Glyphosate controversy never about science but rather ‘activist’s war on Big Ag’

André Heitz |
. . . [W]hat exactly makes glyphosate such a controversial issue? One must look no further than the . ...

Oregon winemaker say organic vineyards not sustainable

“Organic practices have bred a class 11 resistant powdery  mildew (PM) critter. OSU sent out a bulletin saying if you ...
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GMO wheat, unapproved for commercialization, found growing in Washington state

Genetically modified wheat developed by Monsanto Co, and never approved by federal regulators, has been found growing in a Washington ...

EPA to hold October public meeting on its evaluation of glyphosate

There will be a 4-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) to ...

EPA criticized for ignoring its own scientists’ findings that glyphosate isn’t carcinogenic

Jenny Hopkinson |
. . . . Following the EPA’s notice in the Federal Register that it was seeking nominations for an expert panel ...
soybeans

EU approves imports of three new GMO soybean varieties for animal feeds

Kelvin Heppner |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The European Union has ...
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Genetic Literacy Project’s Top 6 Stories for the Week

From this past week, here are the #GLPTop6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world ...
t July web

Genetic Literacy Project’s Top 6 Stories for the Week

From this past week, here are the #GLPTop6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world ...
t July web

Genetic Literacy Project’s Top 6 Stories for the Week

From this past week, here are the #GLPTop6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world ...
t July web

Genetic Literacy Project’s Top 6 Stories for the Week

From this past week, here are the #GLPTop6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world ...
t July web

Genetic Literacy Project’s Top 6 Stories for the Week

From this past week, here are the #GLPTop6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world ...
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Monsanto’s latest herbicide-resistant GMO soybeans face regulatory delays at home, abroad

Nat Williams |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Soybean growers looking to ...
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Glyphosate found in 100% of wines tested in California–Reason for concern?

Andrew Porterfield |
Just because we can now discover trace levels of a pesticide like glyphosate doesn't mean those levels are toxic ...
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Fitness and health expert: 10 science-based reasons why I’m thankful for GMOs

Maria Brilaki |
Some vocal opponents of GMO foods are in the fitness community. There is a perceived belief that engineered foods pose ...

Did France ignore its farmer’s needs when voting against renewal of glyphosate’s license?

Gérard Kafadaroff |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's note: This excerpt ...

When Colombia ended aerial spraying of glyphosate, cultivation of cocaine crop surged

Cesar Garcia, Joshua Goodman |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After six straight years ...
pesticides

Myth busting: Are synthetic pesticides, used with some GMOs, more dangerous than natural ones?

Layla Katiraee |
Both organic and conventional farmers use pesticides, but these chemicals are rampant in nature and many natural ones are far ...
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Herbicide resistance predates GMOs by 40 years, say weed scientists

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. You may think weeds ...
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Has WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) shifted from analysis to advocacy?

David Zaruk |
What is IARC? What is its relationship with the World Health Organization? Was its designation of glyphosate as 'probably carcinogenic' ...

Scannable GMO labels could provide information regarding sustainability, pesticide use

Mark Lynas |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I believe in transparency in ...

Scotts Miracle-Gro glyphosate-resistant GMO grass utilizes less fertilizers, grows twice as fast

Dan Alexander |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists inside Scotts Miracle-Gro ...

Chemist explains why organic labels are about marketing, not chemistry

Josh Bloom |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . ...
brexit

How Brexit will impact the future of farming, GMOs and gene editing in Britain and Europe

David Warmflash, Jon Entine |
What does Brexit mean for crop and animal biotechnology in Britain or Europe? How might CRISPR and New Breeding Technologies ...
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Facing deadline, farmer backlash, EU reauthorizes herbicide glyphosate for 18 months

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The European Commission is ...

By excluding industry’s glyphosate studies, IARC dismisses most relevant research says critic

Taryn Phaneuf |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A little more than ...
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‘Internet democracy’ results in calls for unscientific glyphosate ban

Cecile Philippe |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's note: This excerpt ...
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House committee questions EPA about leaked glyphosate report

Stephen Davies |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The EPA report that ...