Tag Archives: EU

New research from a joint team from Greece and Romania shows that chemicals at low levels deemed safe by regulators for each individual substance are toxic...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed Wednesday the right of civil society organisations to submit legal cases concerning the health risks of genetically...

The German government abstained Monday in a vote on allowing EU imports of new multi-herbicide genetically modified soybeans and thereby effectively supported...

MEPs objected on Wednesday to EU Commission plans to authorize imports of products made from 2,4-D resistant DAS-40278-9 genetically modified maize and...

EFSA has shared the raw data that was used in the EU safety evaluation of the pesticide glyphosate. The information has been sent to a group of MEPs who...

According to news agencies, the EU Commission has allowed the import of genetically engineered soybeans produced by Bayer and Monsanto. The imported soybeans...

A Care2 petition, which was signed by over 90 000 people, has led to Monsanto’s RoundUp herbicide being removed from Waitrose stores across the UK,...

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

In a letter to Testbiotech and GeneWatch UK, the responsible EU Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis admitted Monday that “it is true that the legislation...

A new risk assessment by German authorities on the world’s most used herbicide – glyphosate – has been heavily criticized by Testbiotech...