2016

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2016

List of articles in category 2016
Title	Created Date
Nestle's Buitoni to remove GMOs	25 October 2016
Belgium “not in a position to sign CETA”, says prime minister	25 October 2016
Monsanto’s deceptive attempts to control the scientific and public debate on GMOs	25 October 2016
India: Bt cotton crop area falls for first time	23 October 2016
In World Food Day message, Pope criticises “ruinous” impact of GM foods	22 October 2016
Five renowned judges heard 30 witnesses describe crimes against humanity at Monsanto Tribunal	21 October 2016
Dow-DuPont’s GM corn fails to control pest, scientists say	20 October 2016
EPA bows to chemical industry in delay of glyphosate cancer review	20 October 2016
India: Supreme Court extends stay on commercial release of GM mustard crop	19 October 2016
Aquaculture industry to MPs: We don't need GMO salmon	19 October 2016
Canada: Groups challenge federal approval of GM salmon in court	19 October 2016
Soylent: Don’t mention the GM word	19 October 2016
Kenya: Health secretary blocks planned testing of GMO maize	18 October 2016
Chair of the Monsanto Tribunal explains what it means and what it might do	17 October 2016
Soylent is the future of food, if the future of food means constant diarrhea	17 October 2016
Key West group fires back at Oxitec/Intrexon and its front group	15 October 2016
Monsanto goes on trial for ecocide	15 October 2016
GM seed firm Monsanto dismisses “moral trial” as a staged stunt	13 October 2016
Herculex Bt toxin trait fails against western bean cutworm	12 October 2016
MEPs oppose EU Commission plans to authorise five GMOs	12 October 2016
“Proudly made with GMOs” Soylent food bars made some people throw up	12 October 2016
Glyphosate: New monograph published	11 October 2016
India: Non-GM seeds helped up production 5-fold in 60 years	10 October 2016
Bayer says no plans to introduce Monsanto GM crops into Europe	10 October 2016
India: Supreme Court stays commercial release of GM mustard till October 17	08 October 2016
GMOs, the European Commission’s next homemade PR disaster	08 October 2016
New GMO authorisations opposed by the European Parliament	07 October 2016
NGOs query GM mosquito success risk	06 October 2016
Think US agriculture will end world hunger? Think again	05 October 2016
European Court of Justice will rule whether new GMO techniques fall under GMO law	03 October 2016
Bayer’s Trojan Horse: Criminal prosecution required to stop GM food crops fraudulently entering India	03 October 2016
The end of Bt crops?	02 October 2016
Farmers and anti-GMO groups call for Competition Bureau review of Monsanto takeover	02 October 2016
Surprise! Monsanto-funded papers conclude glyphosate not carcinogenic or genotoxic	01 October 2016
Experts warn home gene editing kits pose risk to society	01 October 2016
India: Seeds of discontent?	01 October 2016
Court documents reveal Oxitec’s GM mosquitoes could cause surge in different disease-carrying mosquitoes	30 September 2016
Upcoming EPA meetings on safety of Monsanto weedkiller drawing scrutiny	30 September 2016
EFSA commits to disclosing glyphosate raw data to CEO and Green MEPs	29 September 2016
Glyphosate: EFSA to share industry's raw data	29 September 2016
EFSA caught up in massive conflicts of interest whilst dismissing scientific findings on GM crops	29 September 2016
US farmer lawsuits over Syngenta GMO corn granted class status	29 September 2016
GMO lab allegations revive suspicions in China	28 September 2016
Pioneer of GM mustard in India says it should be banned	28 September 2016
MEPs protest industry “reading room” for secret glyphosate studies	28 September 2016
Farming mega-mergers threaten food security, say campaigners	26 September 2016
Publicly funded EU projects work to abolish animal feeding studies with GMOs	26 September 2016
Opposed to GMOs? Are Monsanto’s new CRISPR crops any better?	26 September 2016
Séralini wins again in court against his attackers	26 September 2016
Transgenic Wars — How GMOs impact livestock and human health around the globe	25 September 2016
EU Commission wants to authorize three GM maize varieties for cultivation	24 September 2016
Farmers call for Cornell to evict the Alliance for Science	24 September 2016
Six companies are about to merge into the biggest farm-business oligopoly in history	23 September 2016
New GMO techniques do give rise to GMOs – Austrian govt official	23 September 2016
No solution yet to Bt toxin failure	23 September 2016
India: Prominent civil society members write to govt against GM mustard	23 September 2016
Breaking taboo, Swedish scientist seeks to edit DNA of healthy human embryos	23 September 2016
GMO enzymes used in food and cleaning products "are potent allergens" – study	22 September 2016
Dr. Bronner’s announces resignation from the Organic Trade Association	22 September 2016
The problem with the US EPA’s claim that glyphosate is “not likely” to be carcinogenic	21 September 2016
Genetic engineer eats gene-edited cabbage, gets a bad stomach	21 September 2016
New guide identifies GMOs 2.0 in food and cosmetics	21 September 2016
PAN Europe wins court victory over access to documents on endocrine disrupting chemicals	20 September 2016
China launches probe after PhD dropout claims national GMO testing centre faked records	20 September 2016
Bayer-Monsanto merger hides an industry in trouble	19 September 2016
Largest ever study shows GM crops massively increase herbicide use	19 September 2016
European Commission approves 11 more GMOs for food/feed	19 September 2016
The Bayer-Monsanto merger – corporate madness or a moment of possibility?	17 September 2016
FDA finds glyphosate in US honey	16 September 2016
GM mustard in India: Supreme Court panel member says data made public is incomplete	16 September 2016
Bayer confirms $66bn Monsanto takeover	15 September 2016
Monsanto board close to giving nod to Bayer deal on Tuesday	14 September 2016
Slovakia food producers call on govt to reject TTIP to stop the EU "being flooded" with GMOs	14 September 2016
Monsanto ditches GMO wheat	14 September 2016
India: Lawyer-activist tells GMO regulator to make public the biosafety dossier for GM mustard	11 September 2016
Séralini wins defamation case against French news magazine Marianne	11 September 2016
Academics who have become shills for corporate giants	10 September 2016
EFSA GMO Panel member warns of health risks from Syngenta GM maize	10 September 2016
India: GMO regulators’ career paths show conflicts of interest	09 September 2016
India: Political party AAP up in arms against GM mustard	08 September 2016
EU and US consumers call for regulation and labelling of products derived from new GM techniques	07 September 2016
The perils of planned extinctions	07 September 2016
Takeovers and mergers in the agribusiness sector: Need for urgent action	06 September 2016
Does Roundup cause cancer?	05 September 2016
Food authority EFSA gives extra boost to pesticide treadmill	05 September 2016
Chinese farmer finds himself in eye of GMO storm	04 September 2016
Parties in Vermont GMO labelling lawsuit agree to dismissal	03 September 2016
India: Bihar chief minister backs NGO in fight against GM mustard	03 September 2016
Genetic “extinction” technology rejected by international scientists, conservationists and environmental advocates	03 September 2016
Bangladeshi development expert Farida Akhter to speak in UK	03 September 2016
Syngenta to sell Hawaii operations	02 September 2016
Latin American scientists reject Nobel laureates’ letter supporting GM crops	02 September 2016
Nigeria: Experts warn govt against introduction of GM foods	01 September 2016
Forget ideology, liberal democracy’s newest threats come from technology and bioscience	31 August 2016
CETA: why TTIP’s death is being exaggerated	30 August 2016
ChemChina-Syngenta deal: why it matters	30 August 2016
Accidental release of forbidden GMO wheat in Montana could have been catastrophic	29 August 2016
TTIP has failed – but no one is admitting it, says German Vice Chancellor	28 August 2016
The prospects of Monsanto’s exit from India a “good omen”	28 August 2016
Maharashtra urges farmers to grow indigenous variety of cotton	28 August 2016

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