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Scientists at the University of York in England have discovered for the first time that the sequence of exposure to pesticides and pollutants significantly affects the levels of toxicity for surrounding wildlife. The chemical industry has always stated that ‘the dose makes the poison’, in terms of chemicals...

The first-ever study to map U.S. wild bees suggests they are disappearing in the country’s most important farmlands – from California’s...

Increasing consumer demand for organic and non-GMO foods led to a sharp rise in organic grain imports in 2016—prompting food manufacturers to explore...

The 2016 University of Illinois Plant Clinic herbicide resistance report has shown that glyphosate herbicide resistance and PPO Inhibitor herbicide resistance...

Rothamsted Research has received permission from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to carry out GM Wheat field trials on...

California can require Monsanto to label its popular weed-killer Roundup as a possible cancer threat despite an insistence from the chemical giant that...

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...

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

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

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