Review number 316

Roundup of recent news via GMWatch on Twitter
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India: Bt cotton fails farmers in state http://bit.ly/vlHRTy

India: Wave Of Suicides Among Cotton Farmers http://j.mp/vv6I24

EU tightens control of Chinese rice over GM fears http://bit.ly/vd7rg8

India: Former Supreme Court Judges Oppose Bill on Biotech http://bit.ly/vssmXm

New Zealand: GMO law probe a big surprise http://bit.ly/umNEqA

USA: Label GMOs Initiative Filed in California, Will You Sign? http://bit.ly/sNwHVn Initiative language will be posted on the Label GMOs website in the coming days: http://labelgmos.org/

Japan: Labeling of GMO products threatened by U.S. http://bit.ly/vXkSjF

Turkey: Petition (in Turkish) to stop 10 GMO corn varieties being imported (name & email needed) http://bit.ly/plLBUU

India: Break the BRAI bill, cry Karnataka farmers http://bit.ly/rrQP5n

India: 100+ proposals for GMO trials pending because State Govts not allowing field testing http://bit.ly/vgNTH6

USA: 25% of seed company's Swiss chard and table beet fields already GMO contaminated: http://bit.ly/rqVGgG

India: Why Rajasthan scrapped seed pacts with Monsanto & co. http://j.mp/rpQG6u

EU member states refuse to endorse 2 GMO soy http://j.mp/rq45lk

USA: Second committee votes to phase out Boulder County GMOs http://bit.ly/uMVrO6

Vietnam probes Japan's claim of GMO detection in rice noodles http://bit.ly/rX23pr

USA: Huge genetically modified rice settlement nears http://huff.to/u0wc3b

EU needs tougher import rules on feed crops - Greens http://bit.ly/vP5Kau

EU: Major data gaps in risk assessment of genetically engineered soybeans http://bit.ly/v7HJuu

France: Occupation of animal feed plant ended this morning. Great protest against GMO soy, plant closed 1.5 days! http://bit.ly/vzeSgo

Australia: Wild weather whips up seeds of dissent ow.ly/7xrOk

India: BRAI sparks outcry http://bit.ly/u4B4L5

EU: 12 of 21 EFSA experts that approved GMO spud Amflora had conflicts of interest: http://bit.ly/s7jCS1

Europe's food safety in hands of lobbies http://bit.ly/s7jCS1

USA: Boulder County ag group recommends transition away from GMOs http://bit.ly/uZS2TE

USA: 'Citizens Cropland Policy' affects Boulder County board decisions on GMOs http://bit.ly/w08jFK

Nepal: US seed giant Monsanto under attack http://bit.ly/tE2kdp

USA: There've been over 100 open field trials of GMO pharma crops in the United States - over 1/2 involving maize! http://bit.ly/tiPmS2

Monsanto, Bayer and Dow face trial for 'systematic human rights abuses' http://bit.ly/tbjRFD

GM tree trials in Sweden, Poland, and Belgium http://bit.ly/vlzHdB

Once again, organic ag proves just as a productive as chemical ag http://bit.ly/uxy0wJ

Western Australia's non-GM sector could vanish within 10 years due to contamination http://bit.ly/uBGOkG

Genetically Modified Crops - Contamination without Representation http://bit.ly/vrHb54

Legislation may pass GMO labeling in Connecticut http://bit.ly/vxlmLn

A good non GMO solution: heritage rice fish coculture system http://bit.ly/sytfuL

USDA weighs biotech compensation plan http://bit.ly/vZcQsE

USA: Biotech opponents could receive millions http://bit.ly/touFwz

GMO mosquitoes: The Wipeout Gene http://bit.ly/sZxG0s Thoughtful piece in Scientific American

Non-GM bug that could stop the spread of dengue http://bit.ly/uIoHIh Natural alternative to GM mosquitoes

GM Mosquitoes Bite http://slate.me/rL5n7c Slate piece pointing up the ecological complexities around GMO mozzies

New Zealand: Minister's Backing for '2,4-D' Corn Not Good for Public Health http://bit.ly/tTJ273

USA: Hundreds besiege Boulder County GMO meeting http://bit.ly/ts9CHE

USA: Tell FDA and Obama to Label Genetically Engineered Food http://bit.ly/vaAxGF

Same old same old. 1st cisgenic plants will be herbicide-tolerant canola. http://www.farmandranchguide.com/news/agri-tech/tech-firm-with-minnesota-ties-of fers-a-new-path-to/article_5e822fee-0843-11e1-8e3a-001cc4c002e0.html

WWF: GMO ag destroying forests and poisoning people in South America with help of WWF (video) http://bit.ly/uJa6Sp

Tanzania: International biotech conference calls for moratorium on GMO foods http://bit.ly/sAv7AE

Philippines: Communities stand firm against GMO eggplant http://bit.ly/vJdQ34

Philippines: City stands firm against eggplant testing http://bit.ly/svZixi

Uganda: MPs query Biosafety and Biotechnology Bill http://bit.ly/t6PgK9

India: As the number of widows keep rising, authorities fudge inquests to keep suicide numbers low http://bit.ly/vAzbv2

Australia: Contamination worsens in Western Australia http://bit.ly/teM4EJ

Australia's stringently controlled GMO trials? http://bit.ly/vQ5Ebe

Africa: Delegates brace for heated debate in Nairobi http://bit.ly/u6JQiP

India: Kerala Food Processing Associations Reject GM-Foods http://bit.ly/rNFicY

Occupy Monsanto http://www.facebook.com/occupymonsanto

Australia: Hail storm unleashes more GMO canola contamination - highlights need for farmer protection legislation http://bit.ly/skJc0H

How EFSA and BASF paved the way for controversial GMO crops http://bit.ly/sOc2wz

USA: California ballot initiative to require labeling of GMO foods submitted to attorney general http://bit.ly/slD8or

India: Activists, farmers want BRAI bill scrapped http://bit.ly/sw6Z5Z

EFSA accused of intimidation http://bit.ly/rULASY

EU: Vested interests and flawed science behind Amflora GM potato http://bit.ly/t4Xg0b

US asks Turkey to relax GMO regulation if it wants better access to US markets http://bit.ly/tMyoNN

Hawaiian papaya to test GMO acceptance in Japan http://bit.ly/rrOE26

USA: Agent Orange Action Group Calls for protest at Monsanto's annual general meeting http://aoag.org/?p=617

Monsanto Pakistan to set up GMO crop learning centres for farmers http://bit.ly/sHmeqz

Insects Developing Resistance to GM Bt Crops http://bit.ly/tYjFgD

New Zealand: Let's insist on labels for GMO food http://bit.ly/vDVGRS U.S. wants them abolished

Unlocking the Potential of Organic Farming in Africa - UNEP http://shar.es/bV4AO

Indian MPs oppose biotech bill http://bit.ly/tKAliK

US asks Turkey to change GMO regulation http://bit.ly/tMyoNN

USA: Maine farmer heads group challenging genetics giant http://bit.ly/teAQK9

Pharm Crops Ignoring Health & Environment http://bit.ly/tiPmS2

USA: The dismantling of sustainable agriculture science http://j.mp/vMMY8y

Argentine Doctors: Pesticides Used on GMOs Are "Real Chemical Weapons" bit.ly/sU2lQC

USA: Uncle Sam Would Be Doomed Without GMO Crops - Forbes http://onforb.es/vtCzGi

No golden opportunity in Golden Rice http://bit.ly/sxvSq7

Concern in Nepal about Monsanto project http://j.mp/uAM3Vt

USA: Superweeds are growing threat in GM reliant regions http://j.mp/rD2Cve

GMO Researchers Attacked, Evidence Denied, and a Population at Risk http://j.mp/tXm0jK

World hunger blamed on U.S. http://bit.ly/smE4ix

USA: GMOs are taking over your pantry http://bit.ly/v0gWzd

'People don't want to be a GMO Experiment' http://bit.ly/tzH9H9

Peru "defends its biodiversity, its agriculture, its gastronomy and its health" with 10-year GMO ban http://bit.ly/tHtQS8

USA: Shareholder to Monsanto: Be Transparent about Genetically Engineered Food Risks fb.me/1bHb5cKhq

No patents on plants and animals! Open letter: http://bit.ly/immjHA Sign on here: http://bit.ly/u3XxBX

USA: When Trolls Do Fight http://j.mp/vrtpqN

Africa: Food Crisis as Kenya Opens its Doors to GMOs http://bit.ly/uCtPF3

USA: Why Is the State Department Using Our Money to Pimp for Monsanto? http://bit.ly/tq69He

Reuters: Groups sue U.S. over GMO crops in wildlife refuges http://reut.rs/vIOS17

Template: Make your own "No Frankenfish" bumper sticker http://flic.kr/p/aAELcB

USA: Ohio Residents Win Right to Know What's In Their Food: http://bit.ly/vTuZVu

USA: "No Frankenfish" button becomes Alaskan senator's Halloween treat http://bit.ly/sZCyKT

EU: Biotech giant eyes fast food market for its new GMO spud http://bit.ly/uNyrly Why risk our health when there are safe alternatives?

Australia: Grain handler accused of failing to clean up GMO spill http://bit.ly/tP8t29

Law Prof Is Concerned About Methods of Company Using Genetics to Control Mosquitoes http://bit.ly/sAFg3P

Farmers in the Philippines oppose GMO rice, call it a 'Trojan horse' http://bit.ly/vaboVq

Chinese scientists make human blood protein from GMO rice http://bit.ly/vHeNV7

Bt resistance spreads! http://bit.ly/td3csr

Gates Foundation "Swimming Against a Tide of Informed Opinion" http://bit.ly/rr1uCu

The Revolving Door between Regulatory Agencies and Industry: A Problem That Requires Reconceptualizing Objectivity http://goo.gl/cNP1m

Rising trend of farm suicides in India http://bit.ly/tDDIhe

Safety of wild fish stocks questioned if GMO salmon eggs hatchery gets OK http://bit.ly/q0sf6q

Italian magistrate charges Managing Directors of Bayer and Syngenta with bee-killing over clothianidin http://bit.ly/vmi7Fq

Consumers Speak Up Against Monsanto's GMO Sweet Corn http://bit.ly/sdHvu4

Please sign this petition for a moratorium on cultivation of GMO crops in Ireland http://bit.ly/u3hT1f

Tasmania's GMO Free Status Reaping Rewards http://bit.ly/sJSSdP