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The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has evaluated the carcinogenicity of the insecticides gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). Source: IARC After...

A federal judge in Argentina has ruled that an unprecedented class action lawsuit, demanding a ban on the release of GMOs and their associated pesticides,...

Darci Vetter, Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative, has sent a letter to the Costa Rica’s Minister of Foreign Trade,...

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich has announced that Russia will not use genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to increase productivity in...

Pope Francis slams both GMOs and pesticides in a draft of his major environmental document that was leaked Monday. He has also called for the financing...

Friends of the Earth has applauded the launch of the Non-GMO Project’s most recently updated Standard, which clarifies that ingredients derived from...

ETB North America, LLC , one of the fastest growing sports nutrition companies in the United States and the makers of Eat The Bear protein, announced...

Environmental, advocacy and organic farming organizations have sent a letter Thursday to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Agriculture Commissioner...

Experts from Oxford University in the UK have released a study in the Nature journal stating that there are no increased profits for Indian farmers who...

Swiss supermarket giants Coop and Migros have announced that they will no longer sell products that contain glyphosate, following the World Health Organization’s...