The end of meat and GMOs or the end of us: Part 1
The first in a three-part series series on effects of GMOs and the meat industry on our environment
Rising population can increase emergence of infectious diseases: Study
Projected growth in global population will push for more food production, which will make the agriculture sector use more chemicals and resort to …
Trial after error
The Supreme Court's decision to resend Monsanto's Bt cotton case to the trial court will ensure judicial scrutiny of all aspects of the patent …
Designer babies can lead to growth of homogenous individuals
A Chinese researcher has claimed that he helped make world’s first genetically edited babies but the development may come at a heavy cost
Regulation of GM food subject to life inside it: Activists decry Centre’s strange decision
The government must uphold its duty to regulate the environment, health and nature, activists say as a consignment of GM soya gets clearance
Why the world is worried about this new biotechnology
In the Convention on Biological Diversity, a moratorium on biotechnology, like genetically engineered mosquitoes, takes centre stage
WHO should take a holistic view
Though the global health organisation talks about chemical residues in food, it has not put special emphasis on pesticides. It is also silent on …
Beer, wine contaminated with glyphosate: US study
Report flags widespread contamination of farms leading to significant glyphosate levels in beer and wine
GEAC approves field studies of GM mustard on honey bee
Similar approvals for Genetically Modified mustard were also given in March this year by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee
March against Monsanto
More than a million people around the world marched against biotech giant Monsanto on May 25. The event was held across six continents, in 36 …
GM mustard: Need to address economic issues of using the crop
Some valuable lessons from Bt Cotton were who funds research and development and who will distribute the seeds
How Bt brinjal hurt the farmers of Bangladesh
New report says three-fourth of farmers who took up cultivation abandoned it in the next rounds
Elsevier retracts study on rats fed GM food
Two-year animal feeding study showed that rats fed Monsanto's genetically modified maize NK603 or water containing roundup died much earlier
I know the havoc that genetically modified crops can wreak
Indians are killing the future of the coming generations by welcoming GMOs in Indian food and environment
Asia grapples with GM crops
Victory for anti-GM crusaders in Pakistan is short-lived as government gets high court ban on genetically modified crops suspended
Even Japan not equipped to protect biosafety, says anti-GM group
Consumers' Union of Japan says its government has been unable to deal with the health and livelihood problems arising from imported GM canola
Funds a major constraint in implementing Cartagena Protocol
Parties to the protocol emphasise on need for capacity building for managing risks from genetically engineered products
GM purple tomatoes to fight cardiovascular diseases
UK-based Cathie Martin to start clinical trials soon; green activists protest and call trials ‘violation of European Union norms’
Biosafety conference urges for ratification of protocol on liability and redress for damage caused by GMOs
Ad hoc expert committee will look into socio-economic considerations of impacts of genetically modified organisms
Parliamentary committee slams regulatory system on GM crops
Says the crops have an impact on health and the environment and that these aspects were overlooked while approving Bt Brinjal trials in India
GM or organic: The choice before African nations
An African Development Bank report pushes for GM technologies for achieving food security, while some African nations are showing the way with …
Scientists’ panel calls for 10-year moratorium on GM field trials
Supreme Court-mandated expert committee recommends new tests in thorough overhaul of India’s regulatory regime
A people’s festival to protest CBD conference
Non-profits to represent united resolve to protect the country’s natural wealth and bio-cultural heritage from powerful economic interests
Decision on capacity building to handle GMOs tops biosafety meet agenda
Countries have reported they lack appropriate legal, institutional and technical capacity for decision making on genetically modified organisms
Verifying viral virus truths: Tomatoes, tiranga and TRPs
The media wrongly claimed a correlation between a mysterious alleged new virus that targets tomatoes to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)