Argentina: 30 years of genetically modified soy
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Dario Aranda reports on “a massive open-air experiment”
Holiday revelation: Wild American chestnuts thriving on biologist’s land in Maine
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Film gives the lie to claims by some researchers that genetically engineered trees are the only path to restoration of the American chestnut
GM plants differ from non-GM parents in unintended ways – and that goes for GM gene-edited plants too
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Study shows GM gene-edited rice is not “substantially equivalent” to the parental non-edited rice. Report: Claire Robinson and Prof Michael Antoniou
EU governments sign off on far-reaching GMO deregulation
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"Most EU governments want to allow untested and unlabelled GM plants to be released into the environment and onto our plates" – Save Our Seeds
Court declares GM wheat parent company bankrupt
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Bioceres, “the Argentine Monsanto”, goes under amid battle between two groups of shareholders. Report: Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews
EU Member States approve the deregulation of GMOs obtained by new GM techniques
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European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) denounces "strategic error for Europe’s food and seed sovereignty"
Deregulation of new GMOs is without scientific basis
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Thirteen French organisations highlight shortcomings and flaws of the EU proposal
Gene editing disrupts multiple gene functions through large-scale epigenetic changes in a way that persists through successive cell generations
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Study finds CRISPR/Cas gene editing causes “chromatin fatigue” – another surprise mechanism by which it can produce unwanted changes in gene function. Report: Claire Robinson and Prof Michael Antoniou
American chestnut: Cross-breeding for blight resistance takes “giant leap forward”, leaves GM in the dust
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Crossing American chestnuts with naturally blight-resistant Chinese chestnuts results in hybrids with substantial blight resistance; GM trees continue to disappoint. Report: Claire Robinson
Faking it without making it: The de-extinction disinfo campaign manager’s history of hype
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How Colossal Biosciences’ CEO Ben Lamm keeps the hype cycle going. By Jonathan Matthews
Trump’s executive order is as much about weapons as weedkiller
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Dr Michael Hansen says the US’s war against Iran is triggering desires to protect white phosphorus production. Report: Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews
Journal finally retracts Roundup cancer study reliant on Monsanto research and ghostwriting
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“Now that much of the research finding glyphosate poses no cancer risk has been undermined, it is especially outrageous that the Trump administration is seeking to bolster Bayer’s case,” said one campaigner. By Jessica Corbett
Glyphosate-cancer research director’s departure from Ramazzini Institute was not “by mutual agreement”
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Dr Daniele Mandrioli was fired in a unilateral decision by the Institute’s leadership after the study he led showed glyphosate is carcinogenic
Comments on provisional new GMOs legislation that abandons risk assessment, labelling and traceability
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ENGA (the European Non-GMO Industry Association) and Friends of the Earth Europe denounced the deal
Ramazzini Institute researchers protest: “Our independence is at risk”
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They fear the pesticide industry’s response to the Global Glyphosate Study triggered the firing of the Institute’s scientific director
Bad deal reached on new GMO deregulation file in EU trilogue
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No risk assessment, traceability or labelling for 94% of new GMOs; rapporteur betrays intent of Parliament
EU consumers could lose the battle for GMO-free organic food, SAFE warns
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SAFE regrets legislative steps to make "new GM" techniques free from mandatory requirements applicable to other GMOs and warns that this will mean the end of organic food as we know it
Silicon Valley’s race to produce genetically engineered humans
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By Katie Hasson, Biopolitical Times
Coming to your neighbourhood soon? Seriously risky outdoor gene editing
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Some scientists who argue for deregulation deny outdoor gene editing is possible. But patents and the scientific literature tell a very different story. Report: Claire Robinson
IUCN votes on gene editing in conservation: Biotech lobbyists ‘win’, nature loses
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Report by Beyond GM
The corporate capture of MAHA: How the chemical lobby is stealing our health again
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By Lee Evslin
US tech billionaire pumps $60 million into British firm to develop GM crops and AI
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Larry Ellison is also a major funder of the Tony Blair Institute, which cheerleads for GM and AI. Report: Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews
Enshittification of our food and farms: Patents and new GMOs
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Bayer going after Pfizer for patent infringement is a forerunner for widespread abuse of intellectual property claims in food and farming if the planned GMO deregulation goes ahead. Report: Claire Robinson
EU deregulation of genetic engineering: Parliament's mandate at risk of being disregarded
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Green MEP Martin Häusling warns that the Parliament's rapporteur is going rogue in her support for deregulation
European Patent Office turns its back on EU decisions
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EPO practice of allowing patents on non-GM plants is becoming increasingly brazen, says No Patents on Seeds
The limits and dangers of genetic engineering in agriculture
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Dr Million Belay interviews molecular geneticist Prof Michael Antoniou
Scientist, farmer, and campaigner all call time on glyphosate
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Pre-harvest desiccation and non-farming uses of glyphosate should be banned, conference speakers agree. Report: Claire Robinson
Oxitec withdraws application to release its GM mosquitoes in Australia
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GM mozzies plan had attracted strong opposition from the public and scientists
Now the European Parliament must save GM labelling – GMO-free industry association
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"Germany did not agree to the ill-conceived and economically and consumer-damaging abolition of mandatory GMO labelling in the EU" – VLOG
Patent on maize with native traits upheld
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Precedent case shows new rule does not solve problems