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Viewpoint: Food safety could be jeopardized in the EU if fungicides that kill cancer-causing toxins are banned

Bill Wirtz | 
There are many countries that some Europeans will never visit, yet they eat food from these places every day. –For ...
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Greenpeace legal challenge fails to stop Kenya’s food imports

Verenardo Meeme | 
A Greenpeace-endorsed lawsuit to prevent Kenya’s government from importing maize to ease predicted food shortages has been rendered moot due ...
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Talking Biotech: Can biofortified GMO soybeans help tackle vitamin A deficiency?

Plant scientist Monica Schmidt: By modifying only one gene, a new variety of soybeans has higher levels of beta-carotene than ...
Public health breakthrough: US and Indian scientists work together on genetic solutions to food toxins

Public health breakthrough: US and Indian scientists work together on genetic solutions to food toxins

Steve Savage | 
Genetically engineered peanuts that are immune to aflatoxin contamination, which is associated with an increased risk of liver cancer, would ...
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Talking Biotech: How genetic engineering can reduce cancer-causing contaminants in peanuts

Dilip Shah, Kevin Folta | 
Plant pathologist Dilip Shah: GMO peanuts could help eliminate a potent threat to human health in the developing world ...
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Can online gamers help developing nations solve aflatoxin crop contamination?

Robin Lloyd | 
Puzzle solvers at the website Fold.it, a crowdsourcing project, are being asked to look for new and efficient ways to ...
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Genetic engineering and gene silencing could fight deadly crop mycotoxins—if not blocked by activists

Andrew Porterfield | 
Aflatoxins are responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in crop losses annually. Farmers have struggled to control the troublesome ...
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Did GMO connection prompt Gates Foundation to halt support for corn-aflatoxin breakthrough?

Andrew Porterfield | 
When Gates Foundation reviewers rejected a researcher's bid for new funding, one of the reasons cited was a concern over ...
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GMO corn that resists cancer-causing aflatoxin showcases biotech’s life-saving potential

Steve Savage | 
The creation of GM corn that neutralizes a cancer-causing toxin is a game-changer for human health. The method could be ...
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