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2013

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Title Published Date
South Australia won't "jeopardise" state with GM crops 07 July 2013
Maya of GM science 07 July 2013
UK government's enthusiasm for GM not matched in developing nations 07 July 2013
Conflicts-of-interest in UK on GM crops 07 July 2013
Engineering wild species 07 July 2013
GMO food fight: round two 2013 07 July 2013
Wild-growing GM canola continues to spread in Japan 07 July 2013
Non-GM biotech outpacing GM 07 July 2013
GM supported by rhetoric in the guise of science 07 July 2013
New website answers Seralini's critics 07 July 2013
Mark Lynas's conversion from GM critic to GM proponent 07 July 2013
New study finds antibiotic resistance from GMOs in microbes in rivers 07 July 2013
Eat organic to avoid disease-causing mould 07 July 2013
Is Monsanto admitting Roundup is not biodegradable or environmentally friendly? 07 July 2013
Hate mail and Mark Lynas 07 July 2013
Ex-environmentalist Lynas promotes pro-GM agenda 07 July 2013
Professor John Vandermeer challenges Lynas on GMOs 07 July 2013
GM food should be labelled by supermarkets - FSA 07 July 2013
Embarrassing consumer backlash for government against GM food 07 July 2013
GM a threat to Nigeria's food security 07 July 2013
Toxicity confirmed for GMO and Roundup - Seralini press conference 07 July 2013
We produce more than enough food and waste almost half 07 July 2013
Science, dogma, and Mark Lynas 07 July 2013
Award winning film on the Bt cotton scandal showing in London 07 July 2013
Citizens were lied to over GM study 07 July 2013
Rebutting the Lynas manifesto 07 July 2013
EFSA makes public the data on the NK603 maize 07 July 2013
Judges deny anti-GMO activists a fair trial 07 July 2013
Lynas's failed attempt to end GM debate 07 July 2013
GM and the corruption of science 07 July 2013
Mark Lynas and the safety of GM foods 07 July 2013
Is genetic engineering more precise than conventional breeding? 07 July 2013
The GM dream has not delivered 07 July 2013
Another environmentalist apologizes over GMOs 07 July 2013
A scientist's lessons from the GMO debate 07 July 2013
Regulators discover hidden viral gene in commercial GMO crops 07 July 2013
Uncovered, the "toxic" gene hiding in GM crops 07 July 2013
Misleading "coexistence" survey sent to farmers 22 January 2013
Europe "has failed to learn from environmental disasters" 07 July 2013
EU freezes approval of new GMO crop cultivation 07 July 2013
Scientists respond to Mark Lynas 07 July 2013
Dow's controversial new GMO corn delayed amid protests 08 July 2013
Mexico: Hunger strike against GM maize 08 July 2013
GMO-free Mindoro fights back 08 July 2013
Lynas promoting GM crops in India 08 July 2013
Monsanto tries to buy off Brazilian farmers in royalties suit 08 July 2013
Paris Match on Seralini and the price of truth 08 July 2013
SMC burns 100,000 GBP of public money per year 08 July 2013
Lynas, Avery, and Moore heading for India 08 July 2013
EBRD drops controversial Monsanto project 08 July 2013
How climate change is exploited to push GMOs 08 July 2013
Debunking Mark Lynas's GM myths 08 July 2013
BASF halts EU approval process for GM potatoes 08 July 2013
The repentant environmentalist: part 1 08 July 2013
New Bt corn trials in Pakistan 08 July 2013
GM food may get uniform labeling in US 08 July 2013
Monsanto biosafety data show huge gaps 08 July 2013
Half of US farms suffer from Roundup Resistant weeds 08 July 2013
Hot potatoes! BASF drops GM spud plans in EU 08 July 2013
Roundup ad misleading: Monsanto forced to accept verdict 08 July 2013
Lynas backs down and apologises to the Soil Association 08 July 2013
Scientific evidence needed, not rhetoric 08 July 2013
Mark Lynas and the demeaning of science 08 July 2013
30 years of genetically engineered plants 08 July 2013
US farmers may stop planting GMs after poor global yields 08 July 2013
The GMO seed cartel 08 July 2013
Mark Lynas and delusions of grandeur 08 July 2013
Restrictions on scientists' study of GM seeds challenged 08 July 2013
Genetic engineering is based on dramatically incomplete knowledge 08 July 2013
Mark Lynas and the intoxicating power of technocracy 08 July 2013
Hawaii 1st US state to pass GMO labeling bill 08 July 2013
Scientists tell Indian Government GM cannot deliver food security 08 July 2013
Bt cotton is failing; blame the farmers 08 July 2013
The Golden Rice missionaries 08 July 2013
Seralini study a valuable contribution to the scientific literature 08 July 2013
Another scientist comments on Lynas's claims of GM precision 08 July 2013
Keep zero tolerance of unapproved GMOs 08 July 2013
GM honey needs a GM label 08 July 2013
Take action to stop GMO salmon! 08 July 2013
GM crop protesters guilty of "forming a criminal gang" 08 July 2013
Indiana farmer sees Monsanto lawsuit reach supreme court 08 July 2013
Monsanto investigating grass-based fuels 08 July 2013
New report exposes devastating impact of Monsanto 08 July 2013
Bt maize pollen will harm butterflies in Europe - study 08 July 2013
Do GM crops really have higher yields? 08 July 2013
EU-US free trade deal will dismantle public health protections on GM 08 July 2013
India's rice revolution 08 July 2013
GM crops irrelevant in Europe 08 July 2013
Retailers urged not to relax rules on non-GM feed 08 July 2013
Roundup more toxic than officially declared - new study 08 July 2013
Roundup more toxic than glyphosate - new study 08 July 2013
US farmers may stop planting GMOs after poor global yields 08 July 2013
Brazil Supreme Court denies Monsanto extension on GM soy patent 08 July 2013
ISAAA inflates GM figures by "staggering 400%!" 08 July 2013
Is the hidden viral gene safe? 08 July 2013
Brazilian farmers oppose Monsanto deal in royalties dispute 08 July 2013
European activists could thwart US-EU trade deal 08 July 2013
New GMO Regulation passed by unaccountable committee 08 July 2013
Food can seriously damage your health 08 July 2013
When PR trumps science: The repentant environmentalist: Part 2 08 July 2013
Exposé of French Academy of Sciences hatchet job on Seralini 08 July 2013
Monsanto suspends Roundup Ready royalties in Brazil 08 July 2013
Farmers' seed options drastically reduced in GMO-producing countries 08 July 2013
Misleading claims made by and about Mark Lynas 03 March 2013
Pawar challenged on GM crops 08 July 2013
GMO labeling in America 08 July 2013
Belgian opinion on Seralini study undermines EFSA view 08 July 2013
Leading environmentalists set record straight about Mark Lynas 08 July 2013
EFSA accused of industry bias by food policy expert 08 July 2013
Growers face huge losses in Brazil as Bt cotton eaten by caterpillars 08 July 2013
Monsanto threatens to sue EFSA over publication of GM maize data 08 July 2013
Gene giants seek "philanthrogopoly" 08 July 2013
Conflicts of interest at EFSA erode public confidence 08 July 2013
Major US grocer to label GM foods 08 July 2013
Monsanto continues expansion in Argentina 08 July 2013
The genetic engineering debate 08 July 2013
Monsanto wants to attack EFSA in the courts - Le Monde 08 July 2013
Owen Paterson "to call for EU to allow more GM crops to be sold" 08 July 2013
Hidden viral gene found in GMOs: Q&A 08 July 2013
Food, made from scratch 08 July 2013
Indirect side-effects of GM plants 08 July 2013
Apiculture vs GM soybeans in Mexico: an unfolding conflict 08 July 2013
Bill's excellent African adventure 08 July 2013
Argentina's bad seeds 08 July 2013
Controversy over claim GM maize growing in Egypt 08 July 2013
How Monsanto outfoxed the Obama administration 08 July 2013
Study ties GMO corn, soybeans to butterfly losses 08 July 2013
Please help Prof Séralini’s team continue their public interest research 08 July 2013
Are Dr Patrick Moore and Mark Lynas singing from the same pro-GM hymn sheet? 16 March 2013
Food-crisis rhetoric was opportunistic spin for GM crops 08 July 2013
Stop GM crops in Europe - new campaign launched 08 July 2013
Eugenics fear over gene modification 08 July 2013
Farmers from 15 states protest in Delhi 08 July 2013
Major US supermarkets to boycott GM salmon 08 July 2013
FDA ready to approve GM fish despite fishy science 08 July 2013
New kinds of GM plants and pesticides not being assessed for safety 08 July 2013
Lawsuit filed against EU authorisation of GM soybeans 08 July 2013
GMO problems in China: part 1 08 July 2013
GMO problems in China: part 2 08 July 2013
New paper on dsRNA risks - briefing for non-specialists 08 July 2013
New paper on dsRNA type GMOs - Q&A with the authors 08 July 2013
EU talks threatened by agriculture spats 08 July 2013
Let's remove the hidden GM animal feed 08 July 2013
Farmer's war against GM crops 08 July 2013
Science Media Centre experts' disinformation tactics over dsRNA risks 08 July 2013
Mounting scientific evidence on adverse impacts of GM 08 July 2013
Monsanto teams up with Congress to shred the Constitution 08 July 2013
EFSA's conflicts-of-interest on GM insects 08 July 2013
Monsanto bullies small farmers 08 July 2013
Transatlantic trade talks: Lobbying opportunities through the back door 08 July 2013
Biosafety data on GMOs as confidential business information 08 July 2013
GM crops versus agricultural biodiversity - new paper 08 July 2013
Spain leads EU in GM crops, but no one knows where they are 08 July 2013
Biotech rider a threat to farmers and the environment 08 July 2013
Did a tobacco industry lobbyist try to silence the Seralini study? 08 July 2013
Anti-GM activists' court case postponed after law professors' article 08 July 2013
How GMO farming and food is making our gut flora unfriendly 08 July 2013
Senator Mikulski says she doesn't support Monsanto rider 08 July 2013
Attempts to prevent pests adapting to Bt crops may fail - study 08 July 2013
Science Media Centre touts sales pitch as science 08 July 2013
If we rely on corporate seed, we lose food sovereignty 08 July 2013
Sainsbury's to fund sustainable feed research 08 July 2013
The state of the science on GM food crops 02 April 2013
Monsanto-funded farm group wants to extend "Monsanto rider" 08 July 2013
GMO Free USA rallies against Kellogg’s on Earth Day 04 April 2013
Monsanto Protection Act put GM companies above the federal courts 04 April 2013
How the biotech industry is gagging the science around GM foods 06 April 2013
Italy asks EU to halt GM maize cultivation 06 April 2013
Why do GMOs need protection? 08 April 2013
Scientists want assurances new GMO is safe 08 April 2013
New GMO wheat may "silence" vital human genes 09 April 2013
Farmers to use more insecticide with Bt crops 09 April 2013
Is Monsanto worthless? 09 April 2013
The death of public plant breeding: Thatcher's legacy 09 April 2013
Blunt's "Monsanto Protection Act" undermines legislative process 12 April 2013
Food politics creates rift in panel on GM labeling 12 April 2013
New article on health hazards of GM foods 12 April 2013
Tesco statement on non-GM poultry feed misleading 12 April 2013
Tesco drops 11-year ban on GM chicken feed / Take action 12 April 2013
Soil Association on M&S, Sainsbury’s, Co-Op, Tesco adopting GM animal feed 12 April 2013
Tell UK supermarkets what you think 08 July 2013
Problems in salmon fed GM Bt maize 15 April 2013
New Zealand Science Media Centre exposed for censorship 15 April 2013
Risks of dsRNA-type GMOs - The Conversation 15 April 2013
Scientists accuse Science Media Centre of bias over GM research 15 April 2013
Troubled times at CSIRO 16 April 2013
Brazilian non-GM soy producers baffled by UK retailers' decision 16 April 2013
The destructive structure of our global food system 17 April 2013
Enough non-GM soy to fulfil Europe's animal feed needs 17 April 2013
Glyphosate contributes to modern disease - new paper 18 April 2013
German "raised without GMOs" label comes to UK 18 April 2013
Write to your MP 18 April 2013
Comment on 2012 Corn Comparison Report 19 April 2013
China wants non-GM soy and Brazil will supply it 21 April 2013
How to vilify a movement 22 April 2013
Why will Tesco not do the same as China? 23 April 2013
Indian Government betrays the nation on Earth Day 23 April 2013
GM crops helping drive monarch butterfly decline 24 April 2013
Hunger games - new report 24 April 2013
Monarch loss from GM crop adoption - study 25 April 2013
Ask minister to drop BRAI bill in India - international action 25 April 2013
The government's backing of GM foods is short-sighted and wrong 25 April 2013
U.S. GMO food labeling drive has biotech industry biting back 26 April 2013
Roundup linked to health dangers - US study 28 April 2013
Scientists back 10-year moratorium on field trials of Bt crops 28 April 2013
Comment on critique of Samsel and Seneff glyphosate review 30 April 2013
GMO food rapped by former Ag Canada scientist 30 April 2013
Growing concern over political interference with expert committee 30 April 2013
Mark Lynas delivers another wildly misleading rant 30 April 2013
Maharashtra's agriculture minister admits Bt cotton a failure 30 April 2013
Government scientists turned industry lobbyists 30 April 2013
U.S. public overwhelmingly rejects GM trees 01 May 2013
UK taxpayers subsidise Science Media Centre to tune of £370k per year? 02 May 2013
Science Media Centre invents more GM "good news" stories 02 May 2013
What's behind the push for GM and cloned animals? 02 May 2013
The curious case of CSIRO's GM field-peas 02 May 2013
EFSA GMO newsletter 02 May 2013
Bt toxins are toxic to the blood of mice 02 May 2013
Act now to save farmers' and gardeners' seeds 02 May 2013
The green groups helping to destroy the planet 03 May 2013
Toxic algae and no-till 03 May 2013
US EPA hikes glyphosate limits in food and feed - again 04 May 2013
Biotech PR push has a secret weapon: Moms 05 May 2013
There's plenty of non-GM soya 05 May 2013
Stop GM crops in India 05 May 2013
Brazilian government acts as Monsanto's salesman in China 07 May 2013
Abbott Lab shareholders reject proposal to remove GMOs from infant formula 07 May 2013
Major conflict of interest row in India 07 May 2013
GM rice scandal in Turkey 07 May 2013
GM driving substantial increase in pesticides and toxins 07 May 2013
All about the new EU seed law 07 May 2013
Dutch certifiers question supermarkets' GM soy claims 08 May 2013
Stop synbio pollution 08 May 2013
Major European retailers pledge support for non-GM soy 08 May 2013
Brazil gears up to supply non-GM soy to India 08 May 2013
GMOs - good for big business, bad for rest of us 11 May 2013
U.S. environmental review to delay two GM crops 11 May 2013
Biohackers kickstarting unregulated experiments 11 May 2013
Chickens will be fed on GM soya 12 May 2013
Historic vote on GM labeling 12 May 2013
Victory against Nestle, but take action! 12 May 2013
Maharashtra farm widows, activists to oppose GM crops 13 May 2013
Mexico – ground zero in the fight for the future of maize 13 May 2013
Monsanto's chemical war against indigenous Hawaiians 13 May 2013
USDA sticks it to Monsanto and Dow 13 May 2013
Monsanto wins Supreme Court case against farmer 13 May 2013
We need to get out of the Bt trap 14 May 2013
The walking dead - US regulation of GM crops 14 May 2013
US tax dollars promote GM crops overseas 14 May 2013
Monsanto misled farmers on glyphosate resistance 14 May 2013
US selling GMOs and selling out democracy 14 May 2013
Australian farmers rejecting GM - price plummets 16 May 2013
Monsanto CEO condemns opposition as "elitism" 16 May 2013
Green Party urges moratorium on GM foods 17 May 2013
Canada first to approve Dow's 2,4-D crops 17 May 2013
The inconvenient truth about GM 18 May 2013
Best PR money can buy 18 May 2013
Monsanto loses in Supreme Court over illegally collected royalties/Pest problems due to GM maize 19 May 2013
US State Dept is Monsanto's global marketing arm 20 May 2013
No power, no say - BRAI bill 20 May 2013
Recognise the politics of science 20 May 2013
Former Monsanto employee put in charge of GMO papers at journal 20 May 2013
The Goodman affair: Monsanto targets the heart of science 20 May 2013
Pro-GM minister's daughter on BRAI panel 20 May 2013
Crackdown aims to silence dissent from NGOs 20 May 2013
Scientists from Brazil's GMO regulatory agency protest dismissal of Seralini study 21 May 2013
China destroys three shipments of GM corn from US 22 May 2013
EFSA resistance to two-year cancer study on GM feed 23 May 2013
Authors of new paper on dsRNA risks respond to FSANZ 23 May 2013
Brazilian regulator rejects consumer organisations' call to ban NK603 maize 23 May 2013
Bt eggplant field trials unsafe for humans, environment 23 May 2013
African groups challenge G8 and New Alliance 23 May 2013
Illegal GM cotton spreads across India 23 May 2013
March Against Monsanto - UK and global 23 May 2013
Senate Republicans quash repeal of Monsanto Protection Act 25 May 2013
Is the Monsanto Protection Act a tipping point? 25 May 2013
British supermarkets, GMO soya and birth defects 26 May 2013
Hungary destroys crops from Monsanto's GM seeds 27 May 2013
Protesters arrested at GM tree conference 28 May 2013
Non-GM demand rocketing in US 29 May 2013
The end of GM crops in Denmark 29 May 2013
More heavy criticism of EFSA 30 May 2013
GM salmon can breed with trout and harm ecosystem, warn scientists 30 May 2013
Unapproved Monsanto GM wheat found on US farm 30 May 2013
Time to ban leaky GM experiments 30 May 2013
GM crops and hunger – another look at the evidence 30 May 2013
Wheat drops as Japan suspends U.S. imports on modified crops 30 May 2013
Monsanto gives up fight for GM in Europe 01 June 2013
Round Table on Responsible Soy ignores demand for non-GM 01 June 2013
Monsanto shares fall as South Korea joins pause in wheat imports 02 June 2013
Venezuela goes for ban on GM seeds 02 June 2013
Connecticut first state to require GMO labeling 02 June 2013
US wheat exports in crisis 02 June 2013
African groups reject G8 corporate food plan as "colonialism" 03 June 2013
Soybeanland stands up to Monsanto 04 June 2013
Monsanto gives up on Europe? Would be great - but rejoicing is premature 06 June 2013
China will not import Monsanto GM soybean Intacta RR2 Pro 06 June 2013
Genetically modified orthodoxy 06 June 2013
Alliance questions government funding for GM research 06 June 2013
Scientists unswayed by Monsanto findings on rogue wheat 06 June 2013
GM crop adoption decreases farmers' seed choice - study 07 June 2013
Kickstarter must not fund biohackers' glow-in-the-dark plants 07 June 2013
What’s the problem with the If campaign? 07 June 2013
Database of GMO Evidence gives worldwide picture of harm 07 June 2013
Lawsuit filed on behalf of wheat farmers / Health effects not fully tested 07 June 2013
Back African smallholders, not agribusiness 08 June 2013
It’s propaganda to say GM has been proven safe 09 June 2013
US farmers not confident in GMO safeguards 09 June 2013
How grassroots advocates beat Monsanto and the GM lobby 09 June 2013
Easing bans on GM crops in Africa? 10 June 2013
All you need is aid 10 June 2013
GM food safety debate far from settled 11 June 2013
Evidence of GMO harm in pig study 11 June 2013
Unauthorized GM wheat exposes insanity of open-air field trials 11 June 2013
More pests 'resistant to GM crops': study 11 June 2013
Organic growers lose against Monsanto over seeds 11 June 2013
Contrary to signals, China approves 3 new varieties of GM soy 11 June 2013
Scientists say new study shows pig health hurt by GMO feed 12 June 2013
Government urged to act after glyphosate weedkiller found in Britons 13 June 2013
Weedkiller found in human urine across Europe 13 June 2013
Claims of "scientific consensus" on GM are baseless 13 June 2013
Monsanto's growing monopoly 14 June 2013
GM diet "can lead to disease in pigs" / Study casts doubt on safety of GM foods 14 June 2013
Glyphosate induces human breast cancer cell growth - study 14 June 2013
GMO pig study scientists reply to Monsanto 14 June 2013
Genocide-denying director of the SMC awarded an OBE 15 June 2013
Is the movement to label GMOs anti-science? 15 June 2013
Lynas attack on GMO feed study shredded 15 June 2013
GMO lovers freak over new study of sick pigs 16 June 2013
Concern over Roundup use grows in Malta 16 June 2013
GM crops? It's business as usual 16 June 2013
What the UK needs to do about food security 16 June 2013
Nnimmo Bassey on the need for transformation 16 June 2013
Closing in on our seeds 17 June 2013
EU Ombudsman: EFSA fails on conflict of interest 17 June 2013
Syngenta's dirty tricks campaign against its critics 18 June 2013
WTO policy on GMO food fuels fears in Russia 18 June 2013
GM a failing technology in modern agro-ecosystems - study 18 June 2013
Bono can't help Africans by stealing their voice 18 June 2013
Secret composition of pesticides is a scientific shame 18 June 2013
Non-GM farming outcompetes GM - Q&A with study authors 18 June 2013
Manufactured scientific debate, third-party experts, and Jon Entine 20 June 2013
Paterson sings from GM industry’s hymn sheet 20 June 2013
China’s GM soybean imports stir up controversy 20 June 2013
Why we must put a stop to this sinister science - Joanna Blythman 21 June 2013
GM food off the menu in UK Parliament's restaurants 21 June 2013
Biotech lobbyists seduced UK Tory ministers into backing GM food 22 June 2013
Bitter taste of GM humble pie 22 June 2013
Researcher pours scorn on Monsanto sabotage theory 23 June 2013
GM crops: the genetic colonialists 25 June 2013
Minister comes unstuck on golden rice 25 June 2013
Italian farm minister pushes for GM crop ban 25 June 2013
Take action on UK GM push 26 June 2013
World Food Prize goes to Monsanto 27 June 2013
Reduced fitness of daphnia magna fed Bt GM maize 27 June 2013
UK ministers not interested in hearing evidence against GM food 27 June 2013
Movement to label GMOs gains steam 27 June 2013
Why all the fuss about GM food? Other innovations are available 28 June 2013
Owen Paterson is wrong about GM crops 28 June 2013
GM crops could increase hunger 30 June 2013
Paterson's GM push falling apart 30 June 2013
Plenty of independent scientists for agency science committees 30 June 2013
A safer GM method? 02 July 2013
Prof Heinemann dismantles attempt to boost GM yield data 02 July 2013
U.S. plans to hike allowed glyphosate levels in food supply 02 July 2013
EU plans 2-year carcinogenicity study on NK603 maize 03 July 2013
Roundup and glyphosate toxicity underestimated - study 03 July 2013
Tory MP says pro-GM Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is "industry puppet" 04 July 2013
Japan shuns US GM-contaminated wheat variety 06 July 2013
As biotech seed falters, insecticide use surges in corn belt 10 July 2013
Commission presses ahead with SmartStax/Former EFSA experts lobby against animal testing of GMOs 11 July 2013
Why the precautionary principle matters 13 July 2013
Italy moves to ban growing GM maize 13 July 2013
GM crops bolster pesticide industry 13 July 2013
US military tracks GM campaigners and independent scientists 13 July 2013
Genetic damage found in soybean workers in Brazil 15 July 2013
How US diplomacy represents the interests of Monsanto 15 July 2013
One tool for a complex problem 16 July 2013
Brazilian regulator ignores adverse health effects in mice fed GM beans 16 July 2013
GMOs have changed Brazilian agriculture for the worse, says agronomist - part 1 16 July 2013
Background on GM beet destruction in Oregon 17 July 2013
Government plans to "promote" GM food rather than regulate it 17 July 2013
GMOs have changed Brazilian agriculture for the worse, says agronomist - part 2 17 July 2013
China conference warns against GM foods 17 July 2013
Move to introduce GM eggplant in Bangladesh 17 July 2013
Is GM really amaizing? 17 July 2013
France launches long-term study on GMO health risks, ends last GMO open trial 17 July 2013
USDA researchers confirm Heinemann conclusions on RNA-interference risks 18 July 2013
Monsanto in retreat in Europe 18 July 2013
Monsanto GM crop withdrawal welcomed with caution 18 July 2013
Roundup disrupts male reproductive function in rats 18 July 2013
Philanthrocapitalism, biotechnology, and development 19 July 2013
UK citizens reject GM food and even farmers don't want to eat it 19 July 2013
Rotterdam bans Monsanto’s Roundup as part of new Green initiative 21 July 2013
Indefinite moratorium on GM field trials recommended in India 22 July 2013
Financial Times says Europe right to doubt GM crops 24 July 2013
Campaigners in Ghana accuse US of pushing GM food 24 July 2013
Indian Government urged to accept expert panel report on GM crops 25 July 2013
The Monsanto menace takes over 25 July 2013
The bad seed: The health risks of genetically modified corn 25 July 2013
All GMO approvals in Brazil are illegal and not science-based - regulator 26 July 2013
93% of Americans want GM labeling - new poll 28 July 2013
Brazilian farmers settle with Monsanto in royalties lawsuit 28 July 2013
Brazilian farmers lose 10 billion Real as caterpillars devour GM and other crops 29 July 2013
Growth strategy for agriculture more effective without GM 29 July 2013
The green movement is not anti-science 29 July 2013
'GMO Answers' website launched by biotech industry 30 July 2013
Science and social control: Political paralysis and the genetics agenda 31 July 2013
Resources on GM from the Alliance for Natural Health 31 July 2013
Seralini validated by new EFSA guidelines on long-term GMO experiments 31 July 2013
Cardinal Turkson, say "no" to GMOs 31 July 2013
French court rejects gov't ban on Monsanto GM corn 03 August 2013
Deal with Monsanto leaves Brazilian farmers in the dust 03 August 2013
President confirms France will keep moratorium on GM maize 03 August 2013
Seralini to visit UK to speak about his research 07 August 2013
Biotech ambassadors in Africa 08 August 2013
Philippines farmers uproot golden rice 09 August 2013
The spread of GM soy strikes fear in hearts of rural farmers 10 August 2013
Countering the take over of African agriculture 10 August 2013
Monsanto told to quit India 11 August 2013
Stop the collusion between the Indian government and the biotech industry 13 August 2013
GM Health Risks Week in the UK - dates for your diary 13 August 2013
India Supreme Court committee says no to GM crops for time being 13 August 2013
Kosher certification bans all GMO ingredients 13 August 2013
ELLE hits back at Entine over Bad Seed 13 August 2013
Is there anything safe about Ghana's biosafety committee? 13 August 2013
Monsanto: A food stock with a bad aftertaste 13 August 2013
Let supermarkets know they are wrong on GMO-fed livestock products 13 August 2013
Study links GM food to leukemia - useful article 15 August 2013
5 ways a 14-year-old crushed an arrogant interviewer 15 August 2013
Political hoax attacks Monsanto 16 August 2013
Zero tolerance for a different perspective on GMOs 16 August 2013
New study shows GM crops pass benefits to weeds 17 August 2013
Neonicotinoids are the new DDT killing the natural world 17 August 2013
Illegal StarLink GM corn resurfaces - study 18 August 2013
Former Bt cotton farmer develops non-Bt cotton seed bank 18 August 2013
Brazil ag ministry warns against Bt crops, pesticides amid pest plague 18 August 2013
African food sovereignty under attack by corporate interests 18 August 2013
Chile fights GMO in national protest against "Monsanto law" 18 August 2013
Russians to proudly poison themselves with their own GM food - or maybe not 18 August 2013
Complete genes can pass from food to human blood - study 19 August 2013
Torturing animals with Monsanto's GM feed 19 August 2013
Plant breeding - not GM - to solve major pest problem 20 August 2013
Golden rice not the solution to Vitamin A deficiency 20 August 2013
Glow-in-the-dark plants spark heated debate 21 August 2013
Nathanael Johnson: Grist to whose mill? 21 August 2013
Why GM field trials must be put on hold 21 August 2013
Stay out, Monsanto: Costa Rica is almost 100% GMO-free 21 August 2013
Vet links botulism contamination to GM feed 23 August 2013
Battling India's Monsanto Protection Act 24 August 2013
Some forms of 2,4-D banned in Australia 25 August 2013
Michael Pollan on Golden Rice 27 August 2013
The battle for Pakistan's agriculture 28 August 2013
Are there GMOs in Russian fields? 28 August 2013
Bt corn failing bigtime in Illinois 28 August 2013
Golden rice myths 29 August 2013
Nathanael Johnson: A beacon in the smog? 29 August 2013
Say no to Bt brinjal, scientists tell PM 29 August 2013
Why are we STILL talking about Golden Rice? 29 August 2013
Materials for GM research still hard to get 29 August 2013
Groups in Asia support Filipino farmers' Golden Rice protest 30 August 2013
New GM crop will sharply increase use of probable carcinogen 30 August 2013
On sale in Tesco, GM cereal that makes children hyperactive: Take Action 30 August 2013
Why has study saying GM could kill been ignored? 01 September 2013
Expert who predicted global economic crash thinks risks from GMOs too great 02 September 2013
How reliable is the journalism of Mark Lynas? 03 September 2013
New vision for agriculture and science needed 04 September 2013
GM fruit flies to be released - contamination threat 04 September 2013
National Rice Farmers Council raises alarm over Golden Rice 04 September 2013
Bt brinjal, worming its way in through the back door? 04 September 2013
Colombia farmers' uprising puts the spotlight on seeds 05 September 2013
FSA "endangering public health" by ignoring concerns over GM food 05 September 2013
Keep the pause button on GM pressed 08 September 2013
(Un)Scientific American editorial blasted 08 September 2013
US farmers continue David vs Goliath battle against Monsanto 09 September 2013
AGRA reveals its support for GM crops in Africa 09 September 2013
Weeding out Monsanto in Canada 09 September 2013
"Golden Rice" not so golden 09 September 2013
Thousands rally against GMOs in Hawaii 09 September 2013
Glyphosate: Destructor of human health and biodiversity 11 September 2013
Push for GM crop approvals in Pakistan continues 11 September 2013
Union of Concerned Scientists' response to Pam Ronald attack 13 September 2013
Alfalfa rejected for export because of GMO contamination 13 September 2013
Monsanto, DuPont pour millions into GMO fight 13 September 2013
How much longer can the biotech industry bury GM danger signals? 13 September 2013
Farmer-led network in Philippines condemns misinformation over Golden Rice protest 13 September 2013
Media blackouts and "pesticide plants" 13 September 2013
GM alfalfa contamination confirmed 15 September 2013
Roundup enhances growth of deadly toxins 16 September 2013
Serious unintended effects in bees from GM dsRNA 16 September 2013
Monsanto's next conquest for GMO dominance: Africa 16 September 2013
Glyphosate is toxic to dairy cows 16 September 2013
Is Science Britannica yet another prime time advertisement for GM? 16 September 2013
The Daily Show mocks Monsanto 17 September 2013
Colombian farmers get seeds control law suspended 17 September 2013
Golden Rice study violated ethics rules, say Tufts 18 September 2013
GM canola out of control, says new report 18 September 2013
Union of Concerned Scientists respond again to Pam Ronald's attacks 18 September 2013
El Salvador votes to ban glyphosate 19 September 2013
US farmers' misgivings about how glyphosate affects soil 21 September 2013
Worries linger despite apology on GM rice test 21 September 2013
U.S. House votes to extend "Monsanto rider" on GM crops 21 September 2013
Can feed produced using glyphosate kill cattle? 23 September 2013
Groundbreaking UN report calls for paradigm shift in agriculture 23 September 2013
GM crops will not solve India’s food crisis 23 September 2013
Nathanael Johnson misleading the readers of Grist - scientist 23 September 2013
Scientific American helps a reader come off the fence about GM 23 September 2013
Scientists, ethics, and the GMO debate 23 September 2013
Editorial in Science promotes Golden Rice myths 23 September 2013
BBC runs ads for GMO technology 25 September 2013
Monsanto, EFSA, and governments join forces to fight civil society over GM soy 25 September 2013
Russia considers total ban on all GMO products 25 September 2013
Suspended prison sentences for pulling up unlawfully planted GM potatoes 25 September 2013
Senate to end "Monsanto Protection Act" 25 September 2013
Court of Appeals upholds GM eggplant field trials ban 26 September 2013
GM corn farmers in debt in the Philippines 27 September 2013
Argentina's GM soy boom is socially and ecologically unsustainable - study 27 September 2013
End of the line for weedkillers, thanks to GMO 28 September 2013
The cost of Roundup Ready technology makes its failure clear 28 September 2013
High Court bars GM eggplant's release in Bangladesh 01 October 2013
Bombay High Court delivers blow to GM seed industry 01 October 2013
Academic integrity is being crushed by corporate power 01 October 2013
GM seed monopoly: fewer choices, higher prices 01 October 2013
Disease lays waste to GM corn in the US 01 October 2013
Secret safety studies undermine EFSA's transparency claims 03 October 2013
Interview with Dr Thierry Vrain, GMO whistleblower 03 October 2013
Attempt to rebut Seralini study fails in court 03 October 2013
No consensus on GMO safety, says agbiotech expert 03 October 2013
2,4-D corn and other GMOs under legal challenge in Argentina and Brazil 03 October 2013
Debunking stale GM lies over Seralini study 06 October 2013
Patrick Moore's Golden Rice campaign featured on the BBC 06 October 2013
GM insects risk spread of pesticide resistance 07 October 2013
Cardinal Turkson - Speak truth to power 08 October 2013
Contaminated farmer wants to protect growers from GMO seeds 09 October 2013
Nathanael Johnson at it again 11 October 2013
Monsanto and Pioneer must stop selling GM seeds in Mexico - judge 12 October 2013
Brazilian judge rules in favour of farmers against Monsanto 13 October 2013
Expensive Golden Rice still not ready 13 October 2013
Criminal proceedings against Monsanto back on track 13 October 2013
Owen Paterson says GM opposition is "wicked" 14 October 2013
Owen Paterson, "wickedness" and the fairy dust of science 15 October 2013
You can’t just genetically modify your way out of poverty 15 October 2013
Farmers slam awards for GM proponents 15 October 2013
Owen Paterson accused of swallowing industry hype on golden rice 15 October 2013
New briefing on Golden Rice shows many better alternatives 16 October 2013
Malnutrition not due to a lack of GM crops 16 October 2013
Hawaii's Kauai island moves to curb GM crops, pesticide testing 17 October 2013
Washington State sues GMA lobbying group 17 October 2013
Eyes on the food prize 17 October 2013
The "Both Sides" approach is clearly pro-GMO 19 October 2013
Argentines link health problems to agrochemicals 19 October 2013
Hundreds of thousands reject World Food Prize sham 19 October 2013
Small farmers not Monsanto key to global food security 20 October 2013
Huge GMO news 20 October 2013
Golden Rice and the children of the poor 20 October 2013
No consensus on GMO safety - scientists release statement 21 October 2013
Scientists issue safety warning over GM food as government pushes for public acceptance 21 October 2013
Farmers' Weekly on scientists' "no consensus on GMO safety" statement 21 October 2013
Terminator is dead, for the moment 21 October 2013
High levels of glyphosate residues found in Argentine soy 22 October 2013
Owen Paterson: the minister for GM hype 24 October 2013
What I wish I'd said at the World Food Prize 26 October 2013
Monsanto's failed GM Maize pushed into rest of Africa 26 October 2013
Pesticide illness triggers anti-Monsanto protest in Argentina 28 October 2013
Astroturf tramples grassroots in Washington State 28 October 2013
Why I support GM labelling: Washington University academic 29 October 2013
Heresy in 1663 and 2013 30 October 2013
Developer of first commercialised GM food says debate isn’t over 30 October 2013
The founding fables of industrialised agriculture 30 October 2013
1% of UK research on agroecology, 15% on GM crops 30 October 2013
Rifts emerge in scientists’ views on safety of GMOs 02 November 2013
The science behind Hawaii's GMO Bill 113 02 November 2013
Take action today! Stop toxic GM maize 04 November 2013
New rules being smuggled into trade agreements undermine democracy 05 November 2013
90% of New Hampshire voters want GMO labelling 05 November 2013
The continuing benefits of the precautionary principle - Jonathon Porritt 07 November 2013
Breaking the Frame: Food, GM and Synthetic Biology 07 November 2013
GM maize cartels gorge profits on South Africa's poor 07 November 2013
Complacency about GM risky, say academics 07 November 2013
EU Commission allows SmartStax for food and feed 07 November 2013
Corporate cash sways voters on GMO foods 07 November 2013
Over 200 scientists agree "no consensus on GMO safety" - food industry mag 08 November 2013
Scientists with GM industry links more likely to withhold data - study 08 November 2013
GM crops ban to be extended in South Australia 10 November 2013
GMO apples rejected by McDonald's, Gerber 10 November 2013
Can the scientific reputation of Pamela Ronald be salvaged? 12 November 2013
Spread of GM plants out of control in many countries 12 November 2013
Herbicide-resistant weeds becoming massive problem, researchers warn 14 November 2013
How Roundup can promote cancer - new study 16 November 2013
GMO sweetcorn rare in US supermarkets 16 November 2013
Vandana Shiva on seed monopolies, GMOs, and farmer suicides in India 16 November 2013
Study: Monsanto GMO food claims probably false 16 November 2013
Fruit growers demand ban on GM apple over market fears 16 November 2013
Philanthropy's original sin 16 November 2013
Kauai's GMO and pesticide bill set to become law after veto override 17 November 2013
UK Government will defend Monsanto in GMO court case brought by civil society groups 19 November 2013
GMOSeralini website now available in Spanish 19 November 2013
Studies show GM wheat not needed to combat aphids 19 November 2013
More than 250 eminent Indian scientists warn Prime Minister about GMOs 20 November 2013
Protester receives death threat over anti-Monsanto protest in Argentina 20 November 2013
GMOs in Europe news update 20 November 2013
Non-GM corn yields as well as or better than GM 22 November 2013
Help Bangladeshis stop GMO eggplant 23 November 2013
Monsanto protester Sofia Gatica attacked 25 November 2013
GM salmon firm facing environmental complaint in Panama 25 November 2013
New German coalition would seek stricter labelling of GMO-fed meat 25 November 2013
Scientists speak out against GM foods 25 November 2013
Genetically modified politicians 25 November 2013
Mark Lynas is lying again! 26 November 2013
Canada approves production of GM salmon eggs on commercial scale 26 November 2013
Journal retraction of Séralini study is illicit, unscientific, and unethical 28 November 2013
Scientific press on a tight corporate leash 28 November 2013
Séralini asked to retract his article on a GMO maize - he refuses 28 November 2013
Deformities, sickness and livestock deaths: The real cost of GM animal feed? 28 November 2013
Prof Séralini responds to FCT 28 November 2013
Member of the Academy of Sciences supports Séralini 28 November 2013
Journal retraction of Seralini paper "a flagrant abuse of science" - scientists' network 29 November 2013
Orwellian airbrushing of scientific record 30 November 2013
Conflicts of interest at Food and Chemical Toxicology and Elsevier 30 November 2013
A scientist responds to criticism of the Séralini study 30 November 2013
The lessons for GM from trans fats 01 December 2013
China rejects 60,000 tons of GM corn from the US 01 December 2013
A sad day for science - Dr Nancy Swanson on the Seralini paper retraction 01 December 2013
GMO hype based on retracted science 01 December 2013
Ratted out: Scientific journal bows to Monsanto over GMO study 03 December 2013
Big protests against Monsanto in Argentina 04 December 2013
What statins, trans fats, and GMOs tell us about scientific controversies 05 December 2013
GM crop roll out threatens Bangladeshi export markets 05 December 2013
Retracting Séralini study violates science and ethics 05 December 2013
What consumers should know about the Seralini study retraction - professor 05 December 2013
The post-GMO economy 08 December 2013
Oxitec backs down from GM flies release after government health questions 09 December 2013
Monsanto faces lawsuits of USD 1 billion 09 December 2013
Nearly 300 experts agree GMOs not proven safe 10 December 2013
Dr Michael Hansen attacks scientific censorship 10 December 2013
Hawaiian islands take more steps to limit spread of GMOs 10 December 2013
More on Brazilian Commission's Terminator plan 10 December 2013
URGENT: Please sign petition NOW against release of terminator seeds in Brazil 10 December 2013
Did journal editor read the Séralini paper before retracting it? 11 December 2013
Unease among Brazil's farmers over vote on Terminator 12 December 2013
EU court annuls approval of BASF's Amflora GMO potato 13 December 2013
Was lawyer working for Monsanto behind Terminator legislation? 13 December 2013
Russian scientists urge 10-year ban on GM products 19 December 2013
Russian food security experts fight GMO registrations in Supreme Court 19 December 2013
Europe: Take action against Pioneer's GM maize 1507 19 December 2013
Double standards used to dismiss Séralini study – new peer-reviewed paper 20 December 2013
US GMO corn smuggled into China may have caused crop failure 20 December 2013
GM blight-resistant potato: Another GMO white elephant 21 December 2013
Mexican scientists criticise journal's retraction of study on GMO 23 December 2013
GM crops bring higher agrochemical use and lower productivity in Brazil - report 23 December 2013
Is GM quicker than conventional breeding? 23 December 2013
Farmers vs Monsanto: Farmers file brief to protect crops against contamination 24 December 2013
Let's give the scientific literature a good cleanup 26 December 2013
Brazil delays approving Terminator seed until February 2014 26 December 2013
GM Freeze celebrates a GM-free New Year in UK fields 31 December 2013

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