2016

European governments need to ensure new rules of interpretation become legally binding

Two chemicals in Enlist Duo pesticide combine to have synergistic effects that are potentially harmful to endangered species and the environment – yet the US EPA seems unconcerned

Dr Peter Clausing says the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have twisted scientific facts to give glyphosate a clean bill of health. Report by Claire Robinson

Congress has handed over $200 million in tax dollars to a private foundation, FFAR, to steer agricultural research toward the goals of its industry partners, like Monsanto

Under the draft German law, applicants seeking EU approval to cultivate GMO crops will be asked by the German government to remove Germany from the area in the EU where the crops are approved for growing

Critics hail decision as “beginning of the end” for use of GM crops in the UK

“Nothing is said or done about the issues that neither left or right is discussing.”
The Hegelian Dialectic. Formulated by German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, the Hegelian Dialectic provides that the human mind cannot understand anything unless it can be split into two polar opposites, i.e. the Left/Right. It’s why this nonsense doesn’t matter.

Other British supermarkets must follow suit and get GM out of animal feed

Industry swagger is on full display in Washington where Monsanto and its friends at CropLife America are driving efforts to cut off US funding for IARC after IARC scientists declared glyphosate a probable human carcinogen

Lionel’s take on Weinergate II and Hillary’s self-inflicted October surprise.