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1/ A new UK Government report treats biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse as a national security risk.
We’ll get to that in a moment... First, some context on how UK policy ended up pulling in the opposite direction… 🧵 www.gov.uk/government/p...
We’ll get to that in a moment... First, some context on how UK policy ended up pulling in the opposite direction… 🧵 www.gov.uk/government/p...
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 PM
1/ A new UK Government report treats biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse as a national security risk.
We’ll get to that in a moment... First, some context on how UK policy ended up pulling in the opposite direction… 🧵 www.gov.uk/government/p...
We’ll get to that in a moment... First, some context on how UK policy ended up pulling in the opposite direction… 🧵 www.gov.uk/government/p...
The Citizens’ Charter for Transparency, Accountability & Choice in the Use of Genetic Technologies sets out clear principles for how #GMOs – incl. gene editing & “precision breeding” – should be governed in the UK. Read & use it to inform your choices/actions: beyond-gm.org/citizens-cha...
Citizens' Charter on Genetic Technologies Upholds Choice and Transparency
A new Citizens’ Charter for Transparency, Accountability and Choice in the Use of Genetic Technologies has been launched, setting out clear principles for how genetic engineering – including gene edit...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:59 AM
The Citizens’ Charter for Transparency, Accountability & Choice in the Use of Genetic Technologies sets out clear principles for how #GMOs – incl. gene editing & “precision breeding” – should be governed in the UK. Read & use it to inform your choices/actions: beyond-gm.org/citizens-cha...
New research shows gene editing can cause lasting disruption to genome function through “chromatin fatigue” – even when DNA appears to have repaired itself – raising serious questions about UK deregulation, which assumes precision equals safety. beyond-gm.org/gene-editing...
Gene Editing Can Cause Significant DNA Damage: Here’s Why it Matters for UK Regulation
New research shows gene editing can cause lasting disruption to genome function through “chromatin fatigue” – even when DNA appears to have repaired itself – raising serious questions about UK deregul...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:58 AM
New research shows gene editing can cause lasting disruption to genome function through “chromatin fatigue” – even when DNA appears to have repaired itself – raising serious questions about UK deregulation, which assumes precision equals safety. beyond-gm.org/gene-editing...
Genetic engineering can't be contained in living systems. Engineered genes & microbes inevitably spread, exposing regulatory blind spots & challenging assumptions of control, precaution & accountability. We'll be keeping an eye on 'wild' GMOs from 2026 onwards. beyond-gm.org/editing-natu...
Editing Nature - Examining the Illusion of Control
Genetic engineering cannot be contained in living systems. From bees to crops, engineered genes and microbes inevitably spread, exposing regulatory blind spots and challenging assumptions of control, ...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Genetic engineering can't be contained in living systems. Engineered genes & microbes inevitably spread, exposing regulatory blind spots & challenging assumptions of control, precaution & accountability. We'll be keeping an eye on 'wild' GMOs from 2026 onwards. beyond-gm.org/editing-natu...
‘Tis the season…🌲🎅 If you believe that we have a right to know when there are ‘precision bred’ GMOs in our foods or fields please support our judicial review. We are challenging the government on behalf of the 8 in 10 who demand to know. DONATE today www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hi...
December 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
‘Tis the season…🌲🎅 If you believe that we have a right to know when there are ‘precision bred’ GMOs in our foods or fields please support our judicial review. We are challenging the government on behalf of the 8 in 10 who demand to know. DONATE today www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hi...
We've spent years directly challenging the FSA's misleading representation of precision-bred GMOs as 'essentially natural'. Any plan to further mislead citizens – using taxpayer money to fund citizen 'education' programmes – is despicable. www.food.gov.uk/board-papers...
December 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We've spent years directly challenging the FSA's misleading representation of precision-bred GMOs as 'essentially natural'. Any plan to further mislead citizens – using taxpayer money to fund citizen 'education' programmes – is despicable. www.food.gov.uk/board-papers...
1/ Ahoy, me hearties…This week’s Lords reading of the UK’s Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions (BBNJ) Bill on marine plunder…er, conservation…was revealing and worth a deeper dive. Here’s a🧵
December 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
1/ Ahoy, me hearties…This week’s Lords reading of the UK’s Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions (BBNJ) Bill on marine plunder…er, conservation…was revealing and worth a deeper dive. Here’s a🧵
A sweeping deal to deregulate new GMOs has been proposed in the EU, yet civil society still secured some key concessions – seed labelling, public registers and full GMO regulation for higher-risk plants. See next steps & comparison with UK regulations: beyond-gm.org/new-eu-propo...
New EU Proposal Supports Hidden GMOs
A sweeping deal to deregulate new GMOs has been proposed in the EU, yet civil society still secured some key concessions – seed labelling, public registers and full regulation for higher-risk plants –...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A sweeping deal to deregulate new GMOs has been proposed in the EU, yet civil society still secured some key concessions – seed labelling, public registers and full GMO regulation for higher-risk plants. See next steps & comparison with UK regulations: beyond-gm.org/new-eu-propo...
Biotech companies - and the government - call gene edited/'precision bred'/GMO plants, foods and animals “natural.” The only thing “natural” about these #GMOs is how naturally the spin keeps spinning.
December 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Biotech companies - and the government - call gene edited/'precision bred'/GMO plants, foods and animals “natural.” The only thing “natural” about these #GMOs is how naturally the spin keeps spinning.
UK conservation groups supporting GMOs as a 'conservation tool' — despite risks & no proven benefits? Decisions with big implications for nature demand accountability & informed, equitable debate, not mute acquiescence to biotech narratives. Who voted? See: beyond-gm.org/iucn-votes-o...
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
UK conservation groups supporting GMOs as a 'conservation tool' — despite risks & no proven benefits? Decisions with big implications for nature demand accountability & informed, equitable debate, not mute acquiescence to biotech narratives. Who voted? See: beyond-gm.org/iucn-votes-o...
New Genetic Technology Regulations, in force from today, ignore the truth about what precision-bred GMOs are. That's why we have initiated a judicial review. Every donation moves us closer to a food system built on honesty and transparency: www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hi...
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
New Genetic Technology Regulations, in force from today, ignore the truth about what precision-bred GMOs are. That's why we have initiated a judicial review. Every donation moves us closer to a food system built on honesty and transparency: www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hi...
1/ Definitely a #NotSoFunFact for the devolved nations that want to keep their food supply #GMO Free. You can read more about how the Genetic Technology Act has divided the country and what devolved nations can do about it here: beyond-gm.org/divided-king...
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
1/ Definitely a #NotSoFunFact for the devolved nations that want to keep their food supply #GMO Free. You can read more about how the Genetic Technology Act has divided the country and what devolved nations can do about it here: beyond-gm.org/divided-king...
1/ Earlier this year, in the final days of the parliamentary debates on the new Genetic Technology Regulations, Ministers and Peers stood in Parliament and sold deregulation of genetically modified precision bred organisms (GM-PBOs) as an economic miracle...a🧵(link at the end)
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
1/ Earlier this year, in the final days of the parliamentary debates on the new Genetic Technology Regulations, Ministers and Peers stood in Parliament and sold deregulation of genetically modified precision bred organisms (GM-PBOs) as an economic miracle...a🧵(link at the end)
In 2023 when new legislation came in, the UK Government estimated 1-2 field trials of #GMO 'precision bred' crops in England per year. Of the 33 trials that have since been conducted, 22 are still live. You pay for it, but you have no right to know about it #NotSoFunFact
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In 2023 when new legislation came in, the UK Government estimated 1-2 field trials of #GMO 'precision bred' crops in England per year. Of the 33 trials that have since been conducted, 22 are still live. You pay for it, but you have no right to know about it #NotSoFunFact
Here's a Monday myth breaker. No safety testing required - or legally allowed! - for new 'precision bred' GMOs from November. If it sounds like a reckless corporate loophole, that's because it is! #NotSoFunFact
October 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Here's a Monday myth breaker. No safety testing required - or legally allowed! - for new 'precision bred' GMOs from November. If it sounds like a reckless corporate loophole, that's because it is! #NotSoFunFact
Unlabelled, untraceable gene-edited (so-called “precision-bred”) foods could start appearing on UK shelves after 13 Nov. We think that’s unacceptable — & we’re fighting back through a judicial review. Donate now & see more on our websites crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hidden-gmos #stophiddengmos
October 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Unlabelled, untraceable gene-edited (so-called “precision-bred”) foods could start appearing on UK shelves after 13 Nov. We think that’s unacceptable — & we’re fighting back through a judicial review. Donate now & see more on our websites crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hidden-gmos #stophiddengmos
Our Monday #NotSoFunFact about precision bred GMOs. If you care about the environment get involved. Check out our website and sign up for regular updates.
October 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Our Monday #NotSoFunFact about precision bred GMOs. If you care about the environment get involved. Check out our website and sign up for regular updates.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has endorsed the use of genetic engineering technologies as a conservation tool. We unpick what that means for #nature. Hint - it’s not good. beyond-gm.org/iucn-votes-o...
IUCN votes on gene editing in conservation: Biotech lobbyists ‘win’, nature loses
The IUCN’s embrace of genetic engineering as a conservation 'tool' marks a profound shift in policy – from protecting nature to engineering it. Critics warn this opens the door to biotech influence, e...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has endorsed the use of genetic engineering technologies as a conservation tool. We unpick what that means for #nature. Hint - it’s not good. beyond-gm.org/iucn-votes-o...
As the IUCN World Conservation Congress opens in Abu Dhabi, members face a pivotal choice between embracing genetic engineering as a conservation tool or pausing to apply the precautionary principle to these rapidly advancing technologies. abiggerconversation.org/protecting-nat…
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
As the IUCN World Conservation Congress opens in Abu Dhabi, members face a pivotal choice between embracing genetic engineering as a conservation tool or pausing to apply the precautionary principle to these rapidly advancing technologies. abiggerconversation.org/protecting-nat…
Love trees? Hate the idea of genetically modified trees being quietly planted in the environment without environmental assessment or monitoring?! Support our legal challenge to #StopHidddenGMOs. DONATE today to help us fund our challenge www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hi...
August 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Love trees? Hate the idea of genetically modified trees being quietly planted in the environment without environmental assessment or monitoring?! Support our legal challenge to #StopHidddenGMOs. DONATE today to help us fund our challenge www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hi...
There's no 'buffer zones' in the ocean. New regulations for genetically modified precision bred organisms allow environmental releases of experimental crops on land and in our oceans and waterways with no transparency. DONATE to our legal challenge today. www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hi...
August 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
There's no 'buffer zones' in the ocean. New regulations for genetically modified precision bred organisms allow environmental releases of experimental crops on land and in our oceans and waterways with no transparency. DONATE to our legal challenge today. www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hi...
Epic media fail. Every major UK media outlet covering GMO deregulation just repeated government talking points that precision bred GMOs are 'natural' & aren't GM at all. Zero critical journalism on blatant corporate spin. DONATE today to #StopHiddenGMOs crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hidden-gmos
July 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Epic media fail. Every major UK media outlet covering GMO deregulation just repeated government talking points that precision bred GMOs are 'natural' & aren't GM at all. Zero critical journalism on blatant corporate spin. DONATE today to #StopHiddenGMOs crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hidden-gmos
In opposition, Labour was deeply critical of the lack of transparency around #GMO precision-bred organisms. In power, they have ushered in one of the least transparent & most liberal regimes in the world. #StopHiddenGMOs. DONATE to our legal fund now crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hidden-gmos
July 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In opposition, Labour was deeply critical of the lack of transparency around #GMO precision-bred organisms. In power, they have ushered in one of the least transparent & most liberal regimes in the world. #StopHiddenGMOs. DONATE to our legal fund now crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hidden-gmos
The UK government doesn't want you to know if you are eating or growing GMOs. But 8 in 10 in the UK think this is wrong & want to see all GMOs labelled. We're challenging the government to #StopHiddenGMOs. Support our legal action crowdfunder today crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hidden-gmos
July 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The UK government doesn't want you to know if you are eating or growing GMOs. But 8 in 10 in the UK think this is wrong & want to see all GMOs labelled. We're challenging the government to #StopHiddenGMOs. Support our legal action crowdfunder today crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hidden-gmos
Two futures. One grounded in real soil, real food & trust. The other in secrecy, synthetic food & deregulation. What kind of food system do you want? We’re taking the fight for #GMO transparency to court. Support our legal challenge to #StopHiddenGMOs at www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hi...
July 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Two futures. One grounded in real soil, real food & trust. The other in secrecy, synthetic food & deregulation. What kind of food system do you want? We’re taking the fight for #GMO transparency to court. Support our legal challenge to #StopHiddenGMOs at www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hi...