Study finds significant perinatal health effects – babies born earlier and underweight – due to increased glyphosate exposure linked to GM crop cultivation in rural United States, especially for historically disadvantaged groups. […]
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There are technically viable, but politically ignored, options to raise large sums of funding for agroecological transformations, such as taxing the ultra-rich, reducing military spending, disinvesting in industrial agriculture and redirecting funding away from greenwashed false solutions. […] The integration of AI into genetic engineering (generative AI) raises concerns that plants with unsafe and undesirable traits may be engineered and released into the environment. […] Mexico has banned the planting of GM corn in order to protect its vast diversity of corn, which is central to its culture and identity. […] The Kenya Court of Appeal has blocked the Kenyan government from importing genetically modified organisms into the country […] High levels of resistance to two Bt proteins in GM maize of the African stem borer have been detected in three production regions in South Africa. […] History has shown us again and again that, so long as inequality goes unchecked, no amount of technology can ensure people are well fed. […] This report highlights the risks of GM microbes, particularly their their high capacity for uncontrolled spread, transfer of genetic material, and rapid evolutionary changes. […] Ukraine has ratified the amendment on public participation in decisions on the deliberate release into the environment and placing on the market of genetically modified organisms (GMO amendment) to the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention). This ratification triggers the entry into force of the GMO amendment, which will become effective on 20 April 2025. […] Agroecology is a solution which can transform food systems and enhance producers’ autonomy, while mitigating environmental and social consequences. […] |
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