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California Clears Hurdle for Cancer Warning Label on Roundup

California can require Monsanto to label its popular weed-killer Roundup as a possible cancer threat despite an insistence from the chemical giant that it poses no risk to people, a judge tentatively ruled Friday.Source: Associated PressCalifornia would be the first U.S. state to order such labeling if...

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European Nations Reject GM Crop Cultivation in Groundbreaking Votes

A key vote on Friday saw European nations oppose the European Commission’s proposal to authorize the first new GM crops for cultivation since 1998, but...

EPA Challenged in Court over Approval of Monsanto’s New Toxic Pesticide

Farmers and conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit on Friday challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of Monsanto’s new “XtendiMax”...

Bermuda Environment Minister Continues Ban on Glyphosate

Bermuda’s Environment Minister Cole Simons is not prepared to lift the ban on weedkillers containing glyphosate “at this point in time”, he stated...

Controversial Glyphosate Weedkillers Partially Banned in Malta

Weedkillers containing both the controversial glyphosate and POE-tallowamine can no longer be sold in Malta. Source: www.timesofmalta.com The ban comes...

European Commission Registers Citizens Initiative to Ban Glyphosate

The European Commission decided Tuesday to register a European Citizens Initiative (ECI) inviting the Commission “to propose to Member States a ban...

Groundbreaking Study Shows Roundup Herbicide Causes Liver Disease at Low Doses

A new study published Monday in Scientific Reports, an online, open access journal from the publishers of Nature, has shown that the glyphosate-based...

France Bans Pesticides in Public Green Spaces

French children will soon be able to frolic in the grass without risk of intoxication. Source: bigstory.ap.org Pesticides will be banned in all public...

Argentinian Federal Prosecutor Requests Ban on GMO Crops over Glyphosate Fears

Argentinian Federal Prosecutor Fabián Canda has officially filed a request to the Federal Administrative Court of Buenos Aires to prohibit the sale...

Russia Proposes Clear GMO Labeling for Eurasian Economic Union

Russia has officially proposed clear GMO labeling on all food products that contain genetically modified ingredients in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEC),...

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