Second half of refs taken from GM Watch Review 403, May 2019

[Cherry Lavell]

Dear All

As I said previously, you’ve so far only seen my first selection of news, so here is the second and final one from the May review. As usual, just pick the headlines that intrigue you to explore further. There are several relating to food standards, especially where US and EU differ substantially...

Best wishes

 

Cherry

 

French farmer takes on Monsanto and wins --- https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/18878

As weeds outsmart the latest weedkillers, farmers are running out of options --- https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/18883

     [BUT US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue claims that Europe is ‘an [ag] technology free zone’ and will pay a price as its agriculture suffers – -https://hygeia-analytics.com/2019/04/11/secretary-purdue-needs-a-weed-management-101-briefing/

EU ‘may legalise human harm from pesticides’ [as pro-GM bodies recommend drastically weakening the EU regulatory system]  --- https://theecologist.org/2019/apr/12/eu-may-legalise-human-harm-pesticides

Industry studies behind EU food safety assessments must be public --- https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/18893

Food standards under attack at US-EU talks --- https://www.iatp.org/blog/201904/food-standards-menu-us-eu-talks

UK: Plans for new GM crop trial raise objections from environmental and farming organisations --- https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/18889

GM American chestnut tree is Trojan Horse to allow spread of GM trees --- https://stopgetrees.org/chestnut-report/

Problems in Indian cotton need ecological understanding, not GM – professor --- https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-cotton-production-farming-agriculture-5665777/

Device invented that can test pesticide residues on food and give rapid results --- https://www.israel21c.org/shocked-at-pesticide-residues-israeli-man-invents-test-device/

New Monsanto documents expose cozy connection to Reuters reporter --- https://usrtk.org/monsanto-roundup-trial-tacker/new-documents-filed-in-federal-court-are-threatening-to-expose-reuters-updated-feb-9-2019/

US: Why both major political parties have failed to curb dangerous pesticides --- https://usrtk.org/monsanto-roundup-trial-tacker/new-documents-filed-in-federal-court-are-threatening-to-expose-reuters-updated-feb-9-2019/

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