The scientific discussion about the recent EU Regulation on New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) is far from over. While the Slovak government considers taking legal action against it at the Court of Justice of the EU, the Slovak Academy of Science has published a statement supporting the NGT Regulation. The European Network of Scientists for Social … Read more
The Slovak Academy of Science (SAS), in its statement supporting the new NGT Regulation of the European Union (EU), ascribes a series of benefits to New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), but does not provide any scientific evidence to support this. Furthermore, the SAS ignores the substantial risks of these techniques that have been reported in the … Read more
New GMOs Pose a Risk to the Public and the Environment – An Interview with Dr. András Székács on the occasion of the ENSSER statement “EU Commission’s proposal on new GM plants: no science, no safety”.The interview is in Hungarian. There are no uploaded subtitiles in English yet. You may use the automatically created subtitles … Read more
By Patrick van Zwanenberg, Erik Millstone & Alice Livingston Ortolani Published in Environmental Sciences Europe volume 37, Article number: 138 (2025)Download: https://enveurope.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s12302-025-01176-9 Abstract: This paper asks whether, when assessing the safety of regulated products, the standards of scrutiny and evaluation deployed by regulatory officials and scientific advisors differ for evidence indicating that a product might … Read more
By: Joël Spiroux de Vendômois, Jean-Paul Bourdineaud, Arnaud Apoteker, Nicolas Defarge, Emilie Gaillard, Corinne Lepage, Jacques Testart & Christian Vélot Published in: Toxicological Research (2021) Abstract: Repeated health and environmental scandals, the loss of biodiversity and the recent burst of chronic diseases constantly remind us the inability of public authorities and risk assessment agencies to … Read more
Brochure by TestBiotech Authors: Katharina Kawall, Juliana Miyazaki, Andreas Bauer-Panskus, Christoph Then Overview of genome editing applications using SDN-1 and SDN-2 in regard to EU regulatory issues – New methods of genetic engineering (genome editing) and their potential impact on nature protection and the environment
In recent years, there has been much discussion of how gene editing techniques, such as CRISPR, can broaden the scope of genetic engineering in agriculture. However, it’s becoming clear that gene editing techniques are error prone. This new report from Friends of the Earth U.S., cowritten by ENSSER member Janet Cotter, compiles the growing evidence … Read more
ENSSER and the European Environment Agency (EEA) are cooperating in convening the Seminar on Science and Socity ‘Integraty of Science under Attack’. This public seminar took place on April 15 and 16 at the EEA headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. ENSSER and EEA present current controversial cases of environmental and health risk assessments and policy decisions. … Read more