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Leading scientists have called for a halt on research to create “mirror life” microbes amid concerns that the synthetic organisms would present an “unprecedented risk” to life on Earth., GMWatch reported. Source: GMWatch The international group, including Nobel laureates, warn that mirror bacteria,...

Manufactured chemicals pose a real danger to children’s health, due to inadequate legal controls, said leading international health experts at the launch...

Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe and its members ClientEarth, Générations Futures, GLOBAL 2000, Pesticide Action Network Germany and Pesticide Action...

A group of health advocates, including Center for Food Safety, and represented by Earthjustice sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in late December...

As a result of over two decades of legal actions and campaigning, the troubled biotechnology company AquaBounty has announced that it is stopping production...

Environmental exposure to toxins in the air, water or certain chemicals can increase the risk of ill health effects, including to the human brain. Now,...

In a precedential victory for food and environmental safety, a federal district court ruled this week that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) must...

After years of being detected at alarming levels, the pesticide glyphosate is being found at lower levels, on average, in cereal and other oat-based products...

On the fiftieth anniversary of the controversial weedkiller’s release, a Friends of the Earth analysis  – New Roundup, New Risks – finds that...

After decades of inaction, last Friday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed plan to implement its Endocrine-Disruptor Screening...