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On Monday the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) released final regulations overhauling the nation’s decrepit regulatory system for genetically engineered (GE) organisms (commonly referred to as GMOs). The finalized regulations differ little from USDA’s draft regulations proposed last summer....

Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health have found that use of the pesticide dicamba can increase the risk of developing numerous cancers,...

A new peer-reviewed paper authored by a group of experts in law, policy, and toxicology, including GMWatch editor Claire Robinson, has identified systemic...

According to local sources Fiji is now moving towards a full ban on glyphosate-based herbicides, after the sugarcane industry announced that glyphosate...

The US government has proposed to approve genetically modified crops on national wildlife refuges throughout the southeastern United States, a step likely...

On Friday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) on behalf of a broad coalition of farmworkers, farmers, and conservationists, filed a federal lawsuit against...

Genetically modified (GM) Bt cotton produces its own insecticide. The seeds were introduced in India in 2002 and today account for 90% of all cotton planting...

A new peer reviewed paper published in the international Environmental Sciences Europe journal has focused for the first time on the risk assessment of...

One of the world’s most widely used glyphosate-based herbicides, Roundup, can trigger loss of biodiversity, making ecosystems more vulnerable to pollution...

Chairman Werner Wenning, one of the architects of a $63 billion takeover deal that has left the German crop protection company fighting costly lawsuits,...