EPO practice of allowing patents on non-GM plants is becoming increasingly brazen, says No Patents on SeedsRecent decisions ...

Pre-harvest desiccation and non-farming uses of glyphosate should be banned, conference speakers agree. Report: Claire Robinson ...

No proof of health benefit claims, no evidence of food safety. Report: Claire Robinson Recently NPR ran a story reporting that the GM purple tomato, genetically engineered with genes from snapdragons ...

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 ...

A deal was reached on the new GMOs (NGT, "new genomic techniques") deregulation file in the "trilogue" discussion between the EU Parliament, Council of the EU, and Commission last night. It's a ...

An article in the Journal of Medical Entomology critically reflects on the hype surrounding gene drive technologies, a novel self-spreading form of genetic modification that is designed to engineer ...

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, ...

A recent review by researchers from Environment Agency-Austria, Austrian Academy of Sciences and the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation identifies critical biosafety and wider governance ...

In a victory for public health and the environment, the British biotech firm Oxitec and CSIRO have withdrawn their application to commercially release millions of genetically engineered mosquitoes ...

Recently NPR ran a story reporting that the GM purple tomato, genetically engineered with genes from snapdragons to contain high levels of the antioxidant anthocyanin, is now on sale to home gardeners ...

Glyphosate-based herbicides contain toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, chromium and nickel, a new study has found. These are not declared and are normally banned due to their toxicity. They are ...

The African maize stem borer, Busseola fusca, is one of the most important pests of maize in Africa. Cry1Ab maize was planted commercially in South Africa for 6 years since 1998-1999 before field ...