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The Committee on Environment, Food Safety & Public Health (ENVI) formally objected Tuesday to the re-authorization by the European Commission of the herbicide glyphosate. Source: www.guengl.eu A majority of the ENVI members supported this objection (36 in favour, 6 against and 18 abstentions), which...

On Tuesday a Mexican Federal Appeal Court court headed by Judge Benjamín Soto Sánchez notified  Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture (SAGARPA) that...

Countries across the European Union have now joined the Great Glyphosate Rebellion that was started late last week by France, Sweden and the Netherlands. According...

The Netherlands and Sweden have joined France on Saturday in coming out strongly against the re-licensing of glyphosate-based herbicides in Europe. The...

Following a meeting with EU Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis on Friday, French Minister of Ecology Ségolène Royal has announced that France...

On Thursday thirteen civil society organisations active in agriculture and environmental issues have officially alerted the European Commission that the...

The European Commission is proposing the re-approval of the controversial active ingredient glyphosate, which is used as a herbicide among other applications,...

The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) published a review last Friday that has suggested that the...

On Friday it was revealed that the global GMO promoters Cornell Alliance for Science, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, are giving Hillary...

The EU Commission should not authorize the use of glyphosate-tolerant GM soybeans in food and feed, said the European Parliament on Wednesday. MEPs noted...