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Use of controversial neonicotinoid insecticides (“neonics”) in agriculture is not as effective as once thought, and can be replaced by advantageous pest-management alternatives, according to a study published today in the Springer journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research. This latest...

A recent study published by the French NGO Générations Future revealed that 72.6% of non-organic fruit contained pesticide residues EURACTIV reports. Source: www.euractiv.com/ The report,...

Global campaign movement Avaaz has been served with a 168-page subpoena demanding almost a decade’s worth of internal campaign communications and member...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand’s (FSANZ) recent approval of the International Rice Research Institute’s (IRRI) application for a ‘safety...

New laboratory testing commissioned by Moms Across America has shown the presence of the world’s most used herbicide – glyphosate –...

On Friday, public interest organizations representing farmers and conservationists made their legal case in a federal lawsuit against the Environmental...

The discovery of the Cas9 protein has simplified gene editing, and may even make it possible to eliminate many hereditary diseases in the near future....

A Monsanto genetically modified (GMO) insecticidal maize that has been approved for food and feed use in Europe for seven years was found to cause kidney...

Genetically modified (GM) “male-sterile” mosquitoes are due to be released in Burkina Faso this year by the Target Malaria research consortium. However,...

The new German government will aim to end the use of glyphosate herbicides “as fast as possible”, according to the draft deal to establish...