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Judge cancels second federal glyphosate-cancer trial to aid settlement talks between Bayer, plaintiffs

Amanda Bronstad | 
In an order on [March 5], U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria vacated the March 23 trial date for the second ...
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EPA appears likely to re-approve drift-prone dicamba herbicides with added restrictions

Bryan Young, Tom Bechman | 
When the U.S. EPA reregistered dicamba soybean herbicides for use on Xtend soybeans in 2018, labels were effective for two ...
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Will legal ‘assault’ on Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller in US, EU threaten Africa’s access to glyphosate?

John Njiraini | 
A growing assault against glyphosate in the U.S. and Europe is threatening the future of the widely used weed killer ...
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Soybean damage caused by Bayer’s drift-prone dicamba herbicide spurs farmers to use competing GMO seeds, weedkillers

Rod Nickel, Tom Polansek | 
Bayer AG’s takeover of Monsanto has been beset by problems, and now a decades-long dominance of the $4 billion U.S ...
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Podcast: How to build a coronavirus; alcohol doesn’t shrink your brain; and locusts threaten famine in East Africa

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
Kevin Folta and Cameron English break down four of the latest headlines from the world of genetics and biotech ...
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Agricultural effects of Coronavirus: China’s industry slowdown threatens US access to pesticides and fertilizers

Margy Eckelkamp | 
The ripple effect of the Coronavirus in China is being reported in the supply of active ingredients and fertilizers. Exactly ...
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Trump urges Colombia to restart aerial glyphosate weedkiller spraying to wipe out coca crops

Luis Acosta, Oliver Griffin | 
Colombia will have to restart aerial spraying of the herbicide glyphosate in order to destroy crops of coca, the chief ...
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Viewpoint: Proposed EU fungicide ban would sabotage efforts to curb global food contamination

James Njoroge | 
One of the biggest dangers to our food supply comes from mold through a process that’s all-too-natural. Mold thrives in ...
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New ‘super weed’ crisis emerging? Dicamba herbicide failing to stop growth of Palmer amaranth pigweed in greenhouses experiments

Emily Unglesbee | 
University of Tennessee weed scientist Larry Steckel has spent the past two months coaxing Palmer amaranth weeds to grow from ...
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GMO blight-resistant potato expected to help over 300,000 farmers in Uganda cut pesticide use, boost yields

Stakeholders working within the potato sector in Uganda are confident about the wide adoption of a new bioengineered late blight ...
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How the pigweed Palmer amaranth became a ‘super weed’—and what it tells us about preventing herbicide resistance

Marc Brazeau | 
Bound up with the bad news of super weeds is good news for farmers -- a window of opportunity ...
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Bayer in ‘no rush’ to settle Roundup-cancer litigation following endorsements from EPA, Department of Justice

Ludwig Burger, Patricia Weiss | 
.... Bayer was at pains on [Feb. 27] to quell expectations it was nearing an out-of-court settlement laying to rest ...
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Bayer Chairman to step down as potential $12 billion Roundup-cancer litigation settlement looms

Ludwig Burger | 
Bayer Chairman Werner Wenning, one of the architects of a $63 billion takeover deal that has left the German crop ...
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Vaccines, glyphosate weedkiller cause obesity? Dr. David Gorski debunks new round of ‘bogus’ health claims

David Gorski | 
Those of us who have been following the antivaccine movement and the sorts of claims that its members [make] are ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Anti-insecticide crusade’ threatens food security of 20 million people as locusts swarm across East Africa

Richard Tren | 
A plague of locusts has hit Africa. Massive swarms are devouring crops and other vegetation in their path, imperiling millions ...
As France phases out common pesticides, regulator says farmers still need crop chemicals to control new plant diseases

As France phases out common pesticides, regulator says farmers still need crop chemicals to control new plant diseases

Gus Trompiz | 
France needs to retain pesticides to combat new plant diseases spread by international trade and climate change even as it ...
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Remember the questionable study claiming glyphosate boosts cancer risk 41%? Lead author reasserts her claim, EPA refutes it, and we take a second look

Geoffrey Kabat | 
Sheppard and her co-authors are intent on favoring data that appears to support the existence of a risk from glyphosate ...
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$265 million dicamba weed killer verdict paves way for more successful lawsuits against Monsanto, BASF

Bryce Gray | 
A $265 million verdict .... against two global agribusiness giants [in late February] has now created another legal headache for ...
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Bayer likely to fight new wave of Roundup-cancer litigation in Australia, despite looming US settlement

Jess Davis | 
As tens of thousands of cases against the makers of the weedkiller Roundup mount up in the United States, a ...
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Viewpoint: We can sustainably feed 10 billion people. Here’s how CRISPR and GMO crops can help

Rupesh Paudyal | 
If adopted widely, genetic engineering will bring us closer to meeting the EAT-Lancet dietary targets ...
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‘Bee-washing’ by advocacy groups and product pushers: We should shift the focus to native bees not honeybees

Lila Westreich | 
Amid the worry over the loss of honey bees, a far quieter but just as devastating loss is occurring among ...
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Kenya begins pesticide spraying to fight ‘locust swarm of the century,’ but critics abound

Claudia Lacave | 
As the devastating locust invasion continues to spread in East Africa and a new wave of locusts is gathering, pesticide ...
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Viewpoint: Europe’s paranoid fear of chemicals fueled by disinterest in learning

Jean-Paul Oury | 
In a season of resolutions, a site like [European Scientist] has one hope: that the 2020s will be the decade ...
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Viewpoint: How Europe’s risk aversion has turned the continent into an agricultural backwater

Matt Ridley | 
With tariffs announced against Brazil and Argentina, and a threat against France, Donald Trump is dragging the world deeper into ...
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Viewpoint: Glyphosate causes kidney disease? Debunking anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva’s herbicide junk science

Alison Van Eenennaam | 
Seeing Vandana Shiva hosted at the University of California made me embarrassed to be a UC parent, alum, and faculty ...
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What’s Bayer’s argument in its appeal of the $265 million Bader Farms-Monsanto dicamba weedkiller jury verdict?

Bryce Gray | 
What’s next in the Bader Farms lawsuit? Both Bayer and BASF deny Bader [Farms] suffered any dicamba damage. They blame ...
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What do the latest studies say about IARC’s lone conclusion that glyphosate could cause cancer? Faulty memories, statistical bias undermine conclusion

Kenny Crump | 
Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum herbicide that is used to control many types of plants worldwide. The International Agency for Research ...
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