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| | Gene-edited low acrylamide wheat hits roadblock Rothamsted Research’s GM gene-edited low acrylamide wheat has hit problems. An article in Euro News reports that the researchers are having trouble removing foreign DNA from the wheat – a step that they deem important to enable the wheat to evade GMO regulations, including risk assessment, traceability requirements, and GMO labelling, in different regions of the world. The development exposes the fakery of widespread claims that gene-edited products don’t contain foreign DNA – not to mention the other claims that gene editing can quickly bring important products to market that would take far longer using conventional breeding. GMWatch NZ Gene Technology Bill breaches international convention on public right to know The New Zealand government’s Gene Technology Bill is in breach of the GMO Amendment to the Aarhus Convention, which requires consulting the public, allowing public participation, and ensuring access to justice, says GE Free NZ. On April 20, the Aarhus Convention’s new GMO Amendment was passed. The Amendment clarifies the procedures for consulting with the public when developing a national biosafety framework. GE Free NZ says the process of writing the Gene Technology Bill and the regulatory system it sets up contravenes the Aarhus Amendment in a number of ways. GE Free NZ Guatemala: Indigenous peoples denounce GMO threats, defend food sovereignty On April 12, organisations of indigenous peoples, peasants, scientists and activists gathered in the Guatemalan city of Chimaltenango for the "2025 Food Sovereignty Seminar", where a powerful declaration was issued in defence of native seeds, ancestral knowledge, and the food sovereignty of the peoples of Guatemala and Mesoamerica. Under the slogan “We care for and defend the seeds for the continuity of life”, participants denounced the growing threat posed by genetic modification technologies, particularly the recent allocation of public funds to an NGO linked to the company Semilla Nueva for the development of gene-edited maize using CRISPR-Cas technology. GMWatch Health Canada ordered to reassess glyphosate risks, as new evidence of health harms to children from glyphosate surfaces In a significant victory in the fight against toxics, environmental and health groups in Canada have successfully challenged the federal government’s renewal of a glyphosate product in court. In a February 2025 ruling, the Federal Court found that Health Canada’s 2022 decision to re-approve the glyphosate-based herbicide “Mad Dog Plus” was not substantiated by scientific assessment. This is because the “acceptable risk” of glyphosate was last assessed by Health Canada in 2017, and much new science on the risks has come out since. The Court set aside Health Canada’s re-approval of the product and has given the department six months to assess the latest science. Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in Canada by a large margin. The glyphosate product “Mad Dog Plus” is used in both agriculture and forestry. Watershed Sentinel We hope you’ve found this newsletter interesting. It was made possible by GMWatch supporters. To become one, please support our work with a one-off or regular donation. Thank you! __________________________________________________________ Website: http://www.gmwatch.org
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