Is the light brown apple moth such a danger to crops both agricultural and financial that the US government will risk the health of its citizens to eradicate it? They spray, you pay, warns Claire Robinson
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The US government has given he go-ahead for a test plot of genetically modified (GM) eucalyptus trees in Alabama. For the first time, these trees will be allowed to flower and set seed, opening the door to potential widespread contamination of the American South.
… GM trees in US Claire Robinson | 1st November 2007 News Gm Trees US Anne Petermann Global Justice Ecology Project US Gm Products US Gm Products Green Living …
The Council of Monte Maiz, a small town in Argentina surrounded by intensive GMO soya farms, has enacted a law that forbids the spraying and storage of pesticides and other agrochemicals after severe health impacts were detected.
… Argentine GM soya town bans pesticides Claire Robinson GMWatch | 14th July 2015 News Farming Health Law GMOs Toxics Argentina …
A BBC documentary claimed 90% success for a controversial GM crop in Bangladesh, Bt brinjal, writes Claire Robinson. But as journalist Faisal Rahman discovered, there's no evidence to support the claim, the BBC relied on biased sources, and its journalists failed to investigate reports of widespread crop failure. Was it all an exercise in pro-GMO propaganda?
… GMO propaganda over facts? BBC Panorama and Bt brinjal Claire Robinson GMWatch | 30th July 2015 News GMOs Food Farming Media Bangladesh UK …
The 'Kevin Folta affair' has cast the hard light of day into the dubious PR tactics of the GMO industry, writes Claire Robinson - recruiting and paying scientists as secret shills to promulgate a pro-GM message without revealing their funding sources.
… scientist shill exposed Claire Robinson GMWatch | 8th September 2015 News GMOs Corporations Media USA … of day into the dubious PR tactics of the GMO industry, writes Claire Robinson - …
After a run of low quality GM cotton crops with unusually short fibres, Burkina Faso has ended its love affair with Monsanto's Bt cotton, writes Claire Robinson. In a further blow to the company, growers are demanding $280 million compensation for their losses.
… Burkina Faso calls time on Monsanto's GM cotton, demands $280m damages Claire Robinson GMWatch | 1st February 2016 News Burkina Faso Gm Cotton Africa Burkinabè Monsanto dadjan …
With the proposed connection between the Zika virus and Brazil's outbreak of microcephaly in new born babies looking increasingly tenuous, Latin American doctors are proposing another possible cause: Pyriproxyfen, a pesticide used in Brazil since 2014 to arrest the development of mosquito larvae in drinking water tanks. Might the 'cure' in fact be the poison?
… as cause of microcephaly Claire Robinson GMWatch | 10th February 2016 News Health … factor in microcephaly - far more so than GM mosquitos , which some have blamed for the … Organisation. Abrasco names the British GM insect company Oxitec as part of the …
Those who dare suggest that pesticides might be implicated in Brazil's microcephaly outbreak are being furiously attacked as irrational, nonsense-spouting 'conspiracy theorists', writes Claire Robinson. But the attackers have an uncanny ability to get their own facts in a twist. And among them are writers linked to industries with huge economic interests in the matter.
… and vested interests Claire Robinson GMWatch | 26th February 2016 News Health Toxics GMOs Corporations Regulation Brazil Argentina … together with the original publication on GMWatch, quickly went viral, triggering a lot …
It looked like such a good idea: take the pressure off wild fish stocks by growing GM oilseeds that produce health-enhancing long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, writes Claire Robinson. But as a new study has established, those fish oils, novel in terrestrial ecosystems, cause wing deformities in cabbage white butterflies. Yet a third open field trial of these GM crops could soon be under way.
… Nutritionally-enhanced GM crops? Too bad about the deformed butterflies Claire Robinson GMWatch | 18th April 2016 News GMOs Nutrition Food Ecology Fishing Health …
The Reuters news organisation has just sullied its reputation with a disgraceful attack on the WHO's specialist body on cancer, the IARC, writes Claire Robinson. Resorting to smear, innuendo and anonymous critics, it relies heavily on discredited industry sources including tobacco defenders in its attempt to undermine IARC's view that glyphosate probably causes cancer.
… over glyphosate and cancer Claire Robinson GMWatch | 21st April 2016 News Media Health … open about the industry affiliations of GMO lobbyists and to amend its copy … Claire Robinson is managing editor at GMWatch , a public news and information …
Investment analysts say Oxitec's GM mosquito technology 'won't work, is way too expensive, and is many years from generating even minuscule revenue', writes Claire Robinson. As shares in its owner, Intrexon, slump, three law firms have announced they are investigating.
… Analysts slate GM mosquito firm, shares plummet Claire Robinson GMWatch | 28th April 2016 News GMOs Health Corporations …
A new study shows that the market-leading Roundup herbicide kills soil microbiota at concentrations 50 times lower than used in agriculture, writes Claire Robinson. The findings raise serious new concerns about the environmental impacts of glyphosate herbicides.
… fungus at ultra-low doses Claire Robinson GMWatch | 5th May 2016 News Science Ecology GMOs Toxics Pesticides … no visible toxic effect, such as residues in GM herbicide-tolerant crops. 'Substantial …
Cutting-edge molecular profiling analyses reveal that the popular weedkiller Roundup causes serious liver damage to rats at low doses permitted by regulators, reports Claire Robinson. The findings suggest that residues of glyphosate-based herbicides in food could be linked to rises in the incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, obesity, diabetes and 'metabolic syndrome'.
… cause fatty liver disease Claire Robinson GMWatch | 9th January 2017 News Science Health … Claire Robinson is managing editor at GMWatch , a public news and information service on issues surrounding GM crops and foods. This article was …
Five international judges say Monsanto's activities have negatively affected individuals, communities and biodiversity, writes Claire Robinson. The Monsanto Tribunal's damning ruling denounces the company's harmful impacts on food sovereignty, agricultural production, access to nutrition, the natural environment, seed diversity, climate change, pollution and traditional cultural practices.
… undermining food security Claire Robinson GMWatch | 24th April 2017 News Corporations Law Farming Food GMOs Health Seeds Pesticides … Monsanto promotes its genetically modified (GM) crops and associated pesticides on the …
Has Monsanto, dubbed the 'world's most evil corporation', turned a new leaf? It has taken the 'probably carcinogenic' glyphosate out of a new version of its market leading 'Roundup' herbicide, and replaced it with vinegar. The bad news is it's only available in Austria. That, and it may still contain toxic 'adjuvants' to increase its effectiveness.
… Roundup is vinegar! Claire Robinson GMWatch | 8th May 2017 News Pesticides Organic … Claire Robinson is managing editor at GMWatch , a public news and information service on issues surrounding GM crops and foods. This article was …
A 2001 study that showed that glyphosate caused cancer in mice was ignored by the EFSA after the unsubstantiated allegation of a former US-EPA official that the mice used in the study were suffering from a viral infection that might have given them cancer, writes Claire Robinson. The EFSA failed to properly investigate the allegation, which appears to originate in a document linked to Monsanto, maker of the world's top-selling herbicide, glyphosate-based Roundup.
… slur of ex-EPA official Claire Robinson GMWatch | 25th May 2017 News Science … up either, according to Dr Clausing. He told GMWatch that while a good number of control … significant findings of carcinogenicity. GMWatch believes that for EFSA to claim that …