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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 15h

Nature is not a lab! #IUCN2025 9–15 Oct is debating genetic engineering as a “conservation tool.”
But release of GMOs has major risks!
⚠️ They cannot be recalled
⚠️ Potential harm unpredictable & irreversible.

📣 Sign this petition for a global moratorium: www.saveourseeds.org/nature-is-no...

Nature is not a laboratory

Sign the petition! A moratorium on genetically engineered wild species is crucial to prevent unintended ecological consequences in conservation efforts.

www.saveourseeds.org

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Arnaud Apoteker @arnaudapoteker.bsky.social · 2d

www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

Les papillons et les abeilles sauvages toujours plus menacés en Europe

Plusieurs dizaines de nouvelles espèces risquent la disparition, selon l’Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature, qui vient de mettre à jour sa liste rouge.

www.lemonde.fr

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Arnaud Apoteker @arnaudapoteker.bsky.social · 19d

Patented and unlabeled GM crops: Dutch Government lobbying to scrap biotech rules

corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/p...

Patented and unlabeled GM crops: Dutch Government lobbying to scrap biotech rules | Corporate Europe Observatory

The Dutch Government is actively lobbying to scrap rules for new GM crops, which will leave consumers in the dark, undermine independent breeders, and make them and farmers even more dependent on just...

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Reporterre 🌍 | Le média de l'écologie @reporterre.net · Sep 12

Trois associations écologistes ont annoncé le 11 septembre déposer deux recours en justice auprès du Conseil d’État pour demander l’annulation d’un décret permettant au ministère de l’Agriculture d’influencer le calendrier de l’Anses.

Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/Mcx

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Arnaud Apoteker @arnaudapoteker.bsky.social · Sep 11

Mexico finally bans DDT, along with 34 other pesticides
mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-...

Mexico finally bans DDT, along with 34 other pesticides

More than half a century after it was banned by most countries worldwide, Mexico has finally prohibited the use of DDT.

mexiconewsdaily.com

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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · Aug 25

Network toxicology reveals #glyphosate mechanisms in kidney injury and cancer. Mounting evidence has intensified concerns about the nephrotoxic and carcinogenic potential of glyphosate. This study shows how it may drive kidney injury & cancer progression www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Network toxicology reveals glyphosate mechanisms in kidney injury and cancer - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Network toxicology reveals glyphosate mechanisms in kidney injury and cancer

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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · Sep 4

🧑‍⚖️🌿 In a landmark decision, the Paris Court of Appeal has held the French State accountable for ecological harm resulting from outdated and inadequate #pesticide risk assessments.
www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...

French court of appeal: pesticide risk assessment protocols have to be updated and all pesticide authorisations need to be revised

In a landmark decision, the Paris Court of Appeal has held the French State accountable for ecological harm resulting from outdated and inadequate pesticide risk assessments. The ruling obliges the Fr...

www.pan-europe.info

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Club of Rome @clubofrome.org · Aug 22

We’re honoured to welcome 🇧🇷 Brazilian climate scientist Carlos Afonso Nobre to The Club of Rome. A leading expert on the #Amazon, he joins us in advancing solutions to the #ClimateEmergency.

🔗 Learn more about Carlos: vist.ly/447xp

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geneticsandsociety.bsky.social @geneticsandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 22

GMWatch has published a series of interviews conducted in March 2002 with the late scientist Dr. Arpad Pusztai. He describes the results of – and the political fallout from – his landmark 1999 study that found GM insecticidal potatoes had toxic effects on rats.

GMWatch publishes historic recordings of scientist Arpad Pusztai

Dr Pusztai describes the results of – and the political fallout from – his landmark 1999 study that found GM insecticidal potatoes had toxic effects on rats

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Reporterre 🌍 | Le média de l'écologie @reporterre.net · Jul 31

Le tribunal de Vienne a décrété que le glyphosate ne pouvait pas être tenu responsable des malformations congénitales de Théo Grataloup, dont la mère avait utilisé l'herbicide sans savoir qu'elle était enceinte.

Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/vEn

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Sciences Citoyennes (association) @sciencescitoyennes.bsky.social · Jul 15

📢 La pétition, portée par le collectif Horizon TERRE et visant à attribuer au moins 10% du budget de la recherche via une Convention citoyenne, a été lancée jeudi 3 juillet au cours du Colloque inter-AtÉcoPol.

✊Signez et partagez massivement la pétition !

🔗 agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/no...

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Stéphane Mandard @stephanemandard.bsky.social · Jul 2

[Info @lemonde.fr ] BASF continue à produire un pesticide interdit pour l’exporter, en violation de la loi, confirme la préfecture du Rhône. ➡️ Selon nos informations, une inspection menée lundi dans l’usine de Genay confirme la production du Fastac, destiné à l’exportvers la Russie ou l'Ukraine

BASF continue à produire un pesticide interdit pour l’exporter, en violation de la loi, confirme la préfecture du Rhône

Selon nos informations, une inspection menée lundi dans l’usine de Genay (Rhône) confirme la production de Fastac, destiné à l’exportation, « ce qui est interdit par la loi EGalim ».

www.lemonde.fr

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Arnaud Apoteker @arnaudapoteker.bsky.social · Jul 2

Un choc immense à la nouvelle du décès d’un ami, d’un mentor et d’un inlassable défenseur de l’environnement. Rémi m’a énormément inspiré pendant toutes mes années à Greenpeace et en dehors. Il avait tant d’imagination et d’idées de campagnes. Il va me manquer terriblement.

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France Inter @franceinter.fr · Jun 26

Santé : interdire l'utilisation du dioxyde de titane (E171) dans la fabrication de médicaments ? ➡️ https://l.franceinter.fr/U6H

On l'a enlevé des yaourts, des bonbons, des biscuits, mais le E171 est toujours présent dans 4 000 médicaments.

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Arnaud Apoteker @arnaudapoteker.bsky.social · Jun 23

Non à l’augmentation du trafic aérien !✈️Face à l’urgence climatique et la nécessité de protéger la santé des populations exposées, nous demandons l’abandon immédiat du projet d’extension de #Roissy-CDG. Signons et faisons signer la pétition ! agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/l-...

Extension de Roissy-CDG : C’est toujours non !

✈️Face à l’urgence climatique et la nécessité de protéger la santé des populations exposées, nous demandons l’abandon immédiat du projet d’extension de #Roissy-CDG. 😡Après avoir été contraint par la...

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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · Jun 17

Hundreds of people, including @cicrocevia.bsky.social, took to the streets in Parma over the weekend to protest against the proposed deregulation of new #GMOs (NGTs). They oppose all attempts to remove traceability, labelling, and risk assessment for genetically modified and patented lab organisms.

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Arnaud Apoteker @arnaudapoteker.bsky.social · Jun 7

Are we still Human in the face of Gaza? www.clubofrome.org/news/are-we-...

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Reporterre 🌍 | Le média de l'écologie @reporterre.net · Jun 2

Lundi 2 juin à 10 h 30, des activistes de Greenpeace ont « emprunté » la statue de cire d’Emmanuel Macron au musée Grévin, à Paris.

Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/1sA

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Arnaud Apoteker @arnaudapoteker.bsky.social · May 2

Why is Bayer seeking legal impunity in US over glyphosate? euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

Why is Bayer seeking legal impunity in US over glyphosate?

With Bayer’s CEO Bill Anderson personally attending Donald Trump's inauguration, the German agri-giant Bayer seems to be cosying up to the new administration. Now a draft of the new US Farm Bill conta...

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Arnaud Apoteker @arnaudapoteker.bsky.social · Apr 28

Too much of a good thing: Lessons from compromised rootworm Bt maize in the US Corn Belt | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Too much of a good thing: Lessons from compromised rootworm Bt maize in the US Corn Belt

Widespread use of genetically engineered maize targeting the corn rootworm complex (Diabrotica species) has raised concerns about insect resistance. Twelve years of university field trial and farm sur...

www.science.org

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Arnaud Apoteker @arnaudapoteker.bsky.social · Apr 28

Nous ne pourrions bientôt plus donner notre avis @apannierrunacher.bsky.social !? Signez la pétition pour préserver le débat public autour des grands projets industriels et sauver la CNDP; pétition de @fne.asso.fr et @reseauactionclimat.org agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/de...

Action urgente : vous ne pourrez bientôt plus donner votre avis!

Signez la pétition pour préserver le débat public autour des grands projets industriels dangereux pour la santé et l'environnement

agir.greenvoice.fr

Arnaud Apoteker @arnaudapoteker.bsky.social · Apr 16

Breaking news: Syngenta settling paraquat litigation
open.substack.com/pub/careygil...

Breaking news: Syngenta settling paraquat litigation

Learning from Bayer's mistakes...

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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · Mar 31

More GMO-free municipalities in Italy: Acqui Terme becomes the first municipality in Piedmont to declare itself #NEWGMO FREE. The motion commits it to taking all necessary measures to combat the entry of old-style and new #GMO foods and crops. biodiversitacontadina.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/a...

ACQUI TERME PRIMO COMUNE DEL PIEMONTE A DICHIARARSI LIBERO DA NUOVI OGM

Con una mozione approvata lo scorso 20 marzo in Consiglio Comunale, Acqui Terme è diventato il primo comune piemontese a dichiararsi libero dai nuovi OGM. Si tratta anche della città più grande fin…

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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · Mar 22

Bayer Hit With $2 Billion Roundup Verdict in US State of Georgia. The verdict, reached late on Friday, includes $65 million in compensatory and $2 billion in punitive damages. The company has already spent about $10 billion on Roundup suits. #glyphosate www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Bayer Hit With $2 Billion Roundup Verdict in US State of Georgia

Bayer AG was ordered by a jury in the US state of Georgia to pay about $2.1 billion to a plaintiff who claimed its Roundup weedkiller caused cancer, the latest setback in litigation that has already c...

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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · Mar 14

EU national governments have agreed to exempt new GMOs from the EU rules supposed to protect people and nature - and farmers' livelihoods

The EU Parliament must now stand up for citizens and farmers who don't want unregulated GMOs on their plates or in their fields

#GMOs #NGTs

EU governments back loophole for new GMOs - Greenpeace European Unit

Brussels – EU governments have supported a loophole for new genetically modified crops (GMOs) in the EU’s regulations to protect people and nature from potential risks, a move that Greenpeace…

www.greenpeace.org

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