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UK government turns its back on science in GMO free-for-all bill
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GMWatch publishes response to the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill
UK Action Alert: Tell your MP to regulate and label ALL GMOs
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UK civil society urges MPs to understand the implications of deregulation
Peasant farmer organisation boycotts European Commission's biased consultation on new GM
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ECVC says it "cannot participate in a consultation that makes it impossible to express its position"
Scientific evidence of glyphosate link to cancer dismissed in ongoing EU assessment, new report reveals
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HEAL condemns ECHA's assessment as a step backwards in Europe’s fight against cancer
UK government's GMO deregulation bill fails to protect food and feed safety
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GeneWatch UK puts Food Standards Agency on notice that it must maintain its duty to consumers
BBC slammed for “lies” about gene-edited foods but refuses to correct its misreporting
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Scottish paper highlights powerful criticisms of UK media reporting on bill deregulating gene editing
EU Chemicals Agency fails to classify glyphosate as a human carcinogen
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Health and environmental groups raise alarm
Changes in single genes may threaten whole ecosystems
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Study sheds new light on the risks of new genetic engineering
The public wants gene editing regulated – the government should listen
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New bill aims to remove almost all regulatory controls, including comprehensive risk assessment, from GM crops, livestock and foods
Fresh produce industry urges caution over gene editing
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Grower's association criticises "disconnect" between GMO-developing scientists and food industry
Gene-editing bill "a serious setback" for animal welfare, RSPCA warns
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Charity explains there is "no history of safe and reliable use of gene editing in farm animals"
Fury over plans for gene-edited GMOs to be sold unlabelled in the UK
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UK shoppers said they should be given a choice whether to buy such products
Glyphosate-tolerant crops increase tillage intensity, greenhouse gas emissions in US corn and soybeans – study
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Findings demolish claims that GM glyphosate-sprayed crops have helped mitigate climate change by reducing need for ploughing
Scientists genetically engineer mother hens to kill their own male chicks before they hatch
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Transgenic chickens made with CRISPR gene editing are touted as an animal welfare boon – but could result in animal suffering and risks to health and environment. By Claire Robinson and Dr Michael Antoniou
Syngenta and the war and hunger profiteers
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Protesters condemn “cynical” calls for organic farming to be abandoned. Jonathan Matthews reports
UK environment secretary boosts GM gene-edited crops by misleading the public
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George "Useless" Eustice fills reporter's ears with false claims
Canadian government abandons safety assessments and transparency for new gene-edited foods
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Groups denounce the move
The financialisation of malaria in Africa
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Burkina Faso, rogue capital and GM/gene drive mosquitoes
“Democratic deficit” of decision making on gene-edited and gene drive releases
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Professor warns that power and control are largely in the hands of biotech developers and their funders
Environmental pesticide exposure alters gut microbes
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Study increases urgency for organic transition
The public don’t want deregulation of new GM technologies
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Seven reasons why the UK government's plans are anti-democratic and unscientific
New GMOs and pesticide reduction: Fast-track to failure
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New briefing debunks one of the myths used to promote new GMOs
The wrong answer to the wrong question
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Agroecology, not a high-tech free-for-all, is the way forward for agriculture, writes Louise Payton, policy officer at the Soil Association
A "Precision Breeding" Bill to fast-track GMO deregulation in England
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Beyond GM examines the UK government's latest intentions as noted in the Queen's speech
Biotech firm embroiled in scandal after gene-edited pig heart infected with virus
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Death of transplant patient may have been due to well-known pig pathogen