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University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that human exposure to glyphosate, a chemical widely found in weed killers, has increased approximately 500 percent since the introduction of genetically modified crops, they announced in a research letter on Tuesday. “The data compares...

MEPs at the European Parliament have clearly voted to ban the use of glyphosate in Europe, with a total of 355 votes being cast in the Plenary Session...

Environment and Public Health Committee MEPs have voted by a large majority (39 in favor, with 9 against, and 10 abstentions) for a ban on glyphosate in...

A new research study from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and two Dutch laboratories shows that 45% of Europe’s top soil contains glyphosate...

Oman’s Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed that six Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar,...

Scientists from four national environmental-health organizations today called on the scientific journal Critical Reviews in Toxicology to retract a review...

France and the European Union need independent scientific experts to guide them on divisive environmental issues such as pesticides, French President Emmanuel...

A Soil Association report, released Wednesday, reveals how genetically modified (GM) cotton grew to almost obliterate all other cotton production in India,...

A new global assessment, released Tuesday by the University of Arizona, helps scientists explain why cases of pest resistance to genetically modified crops...

Cornell University researchers have found an agricultural conflict: negative consequences of the weed-killing herbicide glyphosate on Pseudomonas, a soil-friendly...