2020

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2020

List of articles in category 2020
Title	Created Date
The case is building that COVID-19 had a lab origin	02 June 2020
Stuart Smyth’s agrichemical industry ties and funding	01 June 2020
Regulatory chicanery – Biotech lobby quietly hijacks the UK’s Agriculture Bill to change the definition of "GMOs"	28 May 2020
Lab escape theory of SARS-CoV-2 origin gaining scientific support	28 May 2020
Bayer reaches deal to settle 85,000 cancer lawsuits over Roundup weedkiller	26 May 2020
Chinese and US scientists genetically engineered bat coronaviruses in dangerous gain-of-function research stretching back years	26 May 2020
UK: MPs call for Ag Bill to boost gene editing post-Brexit	26 May 2020
"Business as usual" for agrochemical industry damaging to biodiversity, farmers	23 May 2020
Evidence indicates COVID-19 was artificially adapted to infect humans	22 May 2020
Explained: Scientific indications that show SARS-CoV-2 virus is man-made	22 May 2020
Australian researchers see SARS-CoV-2 virus design manipulation	22 May 2020
South Australia overturns ban on planting GM crops	21 May 2020
Wuhan and US scientists used undetectable methods of genetic engineering on bat coronaviruses	20 May 2020
Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies: New GM promoted in line with agbiotech industry demands	20 May 2020
ILSI is a food industry front group, new study suggests	18 May 2020
Having trouble getting pregnant? Science says eat organic, regulate pesticides	17 May 2020
Bangladesh: False claims by promoters of GM Bt brinjal	17 May 2020
Trump Administration’s USDA limits oversight of genetically engineered and gene edited crops	15 May 2020
EFSA holding public consultation on new methods of genetic engineering	12 May 2020
Evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is genetically engineered	12 May 2020
Media ignores history of accidental lab releases of biohazards in COVID-19 coverage	06 May 2020
Need for "cut-off criteria" to prevent the uncontrolled spread of gene drive organisms	06 May 2020
National Institutes of Health study links dicamba to increased cancer risk	05 May 2020
Expert attacks EcoHealth Alliance’s involvement in “really risky” bat coronavirus research in Wuhan labs	05 May 2020
SARS-CoV-2 could have escaped from a lab – and the US is in the frame	04 May 2020
Summary of evidence that SARS-CoV-2 emerged from a laboratory in Wuhan, China	03 May 2020
US EPA grants first permit to test genetically modified mosquitoes	02 May 2020
More Roundup users sue as settlement talks slow due to Covid-19	29 April 2020
Another expert challenges assertions that SARS-CoV-2 was not genetically engineered	27 April 2020
Did this virus come from a lab? Maybe not — but it exposes the threat of a biowarfare arms race	24 April 2020
Surveys make unsettling reading for GMO proponents	22 April 2020
EPA faces court over backing of Monsanto's GMO dicamba-tolerant crop system	21 April 2020
Was the COVID-19 virus genetically engineered?	21 April 2020
New academic paper slams EU pesticide risk assessment practices	20 April 2020
GMA $18 million fine reinstated over cover up in GMO labelling fight	18 April 2020
For Brazilian agribusiness, leaving the Amazon forested is "a problem"	16 April 2020
New model aimed at predicting unwanted changes in GM trees falls short	15 April 2020
GM Freeze is facing closure – can you help?	15 April 2020
COVID-19: A wake-up call for biosafety	13 April 2020
Bayer seeks to strike $265 million award in first dicamba-related trial	07 April 2020
GM Bt toxins harm caddisflies	06 April 2020
EPA sidesteps normal public process to approve BASF’s cancer-linked pesticide	04 April 2020
Bayer said to be reneging on Roundup settlement deals as virus closes courthouses	03 April 2020
The uncomfortable truth about GMOs and co-existence	03 April 2020
Coronavirus shows we must change how we live or face self-destruction	02 April 2020
German environment minister: Global nature conservation can reduce risk of epidemics	02 April 2020
Scientists “surprised” to find that CRISPR editing tool is not as precise as previously claimed	01 April 2020
Syrian refugee develops non-GMO virus-resistant super-seeds	01 April 2020
New resource shows dangers of de-regulating GMOs	31 March 2020
Indian GM cotton farmers "desperate" for permission to fight pest attacks	31 March 2020
Bayer settles false ad lawsuits	31 March 2020
Revealed: Monsanto predicted dicamba crop system would damage US farms	30 March 2020
GM canola suffers price penalty in Western Australia	29 March 2020
No place for gene editing in Commission's sustainability strategy	26 March 2020
New GMOs can be accurately identified – plant variety protection organisation UPOV	25 March 2020
USDA advisory committee recommends suspension of dicamba use	23 March 2020
Trump administration proposes allowing GE crops on thousands of acres of wildlife refuges	23 March 2020
Mutants or miracles? Australia's GM cows	19 March 2020
The moral hazards of the Gates Foundation	19 March 2020
Dependency, distress and no durable agronomic benefits: The story of Bt cotton in India	17 March 2020
Gene-edited hornless cattle end up in Australian paddock	14 March 2020
GM cotton no match for insects in India, long-term analysis shows	13 March 2020
Fed watchdog eyes dicamba	13 March 2020
Revealed: Monsanto’s secret funding for weedkiller studies	12 March 2020
UN under fire over choice of "corporate puppet" as envoy at key food summit	12 March 2020
Non-GMO agroecological banana not the product of nuke program	12 March 2020
UK: House of Lords debate on genome editing: What was the point?	12 March 2020
Our pets (and other animals) at risk from glyphosate	10 March 2020
Dicamba litigation against Bayer, BASF poised to explode, lawyers say	06 March 2020
Call for retraction of EU-funded G-TwYST study on GM maize	06 March 2020
After 20 years of growing GM maize, malnutrition remains staggering in South Africa	06 March 2020
Andean, African farmers condemn misuse of digital sequence information of potatoes	05 March 2020
Bayer's top seed faces US soybean challenge from Corteva	05 March 2020
Monarch butterfly numbers critically low for second straight year	05 March 2020
Glyphosate and other pesticides linked with increased risk of childhood leukemia	04 March 2020
Roundup weedkiller harms biodiversity in freshwater systems	04 March 2020
Spreading the risks: When genetically engineered organisms go wild	04 March 2020
Non-GM breeding and agroecology save the banana?	03 March 2020
GM food issue on the rise again in UK	03 March 2020
Pressure mounts on Bayer CEO to fix legal problems as chairman quits	02 March 2020
Bayer’s Roundup woes may force it to sell assets or borrow on unfavorable terms	02 March 2020
Tory manifesto "silent" on GM crops as govt negotiates US-UK trade deal	02 March 2020
Not just chlorinated chicken: Five foods a US trade deal could bring to the UK	02 March 2020
EU mulls faster genetically modified food approvals for Trump	27 February 2020
Gene-editing regulation not the biggest hurdle for SMEs in EU, says academic	27 February 2020
Bayer chairman quits as Roundup settlement talks progress	26 February 2020
Glyphosate science is nuanced. Arguments about it on the internet? Not so much	25 February 2020
Researchers are substantially undercounting gene-editing errors	25 February 2020
UK environment secretary fails to give guarantee on food standards	25 February 2020
Yet more problems with CRISPR – with consequences for food safety	22 February 2020
Big mistakes by developers of “poster child” GMO products mean FDA is justified in requiring regulation	19 February 2020
Science shouldn't be for sale – we need reform to industry-funded studies to keep people safe	19 February 2020
Toxic residues through the back door	17 February 2020
Extensive chemical safety fraud uncovered at German testing laboratory	16 February 2020
Missouri peach farm awarded $265M damages in suit against BASF and Bayer	16 February 2020
Analysis of animal studies shows glyphosate causes multiple tumours and cancers	14 February 2020
Fraud in German laboratory casts more doubts on 2017 re-approval of glyphosate	12 February 2020
Gene-edited animals must be regulated to protect public health – US FDA	09 February 2020
No clear path for GMO golden rice to reach consumers	08 February 2020
Why farmers might not plant GMO golden rice	08 February 2020

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