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Organic farming more profitable than conventional – study
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Net return for organic corn/soybean/wheat rotation significantly higher than conventional
GM groups call on the public: Ask Ministers to reject plans to de-regulate gene editing
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UK: PLEASE TAKE ACTION
Scientifically indefensible, anti-democratic, and harmful to trade
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The amendment to the Agriculture Bill seeking to de-regulate gene-edited foods and crops should be discarded
Phony experts with veiled conflicts of interest polluting debates on endocrine disruptors, glyphosate, GMOs
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Noisy onslaughts tip the scales towards industry. Report: Jonathan Matthews
De-regulation of gene editing "out of the question" – Greens
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After dissident group of German Greens lobbied for gene editing to be de-regulated, spokesmen re-affirm Party's commitment to strong regulation under the EU's GMO laws
Scientists edited human embryos in the lab, and it was a disaster
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“This is a restraining order for all genome editors to stay the living daylights away from embryo editing” – gene editing expert
German Green faction pushes for de-regulation of gene editing
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Statements reveal scientific ignorance
Why are the lab escape denialists telling such brazen lies?
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Or how Peter Daszak is SARS-CoV-2's “Patient Zero for misinformation” but a media darling. Report: Jonathan Matthews
Push for GM cotton in Africa is "cause for alarm", says nonprofit
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As pests and high input costs plague GM Bt cotton, organic and sustainable cotton production should be favoured, a new report says. Report: Claire Robinson
CRISPR-edited rice shows wide range of unintended mutations
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Gene-editing tool "not as precise as expected", say researchers in new study. Report: Claire Robinson
Don't de-regulate risky gene editing, scientists tell Eustice
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Amendment to the Agriculture Bill without full Commons debate is "violation of the political process that is not acceptable in a parliamentary democracy"
Court shoots down US EPA approval of dicamba pesticide
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EPA "substantially understated the risks", says judge
Regulatory chicanery – Biotech lobby quietly hijacks the UK’s Agriculture Bill to change the definition of "GMOs"
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by Pat Thomas and Lawrence Woodward of Beyond GM
Lab escape theory of SARS-CoV-2 origin gaining scientific support
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“We can’t exclude the possibility that this came from a laboratory experiment rather than from an animal” – Prof Nikolai Petrovsky
Chinese and US scientists genetically engineered bat coronaviruses in dangerous gain-of-function research stretching back years
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Research was omitted from landmark paper claiming natural origin of SARS-CoV-2. Report: Claire Robinson
Wuhan and US scientists used undetectable methods of genetic engineering on bat coronaviruses
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Some of the work was done at minimal levels of biosafety. Report by Jonathan Matthews and Claire Robinson
Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies: New GM promoted in line with agbiotech industry demands
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Small steps forward for sustainability instead of a giant leap
ILSI is a food industry front group, new study suggests
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Researchers find International Life Sciences Institute "acts to promote the corporate agenda of its funders"
Evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is genetically engineered
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A scientist argues that the evidence for a “natural” origin for the virus is fabricated. Report: Claire Robinson
National Institutes of Health study links dicamba to increased cancer risk
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Findings come as spraying of drift-prone herbicide ramps up in Midwest, South
Expert attacks EcoHealth Alliance’s involvement in “really risky” bat coronavirus research in Wuhan labs
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Dr Jonathan Latham also points to EcoHealth Alliance’s major conflicts of interest
SARS-CoV-2 could have escaped from a lab – and the US is in the frame
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The US funded dangerous gain-of-function research on coronaviruses in China. Claire Robinson reports
Summary of evidence that SARS-CoV-2 emerged from a laboratory in Wuhan, China
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Researchers draw attention to hazards posed by biosafety labs and "gain-of-function" research