Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch: The chemists who revolutionized fertilizer production and 'changed the world for the better'

Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch: The chemists who revolutionized fertilizer production and ‘changed the world for the better’

Alexander Hammond | 
Without the efforts of Haber and Bosch, the world’s population would be much smaller ...
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‘We can’t rule out new solutions’: German Greens poised to reconsider skepticism of crop biotechnology?

Kai Gehring, Robert Habeck | 
[T]he world is looking to research laboratories like Mainz, Cambridge and other cities, where vaccines are being developed these days ...
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German Greens compromise on support for CRISPR crops, remain ‘the party of precaution’

Claus Malzahn | 
The Greens are debating a new policy program .... Many conflicts were resolved in advance, but on the subject of ...
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German Greens’ anti-GMO consensus may ‘shatter’ as 160 scientists urge party to endorse crop gene editing

Claus Malzahn | 
The carefully organized unity of the Greens [on genetic engineering] is breaking up. The party threatens to relapse into a ...
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Viewpoint: Germany’s pesticide use drops for 8th straight year, but anti-GMO groups say that’s not good enough

Hank Campbell | 
German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture data show that use of crop protection products, e.g. pesticides, went down last ...
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Despite GMO skepticism, German Green Party may endorse crop gene editing to promote farm sustainability

Catherine Roger | 
[I]n June 2020, more than twenty officials from the German Green party signed a contribution entitled: "New Times, New Answers: ...
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German government, farm group face off over impact of potential glyphosate ban

Arthur Neslen, Eddy Wax, Zosia Wanat | 
The German agriculture ministry strenuously rubbished a claim by farmers association DBV that the country’s new insect protection plan, which ...
Germany's 'save the bees' anti-pesticide campaign 'existential threat' to local vineyards, wine industry says

Germany’s ‘save the bees’ anti-pesticide campaign ‘existential threat’ to local vineyards, wine industry says

Herbert Trogus | 
In the vineyards of Oberrotweil and Oberbergen numerous green crosses were set up [over] the weekend. “They are meant as ...
Glyphosate-cancer battle escalates as Germany aims to ban Roundup after 2023

Glyphosate-cancer battle escalates as Germany aims to ban Roundup after 2023

Birgit Jennen | 
Angela Merkel’s government aims to phase out herbicides containing glyphosate by the end of 2023, a move that could generate ...
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German farmer’s group calls for updated EU GMO crop rules to combat climate change

German farmers want access to new breeding technologies to protect against climate change. This would require a change in the ...
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Crops produced with mutagenesis misleadingly labeled ‘non-GMO’ in Germany, biotech industry trade group says

According to research by [Germany's Free Democratic Party] and the genetic engineering-friendly association “Forum Grüne Reason” (FGV), many foods labeled ...
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German sugar beet planting drops nearly 3% following neonicotinoid insecticide ban

Michael Hogan | 
German farmers are estimated to have reduced sugar beet sowings by 2.8 percent to about 379,000 hectares for the 2019 ...
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Plagiarism allegation likely to spur activist challenges of EU approval of Monsanto’s glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup

Cameron English | 
An alliance of Greens alleges that a key study in the approval process may have been copied in part from ...
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Germany’s environment minister pitches plan to ban glyphosate by 2023

Ludwig Burger, Markus Wacket | 
Germany plans new conditions for pesticide approval and will seek an end date for the use of glyphosate-based weed killers, ...
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A farmer’s view: Excessive regulation threatens the future of agriculture

Carina Konrad | 
My husband and I manage a farm in Rhineland-Palatinate [in Germany] with agriculture and livestock. Agriculture thinks in generations, so we, ...
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Medieval graves yield genetic clues about kinship of Germanic warrior family

Laura Geggel | 
A dozen lavish medieval graves holding the remains of 13 people have finally spilled their genetic secrets, now that researchers ...
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GMO critics in Germany seeking special tax in bid for greater control over biotech offerings

Ludger Wess | 
With a new initiative, NGOs in Germany are seeking authority over the approval of biotechnology products such as pharmaceuticals and ...
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Viewpoint: German regulators shouldn’t trust Testbiotech and other anti-biotech ‘lobbyists’ to guide public about CRISPR gene editing

Kathrin Zinkant | 
Yes, it is important to inform the public about the opportunities and risks of new genetic engineering techniques—but not by ...
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Viewpoint: Greenpeace and ‘the awful reality of anti-science activism’

Bill Wirtz | 
The Austrian research portal "Addendum" released a bombshell video regarding the facts, figures, and positions regarding GMO foods. In this ...
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Questioning EU neonics ban: Pesticides are ‘not a curse but a blessing’

Klaus Schlüter | 
Plant protection products and green genetic engineering [tools] are not a curse but a blessing, says Dr. Klaus Schlüter, a ...
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Viewpoint: German farmers say neonicotinoid ban throws them back into ‘plant protection stone age,’ forces use of ‘dangerous’ pesticides

Gunther Willinger | 
With the ban on the three most effective insecticides [Imidacloprid, Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam] for the protection of beet seeds, beet ...
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Déjà vu all over again: Germany’s ‘regulatory stranglehold’ on New Breeding Techniques mirrors its policy on GMOs 20 years ago

Henry Miller | 
Biotechnology applied to agriculture is beginning to yield all manner of products, including fruits and vegetables that are disease-resistant, more ...
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Viewpoint: How Germany’s anti-GMO, pro-organic politics benefit US ag companies

Reinhard Szibor | 
Editor's note: The following is a satirical letter written by Reinhard Szibor, professor emeritus of human genetics and forensic medicine at the ...
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