2016

A prohibition on the herbicide ingredient was backed by three quarters of Italians, 70% of Germans, 60% of French and 56% of Britons, in a survey of more than 7,000 people

Monsanto is on the verge of biggest victory ever – winning clearance to spray biologically active RNA sequences on US crops

The FDA issues a correction to its GMO salmon approval documents, which highlights once again how little the agency knows about the world’s first GMO food animal

There are no data from any of the British biotech firm Oxitec’s other trials that show a reduction in mosquito-borne diseases

Study is weighted with conflicts of interest that include having three Monsanto employees as authors

France's health and safety agency is poised to ban weedkillers that combine chemicals glyphosate and tallowamine because of health risks

The American public is distracted, detached and distanced from anything that we vaguely recognize as relevant. And who can blame us? It’s so much easier to talk of the pol who cuts a pizza slice with a knife and fork versus the patented pleated fold. Or seeing Madame Hillary fumble with a NY subway Metrocard to travel two stops in her sudden connection with the masses. We’re a country who knows nothing, feels nothing and appreciates nothing. That involves intellectual heavy lifting. And concern. Alas.

In a rushed move, the company Forage Genetics International has sold a limited amount of GM alfalfa seeds in Eastern Canada – enough to produce up to 5000 acres of hay

GMO blight-resistant potato is likely to be less resistant than existing non-GM varieties, while GMO oilseed’s fatty acid profile has been subject to only rudimentary analysis

The GMO/agrochemical industry in Hawaii is losing the war it has waged against communities these past few years, writes Kauai County Council member Gary Hooser