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Monsanto’s man in Malawi co-wrote government policy that threatens to outlaw farmer seed saving
RNAi technology should be unequivocally banned by all member states of the African Union
European antitrust regulators have opened an investigation into Bayer’s $56 billion deal with Monsanto, a transaction that would create the world’s largest integrated pesticides and seeds company
Canada has become the first country where a genetically modified animal is sold for human consumption, and Canadians may have unwittingly been eating it over the past year
Monsanto’s instruction label for dicamba was singled out in a lawsuit as evidence that the product may be virtually impossible to use properly
The New Zealand EPA commissioned its own report which found that glyphosate is “unlikely to be genotoxic or carcinogenic”, a significant departure from IARC’s conclusion
Before deciding to reverse a proposed ban on the pesticide chlorpyrifos, the EPA considered information from industry groups that wanted to keep it on the market – but not from public health or environmental groups
More than two dozen state legislatures have passed “seed-preemption laws” designed to block counties and cities from adopting their own rules on the use of seeds, including bans on GMOs
Studies are not long enough and don’t test mixtures
A weed scientist said he couldn't recommend that dicamba be allowed in Arkansas next year after tests showed the herbicide's tendency to move off-target and damage other crops and vegetation
GM white clover is being field tested by a biotech developer to study improving forage digestibility in livestock
Newly released emails show persistent efforts by multiple officials within the US EPA to slow a separate federal agency’s safety review of glyphosate – and the efforts came at the behest of Monsanto
The biotech industry is dictating what journalists report on its products, contributing to mass misinformation
Estimates from state extension weed scientists show suspected dicamba damage has affected at least 3.1 million acres of soybeans — an area approaching the size of Connecticut
GM pests will damage the broccoli and cabbages they are supposed to protect
Monsanto is wreaking havoc once again with one of its herbicides, dicamba
The Trump administration will attack overseas regulations that restrict the export of GMO crops and other products resulting from American technological innovation, said US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer
Science does not support the value of GMOs for rural society or sustainability in the US — just the opposite
Academic papers vindicating its Roundup herbicide were written with the help of its employees
Agency told lab meat manufacturer it hadn’t demonstrated safety of burger’s GM heme, which has never been in the food supply – yet company put product on the market anyway
Bt cotton was claimed to have protection from bollworm
The chemicals involved – 2,4-D, glyphosate and metsulfuron-methyl – are toxic to grapevines and never used in vineyards
Such second-generation GM crops are associated with novel biosafety risks
Some of the formulations tested can continue to volatilize at least 36 hours after application and move from the target site in spite of the most label-compliant application efforts
The Impossible Burger and the other analogue foods like it are a comically first world fantasy of what solutions to the planet's problems look like, writes Pat Thomas
Protest held in front of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) by hundreds of farmers and civil society supporters
20 minutes after eating an Impossible Burger for the first time, a man Tweeted ,“went into anaphylactic shock & taken to ER”
Documents raise questions about how and why regulators for years have failed to require robust testing on what is the world’s most widely-used weedkiller
Impossible Foods wants the FDA to confirm that its GMO ingredient is safe to eat – but the agency has expressed concern that it has never been consumed by humans and may be an allergen
Plan will contaminate organic farms with genetically engineered material
AquaBounty salmon, called AquaAdvantage, is an Atlantic salmon that contains a growth hormone gene from a Chinook salmon
How agribusiness forced the US EPA to defend the “regulated” pesticide industry
Increased investment in non-GM hybrid mustard research as well as the system of crop intensification (SCI) are better bets than investing any further in genetic engineering
Henry I. Miller, a Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, allowed Monsanto to ghostwrite an editorial he published in Forbes magazine and claimed as his own in 2015
Medical and research groups warn it’s currently “inappropriate” to perform germline gene editing that culminates in human pregnancy
“We just can’t coexist – it’s just so volatile and unpredictable,” says farmer
New study delivers blow to defenders of GM crops
Bollworm populations threaten Bt cotton again this year
Stem cell scientist Dr Paul Knoepfler is “highly skeptical that gene editing in the human germline can make sense as a safe and more effective approach than embryo screening”
Scientist's decision to go ahead with genetically engineering human embryos in a way that can be inherited is “consequential for all of us – for all of humanity” Marcy Darnovsky, Center for Genetics and Society
Documents released in a lawsuit against Monsanto raise new questions about the company’s efforts to influence the news media and scientific research and reveal internal debate over the safety of its highest-profile product
One of the most outstanding biological scientists in India, Pushpa Mitra Bhargava opposed the introduction of Bt brinjal
At least 2.5 million soy acres are impacted, researcher says
Newly released Monsanto records provide fresh fuel for a debate over whether the company suppressed information about the dangers of Roundup and relied on US regulators for help
Documents released in US cancer litigation show Monsanto’s desperate attempts to suppress a study that showed adverse effects of Roundup herbicide – and that the editor of the journal that retracted the study had a contractual relationship with the company. Claire Robinson reports
Climate change is a real problem for farmers – but Monsanto's GM gene doesn't provide any answers
Farmer Nathan Reed has switched portions of his land to non-GMO production supported by a minimum till cover crop scheme, and the change has led to farm-wide profitability
The central government told the Supreme Court that it was likely to take a final decision on the commercial rollout of GM mustard by September
34 doctors and medical experts have urged prime minister Modi to reject GM mustard, and the state of Tamil Nadu has joined other Indian states in banning it from its fields
Burkina Faso's farmers have thrown out Monsanto's Bt cotton and returned to conventional seeds, with a little help from India – and they look set to harvest a bumper crop
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