Health
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A year in resistance to genetic engineering
As 2024 was drawing to a close, here at GM Freeze we pulled together some of the year’s big stories on grassroots resistance to genetic engineering from around the world. The latest issue of our newsletter, Thin Ice, features news from Argentina to Mars, as well as the looming question of whether the Labour government in the… Continue reading
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The ghost of Covid Christmas past, present and future
Christmas time seems to have resulted in peak craziness during the covid era. If we want to save Christmas future we need to look at Christmas past. Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 12 December 2024
Thursday, 12 December 2024 — GM Watch GM salmon company AquaBounty shuts down operations The troubled biotechnology company AquaBounty has announced it will stop production of all genetically modified salmon and is closing its last working facility, at Bay Fortune in Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada, reports Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN). AquaBounty released the Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 6 December 2024
Friday, 6 December 2024 — GM Watch Study reveals lasting effects of glyphosate on brain health New research has shown even brief exposure to the weedkiller chemical glyphosate can cause lasting damage to the brain, which may persist long after any direct exposure ends. In the new study, Arizona State University researcher Ramon Velazquez and Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 3 December 2024
Tuesday, 3 December 2024 — GM Watch Victory! US federal court strikes down lax GMO rules, halts GE crop introductions without USDA oversight In a precedent-setting victory for food and environmental safety, a federal district court in the US has ruled that genetically engineered (GE) organisms must be regulated. The Court’s ruling overturns the 2020 Continue reading
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While the world was locked down I was locked up in the name of my safety…
In December 2020 I was in a general hospital ward, medically fit but unable to leave; I had been detained under section 2 of the Mental Health Act following a suicide attempt and was awaiting a bed in a psychiatric unit where I could be held for up to 28 days. I was terrified, agitated,… Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 28 November 2024
Thursday, 28 November 2024 — GM Watch New Zealand: Farmers want consultation on gene editing changes The vast majority – 93% – of farmers surveyed think it is important that there is widespread consultation with farmers and growers on changes to New Zealand’s gene editing regulations. Account director at research company Truwind (formerly Research First) Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 20 November 2024
Wednesday, 20 November 2024 — GM Watch New Zealand: Market, not scientists, must drive GM stance Concerned dairy farmers are asking the New Zealand government to slow the process of weakening the GMO laws. They say New Zealand dairy is the gold standard for non-GMO supply, but the government seems determined to wreck that. They Continue reading
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Who’s in control? A short guide to investigating corporate power
If you’re planning a campaign against a company, it’s helpful to know exactly who you’re up against. By understanding who makes the decisions, you’re better placed to devise a campaign strategy that really works. Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 4 November 2024
Monday, 4 November 2024 — GM Watch US government paid PR firm to track and vilify critics of GMOs and pesticides Covert PR operations involving the secret profiling of over 3,000 people and organisations considered “critics” of the pesticide industry recently made headlines around the world. The secret profiles, including ones on GMWatch and its Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 25 October 2025
Friday, 25 October 2025 — GM Watch Landmark Supreme Court of Appeal judgment on the precautionary principle in GMO decision making The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) on 22 October reported on a groundbreaking ruling against Bayer-Monsanto and five state respondents in South Africa, which set aside several layers of decision-making regarding the approval of Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 23 October 2024
Wednesday, 23 October 2024 — GM Watch South Africa: Court ruling sets aside commercial approval of GM drought-tolerant maize A precedent-setting ruling by the South African Supreme Court of Appeal in favour of African Center for Biosafety (ACB) vs Monsanto/Bayer has set aside the commercial approval of GM drought-tolerant maize. ACB said: “South Africa’s Supreme Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest, 22 October 2024
Tuesday, 22 October 2024 — GMWatch AI + synthetic biology: What could possibly go wrong? GMO soybeans and corn were a pale forerunner of what is about to happen: the marriage of artificial intelligence (AI) and synthetic biology. For many years already scientists have been able to create novel sequences of DNA, and they’ve already Continue reading
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Ubiquitous plastic: A deadly threat to human health
The image of smoldering plastic in a little pit on the side of the street, white wisps of smoke dancing up, burned forever in my brain. I saw it, and many other pits like it, when doing moral educational research in Bangalore, India back in 1998. So the recent Nature study on how much plastic is open… Continue reading
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The Weight-Loss Injection Scam: Feeding Pharma Greed
The UK government is betting big on injectable weight-loss drugs. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting are even promoting them as the solution to getting the unemployed back to work, claiming the shots will not only tackle obesity but also boost the UK economy. In reality, however, their enthusiasm for these… Continue reading
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The Notional Health Service
Today is my 66th birthday, so I am hoping that you will forgive an article that is at core the anecdotal ramblings of an old man. It was inspired by horror at Wes Streeting (I could end the sentence there but I shall continue it) ‘s plan to give weight loss jabs to the unemployed. Continue reading
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Five facts that prove the NHS needs more cash
There are eerie parallels between the state the NHS is in now, and the state it was in when Labour last took over in government from the Conservatives. Back in 1997 Tony Blair’s New Labour party got into office with a pledge to save the NHS – much like Keir Starmer is promising to do… Continue reading
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Monkeypox: Soap Opera of the Summer or New Edition of the Pandemic of Fear?
On Wednesday, August 14, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on behalf of WHO, declared an “international public health emergency” due to monkeypox. He cited the existence in several African countries of 40,000 cases and 1,456 deaths from this cause since 2022. He called for the governments of different countries around the world to equip themselves with large… Continue reading
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EVENT: mental health and the education system
As we head towards the end of summer, in a couple of weeks children across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be returning to school, whilst students in Scotland have already recommenced. Continue reading
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Fixing the broken mental health system
Did you know that the number of children referred to emergency mental healthcare has soared by more than 50% in three years? Continue reading
The New Dark Age 