05/April/22

 

Big chemical and seed corporations want to push new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) onto the market, forcing genetically modified food onto our fields and plates without us knowing about it. Sign the petition demanding that European decision makers take a strong stand against any attempts to exclude new GMOs from the existing EU GMO legislation and uphold mandatory safety checks, transparency and labelling for all GMOs to guarantee the safety of our food, as well as to protect nature, the environment and our freedom of choice. You can sign whether or not you are in an EU country. Friends of the Earth Europe

 

 

In a post-screening event at the Beau Regard cinema in Paris, France's Green Party presidential candidate Yannick Jadot brought together the makers of the new French film Goliath – a drama showing the chilling power of the GMO and pesticides lobby — and some whistleblowers, researchers and elected officials who've taken on this Goliath. They included Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini, whose studies found adverse effects and signs of toxicity in animals fed GMOs and Roundup herbicide, and Sabine Grataloup, mother of Theo, who was harmed by glyphosate herbicide exposure in the womb. @GMWatch on Twitter

 

 

Canada has vowed to make a "vigorous" push for UK to accept hormone-treated beef in a trade deal. Hormone beef, which sees cows given growth hormones to boost meat production, is controversial with animal welfare advocates and some opposition politicians in the UK. If it doesn't succeed, it will use the issue as 'leverage to squeeze other wins out of the UK'. [GMW comment: Given Canada's lax attitude to pesticides and GMOs, it is not hard to guess what those might be.] Politico