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It’s time to step up the opposition to designer babies, says Marcy Darnovsky of the Center for Genetics and Society ...
The USDA wants to deregulate (approve for release into the wild) the GM American chestnut tree in spite of the fact that it ...
GMO developers must supply detection methods, reference material and details of the genetic modification as part of ...
Sustainable Pulse. Source: Le Monde, by Stéphane Foucart (article translated from French to English by Sustainable Pulse) ...
* Organic and biodynamic farmers and food producers still have a legal obligation to avoid contamination with all GMOs, including PBOs. The new Regulations take away the necessary tools and processes ...
Does mention of allergen-free peanuts, striga-resistant cowpeas, salt-resistant wheat, beta-carotene rich sweet potatoes, and virus-resistant cassavas make you think of GM? If so, you've missed the ...
China appears to have given the green light to GMO rice. In 2023, researchers reported the second harvest of an experimental, high-stature GMO rice. The crop's increased height may allow plants to ...
Clergeau commented on the deregulation proposal in a strong statement on BlueSky: "With new GMOs, you soon won't know what you're eating! Citizens must have the right to know what they're consuming.
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 ...
Today the UK Parliament's Delegated Legislation Committee debated the government's statutory instrument that lays the groundwork for deregulating the planting of GM crops for non-commercial purposes.
Recently we reported on research showing that glyphosate residues in poultry manure-based fertiliser used by gardeners and organic and conventional growers can ruin yields of tomatoes and other ...
The French government's food safety agency ANSES has demolished the European Commission’s proposal for a definition of a class of new GM plants (so-called Category I NGT plants) that would be exempted ...