Appropriate procedures have to be introduced to assess the likelihood that a specific NGT plant could actually be produced by conventional breeding methods. (iii) As a general rule, NGT plants should ...

Watch the video documenting the return of thousands of wild American chestnuts: The Wild American Chestnut: A Giant Returns ...

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Europe hasn’t approved GMO purple tomato seeds, but despite their sale and cultivation being strictly prohibited, Latvian authorities recently found GMO tomato seedlings being sold at a leading ...

Accordingly, in their report, the ecologists ask that the EU institutions “Consult ecologists and microbiologists formally before regulatory changes proceed”. They say the absence of such ...

Jennifer Doudna and colleagues used an AI model system to make better CRISPR/Cas gene-editing tools, but the results are underwhelming. Report: Claire Robinson* For many years GMWatch has made the ...

Herbicides used on GMO corn remove soil-stabilising plants and trigger soil erosion. Report: Claire Robinson. In the Philippine highlands, forests have been stripped away by inten ...

In a toxicity study conducted at the Ramazzini Institute in Italy and currently published in pre-print form (pending completion of peer review), rats were exposed to glyphosate or two glyphosate-based ...

Belgium has granted permission for emergency use of an RNAi pesticide even though it's not approved at EU level POLLINIS and Nature & Progrès Belgium have taken legal action and filed an appeal for ...

Save Our Seeds and GMWatch explore the fate of the bold claims made for agricultural GMOs Whatever happened to GM Golden Rice? And wasn’t GM salmon supposed to revolutionise aquaculture? Three decades ...

Over 90 NGOs urge moratorium on genetic engineering in the wild as World Conservation Congress meets in Abu Dhabi The world’s most influential nature conservation organisation will decide whether to ...

The right-wing majority in the European Parliament today has voted today to scrap existing safety and transparency rules for new GM foods (NGTs). By doing so they betrayed farmers, consumers and ...