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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 Worldwide, governments are under pressure from the biotechnology and agrichemical industries to der...

"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. This is the case even when the changes are intended by the gene editor to be small tweaks to existin...

[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 dialogues and a draft policy brief for the summit, bring into focus “plans for the massive industrializati...

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 biologist with the CBD conservation group. --- Carey Gillam [links to sources at this URL] * Intern...

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 Schwab makes clear just how extensive those fossil fuel investments are and how much they are at od...