2016

News and comment on genetically modified foods and their associated pesticides

2016

List of articles in category 2016
Title	Created Date
Scientists loved and loathed by an agrochemical giant	31 December 2016
Growing pest resistance shows GM Bt crop technology not sustainable	31 December 2016
Please support GMWatch	30 December 2016
France bans pesticides in public green spaces	30 December 2016
GM studies “biased” by company links	29 December 2016
Tanzanian farmers face heavy prison sentences if they continue traditional seed exchange	29 December 2016
Argentinian Federal Prosecutor requests ban on GMO crops over glyphosate fears	28 December 2016
US: National Academy of Sciences biotech panel faces conflict of interest questions	28 December 2016
Agroecology booming in Argentina	26 December 2016
A very happy holiday season to all our readers!	26 December 2016
New breeding techniques: New GMOs in a legal limbo	24 December 2016
German GMO-free industry body says gene-edited foods are GMOs	23 December 2016
Science Media Centre “experts” misrepresent study findings, get facts wrong	21 December 2016
Ukraine strengthens checks for GMOs	21 December 2016
Four steps forward, one leap back on global governance of synthetic biology	21 December 2016
Scientific scrutiny of EFSA's work, at last?	19 December 2016
Future of glyphosate uncertain after gruelling cancer review	19 December 2016
GM bentgrass, the dangerous grass that never dies	19 December 2016
GMO maize NK603 is not substantially equivalent to its non-GMO counterpart	19 December 2016
US: Glyphosate panel split on glyphosate’s carcinogenicity	18 December 2016
Farmers are abandoning traditional ploughing – without GMOs	18 December 2016
Many studies on GM are biased because of authors' links to companies	18 December 2016
NE China province to ban GM crops	17 December 2016
Cancer questions, controversy and chorus at US EPA glyphosate meetings	16 December 2016
Science Media Centre director in fresh controversy	15 December 2016
Pakistan: Uncertified GM seeds being sold without any check	14 December 2016
Trevor Butterworth spins science for industry	14 December 2016
Canada’s new food labels won’t include GMO information	13 December 2016
Argentina: “United Republic of Soybeans” and agribusiness under challenge	12 December 2016
Serious scrutiny needed as EPA seeks input on cancer ties to Monsanto herbicide	12 December 2016
European Patent Office reined in	12 December 2016
Fighting corporate seeds in South Asia	11 December 2016
Glyphosate: EFSA shares industry studies	10 December 2016
Commission tries to revive GMO opt-out for food and feed	09 December 2016
US life expectancy declines for the first time since 1993	08 December 2016
Monsanto, Bayer execs make their case to soybean farmers	08 December 2016
USDA: Escaped, highly invasive GE grass poses no environmental harm	08 December 2016
I listened to the stories of Monsanto's alleged victims	08 December 2016
Victory! GE mosquitoes will not be let loose on Florida community	07 December 2016
Cultivation of GM maize in the EU must be suspended – legal dossier	07 December 2016
Pew Research’s GMO survey misleads	07 December 2016
Missouri's largest peach farmer sues Monsanto over alleged damage from illegal herbicide use	07 December 2016
160 global groups call for moratorium on new genetic extinction technology at UN convention	05 December 2016
US: Mid-South cotton growers are spraying Bt cotton with pesticides more and more every year	04 December 2016
Is there a loophole for industry in court ruling in favour of pesticide data disclosure?	04 December 2016
Endocrine disruptors: The manufacture of a lie	03 December 2016
The new food fights: US public divides over food science	01 December 2016
New Zealand: Auckland suburbs spend $50K on alternative to weedkiller glyphosate	30 November 2016
Cargill sees mass-produced GM omega-3 canola oil by 2020	29 November 2016
GM mosquitoes could be released in Florida Keys by spring	28 November 2016
US farmers in retreat from “all-GMO”	25 November 2016
Vital soil fungi damaged by GMO Bt cotton	25 November 2016
New data on pesticides in food raise safety questions	24 November 2016
Monsanto GM corn MON810 damaged the intestines of rats – new study	24 November 2016
Court sides with NGOs over pesticides	24 November 2016
Landmark ruling: Research on dangers of pesticides must be made public	23 November 2016
Superweeds: It’s game over for GM herbicide-tolerant crops	22 November 2016
India: Bt cotton comes under pink bollworm pest attack	22 November 2016
GM Bt cotton has failed in Pakistan	22 November 2016
US: Organic standards will exclude next generation of GMOs	22 November 2016
Hawaii: Local governments can prohibit GM crops, says US Court of Appeals	21 November 2016
Expertise for sale: How an expert with close links to industry has been influencing policy for decades	20 November 2016
Nigeria: Agency warns against consumption of GM foods	20 November 2016
US federal judge rules against bans on GM farming in three Hawaii counties	20 November 2016
Dow And DuPont, Bayer and Monsanto, or Syngenta and ChemChina - which will succeed?	18 November 2016
GM crops' entry into India based on blatant fraud	18 November 2016
GM iron and zinc biofortified rice not adequately tested for safety	18 November 2016
University academic persecuted for denouncing GMOs and agrochemicals	17 November 2016
UK’s National Farmers Union sounds warning over GM crops	17 November 2016
Independent scientists set up international research project on GMO plant risks	16 November 2016
US EPA capitulates to Big Ag, removes epidemiologist from glyphosate review	16 November 2016
How 121 Nobel laureates were misled into promoting GM foods	16 November 2016
How self-appointed guardians of “sound science” tip the scales toward industry	15 November 2016
Alarming levels of glyphosate contamination found in popular American foods	15 November 2016
Top IRRI scientist openly contradicts Nobel laureates’ golden rice campaign	15 November 2016
Massive US research project set to study glyphosate effects on human health	04 November 2016
Contractor sprayed glyphosate on farmers and children in Ecuador	04 November 2016
EU Commission pushes for first GMO cultivation authorizations in 18 years	04 November 2016
Grocery group fined $18M in fight against GMO food labelling initiative	03 November 2016
EU Commission says plants and animals derived from conventional breeding are non-patentable	03 November 2016
EPA re-affirms decision to allow toxic chemical concoction on next generation of GMO crops	03 November 2016
German toxicologist accuses EU authorities of scientific fraud over glyphosate link with cancer	03 November 2016
Are your tax dollars bankrolling an industry front group?	03 November 2016
German cabinet approves draft law banning GMO crops	02 November 2016
Waitrose ends use of GM animal feed on its farms	02 November 2016
UK: Waitrose supermarket to switch to non-GM soy for pork products	01 November 2016
IARC scientists defend glyphosate cancer link – surprised by industry assault	01 November 2016
Farmer murders farmer in dispute over dicamba herbicide drift	30 October 2016
Big story - NYT finds GM crops don't mean better yields or reduced chemicals	29 October 2016
UN rights expert urges states not to sign “flawed” CETA treaty and to put it to referendum	29 October 2016
EU-Canada CETA to be signed, but its ratification and “investment protection” provisions are in doubt	29 October 2016
Monsanto-funded groups object to Dannon’s move to non-GMO feed	28 October 2016
Another product from “proudly made with GMOs” firm Soylent is withdrawn from sale	28 October 2016
Children’s favourite fruits contain residues of multiple pesticides – EFSA	28 October 2016
CETA: EU-Canada trade deal to go ahead?	27 October 2016
Investor rights to be judged by highest court in Europe as part of Belgian CETA deal	27 October 2016
IARC responds to Reuters attack	27 October 2016
Brexit: UK government to review GM crop regulations in preparation for leaving EU	26 October 2016
Non-GMO vitamin A orange maize improves night vision	26 October 2016
India: GM mustard protests intensify	25 October 2016

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