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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 6h
Not really. The claim gene editing differs from gene modifying because it doesn't introduce foreign genes is untrue: gene editing can introduce foreign DNA & foreign genes, both intentionally & inadvertently. Even in UK law, gene editing is acknowledged to be a form of GM: mailchi.mp/gmwatch.org/...
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Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue @boelleu.bsky.social · 15h
🟢 The 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝘁𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 is out! 🚀 eu.boell.org/en/Agribusin... Key insights 🧵👇 @ipes-food.org @foeeurope.bsky.social @boell.de
A handful of corporations dominate our food system, setting prices, profiting from crises, and driving relentless pressure on the environment, farmers, and consumers alike. The Agribusiness Atlas 2026 traces how this concentration of power took hold, and charts the political pathways toward a fairer food system built around the common good.
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 10h
Organizations in Oaxaca warn of ecological disaster due to the RNA biofungicide the Mexican govt is promoting. They say the use of different forms of genetic engineering of crops, insects and other organisms represent new environmental dangers oaxaca.eluniversal.com.mx/estatal/orga...
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Organizaciones de Oaxaca advierten desastre ecológico por la fabricación del biofungicida de ARN, anunciado por Ebrard
Explicaron que el gobierno de México, a través de la Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación y la Secretaría de Economía, están promoviendo el uso de diferentes formas de manipulac...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New research finds 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer. Paper raises questions about safety of food and other products as early onset breast cancer rates surge worldwide www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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New research finds 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer
Paper raises questions about safety of food and other products as early onset breast cancer rates surge worldwide
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’re not paranoid. They really are out to get us! Support needed and security warning after latest attack gmwatch.org/en/latest-ne...
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We’re not paranoid. They really are out to get us!
Latest news on GMO food, GMO crops, GMO labelling and genetically modified organisms
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GMWatch fully supports this. Terminate all contracts with Palantir Technologies and permanently ban the company from future public contracts.
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The @GMWatch Twitter/X account has been compromised. A recent post claiming we've opened a new building or generated profits with '@CorrinaSinclair' is completely fake & part of a crypto scam. DO NOT click any links, send funds, or engage with the account till we confirm recovery.
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
⚠️SECURITY ALERT: Our X account has been compromised. An unauthorized user has changed our registered email to teojmike@gmail.com + added a fraudulent passkey. X Support is restricting us from reverting these changes. If you're on X, please ignore any dodgy DMs, links or unusual content that's posted
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If we seem to have been quiet of late, that’s because after we published our last Review, our website suffered a sophisticated cyberattack that drove it off-line—and that we’re still recovering from. So please support the news they don’t want you to read!! gmwatch.org/en/latest-ne...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Check out our latest Review: Glypho-gate, Law & War—Part 1, where we do a deep dive into Bayer’s desperate quest to be shielded from ongoing litigation over the harms caused by Roundup—including its “filthy” “mind-boggling” deal that’s about to be approved www.gmwatch.org/en/news/news...
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️
Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy
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GM Freeze @gm-freeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As Slovakia files legal challenge to GMO deregulation in Europe, GM Freeze’s Leonie Nimmo talked with Samuel Matejíčka from quid est VERITAS to find out more about the campaign: www.gmfreeze.org/2026/09/23/s... #NGTs #GMOs #No2GMOs
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Vincent J Lynch 🐘🦣🦥 🦇🐋🐢🐍 @devoevomed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think a bigger concern with the “dire wolves“ is that Canids are not reproductively isolated — if released these GMO “dire wolves” would interbreed with wild gray wolves, and turn them into dire wolves? And when they mate with red wolves are they now dire ones? www.nwf.org/Home/Magazin...
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Is Synthetic Biology Worth the Risk?
Some say using synthetic biology to change the DNA of plants and animals could help species survive threats. Others say the technology is far too dicey.
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
While AI doomers' fears of unleashing rogue superintelligence may be wildly overstated, the use of AI in biotech and its possible use in designing biological weapons is among a range of risks we should be concerned about, says Pete Shanks www.geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical...
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Is AI the End of the World as We Know It?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a major focus of news recently, as it s
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Lattesdotter @lattesdotter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As cited in the peer reviewed journal, Toxicol Rep. 2026 Apr 23;16:102255. doi: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2026.102255
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Green Revolution Has Failed Africa — a Farm Gate podcast with Dr Million Belay, AFSA’s coordinator, who is based in Ethiopia, and Michael Farrelly, a consultant to AFSA who lives in Senegal 8point9.com/the-green-re...
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The Green Revolution failed Africa, so why is it being scaled up? - 8point9
The Green Revolution failed Africa, so why is it being scaled up?
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
⚠️UPDATE: Our X account is now under the control of unauthorized users who have logged us out and removed the security alert (see below) that we had pinned to the account after it was compromised. Nothing new has so far been posted but X users should beware of DMs with potentially malicious links.
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
EPA and HHS teaming up on expanded review of glyphosate safety in bid to win back MAHA supporters alienated by the Trump administration's support for Bayer and protection of #glyphosate. But there's considerable scepticism about whether EPA is acting in good faith www.thenewlede.org/2026/09/epa-...
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EPA and HHS teaming up on expanded review of glyphosate weedkiller safety
US officials said this week they are expanding a scientific review of the widely used weed killer glyphosate, a chemical popular in agriculture but also linked for years to cancer and other health pro...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Glyphosate Found Trapped in Womb Tissue — And It’s Highest in the Most Aggressive Cancers. A new study has detected #glyphosate inside human endometrial tissue — and finds it clustering ominously with a hormone-disrupting mycotoxin in high-grade cancer patients. sustainablepulse.com/2026/09/17/g...
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Glyphosate Found Trapped in Womb Tissue — And It's Highest in the Most Aggressive Cancers
A new Hungarian study is the first to detect glyphosate directly inside human endometrial tissue — and finds it clustering ominously with a
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The USDA Just Cleared a Defective #GMO Tree for Release into the Wild. Very informative podcast with Anne Petermann (@annegjep.bsky.social) of Global Justice Ecology Project (@gjep123.bsky.social) and the Campaign to Stop GE Trees about this disastrous decision. www.buzzsprout.com/1785184/epis...
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The USDA Just Cleared a Defective GMO Tree for Release into the Wild with Anne Petermann - Breaking Green
A genetically engineered (GE) chestnut modified with a wheat gene is being framed as a conservation breakthrough, but the reality is far messier and far more permanent. After the USDA deregulated the ...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
34 civil society organisations from 12 countries call on the European Parliament to reject the proposal to significantly lower safety standards for the environmental release of genetically engineered bacteria, yeasts, algae and viruses www.testbiotech.org/en/news/do-n...
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Do not lower safety standards for releases of genetically engineered microbes into the environment! – Testbiotech
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AI-assisted design of novel CRISPR/Cas gene editing tools: Hype vs reality gmwatch.org/en/latest-ne...
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AI-assisted design of novel CRISPR/Cas gene editing tools: Hype vs reality
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Study Links Glyphosate to Higher Risk of Preterm Birth. Every threefold increase in #glyphosate residue level meant about 35% higher odds of preterm birth overall; when you home in on spontaneous preterm birth, the odds roughly doubled. beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblo...
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Study Links Common Weed Killer to Higher Risk of Preterm Birth, Adding to Other Pregnancy Complications - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog
Researchers find higher mid-pregnancy glyphosate exposure was linked to a greater chance of preterm birth.
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Slovakian govt and German plant breeders sue the EU over new #GMO rules. Both lawsuits are directed against lax new European rules for a new generation of GMOs. gmwatch.org/en/latest-ne...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Broad alliance representing GMO-free agriculture files lawsuit against EU genetic engineering deregulation. gmwatch.org/en/latest-ne...
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Lawsuit filed with European Court of Justice against new genetic engineering regulation
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If we seem to have been quiet of late, that’s because after we published our last Review, our website suffered a sophisticated cyberattack that drove it off-line—and that we’re still recovering from. So please support the news they don’t want you to read!! gmwatch.org/en/latest-ne...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Check out our latest Review: Glypho-gate, Law & War—Part 1, where we do a deep dive into Bayer’s desperate quest to be shielded from ongoing litigation over the harms caused by Roundup—including its “filthy” “mind-boggling” deal that’s about to be approved www.gmwatch.org/en/news/news...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 18/09/2026
UN Working Group on the rights of peasants urged countries to refrain from implementing UPOV 1991 in ways which contravene the rights of peasants, repeal provisions criminalising peasant seed practices, and exempt traditional seed systems from industrial-market rules. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Penalising peasant seed systems threatens global food supply: UN experts
GENEVA – Farmers across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America face fines and imprisonment for saving, exchanging and selling seed under laws written for industrial seed markets, the UN Working Group ...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
As if bombarding US forests with #glyphosate isn't insane enough, USDA just approved SilvaBio's defective #GMO chestnut tree! Take action NOW to keep US forests wild and free from these disastrous trees! globaljusticeecology.org/take-action-...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Health Insurance Giant Humana Sues #Monsanto Over Roundup Medicare Cost Recovery. Humana wants to recover damages paid to members injured by the company’s weed-killing product Roundup, including for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma-related care. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Humana Sues Monsanto Over Roundup Medicare Cost Recovery (1)
Health insurance giant Humana Inc. filed suit against Bayer AG‘s Monsanto Co. to recover damages paid to members injured by the company’s weed-killing product Roundup.
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Growing flood and landslide risk as #GMO corn expands and forests shrink in Philippine highlands. Herbicides used on GMO corn remove soil-stabilising plants and trigger soil erosion. mailchi.mp/gmwatch.org/...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Why is Trump planting #GMO trees near the White House? White House claims the "general concerns about GMOs" don't apply to American chestnuts. What BS! They produce an edible crop, never mind not being reliably blight resistant, so may endanger resistant wild chestnuts! www.yahoo.com/news/science...
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Why Trump is planting controversial genetically modified trees near the White House
While President Donald Trump has criticized many environmentally friendly initiatives, he has consistently championed planting trees.
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ecologists denounce EU Commission plan to deregulate #GMO microorganisms. Proposal is “inspired by little scientific evidence, and with no consultation of ecology researchers” — Prof Katja Tielbörger mailchi.mp/gmwatch.org/...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Breaking: Slovakia to take legal action against European Commission over deregulation of GMOs. "This regulation has caused major protests... we don't know what it can do to people." - Slovakia's Prime Minister www.teraz.sk/najnovsie/pr...
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Premiér: Slovensko podá žalobu na EK za dereguláciu GMO
Nariadenie, ktoré vyníma geneticky modifikované rastliny získané pomocou nových genomických techník (NGT) spod doterajšej regulácie pre GMO, schválila EÚ v júni tohto roku.
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Vincent J Lynch 🐘🦣🦥 🦇🐋🐢🐍 @devoevomed.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Oh my, whoever could have predicted this‽ #ColossalBio is backtracking on it's time frame to #DeExtinct the mammoth –– I'm shocked! Shocked I say! (The article also discusses our TP53 and LIF6 work, and #PetosParadox but doesn't mention either of us.) 🤷 🦣 😂 time.com/article/2026...
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Miss J Alexander's Shocked Drama Reaction
ALT: Miss J Alexander's Shocked Drama Reaction
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
As if bombarding US forests with #glyphosate isn't insane enough, USDA just approved SilvaBio's defective #GMO chestnut tree! Take action NOW to keep US forests wild and free from these disastrous trees! globaljusticeecology.org/take-action-...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
2nd episode of "the most shocking story you've never heard of" will be shown on BBC Two tonight (August 24th) at 9pm BST, when Michael Sheen concludes his investigation into #Monsanto by meeting people with cancer who blame the company for their illness. Or you can watch both episodes on iPlayer 👇
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
PBS NewsHour: U.S. Forest Service, timber companies spraying record amounts of #glyphosate in California www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j0S...
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U.S. Forest Service, timber companies spraying record amounts of glyphosate in California
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Buried review — Michael Sheen turns investigative journalist in gripping story of toxic waste in Wales. The actor digs deeper into the alleged dumping of carcinogenic chemicals by #Monsanto. "As his fury and distress grow, it is difficult not to share his absolute outrage" www.ft.com/content/abe0...
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Buried review — Michael Sheen turns investigative journalist in gripping story of toxic waste in Wales
The actor digs deeper into the alleged dumping of carcinogenic chemicals by US corporation Monsanto
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Slovak MEP warns against new EU rules on GMOs — and wants the Slovak government to launch a legal appeal against them. “We won’t know what’s on our plates!” gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...
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Slovak MEP warns against new EU rules on GMOs
“We won’t know what’s on our plates!”
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Did you catch Buried, Michael Sheen's investigation of #Monsanto's toxic legacy in Wales? Both episodes available to watch on BBC iPlayer now bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Buried with Michael Sheen
What is the truth lying beneath our feet? Michael Sheen uncovers claims of conspiracy, complicity and denial over alleged toxic 'forever chemical' contamination in South Wales.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🧪 I wrote a decidedly anti-MAHA biography of the baby boomer petrochemical known as glyphosate (Roundup) whose original underachieving career plans were to descale boilers and now it’s sprayed on food, is inside all our bodies, and likely causes cancer. www.sehn.org/sehn/2026/7/...
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Repercussion Section: Glyphosate: A Short, Unfinished Biography — The Science and Environmental Health Network
by Sandra Steingraber, senior scientist and writer in residence
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Webinar: Genetically engineered pesticides and RNA-based pest control. Introductory conversation on the emerging risks and regulatory gaps of this rapidly developing area of genetic engineering that's being promoted globally. Wednesday, 9 September 2026 acbio.org.za/gm-biosafety...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Our latest Review—Glyphosate, Fire and Science—has all the new studies showing glyphosate's harms; details the fraudulent basis of glyphosate regulation; and explains how #glyphosate is converting wild public forestlands into poisoned flammable tree farms gmwatch.org/en/main-menu...
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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Big Ag's political enablers are using every tool they've got to protect pesticide corporations from legal accountability. It's that much more important that we pass the No Immunity for Glyphosate Act! Tell your Reps: fwwat.ch/3QkJmhs
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Glyphosate is used to dry out about 95% of Australia's mung bean crop prior to harvest". On this #PoisonedPlanet, so much unnecessary, unconscionable use of #Pesticides www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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China's rejection of Australian mung beans prompts chemical rethink
China rejects 10 containers of Australian mung beans after testing found the shipment exceeded allowed chemical levels.
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Michael Sheen investigates #Monsanto's toxic legacy in Wales: "What he told me made my blood run cold." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Michael Sheen investigates cancer concern around chemical dumping
The Hollywood actor investigates claims cancer-causing chemicals were dumped across Wales.
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Roughly 300 million US acres get #glyphosate each year, and in a greenhouse test one dose cut earthworm reproduction by more than half in three months www.ecoportal.net/en/earthworm...
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Roughly 300 million US acres get glyphosate each year, and in a greenhouse test one dose cut earthworm reproduction by more than half in three months
A study found glyphosate-based weed killer cut earthworm reproduction by 56% in 3 months. Here's what that means for your lawn's soil and nearby streams.
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Malaysian farmers, consumer & environmental groups call for rejection of #GMO rice trial. A coalition of 61 organisations objects to proposed GMO field trial. A key concern is GMO contamination of conventional and wild rice if the open-field trial goes ahead. www.businesstoday.com.my/2026/08/11/6...
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61 Groups Object To Proposed Trial Of Genetically Modified Rice In Perak
A coalition of 61 Malaysian farmers’, consumer and environmental organisations has objected to a proposed confined field trial involving genetically modified (GM) MR219 rice in Kampung Kepayang, Perak...
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