Risks of Panama’s GM Mosquito Experiments must not be Hidden from the Public

GeneWatch UK warns about the risks of open release in Panama of GM mosquitoes produced by UK company Oxitec. […]

Questions Persist over the Golden Rice Campaign

Testbiotech puts forward compelling reasons as to why Golden Rice is losing credibility as its proponents continue to fail to address the burning question of whether it can actually combat VAD and the risks associated with its cultivation and consumption […]

Questions Persist over the Golden Rice Campaign

Testbiotech puts forward compelling reasons as to why Golden Rice is losing credibility as its proponents continue to fail to address the burning question of whether it can actually combat VAD and the risks associated with its cultivation and consumption […]

Update on the Status of WHO Authorized Research Involving Variola Virus

This update on the status of WHO authorized research involving variola (smallpox) virus finds that the case for fixing a date for destruction of smallpox virus stocks is stronger than ever. […]

Smallpox: WHO Executive Board passes the buck to the World Health Assembly

Discussions on the destruction of the smallpox virus stock at the WHO’s Executive Board meeting (20-25 January 2014) reveal significant disagreement among Member States. […]

Sustainable Agriculture Technologies and Practices Imperative in Beating Hunger

The UN Secretary-General’s recent report on agricultural technology for development makes an unequivocal case for sustainable and resilient agricultural and food systems in order achieve the goal of ending hunger and poverty. […]

Review Highlights the Flaws in Artificial Genetic Modification

This paper reviews empirical evidence on how artificial genetic modification disrupts the natural genetic process of organisms and threatens their health and longevity. […]

Herbicide-resistant Weeds Run Riot in the U.S.

The Union of Concerned Scientists declares that the spread of herbicide-resistant superweeds in the U.S. has reached epidemic proportions and that the real solution lies in the science of agroecology rather than in a new generation of GE herbicide-resista […]

Scaling Up Agroecology: Considerations for Policy-Makers

This paper calls for serious scaling up of agroecology and provides indicators and policy recommendations to support decision-makers in moving forward on this. […]

U.S. Farmers Caught in a Treadmill with GM Herbicide-Resistance Crops

Researchers warn that agricultural weed management through herbicide-resistant crops is an unsustainable pathway that will worsen the massive problem of herbicide-resistant weeds in the country. […]