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Pakistan freezes GM corn trials on contamination fears

15 July 2019

Government will not allow the use of GM for developing food crops

Brazil cotton farmers sue Bayer over patent on GMO seed

12 July 2019

Farmers hope to regain $151 million in royalty payments

Germany's taste for GMO-free products erodes demand for US's GM soy, says USDA

12 July 2019

Germany GMO-free labelling programme

USDA highlights "marketing opportunities for growers and producers of non-GMO feed ingredients and additives"

EU's GMO law aims to protect health and environment, not to incentivize science

12 July 2019

family in field

Legal expert explains why the European Court of Justice ruling that gene-edited plants are GMOs is not anti-science

Off-target mutations not the only concern in gene-edited plants

10 July 2019

Arrows and Target and DNA

A scientific review hypes the potential of the gene-editing tool CRISPR but can't deny its problems, including unintended effects at the on-target site

Juror urges US judge to uphold $80 million Roundup verdict against Bayer

9 July 2019

Juror told Judge Vince Chhabria that the $80 million in awards “were no accident” and the result of “meticulous planning” by the jury

How corporations and PR firms shape science reporting

9 July 2019

Fake Blocks

Investigative journalist exposes how corporate messaging gains science media coverage

The EU must not de-regulate gene-edited crops and foods

9 July 2019

Test tubes with small sprouts plants

If the agbiotech lobby gets its way, gene-edited crops and products could be rushed to market with no safety checks and potentially no labelling

Pesticides found in monarchs’ milkweed near farm fields

8 July 2019

Monarch butterfly feeding on Milkweed

Attempts to combat destructive effects of GM herbicide-tolerant crops are failing – pesticides may be the culprit

Why the "molecular scissors" metaphor for CRISPR is misleading

8 July 2019

Maleware and DNA Sequence

Researcher says CRISPR should be talked of not as "scissors" but as malware that can corrupt the genetic code

January 18, 2016

Published by Farmers Relief at January 18, 2016