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Ontario farmer: Milkweeds, monarch butterflies and GMOs–What should science-minded farmers do?

I see no scientifically credible reason to be less diligent in removing milkweeds and other unwanted plants from my crop ...
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Long-term study suggests small link between neonicotinoids, wild bee declines

Wild bees that forage from oilseed rape crops treated with. . . neonicotinoids are more likely to undergo long-term population ...
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Neonicotinoids pose little risk to bees in ‘real world settings’ study says

While neonicotinoid pesticides can harm honey bees, a new study by Washington State University researchers shows that the substances pose ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...

Ontario’s honeybees flourishing but not because of neonicotinoid restrictions

This year in Ontario, [honey bee] losses were below 18 per cent during the moderate winter. . . . Bee health ...
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Are bees in peril from neonicotinoids? Farmer evidence challenges doomsayers

Will farmers be allowed to use safe effective neonic seed treatments or will hysterical and erroneous reports of bee deaths ...
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Blind precaution: Europe’s obsession with Precautionary Principle blocks agricultural innovation

The EU has created a regulatory jungle, chocking agricultural innovation, by depending on the non-science based precautionary principle ...

Court clears way for lawsuit against EPA over exemptions for neonicotinoid seed treatments

A motion by the . . .EPA asking for the immediate dismissal of a case that alleges the EPA erroneously ...

Is precautionary principle in pesticide, GMO regulation making EU import dependent?

The EU’s use of the precautionary principle on agricultural technologies is a bad, broken compass. How far lost are we? ...

Despite scare reports, honey bee populations not declining

. . . .Ask people on the street if they’re aware of this great bee die-off, and if they’re regular ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Neonicotinoids may reduce sperm count, lifespan in male honeybees

Exposure to neonicotinoids. . . reduced the percentage of viable sperm in male honeybees (drones) and also shortened the insects’ ...

Vancouver, Canada bans neonicotinoid pesticides

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A hotly-debated class of ...
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Media again mangles epigenetics: Shutting off ‘love hormone’ unlikely to make us less social

LA Times coverage of a study involving the 'moral molecule' overstates the science of epigenetics ...

Chemist explains why organic labels are about marketing, not chemistry

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

Mexican farmers impatient for approval of GMO soybeans

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Farmers in the state ...
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How Brexit will impact the future of farming, GMOs and gene editing in Britain and Europe

What does Brexit mean for crop and animal biotechnology in Britain or Europe? How might CRISPR and New Breeding Technologies ...
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Monsanto developing genetic, pesticide-free control for bee-killing Varroa mites

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . . Many ...
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Reproducing without males? Bees can do it

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The typical story of ...
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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 ...
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