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BAYER donations to Trump pay off/The Supreme Court followed Trump AG's recommendation to consider BAYER's request for legal immunity. "BAYER has massively supported the Republicans with campaign donations, and its boss was the only head of a German DAX firm to attend Trump’s inauguration ceremony.”
BAYERs Wahlkampf-Spenden an Trump & Co. zahlen sich aus: Der Konzern hat es geschafft, den Fall #Glyphosat vor den Supreme Court zu bringen.
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Supreme Court befasst sich mit Glyphosat - Coordination gegen BAYER-Gefahren (CBG)
Presse-Information vom 19.01.26 Das oberste Gericht der USA folgte am Freitag der Empfehlung des von Donald Trump eingesetzten Generalanwalts Dean John Sauer und nahm den BAYER-Antrag, sich mit Glypho...
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January 21, 2026 at 12:47 PM
BAYER donations to Trump pay off/The Supreme Court followed Trump AG's recommendation to consider BAYER's request for legal immunity. "BAYER has massively supported the Republicans with campaign donations, and its boss was the only head of a German DAX firm to attend Trump’s inauguration ceremony.”
In the country considered the epicentre of #GMO crop development, possessing the largest area of GM crops in the world, and driving much of the "feeding the world" narrative... 👇
47,900,000 Americans, including one in five children, were food insecure in 2024. That was before restrictions to SNAP and higher food prices. The Trump administration has since ceased publication of these reports. Read the final one, by the dedicated USDA ERS team, here ers.usda.gov/sites/defaul...
January 21, 2026 at 9:45 AM
In the country considered the epicentre of #GMO crop development, possessing the largest area of GM crops in the world, and driving much of the "feeding the world" narrative... 👇
If ‘new GMOs’ are authorised in the EU, it will be a a dangerous ‘privatisation of life,’ say members of the French National Assembly, Benoît Biteau and Lisa Belluco, MEP Marie Toussaint, and peasant struggle leader José Bové. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
« En autorisant les “nouveaux OGM”, l’UE organise la dépendance, au lieu de construire la résilience »
TRIBUNE. Dans une tribune au « Monde », les députés écologistes Benoît Biteau et Lisa Belluco, l’eurodéputée Marie Toussaint et la figure des luttes paysannes José Bové s’élèvent contre l’accord en fa...
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January 20, 2026 at 9:16 PM
If ‘new GMOs’ are authorised in the EU, it will be a a dangerous ‘privatisation of life,’ say members of the French National Assembly, Benoît Biteau and Lisa Belluco, MEP Marie Toussaint, and peasant struggle leader José Bové. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Prof. Michael Antoniou of Kings College London: The latest evidence shows the levels of #glyphosate exposure considered safe are not safe—and that's been highlighted graphically in a recent cancer study which showed what regulators consider safe is highly carcinogenic. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Farming Today - 20/01/26 Water sector reforms and farming, forage shortage, glyphosate - BBC Sounds
Government plans to overhaul the water system, what will it mean for agriculture?
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January 20, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Prof. Michael Antoniou of Kings College London: The latest evidence shows the levels of #glyphosate exposure considered safe are not safe—and that's been highlighted graphically in a recent cancer study which showed what regulators consider safe is highly carcinogenic. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Enshittification of our food and farms: #Patents and new GMOs. Bayer going after Pfizer for patent infringement is a forerunner for widespread abuse of intellectual property claims in food and farming if the planned #GMO deregulation goes ahead.
Enshittification of our food and farms: Patents and new GMOs
Bayer going after Pfizer for patent infringement is a forerunner for widespread abuse of intellectual property claims in food and farming if the planned GMO deregulation goes ahead. Report: Claire Rob...
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January 19, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Controversial Tennessee Bill Shielding Pesticide Manufacturers From Liability Back On House Committee Calendar. Last year the bill, brought to the legislature by Bayer, faced intense community pushback. Now it's back and due to be heard on Wed, Jan 21. tennesseeconservativenews.com/controversia...
Controversial Tennessee Bill Shielding Pesticide Manufacturers From Liability Back On House Committee Calendar
After Being Deferred Last Year Because Of Intense Community Pushback, A Proposed Bill Removing Liability For Pesticide And Chemical Manufacturers Has Been Revived And Is Set To Be Heard By The House J...
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January 19, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Controversial Tennessee Bill Shielding Pesticide Manufacturers From Liability Back On House Committee Calendar. Last year the bill, brought to the legislature by Bayer, faced intense community pushback. Now it's back and due to be heard on Wed, Jan 21. tennesseeconservativenews.com/controversia...
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Simplistic stories of genic inheritance are well out of date.
So why do so many cling to them?
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So why do so many cling to them?
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Sperm Carry Memories of a Father’s Environment
Researchers show that a father’s environment can shape offspring development through small RNAs packaged into sperm. One sperm-enriched RNA regulates gene activity and cell division immediately after ...
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January 18, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Simplistic stories of genic inheritance are well out of date.
So why do so many cling to them?
@gmwatch.bsky.social
www.technologynetworks.com/proteomics/n...
So why do so many cling to them?
@gmwatch.bsky.social
www.technologynetworks.com/proteomics/n...
Fifty years ago #Monsanto put something on the market that would change the world forever. ‘Does Roundup Cause Cancer? They Don’t Want You to Know.’ Good overview with Carey Gillam. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTmt...
Does Roundup Cause Cancer? They Don’t Want You to Know
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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January 17, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Fifty years ago #Monsanto put something on the market that would change the world forever. ‘Does Roundup Cause Cancer? They Don’t Want You to Know.’ Good overview with Carey Gillam. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTmt...
Bayer wants legal immunity from being sued by those it harms, even though Bayer and its subsidiary #Monsanto have aggressively pursued others, including farmers, through the courts! Here's the latest example. sharylattkisson.com/2026/01/baye...
Bayer lawsuit claims Pfizer, Moderna used Monsanto’s GMO technology to build Covid vaccines | Sharyl Attkisson
Bayer sued Pfizer, Moderna, and J&J, claiming they used Monsanto’s patented GMO technology to develop Covid vaccines.
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January 16, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Bayer wants legal immunity from being sued by those it harms, even though Bayer and its subsidiary #Monsanto have aggressively pursued others, including farmers, through the courts! Here's the latest example. sharylattkisson.com/2026/01/baye...
It’s only Roundup: #Glyphosate’s safety myth. The recently retracted glyphosate safety paper was only exposed because individuals exercised their right to hold pesticide companies accountable through the courts by bringing cases using failure to warn arguments. www.panna.org/news/glyphos...
It's only Roundup: Glyphosate's safety myth | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN)
EPA’s assessment of glyphosate is based on faulty information that was fed to them by Monsanto. This should be enough for the EPA to reopen to the process to evaluate the potential carcinogenicity of ...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:12 PM
It’s only Roundup: #Glyphosate’s safety myth. The recently retracted glyphosate safety paper was only exposed because individuals exercised their right to hold pesticide companies accountable through the courts by bringing cases using failure to warn arguments. www.panna.org/news/glyphos...
Bayer gets the US Supreme Court hearing it wanted to challenge Roundup-cancer lawsuits. The Supreme Court will decide whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging #Monsanto failed to warn people that its #glyphosate weedkiller could cause cancer. eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
A popular weedkiller is part of Supreme Court's latest case. Here's why.
The Supreme Court will decide whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging Monsanto failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller could cause cancer.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Bayer gets the US Supreme Court hearing it wanted to challenge Roundup-cancer lawsuits. The Supreme Court will decide whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging #Monsanto failed to warn people that its #glyphosate weedkiller could cause cancer. eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
The world has over two billion people who are food insecure. In the US, there are one in five children going hungry, and the numbers are getting worse. Yet we already have more then enough food to feed everyone on the planet. What's going on here? Raj Patel has some answers👇
Clara Mattei does it all and if you're anywhere near Tulsa, Free - the Forum for Real Economic Emancipation - is always worth attending. Here's some of the conversation Clara and I had there about the food system www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbU... www.freefreeforum.org
Hunger Is the Point: The Capitalist Food System Explained | Raj Patel
We grow enough food to feed everyone, yet hunger keeps rising. Raj Patel explains how the capitalist food system produces “cheap food”, making hunger predictable, and profitable.
In this…
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January 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
The world has over two billion people who are food insecure. In the US, there are one in five children going hungry, and the numbers are getting worse. Yet we already have more then enough food to feed everyone on the planet. What's going on here? Raj Patel has some answers👇
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Horrifically the 1% are now ready, floor models coming to a dealership near you soon. Again @margaretatwood.bsky.social predicted this in “Oryx And Crake” (2003) 🧪 🌱🐋
The reckless human embryo genome editor, He Jiankui, known as China's Dr. Frankenstein, is back at it.
"People were not yet ready to accept what I was doing."
We're still not.
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"People were not yet ready to accept what I was doing."
We're still not.
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China’s ‘Dr. Frankenstein’ Thinks Time Is on His Side
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January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Horrifically the 1% are now ready, floor models coming to a dealership near you soon. Again @margaretatwood.bsky.social predicted this in “Oryx And Crake” (2003) 🧪 🌱🐋
Residues of #glyphosate, a weedkiller linked to cancer and other serious health conditions, have been detected in children's play parks across the south of England. Children's health advocates are pushing for a complete ban in public spaces. www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Invisible cancer-causing chemical discovered in children’s playgrounds
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January 15, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Residues of #glyphosate, a weedkiller linked to cancer and other serious health conditions, have been detected in children's play parks across the south of England. Children's health advocates are pushing for a complete ban in public spaces. www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
European Patent Office increasingly brazen in allowing patents on Non-GMO plants—something supposedly banned in the EU, warns No Patents On Seed gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...
European Patent Office turns its back on EU decisions
EPO practice of allowing patents on non-GM plants is becoming increasingly brazen, says No Patents on Seeds
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January 15, 2026 at 12:26 PM
European Patent Office increasingly brazen in allowing patents on Non-GMO plants—something supposedly banned in the EU, warns No Patents On Seed gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...
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During peaceful protests against EU-Mercosur FTA & colonial policies in French overseas territories which the trade deal will exacerbate, 52 La Via Campesina peasants, including their general coordinator Morgan Ody were arrested. We join the call for their release! viacampesina.org/en/2026/01/f...
ALERT: 52 Peasants Arrested in France—La Via Campesina Demands Their Immediate Release
More than 150 peasants from the Confédération Paysanne (Farmers' Confederation) from all over France, including a large delegation from the DROMs, occupied the Ministry of Agriculture..
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January 15, 2026 at 10:02 AM
During peaceful protests against EU-Mercosur FTA & colonial policies in French overseas territories which the trade deal will exacerbate, 52 La Via Campesina peasants, including their general coordinator Morgan Ody were arrested. We join the call for their release! viacampesina.org/en/2026/01/f...
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Increased pesticide use in Illinois is killing native oaks. While the number of acres of #GMO soybeans and corn have remained stable for the past 25 years, the use of #pesticides in Illinois has doubled. The state’s oldest trees are getting sick from the drift. investigatemidwest.org/2026/01/05/i...
Increased pesticide use in Illinois is killing native oaks - Investigate Midwest
While nearly the same amount of corn and soybean acres have been planted every year since the mid-1990s, the use of pesticides in Illinois has increased exponentially, according to USDA data. Synthet...
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January 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Increased pesticide use in Illinois is killing native oaks. While the number of acres of #GMO soybeans and corn have remained stable for the past 25 years, the use of #pesticides in Illinois has doubled. The state’s oldest trees are getting sick from the drift. investigatemidwest.org/2026/01/05/i...
Scientist, farmer, and campaigner all call time on #glyphosate. Pre-harvest desiccation and non-farming uses of glyphosate should be banned, conference speakers agree. gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...
Scientist, farmer, and campaigner all call time on glyphosate
Pre-harvest desiccation and non-farming uses of glyphosate should be banned, conference speakers agree. Report: Claire Robinson
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January 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Scientist, farmer, and campaigner all call time on #glyphosate. Pre-harvest desiccation and non-farming uses of glyphosate should be banned, conference speakers agree. gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...
#GMO herbicide-tolerant Bt cotton seeds being pushed in the Indian state of Telangana. Farmers Commission Chairman cautions farmers against the use of the banned seeds and #glyphosate as they pose serious risks to agriculture, soil health and human safety. www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
HTBT Cotton seeds being pushed in Gadwal and Adilabad; Rythu Commission Chairman Kodanda Reddy cautions farmers
Rythu Commission Chairman warns farmers against using banned HTBT cotton seeds and glyphosate, highlighting risks to agriculture and health.
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January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
#GMO herbicide-tolerant Bt cotton seeds being pushed in the Indian state of Telangana. Farmers Commission Chairman cautions farmers against the use of the banned seeds and #glyphosate as they pose serious risks to agriculture, soil health and human safety. www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
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Media about #newgeneticengineering in plants:
Lots of opportunities and no risks?
How did such one-sidedness come about in public media discourse? We took a closer look at the coverage in @spiegel.de over the last few years...
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Lots of opportunities and no risks?
How did such one-sidedness come about in public media discourse? We took a closer look at the coverage in @spiegel.de over the last few years...
www.testbiotech.org/en/news/the-...
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Media about #newgeneticengineering in plants:
Lots of opportunities and no risks?
How did such one-sidedness come about in public media discourse? We took a closer look at the coverage in @spiegel.de over the last few years...
www.testbiotech.org/en/news/the-...
Lots of opportunities and no risks?
How did such one-sidedness come about in public media discourse? We took a closer look at the coverage in @spiegel.de over the last few years...
www.testbiotech.org/en/news/the-...
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Farmers are being betrayed. CropLife Europe, the von der Leyen Commission, the EPP and the far right are pushing the EU-MERCOSUR deal — devastating for farmers and the environment, while Bayer & BASF profit. Protests are being hijacked to weaken EU pesticide and health rules.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Farmers are being betrayed. CropLife Europe, the von der Leyen Commission, the EPP and the far right are pushing the EU-MERCOSUR deal — devastating for farmers and the environment, while Bayer & BASF profit. Protests are being hijacked to weaken EU pesticide and health rules.
Watch to find out more
Watch to find out more
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Bayer’s ambitions boosted by relaxation of EU gene-edited crop rules. German life sciences giant says looser regulations for new GMOs could reshape Europe’s €6bn seed market. Corteva, BASF and Syngenta have also invested heavily in gene editing. www.ft.com/content/975e...
Bayer’s ambitions boosted by relaxation of EU gene-edited crop rules
German life sciences giant says looser regulations could reshape Europe’s €6bn seed market
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January 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Bayer’s ambitions boosted by relaxation of EU gene-edited crop rules. German life sciences giant says looser regulations for new GMOs could reshape Europe’s €6bn seed market. Corteva, BASF and Syngenta have also invested heavily in gene editing. www.ft.com/content/975e...
Researcher Brian Dowd-Uribe comments tellingly (on X) on the failure of #GMO golden rice – and those who persist in hyping it against all evidence and experience. He goes on to describe this phenomenon as "a promise making machine that endures in the face of extreme underperformance."
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Researcher Brian Dowd-Uribe comments tellingly (on X) on the failure of #GMO golden rice – and those who persist in hyping it against all evidence and experience. He goes on to describe this phenomenon as "a promise making machine that endures in the face of extreme underperformance."
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More grim news in cultivated meat sector as pioneering lab-grown meat firm Meatable folds. There’s no playbook for producing lab-grown meat at scale and funding has begun to dry up big time. agfundernews.com/more-grim-ne...
More grim news in cultivated meat sector as Meatable folds: ‘We are now entering the second phase of this industry’
"Outcomes for any one company should not be interpreted as a measure of the strength of the sector overall,” insists AMPS.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
More grim news in cultivated meat sector as pioneering lab-grown meat firm Meatable folds. There’s no playbook for producing lab-grown meat at scale and funding has begun to dry up big time. agfundernews.com/more-grim-ne...
RIP Arnaud Apoteker, an excellent scientist and tireless campaigner for environmental justice in opposing GMOs & pesticides. But above all, he was a wonderful, humble, and kind human being, with an infectious sense of humour. @generationsfutures.fr tribute www.generations-futures.fr/actualites/h...
Hommage de Générations Futures à Arnaud Apoteker - Générations Futures
Un scientifique rigoureux et militant anti-OGM infatigable à la très grande humilité. C’est avec une immense tristesse que nous avons appris dimanche 11
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January 13, 2026 at 8:10 PM
RIP Arnaud Apoteker, an excellent scientist and tireless campaigner for environmental justice in opposing GMOs & pesticides. But above all, he was a wonderful, humble, and kind human being, with an infectious sense of humour. @generationsfutures.fr tribute www.generations-futures.fr/actualites/h...