Ben & Jerry’s to launch glyphosate-free ice-cream after tests find traces of weedkiller
Company pledges products will be free from ingredients tainted with controversial herbicide after survey found traces in its European ice-creams
2017
Nasty “surprises” from insect and weed control with GM plants
A new study finds that GM Bt and herbicide-tolerant GM plants fail because they don’t take account of the complexity of biological systems
Citizen anti-glyphosate initiative will be examined by the Commission
The European Commission will have until 8 January 2018 to respond to the European Citizen initiative calling for glyphosate to be banned within the EU
The misleading and deceitful ways of Kevin Folta
Kevin Folta, professor at the University of Florida, has provided inaccurate information and engaged in misleading activities in his efforts to promote GM foods and pesticides
“Don't allow Monsanto's Roundup,” US cancer victims warn EU
The EU should not renew the license that allows the sale of Roundup weed killer in the bloc, US cancer victims argue
Farmers say Monsanto’s pesticide drifted from nearby farms and killed their crops. Now they need Monsanto seeds to fix them
In the real world, the launch of Roundup Ready 2 Xtend seeds has been more or less a full-on disaster
EU: No program to detect new GMOs
EU Commission repeatedly refuses offers of help to develop detection methods for the new generation of GMOs
GMO Bt toxins: Safe for people and environment or super toxins?
New analysis raises questions of food and environmental safety
New research challenges assumption of substantial equivalence for Roundup-tolerant GMOs
Data on an important soil fungus shows that Roundup applications cause disturbances at the cellular level even when no visible effect on the whole organism is apparent
Ban on dicamba herbicide could benefit agriculture prices
“The more likely winners will be non-GMO organics and owners of non-GMO farmland”