2015

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2015

List of articles in category 2015
Title	Created Date
Many farmers in Northeast China grow GM soybeans despite official ban	10 September 2015
Should we be reassured by new miRNA study?	10 September 2015
Black clouds over Bt cotton in India as whitefly runs amok	09 September 2015
“Intentional ignorance” in EFSA environmental risk assessment	08 September 2015
Should scientists with financial ties to Monsanto be subject to FOIA requests?	08 September 2015
The Puppetmasters of Academia – or what the New York Times left out	08 September 2015
Lessons in critical thinking and William Saletan – Part 2	08 September 2015
European Commission wants to allow unapproved GMOs in food and feed	07 September 2015
California EPA moves to label Monsanto's Roundup “carcinogenic”	06 September 2015
Folta affair exposed in the New York Times	06 September 2015
Chipotle attacked by corporate front group over non-GMO policy	04 September 2015
India: Commercial cultivation of GM mustard is harmful	04 September 2015
Scientists support Scottish GM crop ban	04 September 2015
Brazil National Cancer Institute report on GM crops available in English	03 September 2015
Sad David vs Goliath: GM contamination judgement day	03 September 2015
Organic farmer Steve Marsh loses GM appeal	03 September 2015
Get glyphosate out of our bread and food – action updates	02 September 2015
Death threats, libel, and lies – Part 1: Death threats	02 September 2015
Colombia to end coca farm glyphosate sprayings	02 September 2015
Russia Today on study confirming liver and kidney damage from Roundup exposure	02 September 2015
Growing doubt: a scientist’s experience of GMOs	01 September 2015
Chipotle sued in class action for claiming its menu is GMO-free	01 September 2015
Science must be protected from commercial interests	01 September 2015
Is the biotech industry behind the destruction of Italy’s olive trees?	30 August 2015
Bringing GM golden rice down to earth	29 August 2015
More evidence of Roundup's link to kidney, liver damage	28 August 2015
Latvia, Greece win opt-out from Monsanto GM crop	28 August 2015
Kevin Folta is "wrong" over cancer-glyphosate link, says expert	27 August 2015
Gene expression analysis confirms Roundup causes liver and kidney damage at very low doses	26 August 2015
Following criticism, PLOS removes blog defending scrutiny of science	26 August 2015
Germany joins Scotland in seeking ban on GM seeds	25 August 2015
The case of glyphosate: Product promoters masquerading as regulators?	24 August 2015
Germany moves to ban GMO crops	24 August 2015
Pesticides in paradise: Hawaii's spike in birth defects puts focus on GM crops	23 August 2015
More consumers say no to GMOs	23 August 2015
More on the overturning of the suspension of GM maize planting in Mexico	23 August 2015
US farmers returning to non-GMO crops	21 August 2015
Vietnam debates GMO crops with eye on history	21 August 2015
Judge overturns injunction against planting of GM maize in Mexico	20 August 2015
Scientists call for new review of glyphosate, cite “flawed” US regulations	20 August 2015
Economic studies present overly positive picture of social sustainability of GM crops	19 August 2015
New Monsanto spray kills bugs by messing with their genes	19 August 2015
William Saletan, GMO labelling, and the GMO debate	19 August 2015
Scots GM crops backing “like a religious crusade”	19 August 2015
Lessons in critical thinking and William Saletan – Part 1	19 August 2015
Germany to propose update of glyphosate's hazard classification	19 August 2015
Roundup is an endocrine disruptor – new study	18 August 2015
GMO lobby pushes new gene-silencing GMOs in spite of safety risks	18 August 2015
Long-term exposure to GM maize leaves harms water fleas	18 August 2015
EU Commission declares report on glyphosate risk assessment a secret – but Monsanto had access	18 August 2015
Glyphosate herbicides are toxic below regulatory safety limits	17 August 2015
Pope Francis joins battle against transgenic crops	14 August 2015
New revelation about glyphosate-cancer link	13 August 2015
NGO to battle South Africa govt, Monsanto over GM “drought tolerant” maize	11 August 2015
Scottish civil society supports government's decision to ban GMO cultivation	10 August 2015
Pointing out Kevin Folta’s dishonesty is not "ad hominem"	10 August 2015
Why did AAAS scientists disagree with health professionals on GMO safety?	09 August 2015
Scotland will ban GMO cultivation	09 August 2015
Kevin Folta received $25,000 from Monsanto	07 August 2015
UK company withdraws application for release of GM flies in Spain	07 August 2015
Supermarkets and garden centres ban Roundup weedkiller suspected of causing cancer	07 August 2015
Glyphosate herbicides harm earthworms and increase risk of pollution	06 August 2015
Sub-lethal doses of glyphosate impair honeybee navigation	06 August 2015
How to cover up the pesticide industry's GMO scheme and new 2,4-D “Agent Orange” crops	06 August 2015
Jane Goodall goes head-to-head with Stephen Tindale over GMOs	06 August 2015
GM Bt cotton failed on 60,450 ha. in Karnataka in 2013	03 August 2015
University of Hawaii faculty condemn persecution of Prof Hector Valenzuela	01 August 2015
As biodiversity declines on corn farms, pest problems grow	01 August 2015
Exposure to heavy metals and glyphosate may contribute to kidney disease	31 July 2015
Golden rice paper retracted after judge rules for journal	30 July 2015
Full IARC report on glyphosate published	30 July 2015
Protection of health and environment more important than confidentiality for experts – EU court	30 July 2015
Despite failure, BARI will release more Bt brinjal varieties in Bangladesh	29 July 2015
Scientists say supposedly miraculous ingredients in weedkillers don't work	29 July 2015
Pesticide use jumped 162% in 12 years‏ in Brazil	28 July 2015
Propaganda over facts? BBC Panorama and Bt brinjal	28 July 2015
“Climate change-friendly GM rice” is long way from making a difference	27 July 2015
Oxitec plans to release GM insects in UK and Spain	27 July 2015
Errors, fraud, lies, and William Saletan – Part 3: GM papaya: Saviour or health risk?	26 July 2015
Monsanto's new $1bn herbicide shows our bias towards hi-tech solutions	24 July 2015
WSU researchers find glyphosate-free breast milk for Monsanto	24 July 2015
Errors, fraud, lies, and William Saletan – Part 2: GMO food safety	24 July 2015
House of Representatives passes anti-GMO labelling law	23 July 2015
Mexico’s GMO corn ban and glyphosate cancer findings	23 July 2015
Stop the “toxic soybean” – EU call to action	23 July 2015
Pro-GMO group using deceptive tactics to win support for bill that would ban GMO labelling	23 July 2015
Errors, fraud, lies, and William Saletan – Part 1: Golden rice	22 July 2015
Battle rages in Colombia over glyphosate ban	21 July 2015
Maharashtra has record number of farmer suicides	20 July 2015
We don’t need golden rice	20 July 2015
GMO food fight hits US House of Representatives	19 July 2015
Semantically engineered crops	17 July 2015
German risk assessment institute claims glyphosate is safe	16 July 2015
Monsanto hires industry consultancy firm to review WHO verdict on glyphosate	16 July 2015
Glyphosate damages DNA, says World Health Organisation expert	15 July 2015
Glyphosate’s days are numbered	14 July 2015
Another “Too Big to Fail” system in GMOs	14 July 2015
No scientific evidence of GM food safety	14 July 2015
GM corn costs many Ohio farmers	13 July 2015
Do GM soybean plants accumulate formaldehyde?	12 July 2015

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