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Genetically Engineered Mosquito experiment in California’s Central Valley halted
Biotech corporation withdraws permit request in a win for agricultural communities threatened by risky insect mass release Read More
Banners to Bezos and Gates: Back Off of Biodiversity!
MONTREAL/TIOHTIÀ:KE/UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE KANIEN’KEHÁ:KA NATION – Climber-activists today dropped 80-foot banners reading, “Biodiversity versus Billionaires,” visible from Montreal’s Palais des Congres where world leaders are meeting at the UN’s landmark Biodiversity COP15. The banners were unfurled to warn delegates that mega-billionaires such as Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon.com)… Read More
Florida approves risky release of billions of genetically engineered mosquitoes in scientifically flawed experiment
Overlooking potential public health risks, FDAC approved the release of several billion more genetically engineered mosquitoes. Read More
Genetically Engineered Mosquito Imminent Mass Release Ignores Science, Public Health and Environmental Risks
In defiance of science and public health concerns, today EPA approved the mass release of billions of experimental genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes into the United States’ most populous and agriculturally significant states. Read More
Conservationists and Farmers Sue Over Trump Administration Removal of Most Genetically Engineered Organism Regulation
Today, Friends of the Earth and allied plaintiffs filed a new federal lawsuit challenging a USDA decision to end most GE organism oversight. Read More
GMO Mosquitoes Released in Florida Keys
Despite scientific concerns and public outcry over the human health and environment risks, the field trial’s first phase will release up to 144,000 GE mosquitoes over the course of the next 12 weeks. The full trial will release up to a billion GE mosquitoes over a two-year period in Monroe County, Florida. Read More
Groups Urge Regulation of Genetically Engineered Animals Stay with FDA not USDA
This week, thirteen national advocacy groups concerned about public health, environment, and animal welfare urged key federal agencies to maintain regulatory authority over genetically engineered food animals within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Read More
Food Service Company Aramark Rejects GE Salmon
Top food service company Aramark just announced its commitment not to sell genetically engineered (GE) salmon. The producer of the salmon, AquaBounty Technologies, announced plans to sell its first-ever harvest in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2021. Read More
Federal Court Declares Genetically Engineered Salmon Unlawful
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) violated core environmental laws in approving the genetically engineered salmon. Read More
Public Comment on Darling 58 American Chestnut Closes
The release of genetically engineered chestnut trees could have irreversible and unpredictable impacts on vulnerable forest ecosystems. Read More