GM Watch
  • Main Menu
    • Home
    • News
      • Newsletter subscription
      • Daily Digest
      • News Reviews
      • News Languages
    • Articles
      • GM Myth Makers
      • GM Reports
      • GM Quotes
      • GM Myths
      • Non-GM successes
      • GM Firms
        • Monsanto: a history
        • Monsanto: resources
        • Bayer: a history
        • Bayer: resources
    • Videos
      • Latest Videos
      • Must see videos
      • Cornell videos
      • Agriculture videos
      • Labeling videos
      • Animals videos
      • Corporations videos
      • Corporate takeover videos
      • Contamination videos
      • Latin America videos
      • India videos
      • Asia videos
      • Food safety videos
      • Songs videos
      • Protests videos
      • Biofuel myths videos
      • Index of GM crops and foods
      • Index of speakers
      • Health Effects
    • Contact
    • About
    • Links
    • Donations
    • How donations will help us
News and comment on genetically modified foods and their associated pesticides    
  • News
    • Latest News
    • Newsletter subscription
    • News Reviews
    • News Languages
      • Notícias em Português
      • Nieuws in het Nederlands
      • Nachrichten in Deutsch
    • Archive
      • 2021 articles
      • 2020 articles
      • 2019 articles
      • 2018 articles
      • 2017 articles
      • 2016 articles
      • 2015 articles
      • 2014 articles
      • 2013 articles
      • 2012 articles
      • 2011 articles
      • 2010 articles
      • 2009 articles
      • 2008 articles
      • 2007 articles
      • 2006 articles
      • 2005 articles
      • 2004 articles
      • 2003 articles
      • 2002 articles
      • 2001 articles
      • 2000 articles
  • Articles
    • GM Myth Makers
    • GM Reports
    • How donations will help us
    • GM Quotes
    • GM Myths
    • Non-GM successes
    • GM Firms
      • Monsanto: a history
      • Monsanto: resources
      • Bayer: a history
      • Bayer: resources
  • Videos
    • Index of speakers
    • Glyphosate Videos
    • Latest Videos
    • Must see videos
    • Health Effects
    • Cornell videos
    • Agriculture videos
    • Labeling videos
    • Animals videos
    • Corporations videos
    • Corporate takeover videos
    • Contamination videos
    • Latin America videos
    • India videos
    • Asia videos
    • Food safety videos
    • Songs videos
    • Protests videos
    • Biofuel myths videos
    • Index of GM crops and foods
  • Contact
  • About
  • Donations
SUBSCRIBE TO REVIEWS

GMWatch Facebook cornfield banner

SCIENCE SUPPORTS REGULATION OF GENE EDITING

Plant tissue cultures

GENE EDITING: UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES AND RISKS

Damaged DNA on fire

GENE-EDITED CROPS & FOODS

Help stop the new threat

News Menu

  • Latest News
  • News Reviews
  • Archive
  • Languages

Please support GMWatch

Donations

You can donate via Paypal or credit/debit card.

Some of you have opted to give a regular donation. This is greatly appreciated as it helps place us on a more stable financial basis. Thank you for your support!

2011 articles

Roundup of recent GM news via Twitter

  • Print
  • Email
Details
Published: 21 November 2011
Created: 21 November 2011
Last Updated: 22 October 2012
Twitter

Twitter: GMWatch
https://twitter.com/#!/gmwatch

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 

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

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

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 

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

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 

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

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-offers-a-new-path-to/article_5e822fee-0843-11e1-8e3a-001cc4c002e0.html 

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 

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 

Boulder: Group issues alternate crop policy, without the GMOs http://bit.ly/rvnMeT 

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

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

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

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 

Vidharbha, Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh are seeing an alarming rise in farmer suicides. Does anybody care? http://bit.ly/tALVZa

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

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

gent 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

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

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

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

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

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 

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

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 

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

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

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 

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

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

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

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

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

India: Bt cotton fails farmers in state http://bit.ly/vlHRTy 

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

  • Prev
  • Next

Menu

Home

News

News Archive

News Reviews

Videos

Articles

GM Myth Makers

GM Reports

GM Myths

GM Quotes

How Donations Will Help Us

Contacts

Contact Us

About

Facebook

Twitter

RSS

Content 1999 - 2021 GMWatch.
Web Development By SCS Web Design