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Physicians' association deplores "persistent gap between available scientific knowledge and regulatory decisions". Report: ...
Bayer has applied for approval in the EU of its new herbicide, icafolin, following applications in Brazil, the US, and Canada ...
On 9 July 2025, Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a meeting to discuss cotton production in India. He invited suggestions from farmers to enhance cotton productivity. In ...
Ag and food writer says GMO deregulation lobby live “in a fantasy land of precision, predictability and imagined safety”; points instead to agroecological controls. Report: Claire Robinson In a letter ...
It’s time to step up the opposition to designer babies, says Marcy Darnovsky of the Center for Genetics and Society Since the “CRISPR babies” scandal in 2018, no additional genetically modified babies ...
GMO developers must supply detection methods, reference material and details of the genetic modification as part of authorisation procedure, say detection labs On 27 June, 12 laboratories across ...
On 26 May the Parliament in Norway adopted some changes in the GMO regulation – and the result, according to Aina Bartmann, CEO of the GMO Network Norway, is largely positive for those concerned about ...
The US company Impossible Foods has used genetic engineering (GE) to develop a blood-like dye that imitates the taste and appearance of meat. The protein, which is similar to the blood pigment ...
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 ...
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 ...
US Health Secretary and organic enthusiast Robert F. Kennedy Jr is exploited to promote “biologicals”, some of which are GMOs. Report: Claire Robinson In a classic example of how shamelessly Big ...