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Glyphosate-based herbicides are the most popular form of weed control in the world but times are changing and there is a surge in interest amongst both...

Germany wants glyphosate to be abandoned in the EU amid warnings of the risk of heterogeneous regulations. The move comes after the European Commission’s...

Civil society and Indigenous Peoples organisations numbering 373, from 74 countries, urged leaders at a historic global conference to act with urgency...

As biotech and agrichemical companies push to commercialise genetically modified (GM) soil microbes for agriculture, a new report from Friends of the Earth...

A new peer-reviewed study released by a group of scientists in Taiwan has revealed an astonishingly strong link between severe depression, cognitive decline...

Reinforcing earlier findings, a new systematic review published in Chemosphere finds the popular herbicide glyphosate and its formulations (glyphosate-based...

Negotiations have started in Brussels on the regulation of new genomic techniques. The Hungarian strategy remains unchanged. Hungary will continue to stand...

About three million tonnes of agricultural pesticides are used across the globe each year, yet little is known about where or in which environments these...

Fossil fuel-derived pesticides are a significant but overlooked source of greenhouse gases, warn campaigners. Use of pesticides, which includes insecticides,...