(From January 2017)

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

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Trend:
EU fails to re-approve glyphosate (Greenpeace EU 2017/11/9 and others)

News

• France also cancels glufosinate approval (Reuters 2017/10/26)
• EU GM crop cultivation a flame before the storm (inffOGM 2017/11/7)
• Arkansas bans Dicamba use, government also to impose restrictions (The Associated Press 2017/11/8 and others)
• U.S. government forced to put review of biotek regulation on hold (Science 2017/11/6)
• Illegal GM soy cultivation discovered in India (Times of India 2017/11/8)
• Genome edited rice harvested
• Serious human glyphosate exposure (Environmental Health News 2017/10/30)
• Impacts on ambulation, etc. due to glyphosate in mouse experiment (Neurotoxicology and Teratology 64 2017/11-12)
• Rat experiments also show impacts on reproductive function, etc. due to Roundup (Ramazzini Institute 2017/10/24)
• Medical condition improves after ceasing consumption of GM foods (International Journal of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine 2017/11/7)

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Trend:
European developments regarding restrictions on food produced using genome editing technology (ENSSER 2017/9/28, IFOAM EU 2017/10/2 and InfOGM 2017/10/5))

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• Roundup has impacts on soil bacteria (Springer Link 2017/9/23)
• High rates of GMOs detected in Mexican processed maize foods (Mexico News Daily 2017/9/20)
• Irish butter maker goes GMO free (Farm Ireland 2017/10/2)
• First GM silkworm larva bred in Gunma Prefecture, Japan
• Experimental release of GM moth begins in US (ISAAA 2017/9)
• New GM mosquito released in Brazil (ISAAA 2017/9)
• GM salmon sales expand (Alternative Daily 2017//9/27)
• Joint UK-US research strengthened (BBC News 2017/9/20)
• "No changes" bulldozed through GM food labelling investigative panel by chairman

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Trend:
Inspections of GM salmon begin in Japan with a view to imports (The Telegraph 2017/8/9)

News

• Canada approves second generation RNA interference potato (ISAAA 2017/8)
• EU begins investigation of Monsanto buyout by Bayer (New York Times 2017/8/22)
• EU postpones judgment on re-approval of glyphosate till end of year (The Guardian 2017/9/15)
• Monsanto intervenes in Malawi seed policy (Food Tank 2017/8/23)
• Suspension of GM crop trials in Republic of Korea (The Hankyoreh 2017/9/3)
• Risks of GM mosquito releases clarified (GM Watch 2017/9/5)
• A total of 50 varieties of GM petunia being distributed in Japan
• China reships US GM clover (Global Times(China) 2017/8/28)
• No future for genome edited pig (The Pork Site 2017/9/7)
• Kaketsuken infringes Cartagena laws
• Monsanto withdraws from Indian cotton seed business (The Economic Times 2017/9/8)

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Trend:
Fertilized human ovum undergoes genome editing in US (Nature 2017/8/2, Center for Genetics and Society 2017/8/2, ipscell.com 2017/8/2, International Center for Technology Assessment 2017/8/2, The Guardian 2017/8/4)

News

• 4.5 tons of GM salmon already shipped out in Canada (The Washington Post 2017/8/4)
• Dicamba damage reaches a million hectares across US (High Plains Public Radio 2017/7/26, AgFax 2017/8/10)
• Campbellfs Soups quits industrial organization over GM labelling (Politico 2017/7/21)
• State of US GM crop cultivation (ISAAA 2017/7)
• Glyphosate detected in ice cream (The New York Times 2017/7/25)
• Monsanto pressure on the media and scientific research organizations comes to light (The New York Times 2017/8/1, CBS SF Bay Area 2017/8/4)
• GM white clover outdoor trials begin (Capital Press 2017/8/16)
• GM mustard approval issue reaches final stages in India (Live Mint 2017/7/31, India Legal 2017/7/24) (First Post 2017/7/30)
• Australian government approves outdoor trials of GM wheat and corn (ISAAA 2017/7)
• GM banana developed in Australia (ISAAA 2017/7)
• Unapproved rice detected in US food products
• RNA interference potato approved
• Blue chrysanthemum appears
• Nagoya Protocol ratified
• One barrier to xenotransplantion removed by genome editing (AFP 2017/8/11)

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Trend:
RNA interference insect-resistant maize goes to cultivation trials in US (Kyodo News 2017/6/30 and others) For more information, see articles at The Atlantic, Waking Times and Hwaarifan's Blog.

News

• Syngenta defeated in unapproved GMO contamination damages trial (Bloomberg 2017/6/23)
• California designates glyphosate as carcinogenic substance (Reuters 2017/6/27)
• Arkansas bans use of Dicamba for 120 days (St Louis Post-Dispatch 2017/7/14)
• Unapproved GM microorganism discovered in supplement in EU (Independent Science News 2017/6/26)
• GM mustard cultivation banned in seven Indian states (India.com 2017/7/14)
• Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences develops new GM cotton (ISAAA 2017/6)
• Experimental GM moth release in New York State (NOFA-NY 2017/7/7)
• Approval for GM salmon farming in Canada (CBC News 2017/6/27)
• Monsanto forms partnership with AI company (AGRI in ASIA 2017/6/29 and others)

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Trend:
Hundreds of unintended mutations may be caused by CRISPR genome editing (Nature Methods 2017/6/14)

News

• Damage caused by the herbicide Dicamba spreads (Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette 2017/6/13)
• Bt sugarcane approved in Brazil (Reuters 2017/6/8)
• French Senate demands ban on glyphosate (GM Watch 2017/5/31)
• Sweden formulates regulations for the use of Roundup (Swedish Chemicals Agency 2017/5/25)
• 46% of members of European Food Safety Authorityfs scientific panels have vested interests (Corporate Europe Observatory 2017/6/11)
• GM mustard does not result in increased yield (Business Standard 2017/5/16 and The Tribune 2017/5/24)
• GM petunia pollution spreading
• Nagoya protocol concluded
• GM food additive safety screening further simplified
• GM food awareness survey conducted by Consumer Affairs Agency

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Trend:
State of world GM crop cultivation, 2016 (ISAAA 2017/5/4)

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• Monsanto involved in Roundup safety assessment paper (EU Observer 2017/5/2)
• Belgian government bans use of glyphosate by citizens (GM Watch 2017/5/1)
• Mexican Supreme Court confirms GM maize cultivation ban (La Jornada 2017/5/12)
• Illegal cultivation of GM maize in Bolivia (SOS MAIZ BOLIVIA 2017/5/14)
• Ghana GM cotton trial cultivation suspended (MyJoyOnline 2017/5/11)
• Commercial cultivation of GM mustard approved in India (Times of India 2017/5/12)
• Epigenetically modified potato moves to outdoor trials
• GM petunia distributed worldwide (Horticulture Week 2017/5/5)

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Trend:
Relaxation of glyphosate residue standards and the health issue (The FERN 2017/4/7, Huffington Post 2017/3/23)

News

• California recognizes glyphosate as a carcinogen (GM Watch 2017/3/30)
• Trump administration complicit in attack on IARC (Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman 2017/4/4)
• Glyphosate detected in Canadian food inspection (Canadian Food Inspection Agency 2017/4/13)
• EU approves Dow-DuPont merger (Bloomberg 2017/3/28)
• GM maize trial cultivation begins in Mozambique (ISAAA 2017/3)
• Contamination by unapproved cotton discovered in India (Bangalore Mirror 2017/4/7)
• Situation regarding damage by contamination from GM maize for biofuel (Agri Market 2017/4/7)
• New biotechnology to be subject to GMO restrictions (GM Watch 2017/4/10)
• China develops rice using genome editing technology (ISAAA 2017/3)
• Consumer Affairs Agency releases processed food country of origin labelling draft and reviews GM food labelling
• EU and USA recognize purchase of Syngenta by Chinese state enterprise (Reuters 2017/4/5)

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Trend:
Trials of first genome edited rice about to begin

News

• New GM potato approved in US (Food Dive 2017/3/3)
• Moves concerning re-registration of glyphosate in EU (Greenpeace 2017/3/15)
• Trials for GM banana and GM potato approved in Australia (ISAAA 2017/2)
• A second Starlink incident? (The Organic & Non-GMO Report 2017-2-22)
• New Monsanto technology has weak effect (GM Watch 2017/3/8)
• Serious impacts due to order of exposure to agrichemicals (University of York 2017/2/21)
• GMO corporation researchers admits problems of superweeds (Wisconsin State Farmer 2017/2/19)
• Review of the Simplot GM potato begins
• Cartagena laws to be amended in runup to ratification of the Supplementary Protocol
• MAFF announces results of a maize wild volunteer survey

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Trend:
Neonicotinoid pesticides used in disinfection of GM seeds (DTN The Progressive Farmer 2017/2/16)

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• GM apple distribution begins in US with QR code label (CBC News 2017/1/22)
• Deliberations on new regulations for next-gen GMOs to begin in US (STAT 2017/2/2)
• Monarch butterfly endangered in US (Center for Food Safety 2017/2/9)
• US consumers avoid GMOs (QSR 2017/1)
• US chemical industry begins campaign to criticize IARC (Reuters 2017/1/25)
• Cuba to begin full-scale GM crop cultivation (ISAAA 2017/1)
• Outdoor trials of new GM wheat begin in UK (BBC News 2017/2/1)
• NARO to perform outdoor trials of new GM rice
• EFSA demands complex risk assessment of stack varieties (Environmental Sciences Europe 2017/1/11)
• Glyfosate suspected to be environmental hormone (GM Watch 2017/2/3)
• MAFF to abolish the Major Agricultural Products Seed Act (The Japan Agricultural News, 2017/2/2)

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Trend:
Major constituent of herbicide, glyphosate, causes liver disease (Scientific Reports 2017/1/9, Times of Malta 2017/01/12)

News

• GM pink pineapple approved for market distribution (ISAAA 2016/12)
• Argentinian prosecutor demands restrictions on sale of GM seeds (diario judicial 2016/12/27)
• Ukraine reinforces GMO export management (Daily Mail 2016/12/6)
• Increased income by changing to non-GM cotton in Burkina Faso (Reuters 2017/01/17)
• Bt rice toxin has adverse effect on beneficial insects (BMC Biotechnology 2017/01/18)
• MAFF survey on GM rapeseed and soy situation
• Both Bayer and Monsanto consult with Trump administration (Chem.info 2017/01/20)
• Mitsui and Co., Ltd. purchase part of Monsantofs agrichemicals business (Nikkei Shimbun 2017/01/06)
• COP13 postpones new bio-regulations (ETC Groupe 2016/12/19and others)
• Government views on public comments regarding The Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol
• Ministry of the Environment finalizes policy on ratification of the Nagoya Protocol

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Trend:
Impacts on health brought about by US GM crop cultivation (Pew Research Center 2016/12, Huffington Post 2016/11/23, The Washington Post 2016/12/8)

News

• Ordinance on GM crop cultivation ban enforced in Heilongjiang Province of China (Ecns.cn 2016/12/17)
• Pakistanfs Bt cotton introduction fails (Dawn 2016/11/21)
• Hawaii County GM crop moratorium annulled (Eco Watch 2016/11/19)
• Herbicide tolerant lawn approved for commercial planting in US (Center for Biological Diversity 2016/12/7)
• Canada Food Inspection Agency not considering GM food labeling (Epoch Times 2016/12/8)
• Planting of dicamba herbicide-tolerant crops causes damage to surrounding farmers (St Louis Post-Dispatch 2016/12/7)
• GM maize damages gut (Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology 2016/68)
• Cultivation of Bt cotton causes large reduction in soil bacteria (The Ecologist 2016/11/24)
• US Environment Protection Agency assesses carcinogenicity of glyphosate as small (Agri-Pulse 2016/12/16)
• Florida GM mosquito release experiment suspended (Friends of the Earth 2016/12/7)
• Genome edited food recognized as organic (GM Watch 2016/11/22)
• Citizens demand suspension of gene drive at Biodiversity Convention COP13 (GM Watch 2016/12/5)
• Bayer and Monsanto explain the buyout (AgWeb 2016/12/7)