Genetic Engineering

Friends of the Earth works to transform public policy to establish appropriate safety assessment and oversight of GMO crops and animals, and we lead campaigns to keep poorly regulated GMOs out of our food system. We advance regenerative organic and agroecological farming systems that are inherently healthier and that pose fewer risks for people, pollinators, animals and the planet.

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Miles de personas condenan el intento de EE.UU. y Canadá de obligar a los mexicanos a comer tortillas transgénicas

Mientras México responde hoy al fallo del panel de disputas comerciales de que sus restricciones al maíz transgénico violan el acuerdo comercial entre Estados Unidos, México y Canadá.

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Thousands Condemn U.S. and Canada Attempt to Force Mexicans to Eat GMO Tortillas

Mexico has ample cause for concern about the safety of GMO corn given the population’s large daily consumption of minimally processed corn products such as tortillas.

Victory Stories

Stopping Genetically Engineered Salmon

Our advocacy made it crystal clear: People do not want to eat GE salmon and there is no place for this or other GE animals on the market.

Victory Stories

Striking Down a Trump-era GE Rule

The judge said it best — science shows that GE technology is harmful. Thanks to this court case, the basic oversight needed to protect us has been restored.

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Trade Dispute Ruling Undermines Mexico’s Food Sovereignty, and Authority to Protect Health, Environment from GMO Corn

A final ruling in the trade dispute between the U.S. and Mexico over GMO corn finds that Mexico failed to adhere to some steps required by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement.

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Genetically Engineered Salmon Production Ends as AquaBounty Shutters Last Facility

Following decades of controversy, widespread market rejection and legal and regulatory challenges, U.S.-based biotechnology and aquaculture company AquaBounty Technologies announced it will stop produ…

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GMOs 2.0: Synthetic Biology

Educate yourself about the new generation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are hitting the market without appropriate regulatory oversight or assessment for health and environmental risks.

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U.S. – Mexico GMO corn dispute resources

Friends of the Earth U.S. submitted a brief describing significant new science on health risks of genetically engineered corn.

Genetically Engineered Soil Microbes: Risks and Concerns

The release of live genetically engineered microbes in agriculture represents an unprecedented open-air genetic experiment.

Di no a los mosquitos transgénicos en tu comunidad

Fact sheet on genetically engineered mosquitoes in Spanish

Say NO to Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes in Your Community!

The EPA has approved the use of nearly 2 million genetically engineered mosquitoes in California, which will pose a risk to our health and the environment. You can help stop this by telling decisionma…

GE Mosquitoes Issue Brief

California is poised to be the second state where genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes are released, unless the public and California’s government officials demand otherwise. Earlier this year, ha…

Mosquitos Transgénicos

Se planea que California será el segundo estado de Estados Unidos donde se liberarán los mosquitos transgénicos, a menos de que el público y los funcionarios del gobierno de California exijan lo c…

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GMO Animals: From Lab to Factory Farm

Our report on genetically engineered animal experiments reveals the risks to human health, the environment and animal welfare.

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