News Exclusives
Strangely like Fiction: Elanco-sponsored authors admit falsely claiming rbGH safety endorsement
22nd February 2010
Elanco's campaign to promote rbGH takes a wrong turn
International Conference on the Implications of genetically modified crop cultivation at large spatial scales GMLS II
9th January 2010
25-26. March 2010, Bremen (Germany)
Transgenic high-lysine corn LY038 withdrawn after EU raises safety questions
10th November 2009
The first withdrawal of a transgenic crop over food safety concerns
Welsh farmer’s defiance of GMO ‘ban’ not so defiant after all
7th October 2009
Investigation finds no evidence that Jonathon Harrington grew GMO maize
US crop yield increases owe little to biotechnology
16th April 2009
UCS report: Failure to Yield
Bee learning behaviour affected by consumption of Bt Cry1Ab toxin
21st October 2008
Bt transgenics and CCD
Royal Society Science and Agriculture Study Criticised
15th October 2008
Aid, social justice and environmental groups criticise Royal Society study proposal
Testing Time for Substantial Equivalence
17th June 2008
Daphnia magna survival and fitness reduced when fed on MON810 Bt maize
Long-term persistence of GM oilseed rape in the seedbank
4th June 2008
Ten year persistence of transgenic oilseed rape volunteers from Swedish experiment
US: Private Food Safety Labs Hide Negative Tests
1st June 2008
Congressional investigation underway
Pew Commission Report: Industrial animal farming poses "unacceptable" risks for public health and the environment
4th May 2008
Important study condemns agro-industrial complex.
Civil Society Statement on Nanotechnology: Guiding Principles for Regulation
14th March 2008
Global coalition calls for nano precaution
Farm Bill amendment calls for NAS to study safety and impacts of cloned meat and animals
18th December 2007
Amendment passes Senate hurdle
The Excommunication of a Heretic
26th November 2007
Nature Biotechnology and the 'scientific' review of the Ermakova soy study
Effects of Bt pollen in aquatic ecosystems
2nd November 2007
Ecological impacts of genetically engineered corn
Corn fakes
2nd November 2007
'Flagrant fraud' or the science of GMO shopping?
Goodbye Dolly....Hello Synthia
8th June 2007
J. Craig Venter Institute Seeks Monopoly Patents on the World's First-Ever Human-Made Life Form
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Study questions concordance between animal models and humans
30th March 2007
Concordance is lacking in half of all cases
US beef may cause infertility in males: a hormone link?
30th March 2007
Pregnant women who eat beef from cattle treated with growth-promoting hormones may be damaging the future fertility of their unborn sons
Contaminated Rice Cultivar Banned in Arkansas
20th March 2007
Multiple transgenes found
FOE Report Criticises EU Biotechnology Strategy as ill-focussed and not evidence-based
20th March 2007
The EU's Biotechnology Strategy: mid-term review or mid-life crisis?
Conflicted FDA obesity chair faces jail sentence
10th January 2007
Lester Crawford, ex-chair of the FDA Obesity Working Group faces the likelihood of a jail sentence in the new year.
Unapproved transgene contaminates US rice supply
9th January 2007
Transgene escape has again become a major biosafety and financial issue.
Transgenic Bt maize pollen harms swallowtails
2nd January 2007
Pollen from a Bt insect resistant maize is highly toxic to the European common swallowtail butterfly
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Scholars up in arms over transgenic certificates
Increasing Yields and Decreasing Fertilizer Waste on Subsistence Farms
Ex Monsanto Lawyer Clarence Thomas to Hear Major Monsanto Case
Resistant weeds threaten to cripple Iowa’s agriculture economy
Green-ish pesticides bee-devil honey makers
EU commission under fire over GM potato
Salmonella prompts processed-food recall
Groundwater depleting at alarming rate: Report on India
Bt Cotton insect resistance found in India
BASF Wins First EU Approval for Biotech Planting in a Decade
Study: Weedkiller in waterways can change frogs' sex traits
States Push EPA, Congress to Curb Business Confidentiality Claims for Chemicals
Report from CSPI
Fruit juice cancer warning as scientists find harmful chemical in 16 drinks
'Pesticide Drift' Eluding Efforts To Combat It
Derived from flowers, but not benign: Pyrethroids raise new concerns
Toxic at 2 parts per trillion
India denies visa to GMO critic
Synthetic nitrogen destroys soil carbon, undermines soil health
Halt to poultry litter spreading sought
Reforms Recommended For EPA Chemicals Program
Limit trade secrets says EPA inspector
Study finds C8 in wide variety of foods
New rules on corn ethanol may hurt environment
Meals per gallon: the impact of industrial biofuels on people and global hunger
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