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Asbestos. Tobacco. Benzene. Each time, observational evidence raised early warnings. Each time, it was dismissed as inconclusive. Each time, regulation arrived late. Regulatory approval should be treated as provisional, not as a golden seal.

Different kinds of evidence are judged by very different standards—and epidemiology consistently gets the harshest treatment. Nowhere is this blind spot more consequential than with pollution and chemicals in commerce.

The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...

NEW: Read this terrific piece @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social for @thenerve.news in which she unpicks Edge.org, the hugely influential 'salon' funded by Epstein & threaded through with race science & eugenics.
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Judicial Review: Stop hidden GMOs entering our food and environment We are acting with a group of citizens, farmers, food producers and retailers to ensure novel genetically modified organisms are visible and traceable in the environment and food system.

The High Court will hear the @beyond-gm.bsky.social challenge to the Govt's deregulation of gene-edited food and farming at a hearing May 12-13th 2026. You can donate to Beyond GM's crowdfunder to help them cover their legal fees. Pls help them reach their goal! www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hi...

The AGtivist: Concerns over precision-breeding grow ahead of High Court hearing in May Following the UK Gov’s Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023, critics and campaigners are calling for much-needed transparency and consent…

Concerns over so-called "precision-breeding" (new GMOs) grow ahead of High Court hearing in May. Following the UK Govt's Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023, critics and campaigners are calling for much-needed transparency and consent. #GMO wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/the-agt...

Farmers’ groups, scarred by decades of agrarian distress, view AI-driven ag as the next corporate Trojan horse. Andhra has experimented with zero-budget natural farming under the previous YSRCP regime; tech-heavy models from Seattle feel like a reversal favoring multinationals.

Why People oppose Bill Gates visit to ap? Why People oppose Bill Gates visit to ap

Why people oppose Bill Gates’ visit to Andhra Pradesh? Among other reasons, Gates’ promotion of corporate-backed seeds and agri-tech revives anxieties linked to the #GMO Bt cotton era and farmer indebtedness, when suicides spiked. www.metroindia.net/news/article...

The genetic framing is politically convenient—and profitable. Genetic explanations rarely trigger regulation, lawsuits, or liability. Environmental causes do. If disease is genetic, responsibility shifts from systems to individuals. From policy to personal fate. From prevention to treatment—Lanphear

Why Disease Isn’t Written in Our DNA What heritability gets wrong—and prevention gets right

Why Disease Isn’t Written in Our DNA. What heritability gets wrong—and prevention gets right. If genes explain so much, why did heart disease, diabetes, dementia, and cancer surge over the past century—while our genes barely changed at all? Asks @blanphear.bsky.social

In the country considered the epicentre of #GMO crop development, possessing the largest area of GM crops in the world, and driving much of the "feeding the world" narrative... 👇

Histórico: ya juzgan en Rosario a productores y ex funcionarios por contaminar y atentar contra la salud con el uso de agrotóxicos El debate se desarrolla desde este miércoles en los Tribunales Federales. Hay nueve acusados por este caso ocurrido en Pergamino. Ambientalistas estuvieron presentes y celebraron que la Justicia se ha...

In an important precedent, seven agricultural producers and two municipal officials have gone on trial in Argentina over the misuse of agrochemicals. They're charged with endangering health and causing pollution by spraying pesticides close to populated areas. elciudadanoweb.com/historico-ya...

The highest court in America could deprive thousands of Roundup consumers suffering from cancer of their day in court.

SCOTUS will take up a case that asks whether federal law protects pesticide manufacturers from lawsuits claiming that their products cause cancer.

YouTube video by KTN News Kenya Fair Agriculture Movement protests push to legalize GMOs

TV news report on the latest protests against the push to legalize GMOs in Kenya www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5gJ...

Kathomi described the introduction of GMOs as “food colonisation” and accused the government of forcing GMOs on Kenyans instead of supporting indigenous seeds. “You legalise #GMOs and simultaneously list the Kenya Seed Company for privatisation, what are you doing to the Kenyan people?”

Anti-GMO activists to hold protests in Kisumu Anti-GMO activists have intensified their campaign in Kisumu, vowing to fight the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)

Anti-#GMO activists to hold protests in Kisumu, Kenya’s third largest city. “We’re going to fight GMOs in the streets, in court, and in every other way until GMOs are burnt in this country,” declared farmer and farmers’ advocacy leader Mary Kathomi. k24.digital/news/anti-gm...

Supreme Court sets April hearing for Roundup preemption case The US Supreme Court has set an April hearing in a closely watched case brought by Bayer that seeks to make the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the ultimate arbiter of warning labels on pesticid...

US Supreme Court sets April hearing for Roundup preemption case. Multiple courts, including two appellate courts, have rejected Bayer’s argument for legal immunity from cancer lawsuits, but the Trump administration is siding with Bayer. #glyphosate www.thenewlede.org/2026/02/supr...

Carey Gillam on Bayer Glyphosate and Cancer - Corporate Crime Reporter Last week, Carey Gillam published a story titled – Top scientist booted from research institute, Concerns about chemical industry influence in ouster. In it, Gillam reports that Daniele Mandrioli, the...

Carey Gillam talks about Bayer, cancer, and the ousting of the chief scientist overseeing a sweeping multi-pronged study of the safety of #glyphosate, following vicious attacks by the chemical industry—and how this is an all too familiar pattern. www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/car...

Pest resistance increasing in Bt-cotton: Minister Pink bollworm has developed resistance against Bt protein and is becoming a major pest in all cotton-growing areas, says Ramnath Thakur, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare

Pest resistance increasing in #GMO Bt cotton: Agri­cul­ture Minister. Pink boll­worm has developed res­ist­ance and is becom­ing a major pest in all cot­ton ­grow­ing areas. Suck­ing pests are also sur­ging, he said. Farm­ers now spend more on pesti­cides.

Update: #GMO/Genome-editing in Japan by the Consumers Union of Japan
1) Campaign to get 12 supermarket chains to not sell genome-edited tomatoes
2) Food labelling campaign
www.nishoren.org/en/

Agribusiness corporations use free trade agreements to restrict farmers' rights to save and exchange seed, so that the companies can make a profit. What has been Latin America's recent experience? grain.org/e/7353

Here's our latest GMO Review, which takes in the bad news on new GMOs, and the good news on GMO bans and restrictions, as well as victories for seed sovereignty🌱🎉 Also, the shocking human costs of a major #GMO failure, and our latest LOBBYWATCH🕵️reports. gmwatch.org/en/main-menu...

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The recording of our webinar on the risks of the convergence of #newgeneticenginnering #NGTs and #Artificialintelligence #AI is online:

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Modified food, modified rights? Why genetically modify organisms labelling must stay

Modified food, modified rights? Why #GMO labelling must stay with new GMOs. European consumer organisations are pushing back, calling for full transparency and insisting ALL GMOs must continue to be labelled. www.brusselstimes.com/1793393/modi...

These genes were thought to lead to blindness 100% of the time. They don't. New research finds that retinal diseases thought to map one-to-one to genetic mutations are more complicated than that.

The genetics of many diseases thought to have simple causes—a mutation in a single gene—might be a lot more complex than previously thought. "We're in an era of discovering a lot more about the complexity of our genomes," says Professor of Human Genetics Anna Murray. @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

Anti‑GMO farming campaign gathers 133,000 signatures in Switzerland An alliance behind an initiative to protect Swiss food from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has gathered more than 133,000 signatures, it announced on Monday.

Anti‑GMO farming campaign gathers 133,000 signatures in Switzerland. It calls for no loss of controls over GMOs, and the protection of GMO-free agriculture, even after Switzerland's current #GMO moratorium expires in 2030. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-po...

Ukraine bans GMOs to unlock billions in EU farm market access Ukraine banned GMOs and is overhauling pesticides, subsidies, and food safety to meet EU standards before a make-or-break 2028 quota review.

Ukraine bans #GMO crops as wartime farmers race to meet EU standards by 2028. Ukraine is siding with Europe—and betting that non-#GMO certification will give it an edge in markets where traceability matters. Ukrainian farmers broadly support the shift. euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/06/u...

Ramazzini Institute researchers protest: “Our independence is at risk” They fear the pesticide industry’s response to the Global Glyphosate Study triggered the firing of the Institute’s scientific director

Ramazzini Institute researchers protest: “Our independence is at risk”. A major Italian trade union is up in arms following the dismissal of the Ramazzini’s scientific director. They fear industry backlash to Global #Glyphosate Study triggered the firing. gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...

... The compound is annually spread on around 4.5m acres of fields in which corn, soybeans and genetically engineered cotton are grown. #GMO #GMOs

US chemical giant to stop producing herbicide called ‘toxic cocktail’ by critics Corteva will discontinue a mixture of Agent Orange and glyphosate, but another of its herbicides will still use Vietnam war-era defoliant

US chemical giant to stop producing herbicide called ‘toxic cocktail’ by critics. Corteva will discontinue Enlist Duo—a mixture of Agent Orange and #glyphosate for use on #GMO crops, but another of its herbicides will still use Vietnam war-era defoliant. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Repairing trust in science requires a more inclusive understanding of innovation These are extraordinarily challenging times for university researchers across the United States. After decades of government largess based on the idea that a large and well-financed research ecosystem...

Public trust in science and technology is a serious, growing problem, especially now. Instead of trying to solve it with better communication, we should adopt a more inclusive approach to innovation that takes low-tech, incremental, and system-wide solutions seriously. My new piece @science.org 👇🏽🧵