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Scientists have three main theories for the persistent decline in the numbers of monarch butterflies, according to a Forbes article written by Jeff McMahon: • loss of their food supply to the herbicide glyphosate, • hazards along their four-generation-long migration from the Midwest and Canada to the...

In a fair world, Aruna Rodrigues would be heralded as an incredible individual for her ongoing struggle to protect the socio-economic and environmental...

Figures for the area under MON810, the only transgenic GMO crop authorized for cultivation in the European Union, have just been published. And it’s...

A U.S. federal appeals court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency last week to fulfill its long-delayed mandatory duties to protect endangered species...

In a new revelation reported by GMWatch this week, it has been found that a rat feeding study published in 2008 found that GM soy harms the pancreas,...

The average level of dicamba herbicide in the urine of pregnant women has increased more than 3-fold since 2017, the year widespread planting of dicamba-tolerant...

The Indian government has restricted the use of glyphosate-based herbicides due to the risks to human and animal health. On Tuesday the Agricultural Ministry...

For decades, Swiss chemical giant Syngenta has manufactured and marketed a widely used weed killing chemical called paraquat, and for much of that time...

Finnish researchers have discovered how Roundup, a herbicide containing glyphosate, affects the learning and memory of bumblebees. A small dose affected...

The Kenyan government’s decision to reverse a ban on the import and cultivation of genetically modified organisms was “hasty,” activists...