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Press Release: Victory November 5, 2020

Federal Court Declares Genetically Engineered Salmon Unlawful

Court rules U.S. Food and Drug Administration failed to analyze the risk escaped engineered salmon pose to endangered wild salmon

Press Release November 12, 2003

Lawsuit Challenges Open-Air Testing of Genetically Engineered 'Biopharm Crops'

USDA not adequately protecting the food supply or the environment

Press Release January 23, 2008

Farmers, Consumer Advocates, Conservationists Challenge Federal Approval of Genetically Engineered Beets

Negative impacts on crops, business, environment, and consumer rights cited

Press Release January 3, 2014

USDA Ignores Harms from Genetically Engineered Crops

Agency overlooks threats of new “Agent Orange” crops engineered to resist potent toxic herbicide

The Environmental Protection Agency approved the toxic herbicide 2,4-D for use on genetically engineered corn and soy crops in six Midwest states.
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Press Release August 1, 2014

Farmers, Environmental Groups Defend Moratorium of GMO Crops on Hawai‘i’s Big Island

Groups seek to intervene as biotech firms attempt to roll back regulations on genetically engineered crops

King salmon sit before being weighed on the docks in Ft. Bragg, CA. California's biggest water users—politically connected industrial farms—howl over every drop left in the river to benefit salmon instead of their crops of almonds, hay and alfalfa, and portray the issue as a survival contest between fish and people. They conveniently omit that salmon runs support a multibillion dollar fishing industry and that there is enough water to keep salmon and the fishing industry alive without fields going fallow.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
feature November 5, 2020

What You Should Know About Genetically Engineered Salmon

A short guide to the first laboratory-created animal approved for human consumption.

Article December 9, 2010

Europeans Reject Genetically Engineered Crops

More than 1 million sign petition to block BASF’s Amflora potato

'Let ME (Maine) Decide': Bumper sticker in support of GMO labeling.
(Photo courtesy of Don Shall)
Article January 16, 2014

Genetically Engineered Crops: Coming to a Store Near You?

Consumers fight for protections and labeling.

Press Release February 17, 2004

State of Hawai`i Approves Field Tests of Genetically Engineered Crops Without Any Information

Documents produced reveal no oversight by state Department of Agriculture

Press Release: Victory September 22, 2009

Court Finds USDA Violated Federal Law by Allowing Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets on the Market

Government failed to evaluate environmental and economic risks of Monsanto product

A sugar beet farm. Earthjustice is challenging the USDA's decision to allow genetically engineered sugar beets and alfalfa onto the market.
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Article July 14, 2011

OMG, GMOs: Pesticide Expert Charles Benbrook

Earthjustice is challenging the USDA's decision to allow genetically engineered sugar beets and alfalfa onto the market.

Wild Alaskan salmon swimming upstream. The FDA has failed to fully examine the risks that a new species of genetically engineered salmon would present to wild salmon.
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Article April 8, 2016

What Will Happen When Genetically Engineered Salmon Escape Into the Wild?

The FDA has failed to fully examine the risks that a new species of genetically engineered salmon would present to wild salmon.

Press Release August 6, 2004

Judge Orders Disclosure of Genetically Modified Crop Locations

Ruling an unprecedented victory for citizen oversight of “biopharm” experiments

Article July 13, 2011

OMG, GMOs: Earthjustice's Paul Achitoff

Why are genetically engineered (GE) crops bad for the environment?

Press Release February 8, 2005

Government Forced to Disclose Location of Test Sites for Biopharmaceutical Crops in Hawai'i

Court order is a first for citizen oversight of biotech crop experiments

Article March 25, 2011

Deregulation of Genetically Engineered Alfalfa Prompts Lawsuit

Monsanto commonly offers unsustainable solutions to the agriculture industry such as genetically engineered seeds and increased herbicide use and then dubs those dubious solutions "sustainable agriculture."

Press Release February 4, 2011

Farmers and Conservationists Challenge Latest Federal Approval of Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets

In defiance of earlier court ruling, USDA allows continued growing of controversial, illegally planted crop

Press Release July 23, 2003

Genetically Engineered "Biopharm" Crops in Hawai`i

State sued to disclose details of open air testing to the public