(From January 2018)

Headlines of all articles in Bio Journal translated into English (most recent at top, abbreviations table at foot of page). Where the entire article has been translated into English the headline below is linked to the article. For further information, kindly contact CBIC staff at: cbic@mtf.biglobe.ne.jp

Contents

Trend:
Cancer cases due to pesticides (Beyond Pesticides 2018/11/7, Sustainable Pulse 2018/11/8, Daily Mail 2018/10/22)

News

• Monsanto loses appeal in lawsuit on glyphosate as carcinogenic substance (NBC News 2018/10/23)
• EPA maintains approval of Dicamba (Center for Biological Diversity 2018/11/1)
• GM soy cultivation continues in Mexico despite ban on commercial planting (Collective MA OGM 2018/11/15)
• European Commission demands reassessment of Bt toxin (GM Watch 2018/10/20)
• German environment ministry initiates move to ban glyphosate (Euractiv 2018/11/11)
• Chinese researcher harvests salt-resistant rice in Dubai (chssachetan.wordpress.com 2018/10/27)
• Ban on sale of glyphosate in Punjab State, India (Down To Earth 2018/10/25)
• Kenyan President gives instruction on Bt cotton cultivation (ISAAA 2018/10)
• Gene edited soy harvested in US (ISAAA 2018/10)
• Biodiversity Convention (COP14) focuses on gene drive technology (ETC Group 2018/11/20)
• GM plants lost in the postal system
• MHLW GM food committee settles toward non-regulation

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Trend:
Lively GMO promotion by Trump administration (New York Times 2018/10/2)

News

• Poland to introduce strict GM food labelling (USDA GAIN Report 2018/7/30)
• General sales of glyphosate to be banned throughout Belgium (GM Watch 2018/10/4)
• What will the UK do after seeing the EU genome editing restrictions? (South West Farmer 2018/10/7)
• Australia to move in direction of not restricting genome editing (Friends of the Earth 2018/10/10)
• Verdict in the glyphosate as carcinogenic substance: Bayer to appeal (Wall Street Journal 2018/9/18)
• Researcher reveals the realities of GMO development (Sustainable Pulse 2018/10/9)
• US home center store withdraws glyphosate products (Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber 2018/10/3)
• Is DoD supporting the development of novel bioweapons? (The Guardian 2018/10/4)
• MHLW and MEXT approve genome editing of human fertilized ova
• Genome edited soybeans to be marketed in US (Calyxt 2018/10/4)
• All mosquitoes in cage annihilated by gene drive technology (Nature Biotechnology 2018/9/24)
• Glyphosate increases antibiotic-resistant bacteria (Microbiology 163,1791-1801)
• Glyphosate causes honeybee death and colony collapse (PNAS 2018/9/24)
• Glyphosate detected in all targeted pet foods (Technology Networks 2018/10/2)
• Ooblast created from human iPS cell (Tokyo Newspaper 2018/9)
• Consumer Affairs Agency holds explanatory meeting for GM food labelling changes
• Kaneki increases production of raw materials for biodegradable plastic (Kaneki 2018/10/15)

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Trend:
Repercussions from the verdict in the glyphosate carcinogenicity case expand (Bloomberg 2018/8/17, San Francisco Chronicle 2018/8/15, The Telegraph 2018/8/11, Sustainable Pulse 2018/8/22 and others)

News

• Actions also filed against Monsanto in Vietnam and Sri Lanka (The Independent 2018/8/26, Daily News Sri-Lanka 2018/8/13)
• Australia approved GM safflower (ISAAA 2018/7)
• Brazil�fs glyphosate restrictions waver (Reuters 2018/9/3, Mongabay 2018/8/27)
• Trend for GM crop cultivation to peak becomes clear (ISAAA 2018/7)
• GM mosquito release experiment in Burkina Faso (Telesur 2018/9/6)
• GMO Free Europe Conference held (GMO Free Europe Conference 2018/9/7)
• Ministry of Environment fails to regulate most genome editing
• MHLW begins consideration of Food Sanitation Act
• Cabinet Office requests budget for upgrading genome editing regulations

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Trend:
EU to regulate gene-edited foods in the same way as GM foods (European Court of Justice 2018/7/25, Euronews 2018/7/27 and others)

News

• Monsanto loses lawsuit on glyphosate health effects (AFP 2018/8/11)
• Trump administration cancels ban on GMO cultivation in wildlife reserves (The Guardian 2018/8/4)
• US GM foods labelling bill fails to be submitted to Congress by deadline (Center for Food Safety 2018/8/1)
• Glyphosate detected in 80% of mothers�f milk in Brazil (Reuters 2018/8/6)
• Glyphosate has impacts on pregnant mothers and descendants (GM Watch 2018/7/24)
• Resistant papaya virus appears (GM Watch 2018/8/7)
• Bt toxin in GM crops causes allergy (International immunopharmacology 2018/8,61)
• Salmon remodeling experiment using GM feed (BBC News 2018/8/1)
• US consumers take action against Nestle for false labeling (CBS News 2018/8/2)
• UK Nuffield Council on Bioethics says changing the DNA of a human embryo could be 'morally permissible' (Human Genetics Watchdog 2018/7/30)
• Genome editing gene therapy causes huge damage to DNA (The Age 2018/8/9)
• Cleavage alone left unregulated in Japan�fs genome editing technology regulations

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Trend:
Where is restriction on genome editing headed in Japan?

News

• CRISPR-Cas9 causes huge gene damage (Nature Biotechnology 2018/7/16 and others)
• Stacked varieties open hole in rat stomachs? (Food and Nutrition Sciences 2018/6/29)
• Slovakia suspends GMO cultivation (WORLD-GRAIN.com 2018/7/6)
• Ireland holds firm to GMO-free (AgriLand 2018/7/10)
• Mexican government places severe conditions on Monsanto buyout (March Against Monsanto 2018/6/28, The Yucatan Times 2018/6/30)
• Illegal GM maize seeds sold in China (Caixin Global 2018/7/11)
• GM food labelling testing begins in China (Reuters 2018/7/4)
• Genome editing patent wars heat up (Testbiotech 2018/7/9)
• GM papaya detected

Contents

Trend:
Bayer acquisition of Monsanto completed (AFP 2018/6/4 and others)

News

• Possibility that genome editing leads to cancer (STS News 2018/6/11)
• Wild volunteers of unapproved GM wheat discovered in Canada (Reuters 2018/6/15 and others)
• FDA points out that golden rice has no nutritional benefit (Independent Science News 2018/6/3)
• Pesticide restriction law enacted in Hawaii (Live Science 2018/6/15)
• France to introduce a stricter food labelling system (Sustain 2018/6/2)
• UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) will not restrict genome editing (GM Watch 2018/5/22)
• No-hop beer made possible by GM technology (GM-Free Scotland 2018/5)
• Pakistan�fs GM cotton pollution becomes serious (the news.com (Pakistan) 2018/5/27)
• Ministry of the Environment to decide on genome editing restrictions by autumn
• Government gives cabinet approval to Integrated Innovation Strategy

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Trend:
Draft of new US GM food labeling system leans towards industry (Center for Food Safety 2018/5/4 and others)

News

• California mandates "carcinogenic substance" label for Roundup (Metropolitan News-Enterprise 2018/4/20)
• Continuing on from canola, genome edited soy moves to commercial planting (Calyxt 2018/4/5)
• Monsanto abandons sales of stack variety GM soy in US (DTN The Progressive Farmer 2018/5/9)
• US GM salmon farming facilities approved (Star Press 2018/4/26)
• Results of FDA glyphosate residue tests not publicized (The Guardian 2018/4/30)
• Brazil becomes world's largest consumer of pesticides due to GM crop cultivation (GM Watch 2018/5/9)
• Large numbers of abortions and birth defects in in areas highly polluted with glyphosate (Journal of Environmental Protection 2018-9/241-253)
• Intense lobbying over genome editing regulations in Europe (Test biotech 2018/5/2)
• Pakistan strengthens GM rice testing (The NEWS 2018/4/26)
• Japan-Korea-Taiwan Non-GMO Asia Forum established
• Did the GM mosquito release experiment fail? (GM Watch 2018/5/14)
• BASF to develop genome edited seeds (Bloomberg 2018/4/12)
• Outdoor trial cultivation of new genome edited rice begins

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Trend:
Seeking popularization, developed countries move forward on approval for GM Golden Rice (Inquirer.net 2018/3/27and others)

News

• EU Commission approves acquisition of Monsanto by Bayer (European Commission 2018/3/21, Wall Street Journal 2018/4/9, Pesticide Action Network 2018/3/22)
• European moves on glyphosate (Xinhua Enblish.news.cn 2018/4/6, iPolitics 2018/4/3)
• Amazon sells GM apples with no labelling (GM Watch 2018/3/27)
• Indian high court fails to approve Monsanto patent (Eco Watch 2018/4/18)
• Infestation of illegal GMO cultivation in China (Dimsums Blogspot 2018/4/11)
• Del Monte Foods Inc. declares 154 products GMO free (Fortune 2018/3/29)
• Serious GMO pollution of Mexico�fs staple tortilla (GRAIN 2018/3/20)
• Glyphosate has impacts on honey bee behavior (Journal of Experimental Biology 2018/4/11)
• Herbicide Dicamba accelerates butterfly extinction (Patch.com 2018/3/8)
• USDA will not regulate crops developed using genome editing technology (USDA Press 2018/3/28, Capital Press 2018/4/5)
• FSANZ (Food Standards Australia New Zealand) will also not regulate genome edited crops (FSANZ 2018/3/26)
• Novokinin accumulating rice to move to outdoor trials

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Trend:
Plans for external release of rapidly-advancing gene-drive technology (The Sydney Morning Herald 2018/2/24 and others)

News

• Glyphosate shortens gestation period (Environmental Health 2017/3/9)
• GM Fuji apple approved for commercial cultivation in Canada (Health Canada 2018/1/30)
• GM sugar cane cultivation begins in Brazil (Reuters 2018/3/2)
• Insufficient safety assessment for GM rice Golden Harvest (Scidev.net 2018/2/22)
• Serious GM pollution at top-level biotechnology research institutes in Kenya (Standard Digital 2018/3/17)
• National GMO Free Zone exchange meeting held in Nagoya
• Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol enters into force

Contents

Trend:
Safety screening begins for first Japanese GM tomato

News

• USA approves Chinese GM rice (Global Times 2018/1/22)
• Brazil�fs patent office invalidates second-generation GM soy paten (Reuters 2018/1/24)
• European Court of Justice gives opinion on genome editing restrictions (The Guardian 2018/1/18)
• GM mosquito release experiment in Burkina Faso? (GM Watch 2018/2/12)
• Off-target definitely occurs in genome editing (Phy.org 2018/2/7)
• Monsanto faces two lawsuits on Dicamba-resistant crops (Big Law Business 2018/2/2, DTN The Progressive Farmer 2018/2/15)
• GM gentian developed by Iwate University exempted from Cartagena laws
• MAFF survey shows expansion of seed pollution
• Is the �gGMO-free�h label to disappear?

Contents

Trend:
Roundup has impacts on intestinal bacteria (Toxicology Report vol.5, 2018/1)

News

• EU reapproves GM crops during the Christmas break (Testbiotech 2018/1/10)
• Will the UK approve genome edited foods after Brexit? (Mail Online 2018/1/4, Farmers Guardian 2018/1/10)
• European Commission holds up takeover of Monsanto by Bayer (Bloomberg 2017/12/8)
• GM rapeseed wild volunteers found growing in 58 locations in South Korea (Food News 2017/10/16 and others)
• Approval for RNAi cassava trial cultivation in Nigeria (HOMEF 2017/12/21)
• 60 varieties of GM petunia illegally distributed by 23 companies
• NARO plans to test cultivate 5 varieties of GM rice this year
• GM measles virus moves to approval
• Food Safety Commission relaxes GM food safety screening
• Adverse phenomenon occurs with iPS cells (Jiji News 2018/1/16)

Contents

Trend:
Papers warning about gene drives (Science News 2017/11/16 and Independent Science News 2017/12/4)

News

• EU switches to re-approval of glyphosate (Greens/EFA Website 2017/12/7)
• Austria moves to ban glyphosate (NEWS ORF.at 2017/12/13)
• German food association demands labelling for genome edited foods (GM Watch 2017/11/30)
• Missouri also to ban the use of Dicamba next summer (CropLife 2017/11/20)
• 2-4-D-resistant cotton cultivated in Arkansas? (Arkansas Online 2017/11/22, Reuters 2017/12/6 and others)
• GM soy approval revoked in Mexico (Reuters 2017/11/24)
• USDA demanded to conserve endangered butterflies (Center for Biological Diversity 2017/11/30)
• Australian state government to continue GMO-free policy (GM free South Australia 2017/11/19)
• Discovery of unapproved GM cotton cultivation in India (The Times of India 2017/12/5)
• Greatest reduction in GM cotton production in India (Third World Network 2017/11/23)
• Herbicide for GM crop increases sensitivity to antibiotics (MICROBIOLOGY Journals online 2017/11/17)
• Forest research and management organization announces outcome of genome edited cryptomeria japonica (Nikkei Biotech 2017/12/7)
• Human guinea pig gene doping experiment (CBS NEWS 2017/11/6)
• Japan signs Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol
• Monitoring of import of unapproved GM crops strengthened
• MAFF confirms GM cotton for third year in succession