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“Puff piece for Peter Daszak” attacks “anti-GMO movement’s obsession” with lab leaks

17 June 2021

Peter Dasza and Wuhan Institute of Virology

Mother Jones’ reporter Kiera Butler accused of “journalistic malpractice” and “serious breach of basic reporting ethics”. Report: Jonathan Matthews

Glyphosate pesticides persist for years in wild plants and cause flower infertility

16 June 2021

Researchers show for first time that commonly used herbicides can persist within wild forest plants for years, reducing fertility long-term and potentially impacting pollinators

Ominous first step in EU renewal process of glyphosate

16 June 2021

Four member states suggest no risk for human health – HEAL comment

EU approval of glyphosate: The scandal continues

16 June 2021

No new cancer study, yet EU authorities want to extend approval

Brexit's real driving force is lower standards and less regulation

15 June 2021

The Scottish government has put together sound, well-reasoned principles to guide their opposition to GM foods – they must be defended

Canada: Proposed non-approval process for gene-edited products will erode trust

15 June 2021

Regulator would be reduced to the status of bystander while anticipated wave of foods from gene-edited plants enters food system

British head of Wellcome Trust accused of "chilling" bid to stifle debate on Wuhan lab leak theory

13 June 2021

Sir Jeremy Farrar said he had "tremendous responsibility to be accountable"

Are gene-editing technologies traditional? Not if they are linked to intellectual rights

12 June 2021

Small plants in test tubes

By Kathleen Garnett

Mexico wants to import non-GMO corn and US farmers say they can deliver it

7 June 2021

Corn cobs on sack cloth

Mexico's GMO corn ban presents an opportunity for US farmers to supply non-GMO corn south of the border. By Ken Roseboro

French court rules anti-glyphosate protest necessary and proportional to protect public health

4 June 2021

Citizen demonstration during trial of anti-glyphosate activists.jpg

Court says given the "particularly insidious" dangers of glyphosate-based herbicides, the activists' actions were justified

UK gene editing public consultation announcement expected mid-June

3 June 2021

Burnt Toast

Change in law could speed commercialisation of GM wheat for people who can't “use a toaster properly”

Glyphosate associated with 503 infant deaths per year in Brazil – study

1 June 2021

Tractor spraying glyphosate on soy field at sunset

Researchers find deterioration in health conditions at birth in areas downstream from intensive GM soy production

Scientists, and two major American universities, are trying to patent methods for editing human embryos

28 May 2021

Reproductive use is clearly intended

Ultra-processed foods, patents and monocrops

28 May 2021

Bill Gates and his agribusiness industry partners are proposing to transform our food and how it is produced

Swiss voters to cast ballots on pesticide-free farming amid climate of fear

28 May 2021

Farmer and hairy ox

Backers of pesticides crackdown receive police protection following death threats. Report: Jonathan Matthews

Farm ministers “must stop wasting time pushing new GMOs”

27 May 2021

Last thing we need is a raft of patented crops designed to prop up the industrial farming system that EU decision-makers should be working to dismantle – FoE Europe

Bayer to rethink Roundup in US residential market after judge nixes $2 billion settlement

27 May 2021

Judge called the plan "clearly unreasonable"

Europe's food retail sector calls for clear regulation of new GMOs

25 May 2021

Top retailers resolution

The "Retailers' Resolution against Deregulating New GMOs" demands protection for "Non-GMO“ and organic products. All GMOs on plates and fields should remain strictly regulated in the EU; the precautionary principle and labelling must not be undermined

Debate on safety of new GMOs moves to Council

25 May 2021

Ministers to discuss controversial agbiotech industry-friendly Commission report which fails to follow European Court of Justice ruling

Senior staffers in Trump EPA changed, omitted science during 2018 review of dicamba; Skipped internal peer-review process

25 May 2021

Assessment was edited to exclude evidence of pesticide's troubling drift risks

January 18, 2016

Published by Farmers Relief at January 18, 2016