![]() ![]() Read the debate in the British Medical Journal about plans to sequence every baby's DNA at birth. Visit GeneWatch's new website, My DNA, My Family, My Rights. GeneWatch UK has published a briefing on problems with DNA repair during the gene editing process. GeneWatch UK's response to the Government's earlier consultation is here. The Act was adopted with minor amendments in March 2023, but it requires secondary legislation that will now determine important details such as the extent of risk assessments and labelling that will be required, and how animal welfare will be assessed. Read the GeneWatch UK briefing on the Bill and visit our Genetic Technologies (Precision Breeding) Bill webpage. The UK Government has proposed deregulating gene edited organisms (plants and animals) in England. The summary and a low-resolution full report can be downloaded separately. ![]() Read the GeneWatch UK Report, Time for the end of GM/GE herbicide tolerant crops?. Read the report, published by Third World Network in collaboration with GeneWatch UK, ' Bt Crops Past Their Sell-By Date: A Failing Technology Searching for New Markets? Read GeneWatch UK's latest submission to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). There are plans to release GM American Chestnut trees into forests in the USA. Read the GeneWatch report GM Trees: Can We, Should We?. Please help to support our work by making a donation. We work on all aspects of genetic technologies - from GM crops and foods to genetic testing of humans. GeneWatch believes people should have a voice in whether or how these technologies are used and campaigns for safeguards for people, animals and the environment. GeneWatch UK is a not-for-profit group that monitors developments in genetic technologies from a public interest, human rights, environmental protection and animal welfare perspective. ![]()
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