Roundup surfactants measured in urine, paving the way for biomonitoring in people
First step taken towards determining intake and body burden of overlooked toxic compounds
2021
UK Environment Agency pension fund invested in manufacturers of toxic weedkillers
Environment Agency pension funds are invested in companies that make pesticides banned in the UK and Europe due to the harm they cause to bee populations
Why new genetic techniques need to be stringently regulated – study
Terms such as “like nature”, “precise”, and “no foreign genes” are being wrongly applied to new GM techniques
Pesticide toxicity to invertebrates and pollinators increasing in GM crops
Results demolish claims of decrease in the environmental impacts of pesticide use
Vice-President Timmermans, don't deregulate GM crops and animals
New GM techniques can cause unwanted genetic errors that can result in the production of novel toxins or allergens, warn civil society and farmer groups
GM waxy maize: The gene-edited Trojan Horse is moving through the gates
A successful introduction in the US will set the stage for commercial cultivation and imports in other countries
"Small" changes made with gene editing cause severe deformities in plants
New study points to unintended effects of gene editing in plants and potential negative effects on ecosystems
Majority of Europeans want GM foods – including gene-edited ones – to be labelled
86% want GM foods labelled, while 68% of those who've heard of new GM techniques such as CRISPR want labelling for foods produced with them
Revealed: The new lobbying effort to deregulate GMOs
74% of the input into the EU Commission's forthcoming study on new GM comes from agri-industry bodies
Sunday Times GMO promotional veers wildly off-target
Widely debunked claims on GMOs reappear in attempt to fool the public