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Pesticides – MEPs propose blueprint to improve EU approval procedure

10 December 2018

Glyphosate link with cancer could be re-examined

Maize, maize everywhere, but where will Tanzania sell its surplus?

8 December 2018

Far from needing GM maize to replace its failing crop, as GMO lobbyist Mark Lynas claims, Tanzania has far too much maize already

The weedkiller in our food is killing us

6 December 2018

Growing research show that glyphosate, one of the most widely used herbicides in the US, causes cancer

EU Patent Office undermines ban on patenting of plants and animals from conventional breeding

6 December 2018

Chaotic legal situation after hearing on a patent covering peppers

The US military wants to hunt enemy subs with GM sea life

6 December 2018

By modifying the genes of ocean organisms to trigger a reaction when they come in contact with substances left behind by submarines, the US military aims to use marine life to detect enemy subs

EU Parliament report reveals shortfalls of current pesticide authorization system

6 December 2018

PEST Committee votes in favour of its draft report demanding reform

Mark Lynas slammed for exploiting African farmers’ images to promote GMOs

6 December 2018

Corn in field

African farmers are demanding that Lynas cease using their images in GMO promotionals; Lynas’s mischief-making may have triggered Tanzania’s ending of GMO field trials. Report: Claire Robinson, GMWatch and Mariam Mayet, African Centre for Biodiversity

Beekeepers say problems from weedkiller, dicamba, pose a threat

6 December 2018

Dicamba is the "absolute worst" problem beekeeper has seen

The pesticide generation: Children on the front line

6 December 2018

“Right from birth, Théo’s doctors pointed a finger at pesticides” – Sabine Grataloup

Gene drive symposium

6 December 2018

Interdisciplinary symposium on gene drives with a focus on their scientific, ethical, socio-economic and regulatory aspects

January 18, 2016

Published by Farmers Relief at January 18, 2016