Nigeria: Groups commend Senate as it pledges to enforce strict GMO regulation

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Published: 19 April 2022

Nigerians say no to GMO

Senate slams GM crops as unsustainable and unsafe

"Transgene-free" GMOs may be exempted from GMO regulations under false pretences

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Published: 09 April 2022

Apple gene puzzle

Gene-edited non-browning mushroom may have wrongly escaped regulatory scrutiny, scientists suggest. Report by Claire Robinson

India deregulates some gene-edited plants

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Published: 02 April 2022

Map of India and gene edited plants in test tubes

The Indian government assumes that these plants will be non-transgenic – but the uncertainties of gene editing could catch them unawares

Gene-edited cattle pass FDA evaluation, GMO beef could enter food supply in two years

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Published: 24 March 2022

Meat on a hook

CRISPR gene editing creates a "mess" in the cattle's cellular makeup, but the FDA thinks it doesn't matter. Report: Claire Robinson

“Definitive historical account” of Monsanto provides motherlode of valuable material

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Published: 22 March 2022

Monsanto Seed Money by Bart Elmore

Reviewers are right to acclaim Bart Elmore’s recent book Seed Money, writes Jonathan Matthews

Agribusiness lobby against EU Farm to Fork strategy amplified by Ukraine war

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Published: 17 March 2022

2021 Pesticide Industry Lobby Report

The pesticide/GMO industry is waging a fierce lobby campaign against the looming pesticide reduction target

UK: GMO safeguards under threat

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Published: 15 March 2022

The UK Government has begun dismantling the safety net of public protections and appears determined to create a GMO free-for-all

UK: Green Party’s last ditch attempt to oppose deregulated release of gene-edited organisms

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Published: 15 March 2022

Natalie Bennett moved a "fatal instrument" in the Lords last night, to oppose government plans for the release of gene edited organisms

Saving the banana the non-GMO way

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Published: 14 March 2022

Bananas on a tree

Yes, we will have bananas – and without any need for genetic engineering. Report: Jonathan Matthews and Claire Robinson

FDA sued over failure to release documents on approval of GM salmon, planned Ohio production

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Published: 11 March 2022

Atlantic Salmon

FDA claims it needs nearly two years to produce records

Coalition demands ban on Bt cowpea in Nigeria and neighbour West African countries

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Published: 09 March 2022

GM Cowpea media release Nigeria

Nigeria is first country to commercially release Bt cowpea, despite concerns about environmental, socio-economic and health implications

New GM deregulated through the back door

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Published: 04 March 2022

EU Commission: Eggs from CRISPR/Cas hens will not be risk assessed or labelled

100% of members of UK government's GMO advisory body ACRE have potential or actual conflicts of interest

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Published: 02 March 2022

Conflict sign

List of interests reads like Who's Who of the British biotechnology industry. Report: Claire Robinson

Much hyped “seawater rice” is yet another non-GM success

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Published: 25 February 2022

Farmers transplant rice seedlings in paddy field

But some researchers are trying to introduce GM into successful conventional breeding programmes. Report: Claire Robinson

Deadly fungus resistant to fungicide jumps from farms to people

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Published: 24 February 2022

Scientists have found clear evidence linking development of widespread fungal resistance to farming practices, rather than health care use

The poison in our daily bread

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Published: 22 February 2022

Child eating bread

Glyphosate contamination widespread in essential foods

Independent expert bodies contest key assertions of favourable EU glyphosate assessment

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Published: 22 February 2022

Two roundup containers

EFSA publishes critical comments in way that effectively hides them! By Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews

House of Lords Committee says GMO amendment lacks clarity and detail

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Published: 22 February 2022

GMO field trials

Beyond GM responds

Australia's revolving door: Former GMO regulator gets job with GMO industry lobby group

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Published: 21 February 2022

Conflict of interest sign

Former gene tech regulator Dr Joe Smith is now chair of the Agricultural Biotechnology Council of Australia (ABCA)

UK: Lords hammer gene editing plan

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Published: 20 February 2022

House of Lords committee described lack of detail in the plan to legalise field trials as "astonishing" and "unsatisfactory"

A short history of laboratory leaks and gain-of-function studies

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Published: 19 February 2022

Biohazard Sign

By Professor Paul R. Goddard

UK: Lack of guidance on regulatory change on GM plants is unsatisfactory – Lords Committee

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Published: 16 February 2022

House of Lords Secondary Legislastion Scrutiny Committee

Committee issues damning report on Westminster govt's approach to GMO deregulation

CRISPR/Cas in animals: Unintended changes and unexpected patterns of inheritance

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Published: 16 February 2022

Findings are relevant for planned marketing of GM laying hens

GM Glofish are thriving in the wild in Brazil

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Published: 15 February 2022

Goldfish

Escape underlines yet again the inadequacy of GMO regulations around the world. Report: Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews

GMWatch publishes the full definitive account of the Pusztai affair

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Published: 15 February 2022

Arpad Pusztai plus book: Don't worry its safe to eat

Read the whole extraordinary drama of Pusztai’s groundbreaking research and the attempts to destroy his reputation

  1. Don't Worry, It's Safe to Eat – GM foods and the Pusztai affair, part II
  2. Don't Worry, It's Safe to Eat – GM foods and the Pusztai affair, part I
  3. Why GMO Bt cotton has never been a pro-poor technology
  4. One in three Americans has detectable levels of toxic weedkiller 2,4-D, study finds
  5. More than 80 organisations call on European Commission to wait for court's clarifications on new GM
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