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• 2008
  • GeneWatch PR: Response to PM's 'Security and Liberty' speech 17th June 2008
  • GeneWatch PR: Response to MPs' surveillance society report 8th June 2008
  • GeneWatch PR: Biotech Industry Escapes Responsibility for its GM Crops in England but Not in Wales 29th February 2008
  • GeneWatch PR: GM Contamination Continues Cause Problems Around The World. 28th February 2008
  • GeneWatch PR: Twins study obesity claims irresponsible, says GeneWatch UK 7th February 2008
• 2007
  • GeneWatch PR: Regulation needed to prevent human genome from becoming massive marketing scam 29th October 2007
  • GeneWatch PR: Why won't the GM industry take responsibility for its crops? 26th September 2007
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch response to the Nuffield report on forensic use of DNA 18th September 2007
  • GeneWatch PR: Response to UK Biobank recruitment drive 11th September 2007
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch response to calls to expand the National DNA Database 5th September 2007
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch welcomes citizens' inquiry into police use of DNA 2nd August 2007
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch welcomes MPs' call for strong 'polluter pays' legislation. 12th July 2007
  • GeneWatch PR: Stitch-up of DNA law in Northern Ireland will undermine trust in policing 1st June 2007
  • GeneWatch & ARCH PR: Over 100,000 innocent young people now on the National DNA Database 22nd May 2007
  • GeneWatch PR: New report shows 2006 was worst year ever for contamination of crops by rogue genetically engineered variants 19th February 2007
  • GeneWatch PR: Issued on behalf of the RSPB and GeneWatch UK - Firms to dodge pollution costs 9th February 2007
  • GeneWatch PR: New Government proposals fail to protect local nature sites from genetic and toxic polluters 25th January 2007
• 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: Key wildlife species and habitats excluded from proposed GM environmental liability laws. 30th November 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: European Commission in lap of US industry: GeneWatch UK response to decision not to appeal WTO GMO decision 21st November 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: European Commission must appeal WTO ruling on GM crops and food 3rd November 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: Prime Minister unscientific about science: GeneWatch UK response to PM's speech on science and the economy 3rd November 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: New controls needed to maintain independence of science: research shows scientists fail to disclose financial interests in the journal, Nature 2nd November 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: Citizens or suspects? GeneWatch response to the launch of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics' consultation on police use of DNA 1st November 2006
  • GeneWatch PR:Government plans for controls on GM crops like putting 'dracula in charge of the blood bank': GeneWatch response to consultation on coexistence of GM and non-GM crops 13th October 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: Lights stay amber for GM products: claims of US victory do not reflect trade ruling 28th September 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: UK Biobank gets go-ahead: GeneWatch UK response 21st August 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: Police DNA database out of control, concludes new GeneWatch investigation 16th July 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK response to Scottish Parliament's vote on police retention of DNA. 25th May 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch response to new proposals for police retention of DNA in Scotland. 22nd May 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: Global Coalition Sounds the Alarm on Synthetic Biology,Demands Oversight and Societal Debate 19th May 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: Diets tailored to your genes are false solution to disease, says new GeneWatch report. 16th May 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK welcomes move to maintain moratorium on Terminator technology 27th March 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: UK Biobank based on false assumptions and a waste of public money, says GeneWatch 15th March 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: First contamination report reveals worldwide illegal spread of genetically engineered crops 8th March 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: Misleading benefits claimed for police retention of innocent people's DNA, says new GeneWatch report 27th February 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: Keep Genetic Testing Private - Health and Human Rights at Risk - say leading disability, health and human rights groups 14th February 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK response to the WTO interim report on the GMO dispute: more fuel on the GM fire 7th February 2006
  • GeneWatch PR: WTO GMO decision expected tomorrow: Evidence shows the US's desperate efforts unlikely to succeed in forcing GM food acceptance 6th February 2006
• 2001
  • GeneWatch PR: Patent on life warning as links between Biotech companies and Japan Tobacco exposed 12th November 2001
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK Response to Insurance Industry Announcement on Genetic Tests 23rd October 2001
  • GeneWatch PR: Patenting Genes – Stifling Research and Jeopardising Healthcare 29th January 2001
• 2005
  • GeneWatch PR: First on-line worldwide register of GM contamination incidents launched today 1st June 2005
  • GeneWatch PR: Pre-election survey of political parties' views on GM foods and human genetic testing 31st March 2005
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK welcomes rejection of "bar-coding babies" plan. 31st March 2005
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK response to the Science and Technology Committee report 'Forensic Science on Trial' 29th March 2005
  • GeneWatch PR: Allowing sex selection leaves door wide open for designer babies. 24th March 2005
  • GeneWatch PR: Genetically modified winter oilseed rape - bad for the environment and bad for farmers. 21st March 2005
  • GeneWatch PR: New Study Overturns Claimed Wildlife Benefits of GM Crops 15th March 2005
  • GeneWatch PR: Gene test insurance deal inadequate: GeneWatch UK comment on announcement of deal between the Government and insurance industry 14th March 2005
  • GeneWatch PR: Police DNA database needs stronger safeguards for privacy and human rights 12th January 2005
  • GeneWatch PR: A sales pitch not science - Oxford University attacked for marketing of misleading 'nicotine addiction' gene test 4th January 2005
• 2004
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK criticises marketing scam behind Healthcare Industries Task Force 17th November 2004
  • GeneWatch PR: HFEA decision making process on embryo selection "a disgrace in a democratic society". 1st November 2004
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK calls on HFEA to make decisions on cloning in the open and not behind closed doors 29th September 2004
  • GeneWatch PR: New approach to science and technology needed: GeneWatch UK publishes report on Government's response to GM debate. 24th June 2004
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK Welcomes New NHS Guideline for Familial Breast Cancer 23rd June 2004
  • GeneWatch PR: International coalition of public interest groups intervenes in WTO GM dispute: WTO must not act as stooge of the biotech industry 27th May 2004
  • GeneWatch PR: EU Commission Gives into US Pressure on GM maize 19th May 2004
  • GeneWatch PR: UK Government ignores science, Parliament and public concerns on GM crops. GeneWatch UK response to the Government's GM policy announcement 9th March 2004
  • GeneWatch PR: Leaked document reveals GM crop growing to go ahead. Government plans presentational strategy. 12th February 2004
  • GeneWatch PR: GM animals high in omega-3 fatty acids: scientist ready to cash in via patent. GeneWatch UK response to paper published in Nature today 5th February 2004
  • GeneWatch PR: Belgian decision will prevent GM oilseed rape being grown in Britain 2nd February 2004
  • GeneWatch PR: GM Herbicide-Tolerant Oilseed rape: Belgian Adivce Means European Ban Likely. 29th January 2004
  • GeneWatch PR: Biotech Companies Should Withdraw GM Crop Applications 13th January 2004
• 2000
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK calls for Syngenta, the new world leader in GM crops, to abandon Terminator and Traitor Technology 11th October 2000
  • GeneWatch PR: Thai ministry of public health distances itself from Monsanto in response to leaked memo 20th September 2000
  • GeneWatch PR: Monsanto's desperate propaganda campaign reaches global proportions 6th September 2000
  • GeneWatch PR: Dr Sue Mayer, GeneWatch UK's Director Appointed to Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission 5th June 2000
  • GeneWatch PR: New GM foods offer no consumer benefits 13th April 2000
  • GeneWatch PR: Massive public support for tighter control of GM waste 10th January 2000
• 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: Drug-producing GM crops: More safeguards and research needed. 9th December 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: Genetically Modified Foods: Put the Consumer First. 3rd December 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: The GM debate: learning the lessons. 22nd October 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: GM crops harmful to wildlife: another reason to halt commercialisation. 16th October 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: Legal loophole allows genetic discrimination in the workplace. 25th September 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: Time for Government to act on public concerns and halt the commercialisation 24th September 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: Main ethical questions about genetic sampling sidelined in biotech industry's favour: GeneWatch UK response to UK Biobank "Ethics and Governance Framework" 24th September 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: Brussels bureaucrats increase GM conflict by sacrificing organic non-GM standards: 23rd July 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK response to the GM Science Review 21st July 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: No good reason to pursue GM crop commercialisation in the UK now: GeneWatch UK response to Prime Minister's Strategy Unit Report on GM crops 11th July 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK response to Government White Paper on Genetics: Safeguards against genetic discrimination insufficient 24th June 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: NGOs Agree Main Issues in GM Debate 2nd June 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: Food Standards Agency Hides Unanimous Findings Of Citizens' Jury That GM Crops Should Not Be Grown In The UK Now - GeneWatch UK Challenges The FSA To Come Clean 9th May 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK response to the Human Genetics Commission's 'Genes Direct' report. 9th April 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: GM Public Debate 'meaningless' unless Government halts GM commercialisation decisions 3rd March 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: Should Britain grow GM crops? Michael Meacher opens first public debate 6th February 2003
  • GeneWatch UK: GeneWatch UK welcomes advice to ministers to regulate genetic tests. 5th February 2003
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK condemns production of cloned GM cattle with altered milk composition 27th January 2003
• 2002
  • GeneWatch PR: GM experiments to create new life forms could take place in the UK without public debate, GeneWatch UK warns 22nd November 2002
  • GeneWatch PR: Lords seek to fiddle figures on GM animals in UK labs 24th July 2002
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK response to the Human Genetics Commission's announcement 16th July 2002
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK welcomes MEPs' vote to give consumers choice about GM food 3rd July 2002
  • GeneWatch PR: Parliament finally talks about Biobank UK 2nd July 2002
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK welcomes the Royal Society's call for all facts on GM and cloned animals to be made available to the public 10th June 2002
  • GeneWatch PR: High-street stores reject Sciona's human genetic testing 7th June 2002
  • GeneWatch PR: Leaked document exposes Government failure to regulate human genetic tests 4th June 2002
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch response to Human Genetics Commission report on personal genetic information 21st May 2002
  • GeneWatch PR: Inadequate controls causing untold suffering of GM and cloned animals 15th May 2002
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK Challenges the Commercialisation of UK's First GM Crop at Hearing in Manchester 29th April 2002
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK challenges the MRC, Wellcome Trust and Department of Health to allow an independent scientific peer review of Biobank UK 22nd April 2002
  • GeneWatch PR: Royal Society Endorses GeneWatch UK Concerns on Regulation of GM Foods 6th February 2002
  • GeneWatch PR: Doctors warned to press for safeguards before collecting patients' genes 14th January 2002
• 1998
  • GeneWatch PR: Industry and Government admit not enough is known about genetically modified crops – But consumers will still be eating them. 21st October 1998
  • GeneWatch PR: 77% of the public believe there should be a ban on growing genetically engineered crops and food in Britain. 14th June 1998
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch UK Calls For A Halt On Growing Genetically Engineered Oilseed Rape 12th June 1998
• 1999
  • GeneWatch PR: New research on safety assessment of GM crops sheds light on risk controversies 29th September 1999
  • GeneWatch PR: ASA rules that Monsanto adverts were misleading: GeneWatch UK complaints upheld 10th August 1999
  • GeneWatch PR: Farm scale trials with GM oilseed rape could cover 12,350 acres in 2000 23rd July 1999
  • GeneWatch PR: GM micro-organisms released into the environment every day across the uk, says new GeneWatch UK report 28th June 1999
  • GeneWatch PR: Government Still Floundering and Out of Touch Over Genetically Modified Foods 21st May 1999
  • GeneWatch PR: GeneWatch Calls for Monsanto to Apologise and to Sack their Spin Doctors 28th February 1999
  • GeneWatch PR: GM Could be Used in up to 90% of Processed Food, Says GeneWatch UK 15th February 1999
  • GeneWatch PR: House of Lords Lets Down Consumers and the Environment 21st January 1999

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