientists find yet more genetic errors from CRISPR gene editing
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Large structural changes were detected at on-target and off-target sites of the genome; researchers call for better screening for unintended effects
What is the relationship between pesticides and sleep disorders?
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Researchers weigh in. By Miguel Leyva, case manager at Atraxia Law
New book on COVID-19 origins was plagued by censorship
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Review and interviews with the authors by Claire Robinson