Regulation and risk assessment
Includes coverage of joint report with Corporate Europe Observatory, Conflicts on the menu.
- Research Europe: Time to bring risk assessment into the real world, by Claire Robinson
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health: Conflicts of interest at EFSA erode public confidence
- Chemical Watch: NGOs criticise EU scientific committee’s Klimisch recommendation
- Ends Europe: NGOs fear biased EU guidance on health risks
- Naturalnews.com: Monsanto fails at attempt to explain away tumors caused by GM corn
- Farminguk.com: GM regulation criticised as new study shows health dangers
- Corporate Europe: Voedselautoriteit niet onafhankelijk
- Euractiv.com: Food safety agency’s reliability faces fresh criticism
- Euractiv.com: Food agency revamps rules to boost transparency
- Boerderij.nl: Bleker houdt vertrouwen in Efsa
- L’Express: Quand les lobbys industriels mettent à genoux les petits agriculteurs
- Euro Politics: Conflicts of interest still exist at EFSA, say NGOs
GMO Myths and Truths articles
- Foodpolitics.com: GM Myths and Truths: a critical review of the science
- Ifex: Seeds of dissent: How the biotech industry is gagging the science around genetically modified foods
- Canada.com: The entire food system is under threat
- Robinson, C (2103): Don’t look, don’t find: Health hazards of genetically modified food. CAND Vital Link, Volume 20(1):17-24.
- Scoop.co.nz: Why genetically engineered food is dangerous
- Ecowatch.org: Genetic engineers explain why GE food is dangerous
- Boulderweekly.com: Genetic engineers explain why GE food is dangerous
- Farming.co.uk: New report challenges GM industry myths
- Mediapost.com: AMA is of two opinions about GMOs
- Partners for the Land & Agricultural Needs of Traditional Peoples site listing
- Mercola.com: The lies you’re told about genetically engineered foods
- Commondreams.org: New report on the dangers of genetically modified foods
- MSN.com news: The big question: is it time to start growing GM crops in Britain?
- Torontosun.com: Genetically modified food unsafe: Scientists say
- Arc 2020: Scientists torpedo GM claims
- Opednews.com: Unsafe to eat: a new report highlights the dangers of genetically modified foods
- Dailycamera.com: Potential disaster with GMOs on human health
- Livinggreenmag.com: Why genetically modified food is dangerous: new report by genetic engineers
- The European Union Times: GM crop grant planted in UK: Britons wary
- Naturalproductsonline.co.uk: Scientists demolish GM industry safety claims
- Smallplanet.org: How do ya like them (genetically modified) apples?
- Triplepundit.com: GM Foods: Heading for a Train Wreck?
- Eastbayexpress.com: Big organic joins Monsanto in fighting Prop 37
- Nofanj.org: Five more things you need to know about the fight against GMO’s
- New Internationalist Magazine: Is there a place for GM crops in a sustainable future?
- Mercola.com: Americans are less healthy, and die sooner than people in other developed nations
GMO Myths and Truths TV and radio interviews
- Interviews with CTV (Canada), Al Jazeera, Real Food Empire (US radio programme), Republic Broadcasting, LA Talk Radio, Anonymous Radio, Thai Law Forum, Medill News Service (Washington, DC), CBC Radio (Canada), Hill and Dale Show (California).
GMO Myths and Truths videos
- Mercola.com: Genetically modified organism (GMO) Myths & Truths: watch video
- CST in BC (British Columbia): GMO presentation to NORD by Bee Safe
Roundup and birth defects report
- Le Monde: Nouvelles charges contre le Roundup de Monsanto. English translation: New charges against Monsanto’s Roundup
- Companion article to above (English translation): Le Monde: In Argentina, locals exposed to herbicides have reported suffering from multiple conditions
- De Morgen: Warning: Food can seriously damage your health
- Journal of Environmental and Analytical Toxicology: Teratogenic effects of glyphosate-based herbicides: Divergence of regulatory decisions from scientific evidence
- Mercola.com: Genetically engineered rice is a Trojan Horse
- Bucknackt’s sordid tawdry blog: Roundup Birth Defects: Regulators knew world’s best-selling herbicide causes problems, new report finds
- Fair and Unbalanced: Chemical trespass! RoundingUp birth defects
- Gardeners Corner: Roundup/glyphosate – Do you use it?
- The GreenCAPE Blog: NSTAR plans to defoliate on Cape Cod with glyphosate, a chemical in Roundup that causes birth defects
- Lunatic Outpost: Report finds regulators knew Monsanto’s Roundup caused birth defects
- Current.com: Public kept in the dark on Roundup link with birth defects – new report
- Austria TV: Deutschland im Visier des Berichts
- Omkar Gopalakrishnan’s Posterous: Monsanto’s Roundup pesticide link to birth defects hidden from public
- Permaculture Mailing List blog: “Roundup and birth defects”, Earth Open Source, June 2011
- Peter’s Permaculture Scrapbook: Public kept in the dark on Roundup link with birth defects – new report
- Red Green and Blue: It’s official: Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide causes birth defects
- The Stir: Roundup maker didn’t care about birth defect risk
- White News Now: Monsanto apologists attempt to spin shocking GMO study
- Healthy Child Healthy World: Time out for pesticide manufacturers
- Beyond Pesticides: Controversial new study reports GM corn can cause cancer
- Cap Cod Online: Too many unknowns exist to persist in herbicide use
- Examiner.com: Commission says Roundup causes birth defects
- Food Consumer: Genetically engineered rice is a Tojan Horse: Misled by Bill Gates and Monstanto
- Gary Null blog: Roundup birth defects: Regulators knew world’s best-selling herbicide causes problems, new report finds
- GM Watch: Monsanto responds to glyphosate/birth defects report / Earth Open Source replies
- Huffington Post: Roundup birth defects: Regulators knew world’s best-selling herbicide causes problems, new report finds
- Metafilter.com: Heading for the last Roundup?
- Monsanto blog: A response from Monsanto
- Oregonlive.com: Re-evaluate Roundup
- Organic Authority: Want more GMOs? No problem! USDA to cut approval time in half
- Organic Growers Alliance: Roundup and birth defects: Is the public being kept in the dark?
- Pesticide Action Network, North America: Chemical trespass! RoundingUp birth defects
- Alex Jones’ Prison Planet: New report: Regulators knew Roundup caused birth defects
- Safelawns.org: Report: Regulators knew glyphosate caused birth defects
- Righting Injustice: Report links herbicide Roundup to birth defects
- The Ecologist: The inside story on Monsanto and the glyphosate birth defect data
- Toxicsoy.org: Der Spiegel: ‘It’s raining poison’
- Der Spiegel: It’s raining poison
- What Doctors Don’t Tell You: Pesticide in your garden can cause birth defects, say scientists
- Wiser.org: Roundup and birth defects
- Fars News Agency: Study: US best-seller herbicide causes birth defects
- UCI Quest For Peace: Andres Carrasco – Results of a case study of glyphosate/roundup
- Food Freedom: Monsanto responds to glyphosate birth defects report: Earth Open Source replies
- Birth Defect Lawyer blog: New reports find that children’s health risks have risen in the past 30 years due to toxin exposure
- Huffington Post: Roundup: Birth defects caused by world’s top-selling weedkiller, scientists say
- Il Fatto, Ambiente & Veleni : Il diserbante più venduto al mondo causa malformazioni genetiche. E l’Ue non fa nulla
- Natural News: New report: Regulators knew Roundup caused birth defects
- The Ecologist: Greenpeace takes on Monsanto over ‘pesticides arms race’
- Institute of Science and Technology: EU regulators and Monsanto exposed for hiding glyphosate toxicity
- Huffington Post: California deploys wasps, scientists highlight more green alternatives to pesticides
- Frankfurter Rundschau: Der problematische Siegeszug
- Longisland Press: New study says weed killer Roundup can cause birth defects
- Stampa Libera: Uomini OGM “Il diserbante più venduto al mondo causa malformazioni genetiche. E l’Ue non fa nulla”
- Parents.com: Scientists: Roundup weed killer causes birth defects
- Code Green: Cartoons focusing on environmental emergerency
- Le Monde: En Argentine, les habitants exposés à l’herbicide se plaignent de multiples affections
- Organic Connections Magazine: Are birth defects being caused by the world’s top-selling weedkiller?
- La Libre: Nouvelles salves contre le Roundup
- Kevin Trudeau Radio Show: Monsanto’s Roundup threatens stability of global food supply
- Parentables: Monsanto’s Roundup and the scientist’s problem
- Madison County Courier: Do Ya Think?
- Rodale: What biotech pesticides are doing to our bodies
- Sueddeutsche.de: Risiko Rundumvernichter
- Responsible Technology: GM Soy linked to health damage in pigs – a Danish Dossier
- Topagrar.com: NGO ban glyphosate
- EU Reporter: Roundup and birth defects researcher presents findings to German government
- Navegadormt.com: Artigo: Daniel Coelho Barbosa – Alarmantes riscos do glifosato expostos no parlamento da Alemanha
- Cenariomt.com: Efeitos negativos de pesticida usado em larga escala no Brasil são discutidos na Alemanha
- Politiken (Denmark): Soja til dansk dyrefoder anklages for at koste liv i Argentina
- Nation of Change: Monsanto ad claiming Roundup safely is misleading – Dutch Commission
GMO Seralini
- Greenrightnow.com: Seralini’s ominous GMO study touts new supporters
- Publicserviceeurope.com: Citizens were lied to over GM study
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health: Conflicts of interest at EFSA erode public confidence