2016

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2016

List of articles in category 2016
Title	Created Date
No decision on glyphosate today	27 June 2016
Brexit roundup	27 June 2016
India: Demand for Bt cotton seeds sharply down	27 June 2016
American citizens, look who sold you out – take action now!	27 June 2016
Cotton crisis in Pakistan	25 June 2016
Russian State Duma passes total ban on GMO crops and animals	25 June 2016
Commission must prepare glyphosate exit plan – Greenpeace	25 June 2016
India imports cotton as domestic prices climb due to limited supply	25 June 2016
Conventional breeding outpaces biotech efforts to produce nutrient-efficient crops	24 June 2016
Argentine government agrees to act as Monsanto’s policeman and tax collector	24 June 2016
Brexit vote devastating for British environmental groups	24 June 2016
European Union again refuses to re-authorize glyphosate	24 June 2016
Consumers Union opposes new Senate GMO labelling proposal	24 June 2016
US: Senator Debbie Stabenow reaches deal to kill GMO labels	23 June 2016
Vermont's GMO labelling law: DuPont, Syngenta fight disclosure of internal studies	23 June 2016
Dirt, democracy, and organic farming: A recipe to feed the world	21 June 2016
India: Activists cry foul over GM mustard	21 June 2016
Glyphosate herbicide disrupts uterine development	21 June 2016
Mexico: Indigenous farmers threaten to end consultations if GMO planting continues	21 June 2016
New Hampshire Senator Ayotte targeted in new ad for choosing Monsanto $$$ over states' rights and GMO labelling	21 June 2016
France to vote against continued EU use of weedkiller glyphosate	20 June 2016
Argentina: Growing conflict between farmers and Monsanto over GMO Intacta soybeans	20 June 2016
UK Royal Society whitewash on GM crops	20 June 2016
What’s wrong with the regulation of GM crops?	20 June 2016
US action alert: Dear Senators: Leave our GMO labels alone	17 June 2016
Is consumer rejection of GMO sugar beet an environmental disaster?	17 June 2016
EU sowings of GM crops tumble - but imports large	17 June 2016
EU Commission’s endocrines proposal fails to protect public health – Endocrine Society	17 June 2016
New rules to regulate Europe's hormone-disrupting chemicals	16 June 2016
Canada: MP tables bill for mandatory GMO labelling	16 June 2016
Groups question USDA and Cornell University over lack of transparency in GM moth experiments	16 June 2016
Greens will oppose EU Commission’s endocrine proposal	16 June 2016
EU Commission throws public health to the wind in endocrine disruptors proposal	15 June 2016
Documentary shows perils of Bt brinjal in Bangladesh	15 June 2016
Conflicts of interest played down by the European Food Safety Authority	15 June 2016
Synbio stevia: GMOs 2.0 get dressed for success	15 June 2016
The EU is the worst choice – apart from the alternative	15 June 2016
Problems for US farmers grow as EU stalls on GMOs	14 June 2016
US judge rules: no right to know hazardous pesticide ingredients	14 June 2016
New omega-3 fatty acid chicken available	14 June 2016
Glyphosate link with rheumatoid arthritis shown in new study	12 June 2016
Industrial-scale farming denounced by international experts	11 June 2016
GM potato trial given the go-ahead in UK	11 June 2016
Thirty-one organisations call on EU Commission to stop any extension of glyphosate’s approval	11 June 2016
A decade after The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan sees signs of hope	11 June 2016
Trans-Pacific Partnership will hurt farmers and make seed companies richer	11 June 2016
Nigeria deploys GM cotton and maize despite safety concerns	10 June 2016
EFSA “explosive letter” was addressed to GMO Panel member	10 June 2016
How grassroots lobbying push blindsided Monsanto	09 June 2016
GMO concerns stop Brazil chicken producers buying US corn	09 June 2016
National Academies’ gene drive study has ignored important and obvious issues	09 June 2016
Permanently changing a species: What could go wrong?	09 June 2016
EU Parliament says: No old GMOs, no new GMOs, no GMOs in the EU, no GMOs in Africa	08 June 2016
Stop the Gene Bomb!	08 June 2016
Endocrine disruptors: The secret history of a scandal	08 June 2016
MEPs condemn EU Commission delays in clamping down on hormone-disrupting chemicals	08 June 2016
EU Parliament objects to herbicide-resistant GM carnation and maize authorisations	08 June 2016
Dicamba and glyphosate act synergistically to damage DNA in toad larvae	08 June 2016
EU Parliament slams aid scheme that uses big agribusiness to “feed Africa”	07 June 2016
Don’t want GMOs? Vote for the UK to stay in the EU	07 June 2016
Suspected explosive device sent to EFSA	07 June 2016
Europe still won’t approve glyphosate	06 June 2016
Refuge-in-a-bag may speed up pest resistance to Bt crops	03 June 2016
Genetically modified Golden Rice falls short on lifesaving promises – new study	03 June 2016
Switch to ecological farming will benefit health and environment – report	02 June 2016
TTIP: European Commission attempts to resurrect deal as countries go cold on plan	02 June 2016
US soy farmers spend 88% more on pesticides than 6 years ago	02 June 2016
Synthetic biology sweetener slips through US regulatory net	02 June 2016
France and Germany's environment ministry say no to new Commission proposal on glyphosate	01 June 2016
EFSA proposes “secure reading room” for access to controversial glyphosate studies	01 June 2016
Europe’s Socialists and Democrats regret Commission’s lack of commitment to end glyphosate use	01 June 2016
Commission seeks glyphosate approval by another name	01 June 2016
Is Monsanto hot for Bayer's pesticides?	01 June 2016
EU Commission to propose shorter glyphosate license renewal	31 May 2016
Experts with conflicts of industry must be removed from JMPR panel – NGO	31 May 2016
Indian Govt hiding GM crops data because it knows it's rigged	31 May 2016
NAS report provides some relevant analysis but shows frequent pro-GMO bias	30 May 2016
Glyphosate authorisation back on the table next week	30 May 2016
German Medical Assembly says glyphosate should not be re-authorized	30 May 2016
BBC World Service covers Detox Project glyphosate results	28 May 2016
Karnataka, India farmers suffer huge losses from failed Bt cotton	27 May 2016
Soil Association responds to new Royal Society report about GM crops	26 May 2016
National Academy of Sciences GMO report fatally compromised by conflicts of interest	26 May 2016
How the National Academy of Sciences misled the public over GMO food safety	26 May 2016
EU glyphosate tantrum could leave people exposed to cancer risk	25 May 2016
Bayer-Monsanto tie-up fuels anti-GM debate in Germany	25 May 2016
EU Parliamentary committee objects to Commission GMOs proposal	25 May 2016
Horrific deformities linked with pesticides sprayed on GM soy in Argentina	25 May 2016
UCSF presentation reveals glyphosate contamination in people across America	25 May 2016
Germany’s Social Democratic Party says no to glyphosate	24 May 2016
Zika virus tool predicts most interventions to be cost-effective – except GM mosquitoes	23 May 2016
Unsafe at any dose? Diagnosing chemical safety failures, from Roundup to BPA	23 May 2016
Latin American scientists warn against risks of new GM techniques	23 May 2016
Study examined effects of ultra-low doses of glyphosate on gene expression profiles	20 May 2016
Glyphosate weedkiller faces recall from Europe's shops after EU fail to agree deal	20 May 2016
No, "science" has not confirmed that GMOs are safe to eat	20 May 2016
Bayer offers to buy Monsanto in global agrochemicals shakeout	20 May 2016
Health Canada approves GMO salmon	19 May 2016
Glyphosate EU approval decision postponed as concerns refuse to go away	19 May 2016
No agreement to re-authorise glyphosate in Europe	19 May 2016

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