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• Independent Science News: Why We Oppose Golden Rice (7th August 2020)
  

• The Conversation: The Philippines has rated ‘Golden Rice’ safe, but farmers might not plant it (7th February 2020)
  

• New Age Bangladesh: Golden rice beta carotene disappears fast: study (27th June 2019)
  

• Independent Science News: GMO Golden Rice Offers No Nutritional Benefits Says FDA (3rd June 2018)
  

• SciDevNet: Australia, New Zealand approval of GM rice questioned (22nd February 2018)
  

• Independent Science News: Goodbye to Golden Rice? GM Trait Leads to Drastic Yield Loss and "Metabolic Meltdown" (25th October 2017)
  

• DNA: Asian farmers decry revival of Golden Rice field trials (23rd April 2017)
  

• Global Times: Fishing for alternatives (1st March 2017)
  

• The Daily Star: Vitamin A rice now a reality (28th October 2016)
  

• Phys.org: A biofortified rice high in iron and zinc is set to combat hidden hunger in developing countries (18th August 2016)
  

• GENS: Canola genetically engineered to produce commercially relevant amounts of omega-3 fatty acids (11th July 2016)
  

• Des Moines Register: Companies woo consumers with GMO crops with health benefits (6th July 2016)
  

• RINF: False Promises, Smears and Golden Rice: Is This the Solution for Disease, Poverty and Malnutrition? (7th June 2016)
  

• The Source: Genetically modified Golden Rice falls short on lifesaving promises (2nd June 2016)
  

• The Ecologist: Nutritionally-enhanced GM crops? Too bad about the deformed butterflies (18th April 2016)
  

• RCI: Unique genetically modified crop, and many questions discovered (5th April 2016)
  

• Mother Jones: WTF Happened to Golden Rice? (3rd February 2016)
  

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  InterAksyon: FIRST IN THE WORLD: Supreme Court bans development of genetically engineered products (13th December 2015)
  

• Fieldquestions: Golden Rice: Bringing a Superfood Down to Earth (28th August 2015)
  

• Quartz: Golden Rice - a star among GMO foods - has a major study retracted (3rd August 2015)
  

• Retraction Watch: Golden rice paper pulled after judge rules for journal (31st July 2015)
  

• Eurasia Review: How healthy is genetically modified soybean oil? (8th March 2015)
  

• News Medical: GM soybean oil as unhealthy as regular soybean oil, but may not cause insulin resistance (6th March 2015)
  

• Samar News: Cebuanos reject GE 'Golden' rice anew, calls support for Ecological Agriculture (8th October 2014)
  

• Des Moines Register: ISU researcher to test altered bananas (2nd August 2014)
  

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  Fresh Fruit Portal: First human trial of GM bananas to take place in the U.S. (17th June 2014)
  

• The Independent: GM banana designed to slash African infant mortality enters human trials (17th June 2014)
  

• The Guardian: Meet the 'super banana' - a vitamin-enriched upgrade that could save lives (17th June 2014)
  

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  The Journal: After 7 years and almost Euros7 million, super banana will face its first human trial (16th June 2014)
  

• Business Mirror: Asian groups back PHL farmers' call to stop 'Golden Rice' commercialization (30th April 2014)
  

• Minda News: Groups seek halt to entry of 'golden rice' (24th April 2014)
  

• The Ecologist: Golden Rice - a complex tangle of unanswered questions (13th February 2014)
  

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  Sustainable Pulse: GM Purple Tomatoes Set for EU Legal Problems over Human Testing (26th January 2014)
  

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  BBC: Genetically-modified purple tomatoes heading for shops (24th January 2014)
  

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  BBC: 'Fish oil' GM plant trial application submitted (24th January 2014)
  

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  Daily Mail: Now gene experts will create fish oil without fish: GM crops could be grown this spring (24th January 2014)
  

• The Ecologist: Golden Rice ignores the risks, the people and the real solutions (28th December 2013)
  

• Philippines News Agency: International biosafety experts warn vs. health risks of 'Golden Rice' (28th November 2013)
  

• Rappler: Unmasking Golden Rice (25th November 2013)
  

• The Observer: Fears grow over open access to patient records (23rd November 2013)
  

• Dhaka Tribune: 'Confined trial' allowed for genetically modified rice, potato (11th November 2013)
  

  A confined field trial of GM 'Golden Rice' is approved in Bangladesh.

• Food Magazine: GM golden rice to be launched in the Philippines (6th November 2013)
  

• Inquirer: Cebu farmers tell gov't not to sell Golden Rice (15th October 2013)
  

• BBC: GM rice opponents wicked, says minister Owen Paterson (14th October 2013)
  

• The Guardian: GM golden rice opponents branded 'wicked' by UK environment secretary (14th October 2013)
  

• The Guardian: GM crops: is opposition to golden rice wicked? (14th October 2013)
  

• The Independent: There is undeniable risk in producing the GM rice that the Environment Secretary is proposing (14th October 2013)
  

• Independent: Opponents of third world GM crops are 'wicked', says Environment Secretary Owen Paterson (13th October 2013)
  

• China Daily: Worries linger despite apology on GM rice test (21st September 2013)
  

• CCTV: Tufts University apologizes for GM food test on kids (20th September 2013)
  

• The Salt: Golden Rice Study Violated Ethical Rules, Tufts Says (17th September 2013)
  

• Forbes: Golden Rice and GMOs: The Best Solutions To World Hunger? (31st August 2013)
  

• Davao Today: Law on Golden Rice ban urged (23rd August 2013)
  

• Bulatlat.com: Golden rice, not the solution to Vitamin A deficiency (17th August 2013)
  

• Remate: Bicolano farmers uproot golden rice (8th August 2013)
  

• BBC: GM rice approval 'edging closer' (6th August 2013)
  

• Roll Call: GMO Soybeans Are Speed Bump in EU Trade Deal (26th July 2013)
  

• Deccan Herald: GM tomato gets purple hue (8th July 2013)
  

• Take Part: Battle Purple Tomato: Genetically Engineered vs. Non-GMO (8th July 2013)
  

• The Independent: Golden Rice nutrition study to be conducted among adult subjects
  

• The Crossing: 'Golden Rice' and the GM crop debate (24th June 2014)
  

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  Channel 4 Fact Check: Has the environment minister struck gold on GM? (20th June 2013)
  

• Business Mirror: Golden Rice nutrition study to be conducted among adult subjects (8th June 2013)
  

• Philippine Daily Inquirer: Organic farm advocates hail CA ruling on GMOs (1st June 2013)
  

• Philippine Star: 'Green Moms' vs entry of Golden Rice in Philippines (1st June 2013)
  

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Monsanto soybean oil could replace fatty fish acids (21st April 2013)
  

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  BBC: Uganda's genetically modified golden bananas (27th March 2013)
  

• Bulatlat.com: Scientists, farmers, consumers shun golden rice (18th March 2013)
  

• Herald Sun: BASF to halt U.S. nutritionally enhanced corn project (31st January 2013)
  

• AlertNet: Golden rice trial triggers sackings, investigation (8th January 2013)
  

• South China Morning Post: Parents of children in Hunan GM rice trial were lied to (8th December 2012)
  

• Davao Today: Golden Rice is GMO: stop field testing gov't urged (12th November 2012)
  

• The Bohol Standard: Public alerted over genetic 'golden rice' (28th October 2012)
  

• SciDev.net: GM cassava study retracted over 'missing' data (26th September 2012)
  

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  Daily Mail: In hot water, MP fan of Frankenstein food who got it wrong on M&S broccoli by saying it was genetically modified (26th June 2012)
  

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