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UK Committee Tells Government to Push ‘Benefits’ of GM Crops

A report on Food Security published by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee today supports Environment Secretary Owen Paterson’s plan to push ahead with growing genetically modified (GM) crops in England, but is silent on the crops that would actually be grown (1). The Committee...

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Reactions to Republication of Landmark Seralini GMO Study

Sustainable Pulse welcomes the republication of the Séralini et al. study on the “Long-term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant...

Steve Marsh to Appeal Australia GM Canola Contamination Case

The Safe Food Foundation welcomes Steve Marsh’s decision to appeal the decision against him in the Western Australian Supreme Court last month. He...

Kyrgyzstan Bans All GMO Products and GM Crops

Kyrgyzstan has Wednesday become one of the first countries in the World to ban the cultivation of GM Crops alongside the import and sale of all GMO products,...

U.S. Government Ties El Salvador USD 277 M Aid Package to Monsanto’s GMO Seeds

The President of the El Salvadoran Center for Appropriate Technologies (CESTA), Ricardo Navarro, has demanded that the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador,...

GM Maggots Expected in Fruit Imports after Go-ahead for Brazil GM Fruit Fly Experiments

GeneWatch UK today warned that planned experiments with genetically modified (GM) fruit flies in Brazil could lead to GM maggots in fruit being illegally...

Bulgaria Stands Up to EU over Full Ban on GM Crops

Bulgaria stands categorically against the cultivation of GMO Maize in Europe. After lengthy debates in the European institutions regarding the cultivation...

Monsanto Slammed for ‘Fraudulent’ EU Patent on Non-GMO Tomatoes

Representatives of the international coalition No Patents on Seeds! from France, Germany and Spain have filed an opposition against a European patent held...

Steve Marsh GM Contamination Case Fails in Western Australian Supreme Court

Western Australian farmer Steve Marsh (#IamSteveMarsh) has lost a landmark case which could have protected his organic status, after his property was contaminated...

Biotech Companies Set to Be Given Legal Right in Decisions to Ban GM Crops in EU

A new GM law being discussed in Brussels this week could grant biotech companies, like Monsanto and Syngenta, unprecedented power over decisions on whether...

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