Paraquat – harvesting a health hazard
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US must ban toxic weedkiller, writes Jonathan Sharp, Director of Claims of the Environmental Litigation Group, P.C.
Germany: Non-GMO label continues to grow
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Non-GMO industry association demands ongoing transparency and labelling for new GM products
Regenerative organic farming, not GM, is the solution to the climate crisis
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Zen Honeycutt explains why plans to grow GM carbon-sequestering plants are a dangerous distraction
First application for approval of CRISPR/Cas plants in the EU
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DowDupont (Corteva) maize is tolerant to herbicides and produces insecticides
Glyphosate-based herbicides do not contribute to sustainable agriculture
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Scientific paper concludes that glyphosate-based herbicides such as Roundup harm human and animal health, soils, and biodiversity. Report: Claire Robinson
Pesticides often found in EU foods cause ill health effects missed by regulatory safety tests
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State-of-the-art tests show damage from mixtures of pesticides, when each is present at a level regulators claim is safe
Researchers call for greater awareness of unintended consequences of CRISPR gene editing
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Findings in human embryos are relevant to plants and farm animals. Report: Claire Robinson
The future of agricultural gene editing: More herbicide-tolerant crops sooner
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Scientists look forward to crops that can be sprayed with multiple herbicides and evade risk assessment
Roundup surfactants measured in urine, paving the way for biomonitoring in people
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First step taken towards determining intake and body burden of overlooked toxic compounds
Pesticide toxicity to invertebrates and pollinators increasing in GM crops
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Results demolish claims of decrease in the environmental impacts of pesticide use
Vice-President Timmermans, don't deregulate GM crops and animals
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New GM techniques can cause unwanted genetic errors that can result in the production of novel toxins or allergens, warn civil society and farmer groups
"Small" changes made with gene editing cause severe deformities in plants
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New study points to unintended effects of gene editing in plants and potential negative effects on ecosystems
Majority of Europeans want GM foods – including gene-edited ones – to be labelled
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86% want GM foods labelled, while 68% of those who've heard of new GM techniques such as CRISPR want labelling for foods produced with them
Sunday Times GMO promotional veers wildly off-target
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Widely debunked claims on GMOs reappear in attempt to fool the public
How do genetically engineered crops speed up the spread of plant pests?
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Adverse environmental effects in insecticidal Bt plant cultivation
UK targeted for experimental gene-edited tomato
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Developer opts for deliberate contamination as commercialisation strategy
73% of Welsh voters do not support any weakening of GM regulations
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Survey results show Westminster government has no public mandate to deregulate gene editing
European Group on Ethics presents biased and inaccurate report on new genetic engineering
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Report is scientifically inaccurate and skewed by anti-regulatory agenda. Report: Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews
New analytical tool reveals massive DNA damage caused by CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing
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Much of the damage would have been missed by analyses conducted till now. Report: Claire Robinson
New scholarly briefing raises tough questions about gene editing in agriculture
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Issues should form the basis of a real debate
GMWatch publishes its response to UK government consultation on deregulation of gene editing
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Government should get acquainted with the science
EU Commission breaking own rules to give green light for new GMOs?
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Commission allows companies that stand to profit from the weakening of GMO safety rules to help rewrite them
The Monsanto Papers: Deadly secrets, corporate corruption, and one man's search for justice
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Carey Gillam's new book is out
Researchers want GMO transparency
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"It's important for people to know that these gene edited plants are going into the market" – Prof Jennifer Kuzma