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If the Council agrees on the current version of the proposal, no safety checks or monitoring will be necessary to market the majority of new GMOs

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The GMO industry wants GM herbicide-tolerant and insecticide-producing crops to be allowed into our fields and onto our plates without safety checks or labelling. The European Commission and some MEPs have jumped to obey industry’s orders in designing a GMO deregulation law that will harm health, biodiversity, and farmers. Report: Claire Robinson and Nina Holland

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Warning of danger to health and the environment

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New GMOs have specific risks for health and the environment that must be assessed, review concludes

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Deregulation "will have major consequences for all citizens" – Greenpeace France

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"People will no longer know whether they are getting GMOs on their plates" – organic farmer

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"EU regulations must guarantee full traceability and labelling of NGTs throughout the supply chain"

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Castanea dentata blight

Coalition of groups call on US Department of Agriculture to reject deregulation

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Findings on leukemia in rats exposed to glyphosate are "of grave concern for public health" – Prof Philip Landrigan

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Approval "contravenes EU pesticide laws, which prioritise health and biodiversity protection over economic interests" – PAN Europe

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Open letter to UK's FSA is published

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"The concept of safety is conspicuous by its absence in the proposal" – open letter

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Planting non-GM cotton could double yields, say scientists

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"I very much regret this" – Germany's Agriculture Minister

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Parliament must ensure that Europe can continue to have a thriving non-GMO food sector

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Environmental groups call for ban on releasing GMOs into the wild

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EU must respect Precautionary Principle and withdraw glyphosate’s authorisation, says ENSSER

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Findings are another nail in the coffin for genetic engineering approaches to disease resistance

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Study finds higher incidence of deaths from leukemia in areas downstream of soy farms

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LLG Conference and seeds in hand

GMWatch joined a lawyer and a scientist at a seed diversity conference to discuss the Commission's attempt to "disappear" new GMOs

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George Monbiot, George and the Dragon, Jim Thomas

Jim Thomas’s must-read essay: “George and the Food System Dragon”

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Effects found at doses considered safe by regulatory agencies

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By Eric Meunier, Inf'OGM

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Initial economic benefits can diminish in the long run. Comment by TWN Info Service on Biosafety

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Proposals are "an affront" to all EU food producers and retailers – ENGA

  1. New GM plants: EU Commission has lost sight of science and safety
  2. Gene-edited chickens to combat bird flu: Saviour or liability?
  3. US EPA refuses to examine toxicity of “inert” pesticide chemicals
  4. Roundup ingredient connected to epidemic levels of chronic kidney disease
  5. The passing of the Father of India’s Green Revolution. The devastating impacts of “hybrid high yielding varieties” and toxic chemicals. What did the GR really do for India?