The Socioeconomic Impacts of GMOs on Beekeeping in Spain and Uruguay

There has been a persistent conflict over agricultural biotechnology, and existing governance institutions relying on traditional processes of scientific risk assessment have failed to address the sociopolitical dimensions of this disagreement. […]

Global Glyphosate Pilot Study Shows Health Effects at ‘Safe’ Doses

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Extensive Phenotypic Differences Between GE and Non-GE Cultivated Plants

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NEW META-ANALYSIS: EXTENSIVE PHENOTYPIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GMO AND NON-GMO IN CULTIVATED PLANTS

Hygeia Analytics
30 May 2018
https://hygeia-analytics.com/2018/05/30/new-meta-analysis-extensive […]

High Environmental Exposure to Glyphosate and Reproductive Health Impacts in Argentina

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE TO GLYPHOSATE AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IMPACTS IN AGRICULTURAL POPULATION OF ARGENTINA

Avila-Vazquez, M., Difilippo, F. S., Mac Lean, B., Maturano, E., & Etchegoyen, A. (2018)

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Novel Features of Gene Drives Warrant Advanced Risk and Technology Assessments

GM Maize Approved in the EU Despite Concerns Raised by Member States

EU’S GMO REGULATOR IGNORED HUMAN HEALTH WARNINGS OVER A MONSANTO INSECTICIDAL CORN

by Claire Robinson
Independent Science News for Food and Agriculture
5 March 2018
https://www.independentscience […]

Toxic Formulants and Heavy Metals in Glyphosate-based Herbicides

TOXICITY OF FORMULANTS AND HEAVY METALS IN GLYPHOSATE-BASED HERBICIDES AND OTHER PESTICIDES

N. Defargea, J. Spiroux de Vendômoisb, G.E. Séralini

January 23rd, 2018 | Category: Assessment & Impacts

GM Crops Drive Increased Pesticide Use in Brazil

USE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS AND PESTICIDES IN BRAZIL: GROWING HAZARDS

Almeida, V. E. S. D., Friedrich, K., Tygel, A. F., Melgarejo, L., & Carneiro, F. F.
Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 22(10) […]

CRISPR Gene Drives Equivalent to Creating a New, Highly Invasive Species

In 2013, scientists discovered a new way to precisely edit genes through a technology called CRISPR. Kevin M. Esvelt and colleagues at Harvard University in 2014 suggested that CRISPR could be used to save endangered wildlife from extinction by implanting a fertility-reducing gene in invasive animals, using a so-called gene drive. […]

Combinatorial Effects of Stacked GM Plants Deserve Proper Assessment

CRITICISM OF EFSA’S SCIENTIFIC OPINION ON COMBINATORIAL EFFECTS OF ‘STACKED’ GM PLANTS

December 28th, 2017 | Category: Assessment & Impacts