Fortune
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Glyphosate-cancer legal battle raises investor doubts about Bayer’s purchase of Monsanto
Bayer has to pay out $81 million in damages to a man who claims the Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer, a ...
Environmental Working Group or the EPA: Who should parents trust about glyphosate safety?
Remember a couple months back when an advocacy group found what it called “a hefty dose” of glyphosate, the active ingredient in weedkillers such ...
Why the cockroach is hard to kill—and what its genetics teaches us about adapting to environments
The second-largest genome ever sequenced belongs to a small but fascinating creature. Called “xiao qiang” or “little mighty” in China, ...
5 biotechnologies that might help save endangered species
Here are five expanding and emergent fields of biotech that could help safeguard nature: 1. Biobanking. Biobanks store biological samples ...
Free access to CRISPR gene editing? This startup wants to make it possible
CRISPR gene editing is widely regarded as one of the most significant advances in the life sciences in decades. The technology, ...
‘Designer babies’ are coming soon, but who gets to have them?
Designer babies are coming in 20 to 30 years. Your children will be able to select, to some degree, their ...
Viewpoint: How food manufacturers exploit unregulated ‘natural’ label to increase sales
Browse the shelves at your local grocery store, and you’ll find highly-processed product after highly-processed product marketing itself as a ...
Sustainably grown meats hitting markets, but public perception of technologies may hinder benefits
Americans love protein. Each year they eat an average of 210 pounds of meat per capita, more than double the ...
Future of milk? Genetically engineered yeast could replace cows
The latest new buzzword in food tech? Fermentation. And we’re not talking about the kimchi or kombucha kind. Rather, it’s ...
Monsanto’s billion dollar gene-editing commitment may avoid restrictive GMO regulations
Agricultural behemoth Monsanto spent a whopping $1.5 billion on R&D last year, or about 11% of its revenue—a percentage that’s pretty much ...
Consumer demands trump science when food companies make decisions on GMOs
Speaking on a panel at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit on Tuesday, Sally Grimes, chief global growth office and president of Tyson ...
Fortune’s video quiz on Monsanto: Separating truth from fiction
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto is perhaps the ...
How Monsanto, one of the world’s most vilified companies, could be crucial in feeding it
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . Is it ...
Monsanto CEO: We need all hands on deck to feed world’s growing population, including GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The world’s agricultural industry ...
Del Monte goes GMO-free
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As investors seek more ...
Big Food broke ‘spirit, letter’ of law in campaign against WA state’s GMO labeling initiative
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The nation’s largest food ...
3D-bioprinting technology revolutionizing future of organ transplants
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For years, printing a ...
‘Stool-to-fuel’ project helps reduce emissions from big agriculture
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Many people expect the ...
Gatorade jumps on organic marketing bandwagon
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Gatorade is the leading ...
Tropicana’s non-GMO label ‘is marketing, not transparency’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. PepsiCo’s Tropicana Pure Premium ...
‘SmartLabels’ not good enough for GMO critics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Proponents of mandatory GMO ...
Can a price be placed on human eggs?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. There’s something funny about ...
FDA seeking comment on defining “natural” foods: Will GMOs be included?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. From granola bars to ...
GMOs have won over many critics in food industry, but consumers cautious
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Who’s worried about GMOs? ...
WHO’s IARC: Red meat is as ‘dangerous’ as glyphosate (and 476 other carcinogenic threats)
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The World Health Organization's ...
Silicon Valley companies offering breast and ovarian cancer genetic screen benefit
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Visa, along with a ...
GMOs essential to life-saving medicines and other uses, even if you don’t want them in food
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. GMOs in agriculture are ...
Will humanoid robots render humans obsolete?
Maybe you believe that humans uniquely will always have to perform the highest-stakes, most delicate and demanding tasks in our ...
