News Release: Groups call on Ecover and Method to drop extreme genetic engineering plans

National and international consumer, environmental, women’s health and farming groups call on leading “natural” cleaning and personal care products manufacturer to cancel plans to use oils and other ingredients derived from synthetic biology. […]

South Africa’s Inequitable and GM Contaminated Bread Industry

This report shows that white bread in South Africa contains high levels of Monsanto’s GM soya and that most companies there are flouting GM labelling laws and undermining the consumer’s right to know. […]

Scientists Call for Halt to Smallpox Research

Scientists highlight that there are several reasons to stop all smallpox research can call for the complete and controlled destruction of remaining stocks, while prohibiting any further research. […]

Don’t Open Pandora’s Box of Genetic Engineering of Smallpox

Civil society statement calling on the World Health Assembly not to open the door to the genetic engineering of smallpox and to fix a date for the destruction of the virus stocks. […]

Start of an International Call to stop Genetically Engineered Organisms Spreading into the Environment!

An international call by a broad coalition of organisations to stop the spread of genetically engineered organisms into the environment. […]

Who Benefits from GM Crops?

A report on the impact of GM crops to date has revealed that they have essentially failed to deliver on their promised benefits and that resistance to such crops is increasing across the globe from both governmental and non-governmental sectors. […]

Smallpox Destruction: Key Issues and Recommendations for the 67th WHA

Third World Network calls on WHA member states to fix a destruction date for variola virus stocks and prohibit any extension or expansion of the WHA-approved smallpox research programmme. […]

No Excuse Left but Biotech for Smallpox?

This analysis warns that linking retention of smallpox virus to vague biotechnology-related “threats” may open the Pandora’s Box of genetic engineering of smallpox. […]

Unintentional transboundary movements of LMOs

TWN submission on unintentional transboundary movements of LMOs highlights important considerations for determining the scope and elements of possible guidance or tools that may facilitate appropriate responses by Parties to the Biosafety Protocol. […]

Impact of GM Herbicide-Resistant Crops on the Right to Food

GM crops engineered to be resistant to herbicides pose a threat to the right to food. The herbicides used in conjunction with these crops also have health impacts that need to be evaluated in parallel. […]