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In a sharp rebuke, a new report by a key scientific advisory panel concluded that the pesticides office at the Environmental Protection Agency failed to follow its own guidelines when it found last year that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s flagship pesticide Roundup, is not likely to be...

U.S. Congressman Ted Lieu issued a strongly worded statement this week regarding reports that unsealed court documents raise new questions about the safety of...

Following in the footsteps of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has dismissed scientific evidence showing...

The Environmental Protection Agency official who was in charge of evaluating the cancer risk of Monsanto Co.’s Roundup allegedly bragged to a company...

California has been enabled to become the first U.S. state to require Monsanto to label its blockbuster weed killer, Roundup, as a possible carcinogen,...

U.S. Right to Know, a consumer advocacy organization, filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating...

Two United Nations experts are calling Tuesday for a comprehensive new global treaty to regulate and phase out the use of dangerous pesticides in farming,...

A former Environmental Protection Agency official may not be able to escape testifying about his alleged role in helping Monsanto to suppress inquiries...

Representatives from over 100 countries, including virtually all areas of food production, manufacturing, retailing and soil science have, for the first...

The Vietnamese government has officially announced a ban on Syngenta’s paraquat, a highly hazardous pesticide (HHP) and Dow Chemicals’  2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic...