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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 9h

Allowing #GMO Foods Into India’s Food Chain Without Strict Standards Undermines Right To Life—Rajasthan High Court Issues Directions To India’s Regulators & Govt. No permission for sale, manufacture, distribution or import of GMOs until there are adequate regulations www.verdictum.in/court-update...

Allowing GM Foods Into India’s Food Chain Without Strict Standards Undermine Right To Life: Rajasthan High Court Issues Directions To FSSAI, Centre

The Rajasthan High Court referred to verse 6.5.4 of Chandogya Upanishad which reads, "O Somya, the mind is nourished by food, prāṇa by water, and speech by fire."

www.verdictum.in

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 4d

If you saw the recent piece in @nytimes.com claiming that "Spraying round-up on crops is fine. Really." Please read our reply.
@davechapman.bsky.social @ninaelkadi.com @michaelpollan.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

Opinion | Debating the Dangers of a Pesticide

www.nytimes.com

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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 1d

Nature is not a lab! #IUCN2025 9–15 Oct is debating genetic engineering as a “conservation tool.”
But release of GMOs has major risks!
⚠️ They cannot be recalled
⚠️ Potential harm unpredictable & irreversible.

📣 Sign this petition for a global moratorium: www.saveourseeds.org/nature-is-no...

Nature is not a laboratory

Sign the petition! A moratorium on genetically engineered wild species is crucial to prevent unintended ecological consequences in conservation efforts.

www.saveourseeds.org

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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 1d

Modified food, modified rights? Why #GMO labelling must stay. Great piece signed by multiple European consumer organisations, who are asking for traceability and labelling to be maintained for all GMOs, including new GMOs. www.brusselstimes.com/1793393/modi...

Modified food, modified rights? Why GMO labelling must stay

www.brusselstimes.com

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Last day today!!

Help us send a quick and clear message to the European Commission: #ProtectMyPlate 🍽️ 👇

Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 8d

🍽️ Food concerns everyone, so do the rules that protect it. If the EU rolls back food & pesticide laws, we all lose: our health, nature, clean water

We built these protections together over time. We have 7 days to defend them.

Join us in saying #ProtectMyPlate 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...

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Raj Patel @rajpatel.org · 2d

I've not come across The Elephant before, but there are stories here I've seen nowhere else, e.g. Seeds of Discontent: Kenya’s Seed Law Undermines Farmers’ Resilience www.theelephant.info/analysis/202...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 2d

This weekend, youth, local officials and rural communities in Benin, led by Jinukun and FAEB, held a peaceful march against UPOV and GMOs, and for agroecology. #StopUPOV @gmwatch.bsky.social @wominafrica.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1ZG...

Foire agroécologie : le réseau JINUKUN et la FAEB mènent une marche pacifique dans le Couffo

YouTube video by Prime News TV Monde

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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 3d

This NYT letters’ page is full of letters from a range of experts, including @naomioreskes.bsky.social, excoriating Michael Grunwald’s recent piece defending the safety of #glyphosate. Grunwald is criticised, among other things, for falling for corporate propaganda. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

Opinion | Debating the Dangers of a Pesticide

www.nytimes.com

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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 4d

Check out our new Review for all the latest on the deregulation battles over new #GMOs, and the patenting, safety, labelling and detection issues that go with them. Also, a major new GMO failure, plus who's aboard the new #GMO gravy train 🚂🤑🤑🤑 gmwatch.org/en/main-menu...

Review 590: New GMOs

Welcome to our latest Review, which focuses on new GMOs, mostly developed using gene editing. Our main focus is on the battles over the deregulation of new GMOs that are rumbling on in the EU and New ...

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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 16d

#GMO gene-edited tomatoes to be fed to humans. But no, it's not a food safety study. It's a study designed with marketing in mind, not precaution about human health. gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...

GM gene-edited tomatoes to be fed to humans (but no, it's not a food safety study)

Researchers are recruiting vitamin D-deficient subjects to trial the GM tomato. Report: Claire Robinson

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 8d

🍽️ Food concerns everyone, so do the rules that protect it. If the EU rolls back food & pesticide laws, we all lose: our health, nature, clean water

We built these protections together over time. We have 7 days to defend them.

Join us in saying #ProtectMyPlate 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 9d

La deforestación y acaparamiento de tierra realizada por comunidades menonitas para plantar maíz transgénico está amenazando territorios indígenas en Yucatán - México www.yucatan.com.mx/yucatan/2025... @greenpeace.org @etcgroup.bsky.social

Península de Yucatán, zona crítica por tala de menonitas y maíz transgénico: Semarnat

Gobierno federal alerta sobre deforestación y transgénicos en Yucatán; operativos buscan proteger los maíces nativos y la biodiversidad.

www.yucatan.com.mx

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Save Our Seeds @saveourseeds.bsky.social · 9d

Once released, genetically engineered wildlife can’t be recalled.
Over 90 NGOs call for a global moratorium to protect biodiversity. 🌿

🤓 Learn more: www.engineeringnature.org
📢 Or sign here: www.saveourseeds.org/nature-is-no...

#IUCNCongress2025 #MoratoriumNow #NatureIsNotALaboratory

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GRAIN @grain.org · 8d

Corteva is splitting its seeds and agrichemicals business. The new seed company, temporarily dubbed SpinCo, holds the Pioneer brand and is expected to hit US$10 billion in sales this year.
cen.acs.org/business/agr... @etcgroup.bsky.social @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social

Corteva grew out of what used to be known as Pioneer HiBred Corn Company (Photo credit: Corteva)

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Testbiotech e.V. @testbiotech.bsky.social · Aug 1

The recording of our workshop "AI and genetic engineering: a biosafety issue" is now available here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlVN...

⚗️🧬💥💣🌱🦠 Feel free to watch, share and like! 🔬🧫🧬🧪⚖️🧨

Workshop: "Artificial Intelligence and genetically engineered organisms: a biosafety issue" (2025)

YouTube video by Testbiotech e.V.

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bennyhaerlin.bsky.social @bennyhaerlin.bsky.social · 13d

Will Nature Conservation be transformed by genetic engineering? Should we reprogram and extinct wild species with Gene Drives? Send a message to the upcoming IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dabhi now! www.saveourseeds.org/nature-is-no...

Nature is not a laboratory

Sign the petition! A moratorium on genetically engineered wild species is crucial to prevent unintended ecological consequences in conservation efforts.

www.saveourseeds.org

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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 12d

RIP Dame Jane Goodall. A tribute by Claire Robinson, co-editor of @gmwatch.bsky.social and co-author of the book GMO Myths and Truths, which Jane endorsed. gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...

RIP Dame Jane Goodall

A tribute by Claire Robinson of GMWatch

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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 13d

Bayer Bets on Parkinson’s Cure After Decades of Selling Products Tied to the Disease. Bayer is launching a new experimental Parkinson’s disease treatment, even as the pharma & chemical behemoth continues to profit off of #pesticides linked to the disease publichealthpolicyjournal.com/bayer-bets-o...

Bayer Bets on Parkinson’s Cure After Decades of Selling Products Tied to the Disease - Science, Public Health Policy and the Law

By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D.

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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 13d

Whether it's Mexican tortillas or India's makki ki roti (a flatbread made with corn flour): Unfolding hidden dangers of #GMO corn. Great article from Bharat Dogra on why India mustn't surrender to US efforts to force feed it GMO corn www.counterview.net/2025/10/whet...

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European Non-GMO Industry Association @nongmoeurope.bsky.social · 21d

What do Austrians think about #NewGMOs?

🇦🇹 A new survey shows:

✅ 76.6% say #NonGMO is key to buying decisions
🚨 79.7% fear the EU’s proposed NGT law threatens consumer rights
📢 85%+ want clear labelling & strict regulation of #NGTs

www.enga.org/newsdetails/...

Austrians want to ‘know what's in their food’

Market research: Austrian consumers vote for transparency, regular monitoring and labelling – high approval for GMO-free food

www.enga.org

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 14d

🗣️Raise your voice for safe food & nature free from toxics!

The EU Commission wants to roll back vital food safety protections. We've 14 days to speak up.

Tell them the protection of our food, soil & water from toxics is a necessity. Tell them: #ProtectMyPlate 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...

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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 14d

A novel study in Scientific Reports combines computational analyses with toxicological data to identify pathways affected by #exposure to #glyphosate, including targets that correlate with #renal injury and #kidney #cancer — crucial to understanding #health risks. ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/3gOr50X503a

Study Reveals Mechanisms of Kidney Injury and Cancer from Exposure to Weed Killer Glyphosate - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog

In using bioinformatic tools, a study identifies the mechanisms of kidney injury and cancer that correlate with exposure to glyphosate.

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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 13d

Very sad news inded. Jane Goodall was in Mexico only a few days ago where she praised Mexico's briliant resistance to #Monsanto and the planting of #GMO corn. She also said of GMOs: "The world will be much better off without them."

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GM Freeze @gm-freeze.bsky.social · 15d

We have written to new top brass at DEFRA urging them to protect food producers, traders and the public from the risks of hidden new GMOs. www.gmfreeze.org/press-releas... See our new report for why the new legal framework fails to manage risks: www.gmfreeze.org/publications...

GM Freeze | A disaster by design: the UK’s new rules for new GMOs

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Raj Patel @rajpatel.org · 27d

If you just missed the webinar, there's a fantastic trove of data on the Andhra Pradesh Community managed Natural Farming trials in Zambia, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Philippines and India at naturalfarming.global

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