The USDA just announced that that it will not be regulating GMOs 2.0 — gene-edited plants — and shockingly said that this technology presents no risk.
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The USDA just announced that that it will not be regulating GMOs 2.0 — gene-edited plants — and shockingly said that this technology presents no risk.
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A look at the problems that synthetic biology, CRISPR and other gene-editing techniques are sure to bring.
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In an important ruling, the EU’s General Court said that consumer and environmental groups could challenge the way the European Commission authorizes the sale of GMOs.
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Biotech companies are putting the full-court press on the Trump administration to ease the way for GMO-animals, such as pigs without tails and cows without horns.
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In a Reddit post, the Microsoft founder calls GMOs “perfectly healthy” and he finds it “disappointing” that people view Non-GMO foods as better.
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In very worrisome news, GE-apples that don’t brown will hit more stores than initially planned, spurred by positive feedback from misinformed consumers.
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In this op-ed, U.S. Right to Know’s Stacy Malkan takes aim at the bizarre standard for opinion writers at Newsweek.
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Because CRISPR-edited foods can bypass the normal regulations that traditional GMOs face, they will be coming to supermarkets much faster than they should be.
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A European court has ruled that mutagenesis, a gene-editing technique, is exempt from GMO rules.
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At the CODEX meetings in Berlin, Monsanto attempted to convince committee members that genetically-engineered foods should be classified as “biofortified”, which would greatly mislead and confuse consumers.
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Mitch Daniels, the president of Purdue University, makes the incredibly weak and pathetic case that people who are against GMOs are immoral.
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Led by Jeff Merkley (D-OR), eleven U.S. senators have called for on-packaging GMO labels and that QR codes should not be used as a replacement until there is widespread internet access across the country.
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Researchers in Australia claim to have developed a genetically-engineered banana to stop Tropical Race 4, a fungal disease impacting banana plantations around the world. I have no doubt that there will be plenty of unintended side effects.
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U.S. Congress recently appropriated $3 million to fund the Agricultural Biotechnology Education and Outreach Initiative, which will promote the “safety and benefits of crop biotechnology.”
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In a bid to decrease oversight of gene-edited foods and to placate major seed companies, the USDA has withdrawn a proposal to create badly needed and updated biotech regulations.
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Sold in slices in 10-ounce bags, GMO-apples that don’t brown are about to hit 400 grocery stores in the Midwest.
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Seeking to learn from its mistakes with GMOs, seed companies are looking to build trust with consumers for foods edited with CRISPR technology.
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With a complete lack of transparency, the introduction of genetically-engineered salmon into the Canadian market has been a PR debacle.
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Intrexon, the company responsible for GE-salmon and GMO-mosquitos, will be launching its GM-apples that don’t turn brown very soon. And they won’t be coming with GMO-labels either.
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Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is facing pressure to overturn Obama-era bans on GMOs and neonicotinoid pesticides in National Wildlife Refuges.
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Ignoring the will of the people, the Oregon Court of Appeals has decided to keep blocking a voter-approved initiative that bans GMO-crops in Josephine County. Tragic, to say the least.
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Facing shrinking demand, major sugar companies have launched A Fresh Look, a propaganda campaign defending GMOs.
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Europe’s top court ruled that Italy’s 2015 ban on GMO-cultivation was unlawful. The ruling appears to be ceremonial since new EU rules give member states the ability to opt out of allowing cultivation.
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Conventional dairy farmers have launched a “Peel Back the Label” campaign, which intends to combat “Non-GMO” and other labeling claims.
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