The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has concluded that gene-drive modified organisms are not ready to be released into the environment pending further research on the scientific, ethical, regulatory, and social consequences. […]
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More than 270,000 people have raised concerns over the US FDA’s review of Oxitec’s planned release of genetically engineered mosquitoes in Florida. […] In order to make the paradigm shift from specialized industrial agriculture towards diversified agroecological systems, the vicious cycles keeping industrial agriculture in place must be broken. […] A paradigm shift is needed in agriculture, from input-intensive crop monocultures and industrial-scale feedlots, to diversified agroecological systems and a reorientation around ecological practices. […] This article debunks the myths that genome editing is a precise, error-free and predictable technology. […] The FAO’s three regional meetings on agroecology underscored that agroecology is the best alternative to the industrial model of agriculture and called for policy reform to effect the transition in all regions. […] A new study has confirmed for the first time in a vertebrate that the S35 CaMV promoter, used in most GM crops, is able to drive expression of a transgene for at least 1.5 years in salmon. […] Dangerous proposal for “gain of function” modification of smallpox virus must never be approved. […] The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer reiterates that there was enough evidence to classify glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans”. […] This paper describes how the corporate shaping of crop technology R&D has significantly shifted the technological trajectory away from smallholders’ needs and interests. […] |
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