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Global food movement leaders and organizations representing hundreds of millions of farmers and food workers today set out their clear opposition to “gene drives” – a controversial new genetic forcing technology. Their call for a stop to this technology accompanies a new report, Forcing the Farm, that...

The Ex-Director of J.R. Simplot and team leader at Monsanto, Caius Rommens, has revealed the hidden dangers of the GMO potatoes he created, in a wide ranging...

Brazil’s federal public prosecutor has filed a public civil action requiring the suspension of commercial release of three GM maize seed varieties:...

The world’s most widely used weedkiller glyphosate may also be indirectly killing bees. New research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that...

The European pesticide regulation and its implementation need to be improved, says a draft report from a committee of the European Parliament, published...

On the heels on the European Court of Justice’s ruling requiring organisms developed using new genetic engineering techniques to undergo GMO risk assessments,...

France took a radical step towards protecting its dwindling bee population last Saturday by becoming the first country in Europe to ban five pesticides...

A peer-reviewed article on GMO Bt brinjal in Bangladesh is claimed to prove its success. Claire Robinson from GMWatch looks at the evidence. Source: gmwatch.org In...

A Brazilian Judge has overturned the legal suspension of the use of products containing glyphosate, the world’s most used herbicide. Judge Kássio...

The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has placed an immediate suspension on the importation of herbicides that contain the active ingredient...