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US government researchers have uncovered evidence that some popular weedkilling products, like Monsanto’s widely-used Roundup, are potentially more toxic to human cells than their active ingredient is by itself. Source: www.theguardian.com By Carey Gillam These “formulated” weedkillers are commonly...

Beyond Pesticides (BP) and The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) today responded to a federal judge’s ruling against Monsanto Co.’s motion to dismiss...

European Union Member States’ representatives in a Standing Committee on Friday backed a proposal by the European Commission to further restrict...

The European Commission has learned its lesson from the glyphosate controversy and is coming forward with “bold proposals” on transparency, says Bernhard...

The University of California, San Francisco Industry Documents Library placed online several collections of agrichemical industry documents on Thursday,...

A California Appellate Court sided with the State of California and Center for Food Safety (CFS) on Thursday, affirming that Monsanto’s glyphosate...

German Agriculture Minister Julia Kloeckner on Tuesday said she was finalizing a draft regulation to end use of the weed-killer glyphosate in household...

Hive-bound young honey bees (Apis mellifera) are being poisoned by insecticide and weed killer gathered by their foraging hive mates, according to new...

The USDA has announced it won’t be regulating “new GM” products – but its statement is at odds with the scientific facts, according...

The world’s largest pasta maker says it has had to cutback Canadian imports of durum wheat – a key ingredient in pasta – because of ongoing consumer...