News and comment on genetically modified foods and their associated pesticides 
- 41. Genetically engineering the natural world could be a disaster ...
- (2017)
- Gene drives do not appear to be safe to use for conservation EXCERPT: The PLoS paper, an opinion piece co-authored with New Zealand geneticist Neil Gemmell, warns that releasing a standard gene-drive ...
- Created on 17 November 2017
- 42. “New Breeding Techniques” and synthetic biology - genetic engineering by another name ...
- (2017)
- Advocates claim synthetic biology and the so-called New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) are distinct from genetic engineering – but these techniques are genetic engineering and their products deserve regulation ...
- Created on 05 April 2017
- 43. 160 global groups call for moratorium on new genetic extinction technology at UN convention ...
- (2016)
- Gene drive technology poses serious and potentially irreversible threats to biodiversity, as well as national sovereignty, peace, and food security CANCUN, MEXICO – This week, international conservation ...
- Created on 05 December 2016
- 44. Experts warn home gene editing kits pose risk to society ...
- (2016)
- ... on Bioethics’ report on gene editing notes that there are “concerns” about “garage scientists” doing gene editing outside of regulated environments – see the article below. But the report doesn’t contain ...
- Created on 01 October 2016
- 45. Genetic “extinction” technology rejected by international scientists, conservationists and environmental advocates ...
- (2016)
- Gene drive technologies will allow new destructive agricultural practices and even use by the military EXCERPT: “Gene drives, also known as ‘mutagenic chain reactions,’ aim to alter DNA so an organism ...
- Created on 03 September 2016
- 46. National Academies’ gene drive study has ignored important and obvious issues ...
- (2016)
- ... questions. It would be fair to say that there are at least four explosive issues looming “on the horizon" for the topic of gene drives: Militarization, Commercialization, Food Security and Biodiversity. ...
- Created on 09 June 2016
- 47. Stop the Gene Bomb! ...
- (2016)
- ETC Group comments on National Academy of Sciences report on gene drives * First study on gene drive governance avoids the explosive issues: Militarization, Commercialization, Food Security. * ETC ...
- Created on 08 June 2016
- 48. USDA whistleblower launches regenerative ag farm to train next generation of farmers ...
- (2016)
- After filing a whistleblower complaint against the USDA for blocking his research on negative impacts of insecticides, Jonathan Lundgren is applying his science to regenerative agriculture at Blue Dasher ...
- Created on 15 March 2016
- 49. GM soy drives toxics, deforestation and social conflict
- (2008)
- ... le zones of production of genetically modified soy in Paraguay. The campesino communities in these zones live surrounded by immense soy fields and are highly exposed to the intense crop spraying with to ...
- Created on 08 June 2008
- 50. "Economics, not common sense, drives GM crops' - Dr Michael Antoniou
- (2007)
- Against the grain: 'Economics, not common sense, drives GM crops" Dr Michael Antoniou argues that genetically modified crops are dangerous and unnecessary Interview by Nick Jackson The Independent, 2 ...
- Created on 27 September 2007