Deregulation proposal favours political and economic objectives at the expense of the precautionary principle and the public ...

Scientists, organisations, and representatives of political parties call on Greek MEPs to vote against deregulation of new ...

Trilogue negotiations between the EU institutions resulted in the removal of these important safeguards, a decision which ...

Bayer has applied for approval in the EU of its new herbicide, icafolin, following applications in Brazil, the US, and Canada. The company states that glyphosate resistant weeds – which have thrived ...

Covert PR operations involving the secret profiling of over 3,000 people and organisations considered “critics” of the pesticide industry recently made headlines around the world. The secret profiles, ...

Save Our Seeds and GMWatch explore the fate of the bold claims made for agricultural GMOs Whatever happened to GM Golden Rice? And wasn’t GM salmon supposed to revolutionise aquaculture? Three decades ...

In a victory for public health and the environment, the British biotech firm Oxitec and CSIRO have withdrawn their application to commercially release millions of genetically engineered mosquitoes ...

There is broad agreement among experts that advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and genetic engineering can result in risks for health and biosecurity. A wide range of users, including ...

Reliable detection of NGT products is possible and essential for transparency and consumer trust, say researchers The first policy briefing from DARWIN, the EU-funded project for detecting gene-edited ...

The GM canola, newly approved in Norway to feed farmed salmon, is engineered to be grown with an EU-banned herbicide and contains oils that caused deformities in butterflies. Report: Claire Robinson ...

Crossing American chestnuts with naturally blight-resistant Chinese chestnuts results in hybrids with substantial blight resistance; GM trees continue to disappoint. Report: Claire Robinson The ...

After years of being detected at alarming levels, the pesticide glyphosate is being found at lower levels, on average, in cereal and other oat-based products that children and adults enjoy, according ...