Physicians' association deplores "persistent gap between available scientific knowledge and regulatory decisions". Report: ...

Bayer has applied for approval in the EU of its new herbicide, icafolin, following applications in Brazil, the US, and Canada ...

The French government's food safety agency ANSES has demolished the European Commission’s proposal for a definition of a class of new GM plants (so-called Category I NGT plants) that would be exempted ...

US Health Secretary and organic enthusiast Robert F. Kennedy Jr is exploited to promote “biologicals”, some of which are GMOs. Report: Claire Robinson In a classic example of how shamelessly Big ...

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 ...

The anti-eugenics activist group, Stop Designer Babies (SDB), (1) is protesting today outside the ‘International Summit’ on human genetic modification (HGM). (2) SDB and its international partners are ...

GMO developers must supply detection methods, reference material and details of the genetic modification as part of authorisation procedure, say detection labs On 27 June, 12 laboratories across ...

Ag and food writer says GMO deregulation lobby live “in a fantasy land of precision, predictability and imagined safety”; points instead to agroecological controls. Report: Claire Robinson In a letter ...

Glyphosate may be "critical environmental trigger" in wheat sensitivity, bowel diseases, and some mental illnesses, say scientists. Report: Claire Robinson A scientific review identifies glyphosate as ...

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, ...

It’s becoming increasingly clear from studies that detection and identification of new GMO (new genomic techniques, NGT) plants will be possible, as long as such research continues to be supported.

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 ...