2020
Pressure mounts on Bayer CEO to fix legal problems as chairman quits
CEO Werner Baumann's future at the company is also "uncertain", says analyst
Bayer’s Roundup woes may force it to sell assets or borrow on unfavorable terms
Bayer said it “may incur considerable financial disadvantages” from lawsuits from US plaintiffs who say the herbicide causes cancer
Tory manifesto "silent" on GM crops as govt negotiates US-UK trade deal
NFU warns "opening our ports, shelves and fridges to food which would be illegal to produce here would not only be morally bankrupt, it would be the work of the insane"
Not just chlorinated chicken: Five foods a US trade deal could bring to the UK
In trade deals “science-based” is a shorthand for more GM food and more intensive chemical use
Krystal Ball: panicked DNC elites try to stop Bernie’s big Super Tuesday
With Bernie Sanders poised for a big Super Tuesday, Krystal Ball discusses the Democratic establishment’s panic, Elizabeth Warren’s attacks on…
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EU mulls faster genetically modified food approvals for Trump
Commission is "ready to give the US what they want, despite a clear decades-long rejection by EU citizens” – Marco Contiero, Greenpeace
Gene-editing regulation not the biggest hurdle for SMEs in EU, says academic
The argument that excessive regulation adversely affects small and medium enterprises (SMEs) does not stand up to scrutiny
Bayer chairman quits as Roundup settlement talks progress
Bayer shares have plunged in value since August 2018, when the company lost the first US Roundup/cancer lawsuit
Glyphosate science is nuanced. Arguments about it on the internet? Not so much
"I was shocked to see that the EPA’s approach to distilling the scientific information obfuscated the evidence" – Prof Lianne Sheppard