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Viewpoint: Taxpayer-funded Canadian news agency promotes ‘fake news’ about glyphosate herbicide’s health risks

Kevin Folta | 
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviewed anti-GMO activist scientist Theirry Vrain and published an article featuring several false and misleading claims ...
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France rejects 5-year renewal for glyphosate herbicide; wants 3-year license instead

France will oppose a European Commission proposal to renew authorisation for controversial weedkiller glyphosate for five years instead of 10, ...
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Bernie Sanders, 10 Senate Democrats push USDA for ‘consumer-friendly’ GMO label

Lydia Wheeler | 
Senate Democrats are pushing the Agriculture Department to create a labeling standard for products made with genetically modified organisms (GMO) that ...
Large long-term farm study finds no statistically significant cancer link to glyphosate herbicide

Large long-term farm study finds no statistically significant cancer link to glyphosate herbicide

Kate Kelland | 
A large long-term study on the use of the big-selling weedkiller glyphosate by agricultural workers in the United States has ...
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‘Science Moms’ documentary counters anti-GMO, anti-vaccine misinformation

Kavin Senapathy | 
In an era of fear-based marketing targeted to parents, one group of moms hopes to launch a movement of science-minded ...
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EU farmers union: Glyphosate herbicide renewal dispute ‘undermines’ Europe’s scientific credibility

Sarantis Michalopoulos | 
EU farmers’ union Copa-Cogeca has rejected the Commission’s revised proposal for a five year re-authorisation of glyphosate, claiming that such ...
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How the ‘Dunning-Kruger’ effect explains public’s anti-GMO views

[A] new study from Carnegie Mellon University has provided key information on what factors influence public acceptance of GMOs and ...
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Video: Dissecting claim that Canadian professor is a ‘Monsanto sock puppet’

Jonathan Jarry | 
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation recently brought forth allegations that professor Peter Phillips of the University of Saskatchewan is a Monsanto ...
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Viewpoint: After Christopher Wild departure, next IARC chief must fix ‘beleaguered’ agency

David Zaruk | 
With the sudden departure of IARC head Christopher Wild, here's a wish list put together by David Zaruk, who offers ...
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Food fears: How anti-science myths—like ‘clean eating’ and GMO health risks—make eaters anxious

Aaron Carroll | 
We talk about food in the negative: What we shouldn’t eat, what we’ll regret later, what’s evil, dangerously tempting, unhealthy ...
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USDA scraps overhaul of GMO and gene edited crop regulations that biotech advocates viewed as ‘unscientific’

Paul McDivitt | 
The Trump administration withdrew a proposed USDA rule change made by the Obama administration that would have been the first ...
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How the Midwest became the Silicon Valley of agriculture

Brian Boyce | 
Matthew Crisp, president and CEO of Benson Hill Biosystems, [says] the rural zones of Midwestern America are proving fertile ground for ...
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Genetic engineering ‘fastest method’ to save Florida citrus industry from greening disease

Jude Grosser, Manjul Dutt | 
[Editor's note: Manjul Dutt is a research assistant scientist and Jude Grosser is a research professor, both at the University of ...
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Sequenced potato genomes could speed development of disease-resistant varieties

Examining the ancestors of the modern, North American cultivated potato has revealed a set of common genes and important genetic ...
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Ecological Armageddon? Scientists criticize media coverage of insect study that raised questions about farm pesticide use

Catherine Early | 
Results of a study of insects in protected areas across Germany earned dramatic headlines warning of "ecological Armageddon". ... [T]he ...
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Will herbicide drift damage push non-GMO farmers to buy dicamba-resistant seeds?

Nathalie Baptiste | 
About 4 percent of all soybean crops planted in the United States have been damaged by a weed killer this ...
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New Zealand farmers group drops lawsuit, paving way for local GMO bans

Jamie Morton | 
Federated Farmers has dropped a legal battle against rulings allowing regional councils to decide whether genetically modified organisms (GMOs) can ...
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EU glyphosate herbicide ban would make weed control harder for French winegrowers

Bad weather this year has already prompted a steep drop in French wine output, contributing to a 50-year low in global ...
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14 corn genes identified that could boost vitamin E levels

Krishna Ramanujan | 
New research has identified genes that control vitamin E content in maize grain, a finding that could lead to improving ...
Viewpoint: Will Europe botch regulation of gene editing as it has GMOs?

Viewpoint: Will Europe botch regulation of gene editing as it has GMOs?

Hannes Kollist | 
Plant biologist: Europe's precautionary stance toward agricultural biotechnology has all but blocked the introduction of GM crops and could provide ...
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Viewpoint: Challenges to glyphosate, neonic safety shows science under attack from ‘viral misinformation’

Robert Arnason | 
The news of scientific prejudice [in the decision by IARC stating that glyphosate was a likely carcinogen, on top of ...
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GMO canola high in omega-3 oils up for regulatory approval in Australia

Lyndal Reading | 
The first genetically modified canola with health benefits is being scrutinised by [Australia's] Office of the Gene Technology Regulator. The ...
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Closing gap between rich and poor farmers: CRISPR gene editing targets disease, pests and climate

Julie Mollins | 
Gene editing technology could revolutionize the way scientists breed high-yielding drought, disease and pest resistant, quality plant seeds, greatly reducing ...
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Natural insecticide created with spider venom and genetically modified yeast

Katherine Foley | 
Scientists have noticed the powerful punch some spider venoms pack, and have started looking to them for inspiration for all kinds ...
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USDA allows ‘organic’ label for soil-less farming, upsetting movement’s founders

Caitlin Dewey | 
The pioneers of the sustainable farming movement are mourning what they call the downfall of the organic program, following a Wednesday ...
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Dicamba herbicide drift damaged 3.6 million acres of soybean crops in 25 states

Eric Lipton | 
A weed killer called dicamba has damaged more than 3.6 million acres of soybean crops, or about 4 percent of ...
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No signs of resistance to GMO Bt corn in Europe after 16 years of use

Pedro Castañera et al. | 
The majority of Bt maize production in the European Union (EU) is concentrated in northeast Spain, which is Europe’s only hotspot where ...
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