2016

No further cultivation can be allowed based on the Monsanto application and EFSA risk assessment, as they are based on outdated assumptions, says Testbiotech

The risk analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb has condemned economics laureate Robert C. Merton as “blind” to risk. Report: Claire Robinson

Presidents of UK farm lobbies claim glyphosate is needed to maintain a secure food supply – but Dr Cara Augustenborg disagrees

GMO-free certified milk will be available under Lidl’s private label brand Milbona, meaning only GMO-free certified milk will be sold under the brand

Soil phosphorus study shows link with glyphosate herbicides sprayed on GM crops

Deal would mean the food industry could decide exactly how they wished to inform consumers that foods contain GMOs and exclude numerous GMO products from labelling

IARC verdict that glyphosate is a probable carcinogen still stands

What Senate backers aren’t saying about the GMO “compromise” bill

Find out how your Senators voted and send a message – Food & Water Watch action alert

Mr. Vidal said it best. And as our beloved republic celebrates the 240th anniversary of this exquisite laboratory experiment in liberty and as Hillary Clinton emerges from a “voluntary” discussion with FBI agents as to her various server and email derring-do and as we contemplate November and the worst possible offering of candidates in the history of our motherland, let us remember Gore Vidal.