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Supposedly drift-resistant dicamba herbicides are not drift-resistant after all

A court transcript shows that contrary to claims by Reuters reporter Kate Kelland, an IARC researcher did not unfairly withhold data on glyphosate – and presents further evidence of a cancer link with the chemical

France’s leading daily details Monsanto’s brutal multi-pronged assault on the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

Misuse of drift-prone pesticide has prompted 87 recent complaints

“We are going to bring cases at the WTO and other venues, we’re going to insist that any barrier be science-based, and the United States will increase exports” – US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer

The USDA has announced GM Kentucky Bluegrass will not be subjected to federal regulation and oversight

With its skewed presentation of science and data, the film comes off looking like corporate propaganda for the agrichemical industry and its GMO crops

Benbrook’s research and stick-to-the-data approach have framed his critiques of conventional agriculture embedded in his research on GMOs, pesticides and other areas

The State Plant Board has had 41 formal complaints of dicamba-caused crop damage with more on the way, and the orchards of Missouri's largest peach grower have been hit again – over two years he has lost 34,000 peach trees to dicamba

As usual, ISAAA’s annual report painted a rosy picture about GM crop global expansion and its advantages – but a closer examination suggests that growth has plateaued and that the crops do not provide the benefits claimed

Most diners want to see more transparency about what's actually in our food – and that includes GM ingredients

Farmers' soybeans and cotton are again being damaged by drift of dicamba sprayed on GM dicamba-tolerant crops

More than 50 charities say they have changed key messages during election campaign due to "unreasonable and unfair" restrictions

Farmers claim Syngenta misled them while marketing new seed

Consumers should consider going organic because pesticides on foods are far more dangerous than was thought, causing damage to the human brain, a major report suggests

As a new study reveals that hundreds of unintended mutations were induced in mice by a genome editing technique, GMWatch asks what the implications are for the safety of genome-edited food products

Case will test the authority’s “Open EFSA” policy

Greenpeace says UK government’s “gagging law” favours big business and refused to register as a campaign group in run-up to 2015 election

Although CRISPR can precisely target specific stretches of DNA, it sometimes hits other parts of the genome, causing DNA mutations that are not predicted by the computer algorithms that are widely used by researchers to look for off-target effects

There are formidable social, economic, and environmental reasons why GM mustard should not be cultivated, writes former India central government cabinet secretary T.S.R. Subramanian

Sweden is moving to stop private individuals using acetic acid (an ingredient of vinegar) for killing weeds, as well as targeting more obviously risky herbicides like glyphosate. Claire Robinson asks if its action against acetic acid is equivalent to taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut...

The states of Bihar and West Bengal have decided not to allow the cultivation of GM mustard

GMO foods will be a critical issue in negotiations on agricultural trade between Taiwan and the US to be held in September

EFSA fails to provide evidence to support its decision to dismiss a key study showing glyphosate is carcinogenic