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Farmers Say GMO Corn No Longer Resistant to Pests

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/farmers-say-gmo-corn-no-longer-resistant-to-pests/

Controversial retracted GMO maize-rat effects study republished

A highly controversial — and retracted — 2012 study by Gilles Seralini and colleagues of the effects of genetically modified maize and the Roundup herbicide on rats has been republished.

retractionwatch.com/2014/06/24/retracted-seralini-gmo-rat-study-republished/

For more about the study and the embargo that goes with the publication, read more here.

http://embargowatch.wordpress.com/2014/06/24/seralini-republishes-retracted-gmo-rats-paper-again-with-an-unusual-embargo/

New government to stop GM crops

In a reversal of the UPA regime policy, genetically modified crops will not be a priority for the new government, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said here on Wednesday.

Link to news items in The Hindu