Welcome to GeneWatch UK

GeneWatch UK is a not-for-profit group that monitors developments in genetic technologies from a public interest, environmental protection and animal welfare perspective. 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. We work on all aspects of genetic technologies - from GM crops and foods to genetic testing of humans.

Topics

  • The UK Police National DNA Database

    The Home Affairs Committee has published its surveillance society report, which calls for a new regulatory framework for the DNA database. Black Mental Health UK has launched a campaign calling for innocent mental health patients to be removed from the Database.

  • Genes and Marketing

    Scientists from the Netherlands and from the US National Office of Public Health Genomics have published an investigation of seven companies highlighted by GeneWatch as selling misleading gene tests. UK scientists and medics have also warned that "There is a growing business selling new genetic tests based on very preliminary research - the evidence is far too flimsy to be accepted by evidence-based medical practice".

  • Environmental Liability

    Who will pay if there is damage to the environment as a result of using GMOs?
    The Scottish consultation on draft regulations open until 8th August 2008

  • GM Contamination Register

    An on-line database of incidents of GM contamination, illegal releases and adverse agricultural side-effects run by GeneWatch UK and Greenpeace.

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