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
    • 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 EDITING MYTHS AND REALITY

A guide through the smokescreen

Gene Editing Myths and Reality

News Menu

  • Latest News
  • News Reviews
  • Archive
  • Languages

News 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

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!

GMWatch News Review archive

Review 360

  • Print
  • Email
Details
Published: 26 October 2015
Twitter

Brazil poised to break global moratorium on Terminator

terminator symbol on Brazilian soya fieldWith Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff fighting for political survival, the agribusiness lobby in the Brazilian Congress is moving to push through an amendment to the country’s biosafety law. That amendment would permit exemptions to the ban on Terminator seeds. If approved, the amendment would make Brazil the first country in the world to legislate in favour of the commercial cultivation of crops with built-in sterility.

Bt cotton in India under siege from whitefly pest

Indian farmers protestA whitefly attack on GM Bt cotton in Punjab and Haryana has decimated between a half and two-thirds of the harvest, triggering over two dozen suicides among farmers. Farmers have taken to the streets in protest. Chemical-free and non-GM cotton appeared to be relatively less affected by whitefly than Bt cotton.

Indian scientist warns of “golden rice” impact

Challenging the claims about GM “golden rice” as a remedy to vitamin A deficiency, renowned Indian scientist Dr Tusher Chakraborty has cautioned that the rice poses a serious threat to human health and rice itself.

Transgenic cow research branded a “disaster”

Official documents on New Zealand government transgenic cow experiments reveal a disturbing story of illness, death and deformity.

Tampons, sanitary pads, and sterile gauze contaminated with glyphosate

One hundred percent of the raw cotton and sterile cotton gauze contained glyphosate (a probably carcinogenic herbicide according to the World Health Organization) or its metabolite AMPA, according to a study by the Socio-Environmental Interaction Space (EMISA) of the University of La Plata, Argentina. Cotton swabs, wipes, tampons, and sanitary pads were also found to contain glyphosate and AMPA.

US workers sue Monsanto, claiming Roundup caused cancer

A US farm worker and a horticultural assistant have filed lawsuits claiming Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide caused their cancers and Monsanto intentionally misled the public and regulators about the dangers of the herbicide.

Three companies say “No” to GMO Arctic apples

Fast food restaurant chains Wendy’s and McDonald’s, and baby food company Gerber’s, say they will not sell the GMO Arctic apple.

Western Australia’s GM-free canola market “at risk”

The GM-Free Farmers Group and Conservation Council of Western Australia have warned that WA’s markets for non-GM canola are at risk after GM canola plants were found growing at five sites, in some cases more than 100 km from the closest grain farm.

Michael Meacher dies

We were sad to hear the news of the death of Michael Meacher MP, a former UK environment minister and a staunch ally of campaigners critical of GM crops and foods.

Whistleblower award goes to Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini

Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini has been honoured with the 2015 Whistleblower Award of the Federation of German Scientists (VDW) and the German Section of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (“IALANA”). Prof Séralini received the award in recognition of his research demonstrating the toxic effects of Roundup herbicide on rats when administered at a low environmentally relevant dose over a long-term period.

Europe a “graveyard” for GMOs as 19 countries opt out of growing them

Industry sources have warned that Europe could soon become a “graveyard” for GMOs. A total of 19 EU countries have “opted out” of growing GMO crops within all or part of their territories.

German authorities’ glyphosate report has “serious deficiencies” – toxicologist

The report by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, BfR, that will be used to decide whether glyphosate is re-approved by the EU authorities has serious deficiencies, according to an analysis by the toxicologist Dr Peter Clausing. In particular, the safety claims on genotoxicity and carcinogenicity are unreliable.

Is Monsanto’s excitement about GMOs backfiring?

Monsanto is slashing 2,600 jobs – 12% of its workforce – and spending $3 billion to buy back shares. These are not characteristics of a company confident in the long-term profitability of its core technology: the genetic modification of crops.

Not much to gain for Ireland in going down the GMO route

Ireland hasn’t much to gain from going down the genetically modified organism (GMO) route, according to Fine Gael MEP, Sean Kelly. The Irish MEP said that Ireland should focus instead on promoting its grass-fed produce.

Genetic engineering is different from traditional breeding

Former genetic engineer Dr Belinda Martineau spells out the differences between traditional breeding and GM.

Syngenta is granted patent on pepper for use as food

The European Patent Office (EPO) has granted Syngenta a patent on pepper and its use “as fresh produce, as fresh cut produce, or for processing such as, for example, canning”. The patent also covers the plants, their cultivation, harvesting and seeds. The plants have been developed to contain no seeds and are derived from conventional breeding using existing biodiversity. They are not GM.

LOBBYWATCH

Owen Paterson claims 1000% yield increases from GM

terminator symbol on Brazilian soya fieldFormer UK environment minister Owen Paterson made the astonishing claim on BBC radio that GM maize in South Africa has already increased yields by 500% and will soon increase yields further by 1000%. While there appear to be no data backing Paterson’s claim of a massive yield hike for GM maize in Africa, there are reports of bumper maize yields coming out of Zimbabwe. But they are non-GM.

Emails show Monsanto leaning on professors to fight the GMO PR war

Monsanto, other ag-biotech companies, and their trade groups and hired PR guns rely on friendly professors as foot soldiers in the industry's battle against regulators and critics of GMO foods, emails disclosed as a result of freedom of information request reveal.

Calestous Juma’s Monsanto connection exposed

A Harvard Kennedy School professor wrote a widely disseminated policy paper last year in support of genetically modified organisms at the behest of the seed giant Monsanto, without disclosing his connection, e-mails show.

The conflict of interest culture among GMO advocates

Attempts to equate the influence on academia of the organic industry with that of the GMO industry is a distortion of reality, writes Tim Schwab of Food & Water Watch.

The end of third-party advocacy for GMOs?

As freedom of information requests reveal ostensibly independent GMO proponents to be working hand-in-hand with the GMO industry, GMWatch’s Claire Robinson asks if the misinformation game is finally over.

How Kevin Folta created a shady podcast alter ego

The revelations about Kevin Folta’s deceptions – practised to promote GMOs and pesticides – continue to mount. Now news has emerged that he created a shady podcast alter ego, misleading guests and listeners alike.

Surprise – Cornell is taking the GMO safety debate to a new level!

Public interest attorney Steven Druker, who wrote the exposé book abut the GM venture, Altered Genes, Twisted Truth, has welcomed the move by Cornell's Alliance for Science to open up a scientific dialogue on GMO crop safety.

helping handGMWatch needs your support

We at GMWatch need your support to continue our work. We don’t take funding from big business or governments, so we rely on the generosity of individual donors like you. Donating is quick and easy. Many thanks to those who have already donated – we appreciate your support!

  • 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