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Canada’s new Parliament needs to reinstate regulation for all genetically engineered foods and seeds to ensure safety and transparency.  Click here to send your instant letter today from our website. Cliquez ici pour envoyer votre lettre depuis notre site web. We sent a letter to every new Member of Parliament, asking them to ensure safety...
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Together, we stopped the market release of the world’s first genetically engineered (genetically modified or GM) pig, called the “Enviropig” (2012). We also stopped production of the world’s first GM food animal, the GM Atlantic salmon (2024). However, the new techniques of genome editing (gene editing, such as CRISPR) are being used to genetically engineer...
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Can we bring extinct species back using genetic engineering? You may have seen the recent news that a US biotechnology company has brought an extinct wolf species back to life. This is not true. In reality, the company has genetically engineered a living wolf to resemble some characteristics of an extinct wolf species. The company’s...
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Ask your candidates: Do you support mandatory government safety assessments and reporting for all genetically engineered food and seeds? If elected, would you ensure that all genetically engineered foods and seeds are regulated? CBAN has published a guide to asking your federal election candidates these important questions. Ask at the door or at all-candidate debates....
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The Mexican government has banned the cultivation of GM corn and a Kenyan court has temporarily reinstated a government ban on GMOs. Mexico bans GM corn cultivation The Federal Government of Mexico has enshrined a ban on genetically modified (GM) corn in its constitution.  “Corn is Mexico. We have to protect it for biodiversity but...
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Today, CBAN and groups from around the world are issuing a warning about the serious consequences of scientists determining the future of biotechnology and regulating their own research. Our warning comes as hundreds of scientist-entrepreneurs gather in California to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Asilomar conference. The concern underlying today’s Global Civil Society...
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Join us to stop the company Bayer from selling genetically modified (GM) salad greens and seeds. These GM greens are mustard greens (Brassica juncea) that have been gene edited using CRISPR to taste less mustardy. Bayer’s GM greens are an attempt to break open the market for more gene-edited fruits and vegetables, and start selling...
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A trade dispute panel has ruled against Mexico’s restrictions on the use of genetically modified (GM or genetically engineered) corn, siding with the US and Canada in forcing Mexico to remove its restrictions on the use of GM corn for food. Mexico’s restrictions were challenged under the Canada-United States-Mexico trade agreement (CUSMA) by the US...
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We have confirmation that, after over twenty years of protest, GM salmon has been shut down. The company AquaBounty has officially announced it is ending production of genetically modified (GM or genetically engineered) salmon and closing down its last working operation. Yesterday’s announcement from the company comes just weeks after the federal and provincial governments...
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The biotechnology company AquaBounty has stopped producing its genetically modified (GM) salmon and faces potential collapse, yet the federal and PEI governments have just announced $231,095 in new funding to the company. Click here to read our press release. Yesterday, CBAN sent a letter to the Auditors General of Canada and PEI and to the...
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