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Thin Ice

Our regular newsletter. Printed copies are sent to GM Freeze members and paid-up supporters.


December 2024, Issue 68

23 Dec 2024

Issue 68 of the GM Freeze newsletter Thin Ice highlights the looming question of whether the Labour government in the UK will recklessly deregulate new GMOs or adopt a responsible approach. There’s also a roundup of international news in 2024, covering stories in the Philippines, Argentina, Mexico and Europe. And we call on readers to support an international campaign to stop restrictive seed laws in trade deals.

December 2024, Issue 68

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April 2024, Issue 67

23 May 2024

Playing football with responsibilities at the Food Standards Agency; Europe votes for traceability and labelling of new-style GMOs; and the problems with purple GM tomatoes. Plus GM Freeze launches our ‘We’ve Been Framed’ messaging guide, and we introduce South East Essex Organic Gardeners in our first Member’s Profile.

April 2024, Issue 67

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December 2023, Issue 66

8 Dec 2023

Flawed Food Standards Agency consultation on gene edited organisms meets opposition; reflections from GM Freeze’s new Executive Director; our year 2022-23; plus the many ways you can take a stand against GMOs.

December 2023, Issue 66

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June 2023, Issue 65

5 Jun 2023

News of shocking new GM field trial plans plus what to expect now that the Genetic Technology Act has become law.

February 2023, Issue 64

8 Feb 2023

News of the final Parliamentary stages of the dangerous Genetic Technology Bill, GM wheat field trials and lots more.

October 2022, Issue 63

6 Oct 2022

Includes a detailed update on the Genetic Technology Bill, a review of GM Freeze’s year 2021/2 and more evidence of unexpected impacts from planting GMOs.

July 2022, Issue 62

4 Jul 2022

Focusing on the introduction of the Genetic Technology Bill to the UK Parliament, and efforts to reduce its damaging impact.

April 2022, Issue 61

9 Apr 2022

The UK Government has created a new (and much disputed) class of GMO plus details of how to object to the latest plans for growing experimental GM potatoes in open fields.

December 2021, Issue 60

3 Dec 2021

The UK Government has begun the process of dismantling key GM safeguards, despite strong public opposition, plus more on the DNA damage done by new GM techniques and GM news updates from around the world.

September 2021, Issue 59

10 Sep 2021

Mounting threats to GM safeguards, burnt-toast GM wheat gets the go-ahead and a review of GM Freeze’s year to March 2021.