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2014

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Title Published Date
Glyphosate in your bread and cereal bars 01 January 2014
New Year message from GMWatch 01 January 2014
Cheerios drops GM ingredients 03 January 2014
USDA gives green light for 2,4-D-tolerant corn and soybeans 03 January 2014
Glyphosate accumulates in Roundup Ready GM soybeans - new study 04 January 2014
New video on Séralini paper retraction 06 January 2014
Sudanese authorities seize "illegal" GM soybean shipment 06 January 2014
China rejects US GMO corn as first shipment from Ukraine arrives 06 January 2014
Fakethrough! GMOs and the capitulation of science journalism 07 January 2014
Non-GMO drought-tolerant maize varieties ready 07 January 2014
Stop "Agent Orange" GM crops in US and Argentina 09 January 2014
Prof David Schubert condemns Séralini study retraction 09 January 2014
NYT's Amy Harmon slammed over pro-GMO article 10 January 2014
Maine is 2nd state to pass GMO labelling law 11 January 2014
Monsanto seed plant construction halted in Argentina 11 January 2014
Golden Rice: Myth, not Miracle 12 January 2014
Agrochemical companies sue to block anti-GMO law in Hawaii 12 January 2014
Blind faith in GM without scientific evidence is dangerously misguided 12 January 2014
The anti-science behaviour of GMO proponents 12 January 2014
GM corn invasion in soybean fields raises farm costs in Brazil 13 January 2014
Golden Rice: Scientific Realities 13 January 2014
Séralini retraction is black mark on scientific publishing - professors 13 January 2014
Urgent - Take action against Pioneer's GM maize 13 January 2014
Golden Rice is not a "public" product but a corporate one 13 January 2014
Support Steve Marsh: Help this farmer stop Monsanto’s GM canola 14 January 2014
Another rat feeding study shows GM Bt corn toxic to mammals 14 January 2014
Biologist accuses journal of double standards over Séralini study retraction 15 January 2014
Sting for European beekeepers as MEPs oppose labelling of GM pollen in honey 16 January 2014
Tasmania extends ban on GM crops indefinitely 16 January 2014
EU Parliament rejects authorisation of GM maize - but your action needed 16 January 2014
America's GM backlash should give Britain food for thought 16 January 2014
Supreme Court denies US farmers protection against Monsanto 17 January 2014
Environmental groups take Canadian government to court over GM salmon 20 January 2014
Another nail in the coffin for substantial equivalence 20 January 2014
Supporters of GM food labelling shift focus to federal government 20 January 2014
Séralini study retraction intended to shut down possibility of long-term GMO tests forever 21 January 2014
Landless Chilean farmer sues Monsanto - and wins 23 January 2014
Germany claims no problem with glyphosate 23 January 2014
FCT editor refuses to retract inconclusive GMO paper 26 January 2014
More GM purple tomato hype 26 January 2014
Are Cathie Martin and the JIC throwing medical ethics in the bin? 28 January 2014
Scientists condemn retraction of Séralini study 29 January 2014
Pesticide approvals misleading - and Roundup most toxic of 9 pesticides tested 31 January 2014
Total ban on GM food production mulled in Russia 03 February 2014
GM grass goes yard 03 February 2014
Monarch butterfly numbers drop to lowest level since records started 03 February 2014
GM mosquitoes to be released in Panama 03 February 2014
A hole in the regulation of GMOs that kudzu could fit through 03 February 2014
Bangladesh releases GM aubergine/eggplant/brinjal 04 February 2014
Why we need GMO labels - Prof David Schubert 05 February 2014
Industry joins with EU regulator to dismiss new Séralini pesticide study 05 February 2014
France plans law to restore GMO crop ban 05 February 2014
Biotech lobby shuns consumers at “GMO consumer benefit” event 06 February 2014
Europe says no to Pioneer's pesticidal GM maize in preliminary vote 06 February 2014
Industry coalition wants to keep consumers in the dark about GMO 08 February 2014
GM crops are driving genocide and ecocide - keep them out of the EU! 08 February 2014
High omega 3 GMO not all it's cracked up to be 08 February 2014
Industry and EFSA disguise true content of Bt toxin in GM maize 1507 09 February 2014
Farmers fight landmark Oz GMO case 09 February 2014
GMO soybean pollen threatens Mexican honey sales 09 February 2014
GM controversy spreads to Canada’s largest crop 10 February 2014
GMO maize vote highlights "absurd" EU rules 11 February 2014
Argentina stalls Monsanto corn project on environmental concerns 12 February 2014
Lack of risk assessment for GM mosquito experiments is negligent 12 February 2014
Paterson and Glover push GMOs in Africa at taxpayers' expense 12 February 2014
Massive GMO crop failure in Philippines 13 February 2014
Industry accused of "massive infiltration" of EFSA pesticides panel 13 February 2014
Greens threaten Commission with censure over GM crop 13 February 2014
EU chief science adviser's GMO safety claims are a "lie" 14 February 2014
Russian civil society and experts oppose GMOs 14 February 2014
EU ministers ask Commission to withdraw GMO proposal 14 February 2014
Promotion of GM crops a trap, say social groups in India 16 February 2014
GM potato research a waste of money 17 February 2014
Steve Marsh GM canola court case transcripts will be published online 18 February 2014
New study links glyphosate use with celiac disease and gluten intolerance 18 February 2014
GM crop plantings fall in industrialized nations 19 February 2014
Reality check on GMO promotional article by professor of plant agriculture 20 February 2014
The infanticide advocate promoting golden rice 21 February 2014
How GM food is finding its way onto your dinner plate 21 February 2014
China's double standard on GMO spreads to second government ministry 21 February 2014
California takes up bill to label GM foods 22 February 2014
French government moves to reintroduce ban on GM crops 22 February 2014
Bt Brinjal release sans toxicity test draws flak 23 February 2014
European scientists descend on Africa to promote GM crops 24 February 2014
Glyphosate weedkiller found in 75% of air and rain samples 24 February 2014
GM crops bring concerns as well as benefits, admits USDA 25 February 2014
Rising volumes of GMO-free soy available for Europe - industry groups 25 February 2014
Brazil's food safety agency warned in 2007 that MON810 maize not proven safe to eat 25 February 2014
Former member of FCT editorial board condemns Seralini study retraction 26 February 2014
Monsanto's Roundup may be linked to fatal kidney disease - new study 27 February 2014
India's environment minister clears field trials of GM crops 28 February 2014
Terminator is back in Brazilian Congress - sign petition now! 28 February 2014
Vandana Shiva on Indian govt approval for GM pesticide plants 01 March 2014
Still enough non-GMO soy to supply German poultry industry 02 March 2014
Does the biotech industry have a right to contaminate farmers' fields? 02 March 2014
China rejects US GM corn shipments 02 March 2014
What do climate denial and promoting GMOs have in common? 03 March 2014
150 scientists condemn retraction of Séralini study as bow to commercial interests 04 March 2014
US farmers report widespread GM crop contamination 04 March 2014
Séralini releases statement on retraction and correspondence with ethics watchdog 04 March 2014
US food company dumps GMO oils from its buttery spreads 04 March 2014
Massive market rejection of new Syngenta GM corn 12 March 2014
Cancellation of GM-free feed is about price tussle, not supply shortage 12 March 2014
Center for Food Safety sues USDA over GM alfalfa approval 13 March 2014
“Independent” scientists promoting GM crops have conflicts of interest 14 March 2014
GM science update slammed as "unadulterated propaganda" 14 March 2014
Glyphosate to be banned in Sri Lanka 14 March 2014
Scientists' hidden links to the GM food giants 15 March 2014
New push for GM, but its problems are not yet solved 15 March 2014
In historic ruling, Brazilian court bans release of Bayer GM corn 15 March 2014
Canadian growers say no to GMO apples 15 March 2014
Increase in incidents of GM contamination of traded food and feed 15 March 2014
French government bans GM maize MON 810 16 March 2014
Monsanto forced to withdraw claims of benefits for GM crops 17 March 2014
Activists occupy EFSA headquarters over GMO approvals 23 March 2014
Voracious worm evolves to eat biotech corn engineered to kill it 23 March 2014
Glyphosate in animals and humans - new study 23 March 2014
Public consultation on re-approval of glyphosate - please comment 24 March 2014
How “extreme levels” of Roundup in food became the industry norm 26 March 2014
Brazil's public prosecutor wants to ban glyphosate 26 March 2014
Are GMOs worth the trouble? 28 March 2014
Meet the plush GMO mascot, Frank N. Foode 28 March 2014
Karnataka bans Mahyco's Bt cotton seeds after crop failure 28 March 2014
Parliamentary panel slams Moily over GMO field trials 28 March 2014
Commercialisation of 30 GM cotton, corn/maize varieties against rules 31 March 2014
GMOs make animals seriously ill - Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini 31 March 2014
GM alfalfa release in Canada delayed - US growers offered premium to grow non-GM 01 April 2014
Chile derails "Monsanto Law" that would privatize seeds 01 April 2014
UK 'aid' is financing a corporate scramble for Africa 03 April 2014
European Parliament demands stricter regulation of conflicts of interest at EFSA 03 April 2014
Roundup under the spotlight in Denmark 03 April 2014
Muzzled by Monsanto over gene-silencing technology 05 April 2014
Russia will not import GMO products - PM 06 April 2014
Sri Lankan government backtracks on Roundup ban 06 April 2014
Pest-resistant Bt brinjal comes under pest attack - already 07 April 2014
Glyphosate found in US mothers’ breast milk 07 April 2014
Research needed on glyphosate levels in breast milk and miscarriages 09 April 2014
Food safety conference convinced the safety of GM food has yet to be proven 10 April 2014
Research on GM maize 1507 controlled by industry 10 April 2014
Bill would ban GM grass seed 10 April 2014
India's PM forced through GM trials in face of stiff opposition 14 April 2014
Scientists find multiple problems with GMOs 14 April 2014
Don't let Congress deny your right to know: Oppose the DARK act 15 April 2014
EU governments giving biotech companies final say about national bans 15 April 2014
UK govt colludes with GM industry to control media, plot return of GM to Britain 15 April 2014
US corn exports to China drop 85 percent after ban on GMO strains 15 April 2014
Ministers "covering up secret meetings with GM food lobby" 16 April 2014
GM omega-3 plants trial approved at Rothamsted 16 April 2014
Brazil's Public Prosecutor files lawsuit against food safety agency over glyphosate 16 April 2014
Vermont Senate votes 26-2 for GMO labeling 17 April 2014
China’s ban on GMO corn costs US up to $2.9 billion 17 April 2014
Deformed piglets from Roundup-contaminated feed shown on Danish TV 18 April 2014
Russia postpones planting of GMOs by 3 years 22 April 2014
Monsanto GM soy is scarier than you think 23 April 2014
The secret trade deal that threatens the food on your plate 23 April 2014
Roundup damages pigs and should be banned - Danish farmer 23 April 2014
Vermont lawmakers approve GMO food labelling law 23 April 2014
Vermont will be first state in nation to require GMO labelling 24 April 2014
Italian court upholds ban on planting of Monsanto MON810 GM corn 24 April 2014
UK environment minister breaches agreement with Scotland on GM 27 April 2014
Novel shines light on farmer suicide and GM crops in India 27 April 2014
Science Media Centre spins pro-GMO line - new exposé 29 April 2014
FDA weakens public process on GMO animals 29 April 2014
Biotech firms buy politicians in Hawaii 29 April 2014
Mysterious kidney disease slays farmworkers in Central America 30 April 2014
Let's crowdfund the ultimate GMO study 30 April 2014
Who benefits from GM crops? 2014 01 May 2014
"We want to make free seed a sort of meme" 03 May 2014
Pesticides found in GM soy; Vermont orders labels 03 May 2014
Link confirmed between Roundup exposure and blood cancer 03 May 2014
Renewed farmer protests against GM golden rice in Philippines 04 May 2014
Don't let lobbyists on the EU food safety authority's board 05 May 2014
Nathanael Johnson and Grist should be "ashamed" of marketing synbio fraud to the public 05 May 2014
Secret emails reveal how UK ministers plotted with GM lobbyists 06 May 2014
France definitively bans GM corn 06 May 2014
Monsanto's GM Bt brinjal fails, ruins Bangladeshi farmers 07 May 2014
Sign petition protesting flawed glyphosate consultation 07 May 2014
Big Food threatens to sue Vermont 09 May 2014
Andrés Carrasco, scientist and activist, dies 10 May 2014
Press tribute to the legacy of Andrés Carrasco 11 May 2014
We must face the harm caused by imported GM soy – Chinese military scientist 11 May 2014
Breastfeeding and indigenous food the answer to vitamin A deficiency 12 May 2014
Golden rice falls at first hurdle 13 May 2014
It's fine to publish an inconclusive study on GMOs – as long as it finds the GMO is safe 13 May 2014
Sri Lanka lifts ban on sale of glyphosate 13 May 2014
What will the world inherit from GM salmon? 13 May 2014
BBC asks: Are pesticides sprayed on GM soy linked to health problems in Argentina? 14 May 2014
Pakistan High Court orders government to stop licensing GM seeds 14 May 2014
The dirty details behind the attacks on Séralini’s GMO study 14 May 2014
China's army bans GM foods 14 May 2014
UK’s Science Media Centre lambasted for pushing corporate science 15 May 2014
"Syngenta methods of silencing GMO opposition are unbelievable" 16 May 2014
French protestors acquitted after destroying GM vineyard 16 May 2014
International call to stop spread of GMOs 16 May 2014
GMO producers should be punished as terrorists, Russian MPs say 16 May 2014
New study confirms link between Roundup exposure and blood cancer 16 May 2014
Spinning a consensus on GMOs 16 May 2014
Fashion designer launches campaign against glyphosate in local parks 17 May 2014
Russians raise funds for "first-ever" independent international research 17 May 2014
GM foods neither safe nor needed, say genetic engineers 19 May 2014
Journal editor forced to give Séralini's team right of reply after retracting study 19 May 2014
European regulators plan escape route for endocrine disrupting pesticides 20 May 2014
Oregon counties vote to ban GMOs 21 May 2014
Monsanto silences scientist who explores risks of gene modification 21 May 2014
Genome editing to be regulated in New Zealand as GMO 21 May 2014
High Court prevents GM developers bypassing GM laws 22 May 2014
Wheat breeder: GMO’s promise oversold 22 May 2014
Sweden to sue EU for delay on hormone-disrupting chemicals 22 May 2014
10 reasons we don't need GM foods - new short report 23 May 2014
March Against Monsanto today! 24 May 2014
Inexpensive solutions still outperform GMOs 26 May 2014
Are substantial equivalence and safety studies for GM soy fraudulent? 26 May 2014
Governments make laws, not companies - take action (Europe) 27 May 2014
Biotech lobby's fingerprints over new EU proposal to allow national GMO bans 27 May 2014
Steve Marsh loses his case to be GM free 28 May 2014
Angry mothers meet US EPA over concerns with Roundup herbicide 28 May 2014
CRIIGEN withdraws from French government project on GMO risks 28 May 2014
High risks, few rewards for Mexico with Monsanto's maize 28 May 2014
Does Australia need laws for "biotrespass" to protect organic farms? 29 May 2014
GM companies recommend insecticides and IPM for failed Bt crops 29 May 2014
GMO-free EU under threat 29 May 2014
2,4-D soy: waging war on peasants 29 May 2014
Ecover using synbio-derived oil for laundry detergent 30 May 2014
GM crops – no gain for small farmers 01 June 2014
Deceitful compromise clears the way for GMO crops in Europe 01 June 2014
GM maize 1507: EFSA fails to rebut criticism 02 June 2014
2 million march against Monsanto 02 June 2014
Non-GM purple tomatoes already on sale in supermarkets 02 June 2014
Monsanto patent on non-GM tomato fraudulent, says group 02 June 2014
Warrior queens battle for Africa’s food future 04 June 2014
Your vanilla ice cream is about to get weirder 04 June 2014
Biotech's assault on balanced journalism 04 June 2014
Why GM crops can’t be managed at a national level 05 June 2014
Guardian newspaper report admits widespread failure of GM Bt brinjal 05 June 2014
Monarch butterfly decline linked to spread of GM crops 06 June 2014
DuPont Co. sued for $1 billion over GM technology 06 June 2014
GM soy loses its appeal for Latin American farmers 09 June 2014
GM obsession can crowd out alternatives for Africa - development expert 11 June 2014
China orders hunt for facilities illegally producing GM food 11 June 2014
Doubt cast over safety of GM research centre in Western Australia 11 June 2014
Hawaii farmers, biotech industry challenge Big Island’s GMO ban 12 June 2014
EU Council vote pushes GM crop decision to Parliament 12 June 2014
GMO proposal will allow GMO industry to "ride roughshod" over Europe 12 June 2014
English farmers face threat to business if government goes ahead with GM 13 June 2014
Roundup damages sperm – new study 13 June 2014
Ben & Jerry's says goodbye to GMOs 15 June 2014
GM maggots in your fruit? 16 June 2014
After GM golden rice failed, focus switches to GM banana 16 June 2014
India’s spying bureau serving interests of foreign corporations 17 June 2014
Father of modern biotechnology condemns report on NGOs by India's spying bureau 19 June 2014
Biotech's losing game of whack-a-mole 19 June 2014
The food safety movement grows tall 23 June 2014
Republication of the Séralini study: Science speaks for itself 24 June 2014
Next generation of chemical-hungry GM crops has arrived 24 June 2014
Cancer deaths double where GM crops and agrochemicals used 24 June 2014
China stops issuing permits for GM grain imports from US 25 June 2014
Séralini calls for transparency of industry tests on pesticides and GMOs 25 June 2014
Séralini republication shows need for reform in pesticide safety evaluations 26 June 2014
High-stakes initiative could ban GMO farming in Maui County 26 June 2014
Was Séralini’s republished paper peer-reviewed? 28 June 2014
Hillary Clinton paid to talk nonsense about GMOs 29 June 2014
Does the Snell review show GMOs are safe? 29 June 2014
How the TTIP threatens to force-feed GMOs to Europe - register for webinar 30 June 2014
Don't repeat mistakes that led to superweeds 30 June 2014
EU environment agencies condemn herbicide-tolerant GM crops as "part of the problem" 01 July 2014
Committee spreads misinformation about GM crops to be grown in England 01 July 2014
Industry withdraws more applications for GMO cultivation in Europe 02 July 2014
The glyphosate toxicity studies you're not allowed to see 02 July 2014
Glyphosate herbicide decreases seedling quality and yield in Roundup Ready soybeans 02 July 2014
2,4-D-tolerant crops decision crucial to future of farming 02 July 2014
Monsanto faces strong opposition to GM cotton from Malawi civil society 04 July 2014
US pressures El Salvador to open up its seed market 07 July 2014
Coexistence is impossible 07 July 2014
The defective logic of lab-grown meat 08 July 2014
Confused by the Oregonian's GMO confusion 08 July 2014
GMO cotton growers want unlicensed pesticide use on 3 million acres 08 July 2014
The farce of GMO industry safety studies 11 July 2014
French celebs campaign against EU-US trade deal 11 July 2014
Salvadoran farmers successfully oppose the use of Monsanto seeds 11 July 2014
Organic food richer in compounds linked to better health, lower in toxins 12 July 2014
Alarm at new dengue emergency where GM mosquito trials conducted 14 July 2014
GM corn that should resist pests brings trouble for Brazilian producers 15 July 2014
Bollworms develop resistance against Bt cotton in Pakistan 16 July 2014
GM golden rice paper to be retracted amid ethics scandal 18 July 2014
Doctors and scientists call on German Chancellor Merkel to halt US-EU trade deal 18 July 2014
India's GM crops policy in question 19 July 2014
GM crops won’t solve India’s food crisis 19 July 2014
Minister for Environment must annul GEAC's hasty approvals for GMO field trials 19 July 2014
Monsanto wants soy trading firms to act as its royalty collectors 20 July 2014
Independent safety reviews will foster trust in GM technology 23 July 2014
Chief science advisor position should be scrapped 23 July 2014
Modi govt condemned for allowing GMO field trials 23 July 2014
Doctors and scientists urge Congress to reject toxic GMO crop herbicide mix 23 July 2014
"Genome editing": GM by another name 24 July 2014
Why Marc Gunther can't be trusted on GMOs 24 July 2014
Protect society from our inventions, say genome-editing scientists 24 July 2014
EFSA plays down risks of Monsanto´s GM oilseed rape 25 July 2014
Brazil: Pest resistance to Bt maize in third year of cultivation 25 July 2014
GMWatch responds to Sense About Science over its defence of chief scientific advisor role 25 July 2014
Glyphosate found in malformed piglets – study 25 July 2014
Beware the omniscient scientific adviser 26 July 2014
EPA denies Texas’ emergency request to use dangerous herbicide on GMO cotton fields 26 July 2014
UK government accused of "GM baby" cover-up 29 July 2014
Brazilian farmers want compensation for four failed GMO crops 29 July 2014
US Midwestern farmers fighting superweeds told to go back to deep tillage 29 July 2014
India: GMO field trials put on hold 29 July 2014
European Ombudsman joins call to open up secretive EU-US trade talks 31 July 2014
Fish And Wildlife will phase-out GM crops and ban bee-killing pesticides on national refuges 01 August 2014
Senior scientists condemn "shocking" decision of GEAC to approve GMO field trials 01 August 2014
GMO climate change myth bites the dust 01 August 2014
Big Food uses mommy bloggers to shape public opinion 01 August 2014
Another unethical GMO human trial planned 03 August 2014
GM canola's growing pains 04 August 2014
Pennsylvania Dept of Agriculture cracks down on seed library 05 August 2014
Farmers, environmental groups defend moratorium of GMO crops on Hawaii’s Big Island 05 August 2014
When do scholars become advocates? 05 August 2014
Scientists challenge makeup of panel meant to evaluate GMO risks 06 August 2014
Condé Nast making propaganda for Monsanto 06 August 2014
USDA signals approval of Dow's 2,4-D-resistant seeds 07 August 2014
GMO tobacco Ebola drug under the spotlight 07 August 2014
The GMO fight ripples down the food chain 08 August 2014
Read the emails in the hilarious Monsanto / Mo Rocca / Condé Nast meltdown 08 August 2014
US is trying to control food production 08 August 2014
Black root rot suspected in Louisiana soybeans 09 August 2014
The new scientism 09 August 2014
Sweet victory for Mexico beekeepers as Monsanto loses GM permit 09 August 2014
Battle over GMO food labelling heats up 09 August 2014
Sense About Science leaps to chief scientific advisor's defence 09 August 2014
Sense About Science misleads public over chief scientific advisor role 10 August 2014
Soy trading firms will not buy Monsanto's Intacta RR2 PRO soybeans 10 August 2014
Scientists appeal to Pope to get GM foods banned in Brazil 11 August 2014
Laws to veto GM crops set to be scrapped in Western Australia 11 August 2014
Ecover, come clean about using extreme genetic engineering in your products 12 August 2014
Roundup sprayed in city parks linked to cancer, study says 13 August 2014
Science academy falters in launch of new GMO study 14 August 2014
British think tank tells Africans to grow and eat GMOs 15 August 2014
Genome editing not as precise as it's made out 15 August 2014
Kenya chooses GM and biotech, but there are smarter ways to feed Africa 15 August 2014
Bt corn rootworm resistance in Pennsylvania 16 August 2014
GM food meets new hurdle in China 18 August 2014
Keith Kloor: Trash-talking the enviros – or just talking trash? 19 August 2014
Russian government approves fines for improper GMO labelling 19 August 2014
The GMO Deception: Q&A with Prof Sheldon Krimsky 19 August 2014
NGO backlash to Chief Scientific Advisor position grows 19 August 2014
Tasmania to remain free of GMO for at least five more years 19 August 2014
Science policy is about debate and discussion – not one person working in secret 20 August 2014
US politician bought and owned by Big Biotech – and maybe the media too 20 August 2014
China pulls plug on GM rice and corn 21 August 2014
Syngenta can't force Bunge elevator to accept its GMO corn – court 21 August 2014
GMO labeling measure makes Colorado’s November ballot 21 August 2014
EPA and USDA poised to approve herbicide with serious long-term health effects 21 August 2014
India's MPs heading for Monsanto-funded study tour 22 August 2014
The New Yorker, GMOs, and chemical farming: Gunning for Vandana Shiva 22 August 2014
GM food, Ukraine, and the return of Hill + Knowlton 22 August 2014
US bullied Vietnam into not labelling GM foods 23 August 2014
GM mosquito town in Brazil still suffering increased dengue 23 August 2014
Federal judge: Kauai's GMO law is invalid 26 August 2014
NGOs and residents respond to Kauai ruling 26 August 2014
After 90 percent decline, federal protection sought for monarch butterfly 26 August 2014
Supermarkets must wake up to environmental harm caused by imported GM feed 27 August 2014
The myth of GMO labels increasing food prices 27 August 2014
Biology Fortified, Inc. misleads the public on GMO safety 28 August 2014
Why the chief scientific advisor role is part of the problem, not the solution 30 August 2014
Cornell gets $5.6 million to "depolarize" GMO debate 30 August 2014
GM Bt cotton production risks in Burkina Faso "high" – study 30 August 2014
Study finds Argentina’s soy boom model socially and ecologically unsustainable 30 August 2014
Bangladesh Bt brinjal farmers demand compensation 01 September 2014
IMF loan for Ukraine may give GMO giant a backdoor into EU 01 September 2014
Seeds of truth: Vandana Shiva responds to Michael Specter 01 September 2014
Ruin is forever: Why GMOs should be banned on the basis of the precautionary principle 01 September 2014
German supermarket giants demand return to GMO-free fed poultry 02 September 2014
Guatemala: People reject "Monsanto Law" for threatening food security 03 September 2014
Biofortified continues to misrepresent GMO facts 05 September 2014
Responses to Specter's pro-GMO article in the New Yorker 05 September 2014
Guatemala strikes down "Monsanto Law" 06 September 2014
Troubling inspection reports reveal vast outdoor experimentation in the US with GMO crops 06 September 2014
Brazil evaluates commercial release of GM eucalyptus trees 07 September 2014
Pharma corn trial run by man whose previous firm was banned from doing GMO field trials 08 September 2014
Pesticide regulation amid the influence of industry 08 September 2014
Director of Bangladesh research institute gets "furious" when asked about Bt brinjal health effects 08 September 2014
EU under pressure to allow GM food imports from US and Canada 08 September 2014
Bangladesh research institute admits no independent health tests done on Bt brinjal 09 September 2014
Monitoring of GMO field trials a shambles in India – and the USA 10 September 2014
Russians eager to say NO to GMOs 10 September 2014
Toxic glyphosate herbicides fly under the EU's regulatory radar 13 September 2014
Philippines: farmers call to stop GMO golden rice trials 13 September 2014
Cargill sues Syngenta over China GM corn shipments 13 September 2014
Is Monsanto admitting guilt in "Zombie" GMO wheat settlement? 13 September 2014
GM lags behind conventional breeding in efforts to create drought-resistant maize – Nature journal 17 September 2014
Argentine researcher confirms scientific evidence on harmful effects of agrochemicals 17 September 2014
"Monsanto is a monster" – photojournalist 17 September 2014
Prof Jack Heinemann on vaccines, climate, power, and GMOs 18 September 2014
USDA deregulates new 2,4-D-tolerant corn and soy 18 September 2014
Ingredion bans new GMO corn at plant 18 September 2014
GMO safety, weed control top concerns as US study kicks off 18 September 2014
Herbicide resistance in Argentina adds to farmers' woes 18 September 2014
Kauai council will appeal ruling on pesticides and GMOs 19 September 2014
Herbicide and insecticide use on GMO crops skyrocket while pro-GMO media mislead 20 September 2014
Debunking popular myths about GM crops portrayed in the media 24 September 2014
Missed and dismissed: Independent science in pesticide risk assessments 24 September 2014
New generation of GM crops puts agriculture in "crisis situation" 26 September 2014
Brazil releases "good" (and non-GM) mosquitoes to fight dengue fever 26 September 2014
GMO test slows hay exports to China 26 September 2014
USDA investigates Roundup Ready GM wheat found growing in Montana 26 September 2014
French actions aim for moratorium on GMO soy imports 27 September 2014
India: Farmers need an alternative to Bt cotton, say experts 28 September 2014
New book examines WWF's relationship with Monsanto and Big Business 28 September 2014
Indian state of Bihar will block GMO field trials – minister 29 September 2014
GM technology no magic wand for Vietnam’s agriculture – scientists 29 September 2014
Why Jon Entine’s “trillion meal study” won't save us from GMO dangers 29 September 2014
Trojan horse trade deal could increase GM food and crops in Europe 30 September 2014
Double-talk and half-truths: The fuzzy math of the anti-GMO labelling campaign 30 September 2014
China launches media campaign to back GM crops 01 October 2014
Doctor analyses link between glyphosate herbicides and fatal kidney disease epidemic 01 October 2014
Sense about scientific advisors 02 October 2014
Monsanto warning on negative effects of growing its GM soybean “Intacta” 02 October 2014
Pro-GMO database: Monsanto is most common funder of GMO research 02 October 2014
Van Eenennaam study marred by bias and scientific shortcomings 03 October 2014
No GMO Banana Republic – stop banana biopiracy! 03 October 2014
The so-called scientific "consensus": Why the debate on GMO safety is not over 03 October 2014
Andrés Carrasco vs Monsanto 04 October 2014
GMO labelling will cost consumers less than a penny a day – new report 04 October 2014
Will GM crops feed the world? – new report 04 October 2014
Brazil soy exporter to police Monsanto biotech seeds - for a fee 04 October 2014
GM corn ruined US exports to China – farmers 08 October 2014
The ghost in the GMO machine 08 October 2014
Monsanto's Roundup linked to cancer - again 08 October 2014
So-called "trillion meal study" of GMO safety is junk 08 October 2014
Six reasons why TTIP should scare you 09 October 2014
Acquisition of African seed company by Monsanto and Limagrain 09 October 2014
The case against GMOs - by an investment firm 10 October 2014
How Monsanto crashed an eco-conference 10 October 2014
A billion tons of food wasted yearly while millions still go hungry 10 October 2014
Renewed concern over new risk assessment of glyphosate 10 October 2014
Gujarat 11th Indian state to say ‘no’ to GM trials 10 October 2014
The Amish farmers reinventing organic agriculture 11 October 2014
Critics of Gates’ ag programs bring the battle to Seattle 13 October 2014
Plant breeding vs. GMOs: Conventional methods lead the way in responding to climate change 13 October 2014
Critics say Gates Foundation’s agriculture program won’t help poor farmers 15 October 2014
10 reasons to be worried about the trojan treaties 15 October 2014
EPA approves new 2,4-D herbicide blend, paving way for controversial GM crops 16 October 2014
New GMOs get a regulatory green light, with a hint of yellow 19 October 2014
Non-GM breeding outstrips GM on salt tolerance 19 October 2014
Lack of evidence to prove GMO safety – new peer-reviewed study 19 October 2014
Ultimate experts? 20 October 2014
Why did top scientific journals reject this Dr Bronner's ad? 21 October 2014
New study shows honeybees harmed by herbicide used on GMO crops 21 October 2014
China should impose tougher checks on GM soy imports 21 October 2014
Battling Monsanto Laws in Ghana and Zambia 21 October 2014
Behind the mask of altruism: Monsanto and the Gates Foundation in Africa 21 October 2014
World’s largest ever study on GMO and pesticide safety 23 October 2014
Synbio – the scariest GMOs you’ve never heard of 23 October 2014
Critics of Dow herbicide sue US EPA over approval 23 October 2014
Junk science and GMO toxicity 23 October 2014
Brazil: Soy trading firms still refuse to collect Monsanto's royalties 24 October 2014
GMO wheat issue intensifies 27 October 2014
Patrick Moore, Ambassador for EXPO 2015? 28 October 2014
UK GMO lobby wants "genome edited" products to escape GMO regulation and labelling 28 October 2014
Farmers say Syngenta is crippling corn sales 28 October 2014
GM salmon company fined heavily for repeated violations in Panama 28 October 2014
"Smart" breeding, where science and farmers' knowledge meet 29 October 2014
EU chief scientist a dangerous imbecile, says risk expert 29 October 2014
US action: Help Colorado and Oregon get GMO labelling 29 October 2014
Oregon labelling: The No on 92 campaign's $14 million grand deception 29 October 2014
Monsanto seeking to curb weed-killer "misuse" in Argentina 29 October 2014
Change of location for Factor GMO $25 million study public launch 29 October 2014
10 things you should know about GMOs and GMO labeling 30 October 2014
Monsanto's GM soybeans coated with bee-toxic neonicotinoids 30 October 2014
US's GMO approval process FINALLY being scrutinized 30 October 2014
Plant scientists urge Europe to "stop blocking GM trials on political grounds" 30 October 2014
Biotech corn enters export minefield 01 November 2014
"We’ll design every human on a computer and make poop smell like bananas" 01 November 2014
49 Members of US Congress protested against 2,4-D crops approval 01 November 2014
Honest food labels can help save monarchs 01 November 2014
India does not have the competence to play around with GM foods – geneticist 02 November 2014
Agent Orange-related herbicide approved for GMO crops – EPA sued 02 November 2014
Bangladesh research institute moves to popularise Bt brinjal 03 November 2014
Genetic modification in Flanders: The appeal of the Wetteren 11 03 November 2014
Gates Foundation spends bulk of agriculture grants in rich countries 04 November 2014
GM contamination cannot be contained – new paper 05 November 2014
Victory for Maui GMO farming ban 05 November 2014
Ballot news from the USA 05 November 2014
Parliament expected to make breakthrough on countries’ right to ban GM crop cultivation 06 November 2014
Bt brinjal seeds smuggled into India? 06 November 2014
Suspected manipulation of EU-funded animal feeding study with GM maize 07 November 2014
Poorly tested gene silencing technology to enter food supply with Simplot potato 08 November 2014
UK: GM foods slip into M&S 08 November 2014
EU Parliament votes to give European countries legally solid right to ban GM cultivation 11 November 2014
Largest international study into safety of GM food launched by Russian NGO 12 November 2014
GMO lobbyist Julian Little misleads the public over Factor GMO study 12 November 2014
EU GM crop bans: Commission and Council must heed Parliament 12 November 2014
Living with GMOs - Letter from America to the UK and EU 12 November 2014
European Commission scraps chief scientific adviser position 13 November 2014
Dow limits sales of GMO soy, corn on China worries 13 November 2014
Pharma corn in Monterey County 14 November 2014
Monsanto and Dow sue Maui County over GMO cultivation ban 14 November 2014
Don’t ask how to feed the 9 billion 14 November 2014
Life or death over seeds – worldwide seed war rages 14 November 2014
Monsanto settles with wheat growers over GM contamination 15 November 2014
McDonald's won't sell Simplot GMO potato 16 November 2014
Neil Young boycotts Starbucks over GMO lawsuit 17 November 2014
World scientists and academics demand halt to GMO field trials in Thailand 17 November 2014
Can you be sceptical about GM but believe in climate change? 17 November 2014
Armyworm resistance to GMO crops seen in US – study 18 November 2014
GRACE Consortium cannot invalidate criticism of feeding trials 18 November 2014
Vermont fights attempt to block GMO labelling law 19 November 2014
Syngenta facing dozens of lawsuits over GMO seed 19 November 2014
Breeder annoyed GM given credit for yield hikes 20 November 2014
Principles of good scientific advice 21 November 2014
Glyphosate and the deterioration of America's health 21 November 2014
Want to wipe out earthworms and ruin your soil? Use glyphosate 21 November 2014
“Green Super Rice” can help feed the world’s poor, say developers 21 November 2014
"Refuge-in-a-bag" doesn't work in delaying pest resistance to Bt maize 21 November 2014
Gene-silencing and the "Arctic" apple 23 November 2014
Why the precautionary principle matters 24 November 2014
Why is Bill Gates backing GMO red banana "biopiracy"? 25 November 2014
Archer Daniels Midland says GMO corn is killing US exports to China 25 November 2014
Agent Orange maker welcomed back to Vietnam to grow GMOs 25 November 2014
Buffer zones of several kilometers needed around GM maize to protect sensitive species 25 November 2014
Federal judge rules against Hawaii's GMO law 27 November 2014
Filipino farmers protest government research on GM golden rice 27 November 2014
Vote tally too close, recount ordered on Oregon GMO labelling 27 November 2014
Norwegian food authority stops approving antibiotic marker gene-containing GMOs in fish feed 28 November 2014
Meta-analysis claiming to demonstrate on-farm benefits of GM crops critiqued 28 November 2014
Kenya told to defer introduction of GM crops 29 November 2014
Son of Gates Foundation donor criticises Foundation's approach to Africa 29 November 2014
Roundup Ready in alfalfa exports "catastrophic" 29 November 2014
Judge in the Monsanto-Maui lawsuit is tainted 30 November 2014
UN: GM soy agricultural model endangering Paraguayan indigenous right to land 30 November 2014
EU needs stronger food safety authority 01 December 2014
India should not rush into GMO field trials: high-level panel 01 December 2014
Minnesota school districts aim to reduce GMOs in school food 04 December 2014
EFSA's director thinks European Commission does not need a Chief Scientific Adviser 04 December 2014
Non-GMO purple potatoes make GM tomato even more redundant 04 December 2014
EU deal fails to provide full legal certainty for countries wanting to ban GM plantings 05 December 2014
Roundup is toxic to the heart – new study 05 December 2014
4,600 Oregon voters wrongly disenfranchised in GMO labelling ballot? 08 December 2014
Who says GMOs are safe? And who says they're not? 09 December 2014
A magic (non-GM) wand for nutrition and incomes in Mozambique? 09 December 2014
Organic nearly as productive as industrial farming 10 December 2014
Measure 92: Judge says no to restraining order on GMO recount results 10 December 2014
German poultry sector returns to non-GMO feed – UK can follow 11 December 2014
Corporations get $760 from the US government for every dollar they spend on elections 11 December 2014
International tribunal demands GM maize ban in Mexico 11 December 2014
US human trials of GM banana for Africa widely condemned 12 December 2014
Oregon GMO labelling proponents concede defeat 12 December 2014
GM rice doesn’t address poverty, lack of biodiversity 12 December 2014
India's mad chase after Bt brinjal 13 December 2014
USDA paves the way for planting of dicamba-tolerant soy and cotton 13 December 2014
Why there's no turning back for GMO labelling in the US 13 December 2014
Industry lobbies attack European Commission over delays in GMO authorisations 15 December 2014
China’s hard line on GMO burns US hay 15 December 2014
Stacking traits in a GMO is found to cause unexpected synergistic effects 17 December 2014
Has China approved Syngenta's Viptera corn? 17 December 2014
Farmer interest in non-GMO beans, corn grows 18 December 2014
US growers move towards sorghum due to its non-GMO appeal 19 December 2014
China approves GMO corn and soybeans – but US exporters shouldn't get excited 20 December 2014
After 10 years, few payoffs from Gates "Grand Challenges" 21 December 2014
USDA report says pesticide residues in food nothing to fear 22 December 2014
Monsanto patent on tomatoes revoked 22 December 2014
GMO industry techno-fixes for Bt resistance in pests are counterproductive 24 December 2014
GMO potato protesters win lighter sentences on appeal 24 December 2014
Mandatory GM food labelling a step closer in China 24 December 2014
Monsanto and Bayer's GM plants contaminate Europe despite ban 27 December 2014
Indian government goes ahead with GM crop trials in spite of scientists' warnings 28 December 2014
GM soy and maize is toxic to rats – new detailed study 28 December 2014
Iowa lawsuits accuse Syngenta over GMO seeds 31 December 2014
Monarch butterfly eyed for possible US endangered species protection 31 December 2014
Demand for Non-GMO products "exploding" 31 December 2014

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