World news about “OGM” published by euronews.
Day of worldwide protests in ‘March Against Monsanto’ American biotech giant Monsanto says it respects people’s rights to express themselves, but that its genetically-modified seeds improve farm productivity and… 26/05/2013
Close up: Europe’s GM food fears A recent French study claiming rats fed genetically modified corn suffered tumours has reignited Europe’s fears over GM food. Despite much scepticism over the… 26/09/2012
Europe Weekly: agreeing to disagree This week the EU and China strived to find consensus on a raft of issues, mostly concerning trade. Meeting in Brussels, Beijing urged Europe to lift its arms… 21/09/2012
GMO rat lab gets serious In the latest storm of controversy, critics of genetically modified products and organisms (GMOs or GMs) saw pictures like one of a distended lab rat and… 20/09/2012
Brussels seeks to resolve GM honey trap A recent ruling in the European Court of Justice stated honey contaminated by Genetically Modified crops must be clearly labelled. The decision also paved the… 19/09/2011
Europe Weekly: roaming, GM, body scanners! Consumer and health issues dominate this week’s issue of Europe Weekly. We take a look at new EU food labelling rules backed by MEPs. The changes aim to… 08/07/2011
France checks the scientific validity of shocking GM food studyFrench Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says he is prepared to call for a wider European ban on genetically modified produce following an alarming new study… 20/09/2012
Controversial study finds tumours in rats fed GMIn Brussels, on Wednesday thousands of protesters hit the streets calling for an overhaul of European food policy. The rally came as a new French study… 19/09/2012
France wants GM crop banned in EUThe French government has asked the EU to suspend authorisation of a genetically modified maize crop – known as MON 810, from the US company Monsanto. In a… 20/02/2012
Genetically modified food petition not yet receivableOne million people who have signed a petition to suspend the authorisation of genetically modified organisms in Europe have found the petition put on hold… 09/12/2010
EU GMO rule change debate under wayDevolving European power to national governments to decide policy on genetically modified organisms, GMOs… This could prove more difficult than expected for… 27/09/2010
GMOs divide EuropeCalled by some a wonder of biotechnology and by others a ticking time bomb for our health and ecology, since their launch in the 1990s, GMOs have roused great… 13/07/2010
Genetically modified crop growing in EU to get modified approval rulesEuropean fields could be planted with genetically modified (GM) crops from next month, under a European Union plan to overhaul its approval system for the… 04/06/2010
Health Commissioner defends GM potato decisionIt was up to European Health and Consumer Commissioner John Dalli to announce that the genetically-modified potato may now be grown in the EU. Euronews asked… 03/03/2010
GMO potato approval has critics gnashing teeth in EuropeThe so-called ‘Frankentstein potato’ is the centre of new controversy over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the European Union. The first decision… 03/03/2010
GMO protestors give Brussels food for thought.Greenpeace has taken its objections over genetically modified food to the European Commission’s door in Brussels. The anti-GMO NGO presented the Health… 15/10/2009
