160 global groups call for a moratorium on gene drives at UN convention
Thursday, 8th December 2016 Cancun, Mexico – This week, international conservation and environmental leaders are calling on governments at the 2016 UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) to establish a moratorium on the controversial genetic extinction technology called...GM techniques are potential WMDs and need to be regulated
Australia’s gene technology regulator is proposing to deregulate new genetic modification (GM) techniques deemed “weapons of mass destruction and proliferation” in the US Government’s annual worldwide threat assessment report. Several of the options outlined in the...US Government bans antimicrobial soaps – Australia should do the same
Friends of the Earth has welcomed the US Food and Drug Administration’s ban on antibacterial soaps containing ingredients such as triclosan because of evidence they can pose health risks, such as bacterial resistance. Louise Sales from Friends of the Earth’s Emerging...Biohacking
An increasing number of people – many with no formal biological training – are genetically engineering common microbes in community labs and kitchens, posing potentially serious risks to the environment and human health and raising serious ethical...Crazytech
Stupid technologies we don't need.....
And that could destroy life on Earth.
And that could destroy life on Earth.