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CANCUN, MEXICO – This week, international conservation and environmental leaders are calling on governments at the 2016 UN Convention on Biodiversity to establish a moratorium on the controversial genetic extinction technology called gene drives.
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Yo ho ho! Who are the most gruesome and despicable biopirates plundering genetic resources in your country? Which corporate crooks are looting indigenous knowledge in your communities? Have any governments failed to ward off marauders, enacted bogus policies, or plotted against their own people? Which gene-jacking genome editors are carrying out dastardly digital theft via your local genome database?
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BALTIMORE, MD — Consumer and environmental groups today released the Shopper’s Guide to Synthetic Biology to help consumers avoid the new wave of GMOs in food and cosmetics, and find truly natural and sustainable options.
Gene-silenced apples that never look old, synthetic stevia created with genetically engineered yeast — these are just some of the new generation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) making their way into food and consumer products.
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La fusión Bayer-Monsanto es sólo una de las diversas megafusiones que hemos anticipado. Hay en ciernes al menos otras tres, bastante ocultas del radar de la opinión pública, que quieren cambiar radicalmente las reglas del juego en los agronegocios.
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Wednesday’s confirmation that Monsanto and Bayer have agreed to a $66 billion merger is just the latest of four M&A announcements, but at least three more game-changing mergers are in play (and flying under the radar). The acquisition activity is no longer just about seeds and pesticides but about global control of agricultural inputs and world food security. Anti-competition regulators should block these mergers everywhere, and particularly in the emerging markets of the Global South, as the new mega companies will greatly expand their power and outcompete national enterprises. Four
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OAHU, HAWAI — Mientras miles de representantes de los gobiernos y conservacionistas se reúnen en Oahu esta semana para el Congreso Mundial de Conservación 2016, líderes internacionales ambientales suenan la alarma en torno a los peligros potenciales del uso de los impulsores genéticos (gene drives) — una nueva tecnología de biología sintética muy controvertida, diseñada para extinguir especies objetivo.
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Las nuevas tecnologías han jugado un papel importante en la protección de la vida sobre la Tierra y quienes firmamos este llamado apoyamos la innovación y la ciencia que puede servir a la conservación. Sin embargo, consideramos que una tecnología tan poderosa y potencialmente peligrosa como los impulsores genéticos (gene drives), cuyas consecuencias imprevistas no han sido estudiadas ni probados, ni tampoco ha sido evaluada en sus impactos éticos y sociales), no debe promoverse como herramienta de conservación.
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OAHU, HAWAI'I — As thousands of government representatives and conservationists convene in Oahu this week for the 2016 World Conservation Congress, international conservation and environmental leaders are raising awareness about the potentially dangerous use of gene drives — a controversial new synthetic biology technology intended to deliberately cause targeted species to become extinct.
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Silvia Ribeiro*
El sistema alimentario industrial, desde las semillas a los supermercados, es una máquina de enfermar a la gente y al planeta. Está vinculado a las principales enfermedades de la gente y de los animales de cría, es el mayor factor singular de cambio climático y uno de los principales causantes de factores de colapso ambiental global, como la contaminación química y la erosión de suelos, agua y biodiversidad, la disrupción de los ciclos del nitrógeno y del fósforo, vitales para la sobrevivencia de todos los seres vivos.
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By Silvia Ribeiro*
It is not often that so many prominent scientists reveal their ignorance on a topic in such a short space. This was the case for the public letter that a hundred Nobel laureates published on June 30th defending genetically modified organisms (GMOs), particularly the so-called “Golden Rice,” and attacking Greenpeace for its critical stance on these crops. The letter is so full of high-sounding adjectives and epithets, false claims and poor arguments that it seems more like a propaganda tirade from transgenic companies than scientists presenting a position.