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GM Free India Slams Application for GMO Mustard Commercialization

Following a news report confirming that an application for approval for commercialization of GM mustard has been moved with India’s apex regulatory body GEAC (Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee in the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change), the Coalition for a GM Free India reminded...

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Greenpeace Files Complaint over EU GMO Food and Feed Opt-Out Plan

Greenpeace has filed a complaint with the European Ombudsman regarding the Commission’s failure to disclose policy options considered as part of its...

GM Cow Trials in New Zealand Show Disastrous Results

GE Free NZ ‘s report on “GE Animals in New Zealand: the first fifteen years, 2000 – 2015”, documents the world’s first field...

GM Crops

GM Crops Now Banned in 38 Countries Worldwide – Sustainable Pulse Research

Following the recent green wave of genetically modified (GM) crop cultivation bans across the European Union, Sustainable Pulse decided to research which...

Kenyan Eco Groups Fight Back against GMOs on World Food Day

This World Food Day, on Friday, all roads lead to the magnificent Nakuru County in Kenya’s rift valley region; where a demonstration and a public debate...

EU Committee Opposes Draft Law Enabling EU Countries to Ban GMO Food and Feed

A draft EU law that would enable any member state to restrict or prohibit the sale and use of EU-approved GMO food or feed on its territory was opposed...

Monsanto Slashes Jobs as Confidence in Future of Company is Shaken

Monsanto, the world’s largest producer of  genetically-modified (GM) crops and their associated pesticides, including the probable carcinogen Roundup,...

Russian Deputy PM: GMOs Not Needed to Feed The World

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich stated Sunday that it is not necessary to use genetic modification to feed the world, at the 12th International...

GM Crop Bans Confirmed in 19 EU Countries

Denmark, Luxembourg and Malta have joined the growing list of EU countries which have turned their backs on GM crops. Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,...

Wales Joins 15 EU Countries with New Total Bans on GM crops

Welsh Deputy Minister for Farming and Food, Rebecca Evans has announced she intends to take advantage of new EU rules allowing countries to opt out of...