Health Canada wants to exempt some genome-edited products from safety assessments – even while genome editing techniques are known to result in a range of unintended effects. By Lucy Sharratt, CBAN. Click here to read the article published in the Watershed Sentinel,...
If approved, the genetically engineered “Darling 58” American chestnut will be the first genetically engineered forest tree planted in the wilds of North America. By Lucy Sharratt, CBAN. Click here to read the article published in the Watershed Sentinel,...
Domestically-produced GE salmon will be ready for harvest in 2021, and sold unlabelled to Canadians. Click here to read the article published in the Watershed Sentinel, November 2020.
Welcome to CBAN’s Year-End Catch-Up! Our Yule Blog is an occasion for us to share some of the important news and analysis that you may have missed this year, with some info or implications that we didn’t have a chance to share. All year long, we monitor a wide range...
Published in British Columbia Organic Grower, The Journal for the Certified Organic Associations of BC (COABC), Winter 2019. By Lucy Sharratt, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network For 20 years, the world’s biggest seed and pesticide companies have profited...
The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network provides you with this special year-end e-news to highlight critical new issues and recap some important stories you may have missed this year. 2018 was a year of mergers and escapes. Illegal rogue genetically modified (GM,...
