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Viewpoint: Pesticide bans and restrictions can have unwanted side-effects
Glyphosate, neonicotinoids, drinking water initiative – renouncing pesticides is currently the subject of fierce discussion. For while on the one ...
Viewpoint: EU’s neonicotinoid ban is a ‘scientific fraud’ and won’t protect bees
Five years after the European Union imposed a temporary ban on neonicotinoid pesticides, an “experts committee” of the member states ...
Why glyphosate and herbicide-tolerant GMO seeds aren’t threats to bees
Glyphosate is a herbicide, in other words, it is toxic to plants. Its target enzyme is not found in insects ...
Neonicotinoid insecticides negatively impact bumblebee queen health, lab study finds
In a study published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers at the University of California, Riverside found that ...
EU food safety chief: Reelection—not reality—motivated Europe’s anti-glyphosate politicians
Some politicians spoke “loudly” against glyphosate, the world’s most commonly used weedkiller, before their elections but came back to reality ...
R.I.P. Monsanto. Our hates will go on.
Welp, this is the end of Monsanto. Not the end of the seed company, mind you, but the end of ...
Canada to decide on neonicotinoid restrictions this summer
The fate of two neonicotinoid seed treatments, applied to almost all of the canola and corn seeds in Canada and ...
EU neonicotinoid ban could leave UK sugar beet farmers with no defense against virus
Following the partial neonicotinoid ban on flowering crops in 2013, the latest restriction which was voted on earlier this year, ...
Viewpoint: Pesticide regulations should assess societal context, not just safety
Apart from the inherent scientific complexity, the glyphosate case illustrates a fundamental societal issue. The mere fact that the European ...
233 scientists call on world’s governments to ‘greatly restrict’ use of neonicotinoid insecticides to protect biodiversity
Continued applications of the most widely used insecticides in the world must be urgently restricted, say 233 scientists in a tightly ...
Health Canada sticks with phase out of neonicotinoid insecticides although its study finds impact on bees is limited
Health Canada is sticking with its proposal to phase out most outdoor and agricultural uses of a common pesticide, even ...
Viewpoint: Protecting wild bees is about more than just food pollination
Like my younger self, most Canadians are unaware of the vast diversity of bee species we have in Canada and ...
Bad weather to blame for recent uptick in US honeybee loses
Beekeepers in the U.S. reported an increase in honeybee deaths over the last year, possibly the result of erratic weather ...
Organic vs conventional food fight: Focus on pesticides distracts from real environmental problems
Has GMO use really led to a “flood” of pesticide use, as critics contend? That’s not what the data show ...
Do organic farmers really use more pesticides than conventional farmers? Not even close.
This is part one of a four-part series attempting to separate fact from fiction regarding pesticide use on organic farms ...
EU Court of Justice upholds ban on neonicotinoid insecticides, dismissing cases by Bayer and Syngenta
A top European Union court upheld on Thursday (17 May) the ban on three insecticides blamed for killing off bee ...
Indian government committee says more field trials needed before GMO mustard commercialization
A committee under Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has turned down commercial release of genetically modified mustard developed ...
Viewpoint: Why does US still use neonicotinoid insecticides when they’re banned in Europe?
In late April, the European Union banned a blockbuster trio of neonicotinoid insecticides, marketed by chemical giants Syngenta and Bayer. The decision, motivated by mounting ...
USDA’s hands-off approach to gene-edited crops could revolutionize research and development
The US Department of Agriculture’s recent decision to stay out of the business of regulating gene-edited crops could be a ...
Reproductive warfare: Do infertile ‘kamikaze sperm’ thwart rival males?
In the 1990s, biologist Robin Baker put forth the idea that a significant proportion of human sperm are not actually capable of ...
Earth’s weirdest and most exotic creatures: Research bonanza for genetics and science
From the axolotl’s regenerating limbs to naked mole rat cancer resistance, new sequencing is uncovering new possibilities ...
How scientists use meta-analysis to try to make sense of contradictory findings on neonicotinoids and bees
The EU has announced a near-total ban on three insecticides that we now know are harmful to bees and other pollinators. And yet for ...
Agricultural biotechnologies that improved safety, yields, food security in developing nations
This is the third in a three-part series making the case that the development of the biotech traits for insect ...
Scientists worry EU’s neonicotinoid ban could lead to increase in spraying of other insecticides
Dr Bill Parker, Director of Research, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), said: “While this decision is not unexpected given ...
EU health commissioner: Neonicotinoid, glyphosate decisions show European regulations consistent, science-based
No one can blame the European Commission of being in the hands of industry lobbies, as in both the glyphosate ...
UK National Farmers Union: Neonicotinoid ban could compromise crop protection
The NFU has called the decision to ban the use of neonicotinoids to all outdoor crops as a "regrettable decision ...
EU approves total ban on neonicotinoid insecticides due to bee health concerns
The European Union will ban the world’s most widely used insecticides from all fields due to the serious danger they ...
Eating rare farm animal breeds could actually save them from extinction
When you think about Britain’s endangered animals, hedgehogs, small tortoiseshell butterflies and puffins may spring to mind. But rare breeds ...
