| | 02/June/23
| | Beyond seeds and genetics: Assessment of the social impacts of genetically engineered crops in Africa under a critical lens GM crops are promoted as a way to achieve important social goals in Africa, notably improved food security and poverty alleviation. Recent research, however, has identified a disjuncture between the lofty goals of GM crop programs in Africa and the approaches used to assess their impacts. These findings come as calls for funding and attention to improve impact evaluation and assessment in agricultural development are growing. This day-long workshop will gather experts in the evaluative sciences, biotechnology development for Africa, and innovation studies to identify the socio-economic assessment gaps of African GM crop interventions, and suggests ways to adopt more appropriate assessment approaches in line with their broad social goals. Register now for the event, which is both online and in-person. [GMW: This event, hosted by Brian Dowd-Uribe, associate professor in the International and Environmental Studies Departments at the University of San Francisco, has an excellent group of well informed speakers. Don't miss it!] University of Montpellier "Outrageous": Research shows pesticide giants withheld brain toxicity studies from EU New research published in the journal Environmental Health found that pesticide companies did not disclose to EU regulators at least nine studies examining the brain toxicity of their chemical products — a finding that experts said is a scandal that must spur reforms. "It is outrageous," Christina Rudén, a professor of regulatory ecotoxicology and toxicology at Stockholm University and a co-author of the new study, told the Guardian. The researchers behind the new study found that pesticide companies submitted 35 developmental neurotoxicity (DNT) assessments to the US Environmental Protection Agency between 1993 and 2015 as part of efforts to win regulatory approval for their products. But the companies withheld nine of those 35 studies from EU regulators, raising concerns that the firms deliberately suppressed information that may have impacted risk assessments. Last year, the same researchers discovered that an industry-sponsored DNT study on glyphosate found impacts on "neurobehavioural function, motor activity, in rat offspring" — findings that were not shared with EU officials. The Guardian We hope you’ve enjoyed this newsletter, which is made possible by readers’ donations. Please support our work with a one-off or regular donation. Thank you! __________________________________________________________ Website: http://www.gmwatch.org
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