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Successful detection methods for new genomic techniques. Published: 17 September 2024. Researchers develop methods to detect previously known mutations in gene-edited plants and make steps towards distinguishing gene-edited plants from conventional ones with the …
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GMWatch is an independent organisation that seeks to counter the enormous corporate political power and propaganda of the GMO industry and its supporters. It does this through its website, email lists, social media (Twitter/X, Mastodon and Bluesky), and other outreach and campaigning activities. GMWatch was founded in 1998 by Jonathan Matthews ...
GM Myth Makers - GMWatch
LobbyWatch: GM Myth Makers. LobbyWatch provides an A-Z of the people and groups involved in the push for GMOs and their associated pesticides. As well as thumbnail sketches of the different individuals and organisations, it includes links to profiles, articles etc. for more detailed information about them. Together these serve as a guide to the ...
Risks of new GMOs: French food safety agency ANSES …
Mar 7, 2024 · An expert opinion on the risks of new GM plants from the French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES) has finally been published after delays led to repeated accusations of censorship (see below). Its devastating findings threaten to derail the attempts to weaken the regulations around new GM plants.
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03 September 2024. EFSA is wrong: New GM plants can’t be assumed to be as safe as conventional plants. 26 August 2024. American biotech lobbyist drives GMO deregulation discussions in UK, EU. 12 August 2024. Herbicide-tolerant basmati rice launched in India. 07 August 2024. First market approval for NGT/"new GM" plants in the EU.
Glyphosate levels decline in oats - gmwatch.org
Oct 30, 2024 · Major grain trader has banned its farmer suppliers from using glyphosate and other controversial chemicals. Report: Claire Robinson. After years of being detected at alarming levels, the pesticide glyphosate is being found at lower levels, on average, in cereal and other oat-based products that children and adults enjoy, according to tests by the American nonprofit Environmental Working Group ...
After years of hype, researchers temper expectations for GM
Nov 28, 2023 · Coalition of groups call on US Department of Agriculture to reject deregulation. During a recent webinar called a “Chestnut Chat”, organised by the American Chestnut Foundation (TACF), GM chestnut researchers walked back earlier promises and projections for restoration of the American Chestnut through the use of genetic engineering.
Review 569 - GMOs in General - GMWatch
Mar 29, 2024 · As some EU and UK politicians race to remove regulatory safeguards from new GMOs, news continues to come in about the failure of first-generation GMOs (see GM WHEAT AND BARLEY) and the trade problems they give rise to (see CONTAMINATION and MEXICO'S GMO RESTRICTIONS ARE JUSTIFIED).It is particularly ironic that at a time when governments and regulators around the world are being pressured to ...
Largest ever study shows GM crops massively increase ... - GMWatch
Sep 19, 2016 · The new study found that GM maize farmers used 1.3 percent less herbicide over the 13-year period. But soybean crops saw a significant increase in herbicide use, with adopters of GM crops using 28 percent more herbicides than non-adopters. Ciliberto attributes this increase to the proliferation of glyphosate-resistant weeds.