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#GlyphosateIsVital: British farmers take to social media to defend herbicide’s environmental benefits

Philip Case | 
The Twitter campaign under the hashtag #glyphosateisvital has been backed by a number of British farmers, who have posted tweets ...
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Sustainability activists fear agrochemical, seed company monopolies will damage food security

Ruby Russell, Theresa Krinninger | 
... In the global agriculture sector, there have long been seven international manufacturers of pesticides and seeds, the report says ...
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Cause for concern over claims of “dangerous” glyphosate in wine, breast milk, cereal, etc.?

Iida Ruishalme | 
There is far less reason to worry about the 'dangers' of glyphosate when compared to other pesticide but many activists ...
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Post Brexit Britain could become major grower of GMO crops, bucking Europe

Michael Wilkinson | 
Genetically modified crops will be grown across England after Britain pulls out of the European Union, under plans being drawn ...
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France asks EU to regulate whether gene edited crops are GMOs

Jane Byrne | 
France has asked the European Court of Justice to rule on the legal classification of products generated by new plant breeding ...
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Nigerian farmers accuse anti-GMO activists of misinforming public

Abdallah el-Kurebe | 
The Nigerian farmers under the aegis of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) have chided the anti-biotechnology campaigners in the ...

Agriculture, food industries’ communication failures led to GMO vilification

Helena Bottemiller Evich | 
In case you missed it, President Barack Obama late [July 29] signed the GMO labeling bill into law, nullifying Vermont's measure ...
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How anti-modern farming agroecology NGOs spread GMO misinformation in Africa

Isaac Ongu | 
Europe and US-funded NGOs are spreading scare stories about GMO crops. Cornell Alliance for Science and other groups are trying ...

Friends of the Earth claims organic agriculture could feed world, if yield not considered

Joseph Erbentraut | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For many years, the ...
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Ex-Friends of the Earth activist: GMO debate needs to remove ‘absolute opinions’ against biotech

Diederik van der Hoeven | 
A former activist for an anti-GMO group likens movement to debate on nuclear energy. Says conversations shouldn't start with facts, ...
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GMOs not natural? FDA ponders science, public perceptions in evaluating label revision

Steven Cerier | 
The FDA is reviewing the definition of 'natural' as it pertains to food. Should it include foods made with genetic ...
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National Academies report draws criticism from anti-GMO groups

Joel Achenbach | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The panel . ...
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Will severe droughts in Africa open door for imports, acceptance of GM crops?

Steven Cerier | 
Facing food shortages from severe drought, will countries in southern Africa change stance on GMOs to feed their people? ...
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Activists sue FDA, claim agency has no authority to approve genetically modified animals

Jacob Bunge | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Environmental groups filed a ...
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Mark Lynas: Anti-GMO, anti-vaccine movements are linked

Mark Lynas | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . ...
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Enviro activists reject synbio solution for Indonesian palm oil-orangutan crisis

Nicholas Staropoli | 
Expanding palm oil demand has increased rainforest deforestation in places like Indonesia. Synthetic biology has a solution: genetically engineered yeast ...
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Senate draft bill would pre-empt state GMO labeling laws

Lydia Wheeler | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) ...
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Anti-GMO activism could cost world’s poorest nations $1.5 trillion over 35 years

John Wu, Robert Atkinson, Val Giddings | 
The current restrictive climate for agricultural biotech has erected significant barriers to the economic development of the world's poorest nations ...

Does media give anti-GMO groups free reign to spread pseudoscience?

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. To put it simply, ...
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Climate change historian Naomi Oreskes rejects consensus on nuclear energy, GMOs

Jon Entine | 
The Harvard historian has attacked climate change critics for ignoring the science consensus. But when it comes to evaluating biotechnology ...
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Are schools teaching ‘anti-GMO propaganda?’

Andrew Porterfield | 
More and more, anti-GMO groups are looking to sway students toward "big organic" with unscientific lesson plans ...

Australian, New Zealand food regulators soon to decide if gene-edited crops are GMOs

Josie Taylor | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Australia's food regulator, Food ...
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Legal, PR battles commence to block FDA approved GMO salmon from dinner plate

Jon Entine | 
The world's first genetically engineered fish approved for human consumption arriving in supermarkets within two years. Now the legal fireworks ...

Anti-GMO NGOs petition Obama, FDA to toughen regulations

Lydia Wheeler | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Environment and food safety ...
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Biotech companies adopting new vocabulary to escape anti-GMO stigma

Sarah Zhang | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Here are some words guaranteed ...

Activists pressure Costco, other retailers to boycott GMO salmon

Lydia Wheeler | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Consumer groups are pressuring ...
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UK House of Commons: Greenpeace, anti-GM activists distort science on GMOs, calls for deregulation

Andrew Porterfield | 
A UK House of Commons report lashed out at anti-GMO advocacy groups for misapplying the 'precautionary principle' to the GM ...
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