20/July/20

 

As the citizens of Florida and Texas prepare to act as subjects in an experiment in which millions of Oxitec's genetically modified mosquitoes would be released in their states, a scandal has emerged around a journal's treatment of a scientific article that drew attention to unanticipated outcomes and risks of the project. The journal published criticisms of the paper – but then refused to publish the lead author's response to the criticisms. GMWatch

 

 

A new study by an international team of scientists shows that if Bt insecticidal or herbicide-tolerant GM maize is grown in Europe, this could threaten the continent's butterflies and moths. GMWatch

 

 

The World Health Organisation is sending scientists to China to investigate the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The problem is, they are starting with the assumption that the virus originated by a "zoonotic" leap from animals to humans in a market or in the wild. That means they're assuming that no genetic engineering or lab origin were involved – in spite of the evidence that these are possible scenarios. Sky News