(From January 2020)

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:
Development race for drugs to treat Covid-19

News

• US court judges FDA approval of GM salmon to be illegal (GM Watch 2020/11/5)
• US EPA approves continued use of herbicide Dicamba (Investigate Midwest 2020/10/28)
• Court proceedings in glyphosate lawsuit restart (Insurance Journal 2020/11/3)
• South Australian government stops GMO-free policy (ABC News 2020/11/2, Third World Network 2020/11/6)
• No requirement for notification of genome-edited hybrid offspring
• Safety assessment of BASF high-DHA rapeseed begins

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Trend:
A rapid succession of COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial suspensions

News

• US EPA proposes a phased discontinuation of Bt crops (DTN Progressive Farmer 2020/9/29)
• Consumers�f organization raises objections to US GM food labeling law (Center for Food Safety 2020/10/5)
• Argentina approves GM wheat: cultivation begins (Yahoo! Finance 2020/10/8, S&P Global Platts 2020/10/14)
• Indian farmers harmed by pesticides institute legal proceedings against Syngenta (Frontline 2020/9/30)
• Cybus' genome-edited rapeseed is a random mutation?? (Inf'OGM 2020/9/29)
• RNAi pesticides result in serious ecosystem impacts (FoE 2020/10/6)
• Bayer�fs handling of glyphosate lawsuit (US Right to Know 2020/10/1)

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Trend:
Possibility of import of US GM potatoes for potato chips

News

• All US major supermarkets refuse GM salmon in advance of sales launch (Friends of the Earth 2020/9/2)
• Bayer reaches settlement with law firms in glyphosate lawsuits (US Right to Know 2020/9/15)
• Moves to demand cancellation of approval for cultivation trials of Bt eggplants in India (Down to Earth 2020/8/28)
• India mandates non-GMO certification for imports of major crops (The Hindu Business Line 2020/8/24)
• GM cassava cultivation plan in Kenya (African Centre for Biodiversity 2020/9/2)
• Inspection of genome-edited crops becomes possible (Scientific Journal Foods 2020/9/7)
• Glyphosate has harmful impact on GM soy (Environmental Sciences Europe 2020/7/25)
• Glyphosate causes asthma (Sustainable Pulse 2020/8/15)
• Trial GM mosquito release to go ahead in Florida (BBC News 2020/8/20)
• Tokyo Institute of Technology launches synthetic biology project (Nikkei Biotech 2020/9/15)
• MAFF reports results of GM rapeseed, GM soy wild volunteer survey
• GMM fragrances now available for use

Contents

Trend:
Mad rush to develop biovaccines for COVID-19

News

• Bayer also loses appeal in Roundup lawsuit (US Right to Know 2020/7/20)
• BSAF lodges appeal for a review of cancellation of approval of Dicamba (DTN Progressive Farmer 2020/7/20)
• Petition to vacate the registration of Enlist Duo herbicide denied (DTN Progressive Farmer 2020/7/22)
• Food issues surrounding artificial meat (GM Watch 2020/7/27 and others)
• The UK Pasture-Fed Livestock Association bans glyphosate (Farmers Guide 2020/7/24)
• International day of protest against golden rice (Stop Golden Rice Network 2020/8/7)
• Experimental US GM mosquito release postponed (Friends of the Earth 2020/7/22)
• Abnormalities found in genome edited calf (WIRED 2020/7/24)
• Risk assessment also required for intended changes in genome editing (Environmental Sciences Europe 2020/8/11)
• Demand for citizen participation in discussions on genome editing of human embryo

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Trend:
Bayer's settlement strategy in glyphosate suits (US Right to Know 2020/7/8 and others)

News

• Verdict rules "carcinogenic" labelling unnecessary (San Francisco Chronicle 2020/6/22)
• Mexico bans glyphosate (Sustainable Pulse 2020/6/27)
• Bill Gates Foundation's new "green revolution" has tragic outcome (IATP 2020/7/10)
• New coronavirus countermeasure at COP15 (CBD 2020/4/7)
• Citizens' group submit opinion paper on gene drive in Europe (EURACTIV.com 2020/7/3)
• On-target effects occur in genome editing of human embryo (Medium OneZero 2020/6/16)
• Demand for citizen participation in discussions on genome editing of human embryo

Contents

Trend:
Genome edited rice has plenty of issues (Journal of Genetics and Genomics 2020/5/21, GM Watch 2020/6/9)

News

• US court cancels Dicamba's approval (Reuters 2020/6/16 and others)
• US Department of Agriculture announces "SECURE" rule for deregulation of GMOs (The Conversation 2020/6/1)
• Bayer reveals amount of settlement offer in Roundup case (The Independent 2020/5/26)
• UK to remove genome editing restrictions? (Farming UK.com 2020/5/24, The Guardian 2020/6/14)
• European consumers don't want GMOs or pesticides (The European Consumer Organization�iBEUC) 2020/6)
• UK GMO companies receive support during COVID-19 crisis (Unearthed 2020/6/4)
• Mosquito extermination experiment using GM fungus in Burkina Faso (African Centre for Biodiversity 2020/5/28)
• MNCs supply GMOs to Philippines in COVID-19 crisis (PAN Asia Pacific 2020/5/22)
• South Australia shifts to approval of GMOs (InDaily 2020/5/21)

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Trend:
Deliberations begin on Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act amendment

News

• Lawsuit filed for cancellation of EPA�fs approval of Dicamba-resistant crops (The Guardian 2020/4/20)
• Carcinogenicity of Dicamba herbicide pointed out (Center for Biological Diversity 2020/5/4)
• Ever-increasing lawsuits against the herbicide Roundup (St.Louis Business Journal 2020/4/27)
• US Department of Agriculture announces regulations for the elimination of GMO regulations (CSPI 2020/5/14)
• FDA conducts opinion survey on GM foods in USA (FACTANK 2020/3/18)
• Regulations on 3 agrichemicals to be enforced in June in Thailand (Bangkok Post 2020/5/1)
• Test release of GM mosquitoes approved in USA (Bloomberg Law 2020/5/1)
• Warning against gene drive technology (Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 2020/4/6)
• Biohazard theory of COVID-19 (Independent Science News 2020/5/5 and others)

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Trend:
COVID-19 infection spreads (German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety 2020/4/2, High Country News 2020/3/31, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 2020/3/30)

News

• US approves cultivation of GM crops in wildlife sanctuaries (Center for Biological Diversity 2020/3/20)
• US EPA approves soy with herbicide isoxaflutole resistance (Investigate Midwest 2020/4/4)
• US Dept Ag advisory committee recommends suspension of Dicamba registration (Morning Ag Clips 2020/3/17)
• Fines for lack of transparency of funding in soy industry's attempt to block GM food labelling (Sustainable Pulse 2020/4/17)
• Settlement reached in lawsuit on Bayer's false advertising for Roundup (Bloomberg via Farm Progress 2020/3/30)
• Bayer abuses COVID=19 crisis (US Right to Know 2020/4/3)
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation assistance concentrates on the affluent (US Right to Know 2020/3/19)
• Details become clear of advance predictions of Dicamba effects by Monsanto and others (The Guardian 2020/3/30)
• Harmful impacts of Bt toxin on aquatic life (Scientific Reports 2020/3/24)
• Council of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plant points out that it is possible to test for genome edited crops (InfOGM 2020/3/25)
• Food Safety Commission evaluates GM orange fragrance as safe

Contents

Trend:
New form of biopiracy in novel breeding technology (African Centre for Biodiversity 2020/3/6)

News

• Corteva�fs GM soy expands at expense of Monsanto (Reuters 2020/3/4)
• No slowdown in decline in rare US butterfly numbers (Mongabay 2020/2/26)
• Spreading Dicamba lawsuits (US Right to Know 2020/2/26)
• Strict GM food labelling realized in Bangladesh (The Daily Star 2020/2/26)
• New problem in genome editing (Science Advances 2020/2/20)
• Don�ft underestimate genome editing offtargets (Independent Science News 2020/2/25)
• Warning on GM crops going wild (Environmental Sciences Europe 2020/volume32)
• Impacts on childhood leukemia due to glyphosate, etc. carcinogenic herbicides (International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 2020/3/vol.226)
• Types of cancer brought about by glyphosate (Environmental Health 2020/2/12)
• Glyphosate has impacts on freshwater animals (Nature Ecology & Evolution 2020/3/2)
• Glyphosate impacts on pets (GMO Science 2020/3/4)
• EU long-term animal study concludes that Roundup has no impacts (Environmental Sciences Europe 2020/volume32)
• Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act amendment

Contents

Trend:
Continuing on from the glyphosate lawsuits, farmers also victorious in Dicamba lawsuit (Sierra Club 2020/2/3 and others)

News

• Unusual statement on strengthening regulations on genome-edited animals from FDA (U.S.FDA 2020/2/7)
• Aqua�fs GM salmon reach an impasse (CBAN 2020/1/30)
• Canadian government defense glyphosate (CBC News 2020/2/5)
• Will genome editing be deregulated after Brexit? (The Times 2020/1/19)
• German research institute fabricated data on glyphosate for EU reapproval (PAN Europe 2020/2/12)
• Genome-editing technology to be used in elimination of exotic fish species in Mie,
• Japan�fs new bio-strategy
• Genome-edited crop outside scope of organic certification
• Kellogg�fs abolishes pre-harvest glyphosate spraying (Kellogg�fs 2020/1/)

Contents

Trend:
Unintended mutations after severing by genome editing (Nature Journal Communications Biology 2019/12/6, Nature Method 2019/10/28)

News

• Verdict on birth of genome edited baby in China (Jiji.com 2019/12/30)
• Abnormalities discovered in iPS cells (Mainichi Shimbun 2020/1/8)
• Trial begins in St Louis, home of Monsanto (US Right to Know 2020/1/16)
• US EPA intervenes in Roundup lawsuit (Reuters 2019/12/21)
• GM cotton approval without removal of restrictions in Kenya (Daily Nation 2019/12/20)
• No yield merit for GM corn (The Organic & Non-GMO Report 2019/12/27)
• COP15 calls for restrictions on gene drive technology (Save Our Seeds 2020/1/16)
• MAFF policy not to restrict genome edited feed crops

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Trend:
MAFF's policy of "not certifying genome edited crops as organic"

News

• Philippine government approves GM rice (IRRI 2019/12/18)
• Thailand retracts glyphosate ban (The Thaiger 2019/11/28)
• PM refuses to sign Australia glyphosate ban bill (Reuters 2019/12/9)
• French national health institute cancels approval for glyphosate products (ANSES 2019/12/9)
• Canada Roundup class action suit (CBC News 2019/11/20)
• Worsening herbicide Dicamba damage in U.S. (DTN Progressive Farmer 2019/12/9 and Indiana Prairie Farmer 2019/11/22)
• U.S. government starts GM food labelling system (Denton Daily 2019/11/22)
• Mexico government halts shipping of glyphosate (ABC News 2019/11/25)
• Glyphosate has huge impacts on amphibians (Biological Conservation 2020/1)
• Japan�fs first GM fragrance moves toward approval
• Import of raw GM potatoes becomes possible