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Spread of GM crops has not contributed to chemical reductions or land reclamations, but to increased use of the pesticides ...
Currently, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is withholding basic information on this genetically engineered soy ...
GMWatch provides the public with the latest news and comment on genetically modified (GMO) foods and crops and their associated pesticides. GMWatch is an independent organisation that seeks to counter ...
LobbyWatch provides an A-Z of the people and groups involved in the push for GMOs and their associated pesticides. As well as thumbnail sketches of the different individuals and organisations, it ...
An article in the Journal of Medical Entomology critically reflects on the hype surrounding gene drive technologies, a novel self-spreading form of genetic modification that is designed to engineer ...
Fifty years after the famous 1975 Asilomar biosafety conference — a moment of self-reflection and self-regulation of molecular biologists— a group of historians and bioengineers organised a three-day ...
New legislation bans government from requiring any safety tests on a “precision bred” GMO that wouldn’t be done on a conventional plant or animal. By Claire Robinson It’s no surprise that the ...
Guardian article mangles language and facts, pulling the wool over the public’s eyes about the real capabilities of GM. By Claire Robinson In what has become a time-honoured tradition, yet another non ...
In late 2024, Bill Gates sparked outrage in India after describing the country as “a kind of laboratory to try things” during a podcast with Reid Hoffman. Gates emphasised the nation’s stability as a ...
While the agri-industry lobby is pushing the European institutions to remove freedom of choice for consumers by preventing the labelling of new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) obtained by new GM ...
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