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Monsanto Co said last Thursday that Mexico’s agriculture sanitation authority SENASICA had revoked its permit to commercialize genetically modified soy in seven states, criticizing the decision as unjustified. Source: Reuters Monsanto said in a statement that the permit had been withdrawn on unwarranted...

A qualified majority of EU member states has voted in favour of the Commission’s proposal for the renewal of the approval of glyphosate for five...

A recent update of a very large study of diseases of pesticide applicators identified a possible association between glyphosate use and acute myeloid leukemia...

Research from the the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) in Canada has linked the use of neonicotinoid insecticides to serious health issues in songbirds,...

The Great Glyphosate Rebellion continued Thursday in the European Union, as EU member states refused to back the 5-year license renewal for glyphosate,...

France is to oppose a five-year renewal of authorisation for the controversial weedkiller glyphosate, saying it should be for three years instead. The...

French health and environment regulator ANSES said on Thursday it had withdrawn the license for Bayer’s Basta F1 weedkiller made with glufosinate-ammonium,...

An initial round of votes Wednesday on the proposed 10 year re-license for glyphosate by European Union (EU) member states has failed to reach a majority...

In a Reuters article published on 19 October 2017, Kate Kelland reports on IARC Monograph draft documents “obtained by Monsanto as part of the legal...

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that human exposure to glyphosate, a chemical widely found in weed killers, has...