by Jonathan Latham, PhD The British non-profit GMWatch recently revealed the agribusiness takeover of Conabia, the National Advisory Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology of Argentina. Conabia is the GMO assessment body of Argentina. According to GMWatch, …
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Genetic Testing of Citizens Is a Backdoor into Total Population Surveillance by Governments and Companies
by Helen Wallace, GeneWatch UK The new Chief Executive of the National Health Service (NHS) in England, Simon Stevens, was recently reported arguing that the NHS must be transformed to make people’s personal genetic information …
Continue readingUnapproved Transgene Contaminates US Rice Supply
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Transgene escape has again become a major biosafety and financial issue. On 18 August the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) revealed that non-transgenic long grain rice in the US was …
Continue readingTransgenic Bt Maize Pollen Harms Swallowtails
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Pollen from a Bt insect resistant maize is highly toxic to the European common swallowtail butterfly (Papilio Machaon) according to a paper published last week in the journal Basic and …
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