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Trojan Horse Trade Deal Could Increase GM Food and crops in Europe
Analysis of the text published Friday (26 September 2014) from recently completed trade negotiations with Canada – seen as a template for the US trade deal – shows that the EU has already agreed to co-operate with Canada, allowing low levels of GMO contamination in food and seed. In addition, a leaked letter from the EU’s former food safety chief shows a willingness to increase imports of GM rapeseed as part of the Canadian trade deal.
EU under pressure to allow GM food imports from US and Canada
Campaign groups call on Parliament to ensure real rights to ban GMO cultivation
Campaign groups today called on members of the European Parliament to back citizens' demands for improved rules to prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops. A letter signed by five environment, consumers and farmers groups was sent to all members of the parliament's environment committee, which will debate this controversial issue later in the week.
French study on Roundup and GM maize re-published
The study was first published in 2012 by the Food and Chemical Toxicology journal, but following pressure and controversy, the journal retracted it in November last year. Now, it has been republished in the journal Environmental Sciences Europe.
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This website and film present some of the dangers of GM-crops, and call for people across Europe and beyond to take action to stop them. We need a future of food and farming that benefits people and planet, and not the pockets of big business. We need to stop GM-crops from spreading across Europe. You can sign up for updates and alerts opposite.