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After Bayer settles glyphosate-cancer suits, Australian farmers pledge to defend the herbicide
In spite of the fact Bayer made no admission of guilt when settling with plaintiffs that alleged its glyphosate-based herbicides ...
Gene drives: How do we foster innovation without damaging ecosystems?
.... [G]ene drive technology has fundamentally added the ability of humans to modify wild organisms, not only domesticated organisms. With ...
Mexico pledges to ban glyphosate weedkiller by 2024 to ‘protect human health and the environment’
“Given the scientific evidence of glyphosate toxicity, demonstrating the impacts on human health and the environment, the Secretariat of Environment ...
China approves imports of 125 GMO crops, animal drugs following strict safety reviews
The five corn and three soybean species have characteristics such as resistance to pests and weed killers. They will only ...
Infographic: GMO tomatoes? There’s no such thing. Here are the only biotech crops grown in the US
Are you paying more for “non-GMO pasta?” Then you’re not using your noodle. What are the facts? There are only ...
Farm to Fork tempest: EU defends plan to make 25 percent of agriculture organic, ignoring farmer skepticism
[Editor's note: EU farmers are skeptical of a new government initiative to make 25 percent of Europe's farmland organic by ...
India has access to yield-boosting GMO crops, so why aren’t farmers allowed to grow them?
[India's] Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee .... had first approved GM food crop Bt brinjal in 2009 after a nine-year-long trial ...
China approves imports of two GMO soy varieties, green lighting production in Argentina
China has approved the import of two new genetically modified (GM) soybean varieties, including one developed by local firm Beijing ...
UK environment secretary backs relaxed CRISPR crop rules, but says GMO restrictions won’t change
Addressing MPs via video call, [UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, George Eustice] said that “gene ...
Podcast: WHO was wrong about COVID; Pandemics make women cheat? Rampant fraud threatens organic farming
Infectious disease experts have blasted the World Health Organization for telling the public that asymptomatic patients rarely spread COVID-19. Pandemics ...
EPA defends decision allowing farmers to use banned dicamba herbicides until July 31
EPA defended its decision to allow farmers to continue to use three vacated dicamba herbicides -- XtendiMax, FeXapan and Engenia ...
Viewpoint: Mexico’s glyphosate weedkiller import restrictions could harm farmers and consumers alike
In November, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources denied the importation of a thousand tons of glyphosate, the basic ...
Court that revoked EPA dicamba weedkiller approval could also ban Enlist Duo herbicide
The agricultural industry was rocked by a federal appeals court ruling that vacated the registrations of three dicamba herbicides [in ...
Indian farmers promise ‘large-scale planting’ of illegal GMO seeds despite government threats
Shetkari Sanghatana — the farmers’ union founded by the late leader Sharad Joshi — announced fresh plans in its agitation ...
Viewpoint: Why the world needs GMOs—4 farmers make the case for biotech crops
The lopsided conversation between experienced farmers and clueless activists has severe consequences ...
Novel DNA analysis technique helps spot mislabeled foods, inaccurate ingredient lists
Estonian scientists are developing a DNA-based method of analysis that enables them to identify food components and specify the origin ...
Why GMO acceptance in Ethiopia could lead Africa to embrace biotech crops
A coalition of Ethiopian Civil Society Organizations and their global allies have launched a campaign against the cultivation of Genetically ...
Certified organic? ‘Lax’ USDA regulations encourage fraud in profitable organic food sector
An organic chicken can cost more than twice a conventional one. For some shoppers, that upcharge is worth it—the circular ...
‘Make technology available’: Farmers in India set to plant illegal GMO seeds for second year in a row
Farmers in Maharashtra are gearing up to sow non-approved Genetically Modified (GM) seeds of crops like cotton, maize, soyabean, and ...
Coronavirus rekindles age-old debate: Should human genes be patentable?
The sudden surge in the demand for a vaccine has seen the biotechnology industry rush to innovation and testing, which, ...
Russia relaxes ‘almost impassable’ restrictions on GMO soy imports, sparking backlash from regional governors
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has exempted GM soybeans and soybean meal from compulsory government registration in a decree released ...
France reinstates ban on US cherry imports over pesticide safety fears
On April 8, 2020 France published its fifth emergency decree banning fresh cherry imports from countries where the use of ...
EU GMO approval process hinders biotech crop development with no scientific justification, researchers argue
The approach to equivalence testing required by the [European Food Safety Authority, EFSA] creates unwarranted barriers to the introduction of ...
African nations warm to crop biotechnology for potential food security gains
Though only a few African countries are now growing genetically modified (GM) crops commercially, governments across the continent are increasingly ...
GMO herbicide-tolerant canola poses little risk to human health, EU Food Safety Authority finds
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO Panel) has published the Scientific Opinion on the ...
Plants obtained from conventional breeding can’t be patented, European patent court rules
The highest judicial authority at the [European Patent Office] EPO issued their opinion .... in the controversial G3/19 (Pepper) case ...
Will relaxed USDA GMO, gene-edited crop regulation fuel consumer distrust of biotech?
Plants genetically modified to make changes that also have been made through conventional breeding will not need specific federal oversight, ...
