UK Government Keeps Public in Dark over Secret GMO Deals
GeneWatch UK today made an official complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) about missing and redacted documents showing the GM industry’s influence over the Government’s policy and...
View ArticleShaka Movement Shakes Up Biotech Industry in Hawaii – Exclusive Interview
Sustainable Pulse Exclusive Interview with member of the Hawaiian SHAKA Movement, Mark Sheehan, Ph.D. The SHAKA Movement is an advocacy, communications and educational outreach program and hub, where...
View ArticleBavaria Signs Agreement to Go GMO Free
Germany’s Bavaria region has become the 62nd GMO Free farming area in Europe. The Munich-based Bavarian Environment Minister Dr. Marcel Huber, signed the GMO Free agreement in Brussels, with the...
View ArticleChinese Army Bans All GMO Grains and Oil from Supply Stations
The Chinese army has ordered all military supply stations to only allow the purchase of non-GMO grain and food oil due to health safety concerns over GMOs. This move by the Chinese army is being seen...
View ArticleGM Foods Neither Safe Nor Needed, Say Genetic Engineers
Genetically modified crops and foods are neither safe nor necessary to feed the world, a new report by genetic engineers shows. The second edition of GMO Myths and Truths, co-authored by genetic...
View ArticleGlobal GMO Free Coalition Brings Together 4.5 Million People to Fight Biotech...
The Global GMO Free Coalition has launched on Tuesday, bringing together GMO Free groups across 6 continents with a partner membership of over 4.5 Million people. The Global GMO Free Coalition, with...
View ArticleBulgaria Stands Up to EU over Full Ban on GM Crops
Bulgaria stands categorically against the cultivation of GMO Maize in Europe. After lengthy debates in the European institutions regarding the cultivation of genetically modified maize (GM Maize) in EU...
View ArticleU.S. Government Ties El Salvador USD 277 M Aid Package to Monsanto’s GMO Seeds
The President of the El Salvadoran Center for Appropriate Technologies (CESTA), Ricardo Navarro, has demanded that the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, Mari Carmen Aponte, stops pressurizing the...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan Bans All GMO Products and GM Crops
Kyrgyzstan has Wednesday become one of the first countries in the World to ban the cultivation of GM Crops alongside the import and sale of all GMO products, the news agency 24.kg has announced. The...
View ArticleChina’s State Media Reveals Unapproved Genetically Modified Rice Is on the...
CCTV, China’s state broadcaster, has discovered genetically modified rice being sold in two southern provinces, the second such allegation it has made in two years at a time when public opinion seems...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament Releases Q&A on GMO Cultivation
The European Parliament (EP) has released a Q&A summary regarding GMO cultivation in the bloc ahead of Wednesday’s EP debate on the subject. Source: European Parliament The EU has one of the...
View ArticleGerman Supermarket Giants Demand Return to GMO-Free Fed Poultry
Germany’s top supermarkets, the powerhouses of Europe when it comes to retail, have delivered a blow to the biotech industry by forcing the German poultry industry to return to the use of non-GMO feed....
View ArticleGMO Labeling Will Cost Less than a Penny a Day for U.S. Consumers
A new analysis commissioned by Consumers Union, the policy arm of Consumer Reports, and conducted by the independent Portland-based economic research firm, ECONorthwest, found from a review of...
View ArticleWorld’s Largest Ever GMO Safety Study Set for London Launch
On Wednesday Sustainable Pulse received a media advisory regarding the launch of a $ 25 Million international study on GMO and pesticide safety in Central London, UK on November 11. The location of the...
View ArticleAzerbaijan MP Mustafayeva: Sellers of GM Foods Should Be Fined
Azerbaijan should penalize those involved in the sale of food products containing genetically modified organisms, Member of Parliament, Head of the Research Institute on Human Rights, Ayten Mustafayeva...
View ArticleMaui Wins Community GMO Victory Over Monsanto
GMO bans pass in counties in Hawaii and California, while millions in industry spending drown out labeling efforts in Colorado. Residents of Maui County in Hawaii, frequently referred to as ‘GMO Ground...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament Strengthens Countries’ Rights to Say No to GMO
The European Parliament’s environment committee today voted on a proposal for a new scheme for the authorisation of genetically-modified organisms in the EU (1). The vote by MEPs strengthens the...
View ArticleGlobal GMO Free Coalition Set to Help Fund World’s Largest GMO Safety Study
The Global GMO Free Coalition welcomes the launch of the largest ever study on GMO and pesticide safety – Factor GMO. This is the type of study that should have been carried out on all GM foods before...
View ArticleGermany and Bulgaria Confirm Strong Opposition to GM Crops
Germany’s Farm Minister Christian Schmidt and Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov both confirmed their countries’ strong opposition to GM crops on Friday. “Bulgaria’s position on that matter...
View ArticleNorwegian Authorities Ban GM Fish Feed over Antibiotic Resistance Fears
According to the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has stopped approving (on a yearly basis) GMOs for use in fish feed that contain genes coding for antibiotic...
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