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Biotech crops in Europe could be ‘dead and buried’ if anti-GM groups succeed

15 Oct 2014: Mark Lynas: If lobbyists succeed in blocking EU proposals to end a ban on GM seeds, crop biotech in Europe could be lost forever
Most US packaged foods labeled 'natural' have GM ingredients – report

7 Oct 2014: Non-profit finds that while ‘organic’ products lack GM ingredients, many cereals, chips and infant formula contain them
EU under pressure to allow GM food imports from US and Canada

5 Sep 2014: Large businesses lobbying intensely to undermine safety regime in new trade deal, campaigners warn
Sweet victory for Mexico beekeepers as Monsanto loses GM permit

8 Aug 2014: Nina Lakhani: Evidence convinced judge of threat posed to honey production in Yucatán – but firm will almost certainly appeal against ruling
India puts GM crop trials on hold

31 Jul 2014: Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar: BJP-led government gives in to demands from nationalist RSS to not surrender country’s food security to foreign companies
Edinburgh festival fringe puts GM food on the menu

27 Jul 2014: Scientists and academics from Edinburgh university, birthplace of Dolly the sheep, will discuss 'dangerous ideas' at cabaret
Genome editing of crops may be restricted by EU rules, warn scientists

21 Jul 2014: New technology designed to fight disease and improve yield, but different from GM, speeds up natural process of gene adaptation
GM scaremongering in Africa is disarming the fight against poverty

21 Jul 2014: Rob Bailey: Biotechnology offers an opportunity to boost the security of staple crops in sub-Saharan Africa. We ignore this at our peril
Controversial Seralini study linking GM to cancer in rats is republished

24 Jun 2014: Paper on link between GM corn and cancer in lab rats is republished after journal withdrew it – but critics say it is still flawed
Safe Food Foundation's name is a 'con job', says Nobel laureate

20 Jun 2014: Barry Marshall told ABC radio the foundation's name was a 'con job' because it implied that genetically modified foods were not safe
Meet the 'super banana' – a vitamin-enriched upgrade that could save lives

17 Jun 2014:
A million African children die or go blind every year due to vitamin A deficiency – but a new genetically modified strain of banana might help put a stop to that
GMO 2.0: genetically modified foods with added health benefits

10 Jun 2014: New genetically engineered food products have been designed to be healthier and save waste, but the technology cannot be imposed on people who don't want it
GM mosquitoes a ‘quantum leap’ towards tackling malaria

10 Jun 2014: New technique injects mosquitoes with a gene that results in mostly male offspring, eventually leading to a population crash
Bangladeshi farmers caught in row over $600,000 GM aubergine trial

5 Jun 2014:
Activists criticise pioneering pilot scheme to grow genetically-modified aubergines backed by USAid finance
Can GM and organic farms coexist?

30 May 2014: An Australian farmer has lost a court case against the GM growing neighbour who lost him his organic status. With your help, Karl Mathiesen investigates whether genetically modified crops will make purely organic crops impossible.