National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) holds first public meeting of new committee tasked with forecasting what biotechnologies will emerge in the next 5 to 10 years and what risks they might pose
It looked like such a good idea: take the pressure off wild fish stocks by growing GM oilseeds that produce health-enhancing long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, writes Claire Robinson. But as a new study has established, those fish oils, novel in terrestrial ecosystems, cause wing deformities in cabbage white butterflies. Yet a third open field trial of these GM crops could soon be under way
The European Parliament just voted to re-authorise glyphosate, writes Peter Melchett, but with significant restrictions on its use. So what does the vote mean for the world's biggest selling herbicide?
A ban on state-funded academics using their work to question government policy is to begin on 1 May. It’s either a cock-up or a conspiracy
Rural residents living in the locality of sprayed crop fields will be left unprotected by the Parliament’s requested restrictions on glyphosate
Vermont has asked a judge to order ConAgra to hand over consumer survey data on views on GMOs as the state defends its labelling law
As more of the public demands to know which products have GMOs in them and as the number of products with non-GMO verified labels increases, growers and processors may have no choice but to acquiesce
As pressure mounts from agricultural scientists and farmers, the government has stopped the commercial sale of GM corn seeds, in an about-turn after its earlier permission to multinational companies to market their seeds
MEPs have backed restrictions on the use of glyphosate – the world’s most used weedkiller – and a shortening of its licence, amid rising health concerns
Interview with Argentine pediatrician Dr Ávila Vázquez
