Confidential Business Information Contrary to Biosafety

A recent article published in PLOS Biology Journal examines the problems with the current practices and the indiscriminate uses of confidential business information (CBI) claims in biosafety assessments. […]

New Kinds of GM Plants and Pesticides Not Being Assessed for Safety

A paper highlighting how regulators have not assessed the safety of GM plants that may produce new double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules, as well as for products where the active ingredient is dsRNA. […]

Agriculture Technologies for a Warming World

This article argues that GM drought tolerant crops may only have limited value in meeting the challenges of climate change. Instead, conventional breeding and ecological agriculture approaches can provide ready solutions. […]

Antibiotic Resistance Genes from the Lab Contaminate Chinese Rivers

Scientists have published a paper providing evidence that antibiotic resistance genes rom the lab have reached the environment in China. […]

Consequences of Commercial GMO Cultivation in the US

A new report makes recommendations to the EU after finding many negative consequences of 20 year of commercial GMO cultivation in the US. […]

Consequences of Commercial GMO Cultivation in the US

A new report makes recommendations to the EU after finding many negative consequences of 20 year of commercial GMO cultivation in the US. […]

Late Lessons from Early Warnings, Volume 2

The European Environment Agency has published its report on ‘Late Lessons from Early Warnings: Science, Precaution, Innovation’. Among the case studies examined is that of GM crops. […]

Basic Attributes of Sustainable Agricultural Systems

A paper published in the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability proposes ten basic attributes of sustainable agricultural systems. […]

Seed Giants vs. US farmers

This report documents how the current seed patent regime in the US has led to consolidation and control of global seed supply and how these patents have abetted corporations to sue US farmers for alleged seed patent infringement. […]

The Seed Industry’s Questionable Golden Rice Project

This report takes a critical look at ‘Golden Rice’, which aims to combat vitamin A deficiency. […]