Europe
Austria’s January 2020 glyphosate ban halted on technical grounds
An Austrian ban on the weedkiller glyphosate, a substance that has long been disputed in Europe and beyond, can’t take ...
EU votes to ban insecticide chlorpyrifos, citing brain damage risk to children
A majority of EU countries voted to ban chlorpyrifos, an insecticide deemed unsafe for human health by the EU’s food ...
EU CRISPR-edited crop rules still unclear, a year after landmark court ruling
After the controversial European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling in 2018 that organisms obtained by new plant breeding techniques (NBTs) ...
European Union green lights imports of eight GMO crops
[Nov. 28], the [European] Commission authorized eight Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), all for food/feed uses (maize MZHG0JG, maize MON 89034 ...
3 German science institutes say CRISPR-edited plants not GMOs, call for new EU biotech crop rules
The EU science community continues to put pressure on regulators to reform Europe's genetic engineering law. On [Dece. 4] ...
EU may block Austria’s proposed glyphosate weed killer ban
Austria's government appeared to cast doubt [December 2] on whether a total ban on the controversial herbicide glyphosate would be ...
Pesticide makers want EU chlorpyrifos insecticide ban halted for lack of ‘sound evidence’
Agri-chemical manufacturers are putting pressure on the EU to prevent a ban of two disputed pesticides that damage the brain ...
EU Health Commissioner defends GMOs, warns against ‘regulation by public opinion’
Outgoing EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis has hit out at regulation by public opinion rather than science-based ...
Europe’s rejection of GMO, CRISPR crops can teach scientists how to earn consumer trust
European regulators and consumers have been steadfast in their rejection of genetic modification in food. The idea of ‘Frankenfood’ has ...
Leaked document suggests EU may relax its strict CRISPR-edited crop regulations
The European Commission plans to create specific legislation to facilitate the production of genetically edited crops, following the July 2018 ...
Parliament pressures EU nations to restrict GMOs with non-binding vote opposing 4 biotech crop imports
The European Parliament objected to proposed EU approval to import four genetically modified crops, in a series of Nov. 14 ...
UK could tackle sustainability challenges post Brexit with GMO crops, farmer’s union chief says
Boosting the use of genetically modified crops in the U.K. after Brexit could be “enormously beneficial,” according to the National ...
GMO insect-resistant corn poses no risk to human health, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) risk assessment affirms
Following the submission of application .... from Bayer Agriculture BVBA, the EFSA Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO Panel) was ...
EU Parliament Environment Committee opposes ‘undemocratic’ plan to import glyphosate-tolerant GMOs
The Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee of the European Parliament .... opposed the European Commission’s plans to authorize ...
EU food safety commissioner: Ban on GMO crop imports could spell ‘disaster’ for Europe’s economy
The fight against the importation of genetically-modified (GM) feed or food in Europe has been labelled as “scaremongering” and “a ...
Global consensus finds neonicotinoids not driving honeybee health problems. Why is Europe determined to ban them?
Why is Europe allowing what has been called 'a bizarrely one-sided piece of politicized science' to determine agricultural policy? ...
Video: ‘Blood on their hands’—Greens’ resistance to biotechnology blocks sustainable agriculture, climate change innovation, says GLP’s Jon Entine
Green advocacy groups are the single biggest impediment to sustainable agriculture ...
Viewpoint: On GMOs, energy production, ‘fear of progress’ is Europe’s main attribute
Shale gas, GMOs: here are two topics that usually arouse the public's worst fears. [Europe] has managed to ban the ...
EU lawmakers: New bee safety rules won’t protect pollinators from neonic pesticides long term
The European Parliament on [October 23] blocked a diluted proposal by the 28-nation bloc’s executive arm on protecting bees from ...
Impossible Foods seeks approval for GMO plant-based burgers in biotech-wary Europe
Impossible Foods Inc. has applied to start selling its plant-based burgers in the European Union as it looks to expand ...
EU bans neonic insecticide thiacloprid after 2020, citing threats to human reproductive health, bees
EU countries [Ocotber 22] voted not to extend the license of the insecticide thiacloprid when it expires at the end ...
Max Planck Society backs CRISPR crops, rejects human germline editing
As an organization of basic research, the Max Planck Society bears a special responsibility for the use of new scientific ...
Rapeseed farmers benefit from honeybees more than pesticides, French study finds
For European rapeseed farmers, honey bees buzzing around fields may outweigh the benefits of using pesticides to fight insect damage, ...
Fear of ‘mighty multinationals’ could spur European glyphosate bans despite evidence, EU food safety official says
The world’s most used herbicide is now more of a political football than a weedkiller. Bernhard Url, the head of ...
Bayer: No glyphosate alternative will ‘magically’ appear in next 5 years
In the next five years, no alternative to glyphosate is going to “magically” appear in the market, Dr Bob Reiter, ...
Do farmers really need neonic insecticides? Study sparks debate over pesticides’ future
New research has found a widely used and increasingly controversial insecticide has “negligible” benefits for commercially grown soybeans. Pesticide makers ...
Biofuel from GMO trees could cut global oil use, but EU biotech rules slow development
The looming threat of climate change is increasing the pressure to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels. New technologies to ...