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An initial round of votes Wednesday on the proposed 10 year re-license for glyphosate by European Union (EU) member states has failed to reach a majority and has thus forced the European Commission (EC) to consider a phase out or shorter license for the world”s most used herbicide. 16 countries supported...

In a Reuters article published on 19 October 2017, Kate Kelland reports on IARC Monograph draft documents “obtained by Monsanto as part of the legal...

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that human exposure to glyphosate, a chemical widely found in weed killers, has...

MEPs at the European Parliament have clearly voted to ban the use of glyphosate in Europe, with a total of 355 votes being cast in the Plenary Session...

MetricBio have launched the first ever Glyphosate Biobank, to help shed further light on the levels of glyphosate in the U.S population and to help researchers...

Environment and Public Health Committee MEPs have voted by a large majority (39 in favor, with 9 against, and 10 abstentions) for a ban on glyphosate in...

A new research study from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and two Dutch laboratories shows that 45% of Europe’s top soil contains glyphosate...

Oman’s Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed that six Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar,...

Scientists from four national environmental-health organizations today called on the scientific journal Critical Reviews in Toxicology to retract a review...

France and the European Union need independent scientific experts to guide them on divisive environmental issues such as pesticides, French President Emmanuel...