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You Need to Be Paying Attention to GMO Grass

You Need to Be Paying Attention to GMO Grass

By Dan Nosowitz Creeping bentgrass doesn’t get as much attention as other genetically modified plants. But this plant tells us an awful lot—emphasis on the “awful”—about how GMO plants are regulated and monitored. Julia Rosen has a feature over at High Country News about creeping bentgrass, a grass that was genetically modified to resist the […]

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    ‘Merger From Hell’ Wins Approval From Trump DOJ

    ‘Merger From Hell’ Wins Approval From Trump DOJ

    By Jon Queally Green groups and opponents of the powerful corporate interests that dominate the global food system expressed dismay on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Justice announced tentative approval of a merger between the U.S.-based agro-chemical company Monsanto and the German pharmaceutical giant Bayer. Dubbed the “merger from hell” by critics, Trump’s DOJ […]

    NTP Scientist: Glyphosate Formulations ‘Much More Toxic’ Than Chemical Itself

    NTP Scientist: Glyphosate Formulations ‘Much More Toxic’ Than Chemical Itself

    Amid conflicting scientific studies and growing public concern over the impacts of the world’s most widely used herbicide, the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) has launched research to examine the health risks of glyphosate and glyphosate-formulations. “Due to the multiple interpretations of evidence on the potential health risks of glyphosate exposure, major public concern about […]

    Proposed GMO Food Labeling Could Leave 100 Million Americans in the Dark

    Proposed GMO Food Labeling Could Leave 100 Million Americans in the Dark

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Thursday released the long-awaited proposed regulations for the mandatory disclosure of foods produced using genetic engineering (GE or GMO), which it calls “bioengineered foods.” The regulations come out of a 2016 law signed by President Obama prohibiting existing state GE labeling laws, such as Vermont’s, that required on-package […]

    Glyphosate Detected in Granola and Crackers, FDA Emails Show

    Glyphosate Detected in Granola and Crackers, FDA Emails Show

    Scientists with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) have found traces of a ubiquitous and controversial weedkiller in granola, crackers and other everyday foods, according to internal documents obtained by The Guardian through a freedom of information request. The FDA has tested food samples for glyphosate for “two years, but has not yet […]

    Report: Monsanto May Leave India After Losing GMO Cotton Patent

    Report: Monsanto May Leave India After Losing GMO Cotton Patent

    Could Monsanto’s six-decade presence in India be coming to a halt? On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court ruled that the biotech giant cannot claim patents for Bollgard and Bollgard II, its genetically modified cotton seeds, in the country. Citing India’s Patents Act of 1970, the court said that plant varieties and seeds cannot be patented, […]

    Environmentalists and Farmers Seek Court Decision Halting Use of Dow’s ‘Agent Orange’ Pesticide

    Environmentalists and Farmers Seek Court Decision Halting Use of Dow’s ‘Agent Orange’ Pesticide

    Late Wednesday, a coalition of environmental organizations and farmers represented by the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Earthjustice filed new legal papers in federal court seeking the reversal of Scott Pruitt and the Trump Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) approval of Dow Chemical’s toxic pesticide, Enlist Duo. The novel pesticide is a combination of glyphosate […]