Trilogue negotiations between the EU institutions resulted in the removal of these important safeguards, a decision which ...
We won – or so it seemed. Not by making GM crops illegal, but by ensuring they were regulated. A tough regulatory framework, ...
Landmark study on glyphosate, 2,4-D and dicamba shows so-called safe exposure levels are not safe when ingested as a mixture.
RAP-Chile also criticised the SAG for failing to take into account the critical issues and risks associated with NGTs, ...
“The American Chestnut Foundation, once a major backer of the D54, withdrew its support after exposing evidence of ...
GMWatch publishes scientific analysis of the weakened regulations and accompanying guidance documents GMWatch has published a scientific critique of the UK Government’s Genetic Technology (Precision ...
Covert PR operations involving the secret profiling of over 3,000 people and organisations considered “critics” of the pesticide industry recently made headlines around the world. The secret profiles, ...
Bayer has applied for approval in the EU of its new herbicide, icafolin, following applications in Brazil, the US, and Canada. The company states that glyphosate resistant weeds – which have thrived ...
Recently NPR ran a story reporting that the GM purple tomato, genetically engineered with genes from snapdragons to contain high levels of the antioxidant anthocyanin, is now on sale to home gardeners ...
Save Our Seeds and GMWatch explore the fate of the bold claims made for agricultural GMOs Whatever happened to GM Golden Rice? And wasn’t GM salmon supposed to revolutionise aquaculture? Three decades ...
One-third of the US’s total annual pesticide use attributed to no- and minimum-till GM corn and soy. Report: Claire Robinson A widespread narrative holds that tillage (ploughing) can increase ...
In a victory for public health and the environment, the British biotech firm Oxitec and CSIRO have withdrawn their application to commercially release millions of genetically engineered mosquitoes ...