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Why new genetic techniques need to be stringently regulated – study LATEST VIDEOS Why new genetic techniques need to be stringently regulated – study Details 1. Why new genetic techniques need to be stringently regulated – comment on new study 2. Differentiated impacts of human interventions on nature: Scaling the conversation on regulation of gene technologies – new study abstract --- Third World Network Biosafety Information Service, 4 Apr 2021...

"Small" changes made with gene editing cause severe deformities in plants LATEST VIDEOS "Small" changes made with gene editing cause severe deformities in plants Details New study points to unintended effects of gene editing in plants and potential negative effects on ecosystems Gene editing causes drastic unwanted effects in gene-edited plants including severe deformities, a new scientific publication in the journal Environmental Sciences Europe shows. ...

[links to sources at this URL] Planning documents for the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit shed new light on the agenda behind the controversial food summit that hundreds of farmers’ and human rights groups are boycotting. The groups say agribusiness interests and elite foundations are dominating the process to push through an agenda that would enable the exploitation of global food systems, and especially Africa. The documents, including a background paper prepared for summit dialogue...

Monsanto owner Bayer and US officials pressured Mexico to drop glyphosate ban Details Internal government emails show actions similar to those by Bayer and lobbyists to kill a proposed ban in Thailand in 2019 EXCERPT: “We’re seeing more and more how the pesticide industry uses the US government to aggressively push its agenda on the international stage and quash any attempt by people in other countries to take control of their food supply,” said Nathan Donley, a...

Bill Gates, Climate Warrior – and Super Emitter Details Bill Gates has a new book out: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. But some people are less than amused at having to take lessons on the climate crisis from a billionaire who, in the words of the ETC Group, “made a fortune skirting government regulations with monopolistic practices, and holds a significant financial stake in the continued expansion of the fossil fuel industry.”   The following article by Tim...

Glyphosate and Roundup disturb gut microbiome and blood biochemistry at doses that regulators claim to be safe Details New study reveals evidence for potential cancer-causing damage. Report: Claire Robinson Glyphosate and the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup disrupt the gut microbiome by the same mechanism by which the chemical acts as a weedkiller, and these effects happen even at low doses that regulators claim to be safe, a newly published study has found.[1] The...

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No sooner had Brexit been approved, than the GMO lobby shifted up a few gears Details Discussion around new GMOs should be chance to ask uncomfortable questions about research and innovation, not sneer at non-GMO-believers, say professors In the article below from the Belgian press, four professors (from schools of law, philosophy of science, and bioengineering) warn that Brexit shouldnt be a reason for deregulating new GMOs.   They make a number of extremely importa...