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It’s not surprising that glyphosate, the so-called active ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, is found in foods made with glyphosate-tolerant GMO crops like corn, soy and canola. But why is glyphosate herbicide showing up in non-GMO and organic foods too? In the first episode of Fork the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week denied requests by conservationists and members of Congress to phase out the use of agricultural pesticides...

The European Commission is secretly considering the full deregulation of certain types of genetically modified (GM) crops – yet it has not admitted as...

A correlation between agricultural pesticides and cancer in western states has been found by University of Idaho and Northern Arizona University researchers....

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid from Bayer-owned Monsanto that aimed to challenge thousands of lawsuits claiming its weedkiller...

In a historic victory for farmworkers and the environment on Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with Center for Food Safety...

Bumblebee colonies exposed to low levels of the weed killer glyphosate are unable to adequately regulate nest temperature, imperiling the next generation...

On the day of its annual shareholder meeting, Lowe’s is under renewed pressure to stop selling cancer-linked, pollinator-toxic weedkiller glyphosate,...

In a major victory for health and environmental groups, a California court has ruled (see here and here) that a sweeping state pesticide spraying program...

Documents released by the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by Beyond GM,...