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
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
Poll: 82% of Danes oppose GMO deregulation, at odds with government position
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Poll comes as EU institutions are in the final negotiation rounds to determine if new GMO products will be exempt from labelling and traceability requirements
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
Victory! Center for Food Safety secures win for the public’s right to know in GMO labelling lawsuit
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Court says USDA's labelling exemption for “highly refined” or ultra-processed GMO foods — such as corn and soy oils — is unlawful
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"
Dark PR attacks on critics of 10-billion-dollar biotech Goliath
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Debunkers of de-extinction disinformation hit by vicious campaign of intimidation. Report: Jonathan Matthews
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
Long-read whole genome sequencing the only way to confirm absence of foreign DNA in gene-edited products
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New scientific article warns of loss of consumer trust unless proper analysis is done. 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
No “undo button” for nature: IUCN must say no to genetically engineered wild species
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Over 90 NGOs urge moratorium on genetic engineering in the wild as World Conservation Congress meets in Abu Dhabi
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
New GMOs exacerbate patent thicket for farmers and breeders
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ARCHE NOAH briefing shows that EU institutions have the legal power to act
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
Scientific publication on AI-designed "new GMO" maize
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The EU Commission would allow the release of the plants without prior risk assessment