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Luxembourg: Environment Minister signs "No to GMO" on Greenpeace truck

26/03/2010 A Greenpeace bus tour against GMOs started today in Luxembourg where 83% of the citizens are against GMOs. Three ministers (environment, health and agriculture) participted in the kick-off event and vowed their support for the tour. "GMOs have negative consequences for biodiversity, human health and the environment", said Greenpeace campaigner Maurice Losch while environment minister Marco Schank, put his signature on the bus for a GMO free Europe. The bus is heading throughout Europe with final destination Spain. More in french   /  Mehr auf Deutsch

Do it again!

25/03/2010 "Stop the Crop" - our call for an EU moratorium of GMO approvals has just started today. The first websites are putting the letter to national ministers online and we have translations in English, German, French, Spanish and Dutch available so far. More to come. Please join us now and spread the word. The Avaaz-petition has just surpassed the 300.000 signature mark.

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2013-04-16 |

Rothamsted Research submits application to Defra to plant autumn-sown wheat as part of its GM field trial

Rothamsted Research has submitted an application to Defra to extend its current GM wheat field trial to include additional autumn-sown cadenza wheat. Rothamsted scientists believe it would be advantageous to gain further data from their experiment, in wheat planted at a different time of year and under different weather conditions with different aphid populations. This will give us additional data under a more diverse range of environmental conditions.

2013-04-12 |

GM maize failing in Brazil due to Bt-resistant pests

Brazilian news reported last week that GM maize fields are being destroyed by the pest the crop was designed to resist, the Fall army worm. Brazilian news reported last week that GM maize fields are being destroyed by the pest the crop was designed to resist, the Fall army worm. Farmers have reported that in the Federal District around the nation’s capital Brasília, and the state of Paraná, growing resistance in pests to the crop’s toxins is making GM-technology redundant. The maize variety is sold under the name Herculex.

2013-04-12 |

German fields are GMO-free in 2013

Because of the very strong anti-GMO-movement and anti-GMO stance in Germany, 87% of Germans are against GMOs in agriculture and food production. In 2012 there were no commercial GM crops grown in Germany, and this will remain the case in 2013. Monsanto´s Mon 810 maize has been banned since 2009 and BASF´s Amflora potato was an economic disaster from the very beginning – authorised in 2010 for cultivation, it was grown by just one farmer on 15 hectares in 2010 and 2 hectares in 2011, and then never again.

2013-04-11 |

Tesco drops 11-year ban on eggs from chickens fed on GM soya diet as it blames farmers and suppliers for the decision

The next time you buy chicken or eggs from Tesco, they may come from birds fed genetically modified soya. The supermarket chain yesterday abandoned its 11-year commitment not to sell poultry reared on the controversial GM feed. The original controls were put in place to reflect the concerns of shoppers, who question the impact of GM crops on human health and the countryside.

2013-04-09 |

Consumer Rights Association claims Turkey imports illegal GMO products

The Consumer Rights Association (TDH) claimed yesterday that several different genetically modified organism products that jeopardize people’s health are being imported as the companies involved in 21 tons of seized GMO rice still deny the allegations. Turkey imported officially and legally goods like soya bean, soya oil, corn, cotton and rice worth more than $12 billion from producer countries between 2008 and 2012, said THD in a statement. Turkey imported $6 billion of these goods from the United States, one of the biggest GMO producers in the world.

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