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Press Release – GE Free NZ New Zealand scientists interviewed on Newshub [1] calling for loosening regulatory controls on Genetic Engineering must heed warnings from overseas, and international standards of regulation need to be strengthened against the risks of genetically … New Zealand scientists interviewed on Newshub [1] calling for loosening regulatory controls on Genetic Engineering must heed warnings from overseas, and international standards of regulation need to be strengthened against the risks of genetically engineered (GE) viruses and microbes. A new report by the Institute f...

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another fist-full of Benjamins for another round of environmental and human shootouts! by Paul Haeder / May 6th, 2021 “When we look at what is truly sustainable, the only real model that has worked over long periods of time is the natural world.” [Photo: A selection of the thousands of native potato varieties that grow in Peru. Photograph: The International Potato Centre] It’s paramount to talk about all the untested, all the never-experimented-on synergistic affects of all those “compounds/ingredients/chemicals” the chemical industry has forced upon the public and nature through �...

by Colin Todhunter / April 30th, 2021 On 9 April 2021, retired physician and health and environmental campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason wrote to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA). She wanted to draw the agency’s attention to the findings that indicate the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup causes high levels of mortality following contact exposure in bumble bees (glyphosate-formulated herbicides are the most widely used weedicides in agriculture across the globe). This, Mason argued, has led to a decline of bumblebees in Denmark. She asked the agency why it had used “fraudulent...

Australia Institute A new report by the Australia Institute’s Centre for Responsible Technology calls for a rethink of the role of the national broadcaster to provide alternate digital spaces to Facebook and other global platforms. The paper The Public Square Project proposes a publicly funded social network built on the trust and reach of the ABC to create: communities around existing content rather than outsourcing this to Facebook. hubs for community-generated content as an alternative to Facebook Groups opportunities for two -way citizen engagement with all levels of government. The pla...