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Recent BSR Commentaries

Valuing Folk Crop Varieties for Agroecology and Food Security

Valuing Folk Crop Varieties for Agroecology and Food Security

26th October 2009

Salinization in the Sunderbans allows in situ conservation to prove its value

European Community Law and Nanotechnology: A Risky Business?

European Community Law and Nanotechnology: A Risky Business?

26th June 2009

The EU plans to regulate nanotechnologies, in food and elsewhere, using pre-existing legislation. However, there are excellent reasons to believe that this minimalist approach will not adequately protect consumers and the environment.

Commentary Archive

The Real Burning Question: Are Liquid Fuels the best use of Non-Woody Biomass?

28th March 2009

Roundup Ready 2 Yield as much as conventional soybeans?

19th November 2008

USDA Top Officials Versus USDA Data

25th June 2008

India's Colourless Revolution: Replacement of Traditional Oils by Soy and Palm Oils

12th May 2008

How the Science Media Failed the IAASTD

7th April 2008

Let the World Learn From Our Experience with GMOs

25th March 2008

What is Nature Biotechnology good for?

4th December 2007

Rethinking the Risks of Viral Transgenes in plants

30th November 2007

Does the Knowledge-based Bio-economy add up?

10th June 2007

GMO Safety and LL601 Rice

14th April 2007

Conflicts of interest: in agriculture too?

15th March 2007

The Agenda Gap in Science

28th February 2007

Cisgenic Plants: Just Schouten from the Hip?

23rd February 2007

Transgene Escape! - But No One Has Called Out the Guards

4th February 2007

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Summarises the increasingly cogent intellectual critiques of scientific infallibility, objectivity and disinterestedness

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Archived Agri-News from around the web

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2010

Jury: Bayer must pay $1.5M to AK, MS rice farmers

www.cnbc.com  |  8th February 2010

Sharp rise in number of people with fatal allergies

www.guardian.co.uk  |  8th February 2010

Obama urges greater use of biofuels

www.latimes.com  |  5th February 2010

Urban farmers fight nationwide to sow green biz

www.washingtonpost.com  |  5th February 2010

USDA Plans to Drop Program to Trace Livestock

www.nytimes.com  |  5th February 2010

EPA reviews hints of weed killer's fetal risks

www.sciencenews.org  |  5th February 2010

India: States against hasty decision on Bt brinjal

www.indianexpress.com  |  1st February 2010

USDA Weighs Plan to Bring GM Eucalyptus to Southeast Pinelands

www.nytimes.com  |  1st February 2010

Engineered maize toxicity claims roundly rebuffed

www.newscientist.com  |  28th January 2010

Obama's pick for food safety chief surprises consumer advocates

www.washingtonpost.com  |  28th January 2010

Monsanto Will Let Bio-Crop Patents Expire

www.businessweek.com  |  28th January 2010

Mexico OKs Monsanto corn seeds

stlouis.bizjournals.com  |  28th January 2010

Monarch butterfly count at record low

www.theglobeandmail.com  |  25th January 2010

Campaign to save tropical forests failed by food giants

www.independent.co.uk  |  25th January 2010

Fears over use of chemicals to castrate pigs

Pfizer's Improvac
www.guardian.co.uk  |  25th January 2010

Bee decline linked to falling biodiversity

news.bbc.co.uk  |  25th January 2010

New rules planned for fish farming in federal waters

www.vcstar.com  |  19th January 2010

Sea Change: Environmental Group Gives First-Time Nod to Sustainable Salmon-Farming Method

www.scientificamerican.com  |  18th January 2010

EPA unprecedented proposal would limit pollution in Florida’s waters

www.naplesnews.com  |  18th January 2010

FDA does about-face on exposure to BPA

www.jsonline.com  |  18th January 2010

Protection of Food Supply Faces Problems

www.cbsnews.com  |  11th January 2010

6 U.S. baby bottle firms agree to stop using BPA

www.canada.com  |  11th January 2010

Gates Foundation picks new head of ag program

news.yahoo.com  |  11th January 2010

Food industry 'too secretive' over nanotechnology

news.bbc.co.uk  |  9th January 2010

Intensive fungicide use may lead to azole resistance in humans

www.physorg.com  |  8th January 2010

Flax output seen down on further GM issues

www.grainews.ca  |  6th January 2010

California's groundwater shrinking because of agricultural use

www.csmonitor.com  |  6th January 2010

Cargill Field Tests E. coli Vaccine

www.foodsafetynews.com  |  6th January 2010

Organic coffee: Why Latin America's farmers are abandoning it

www.csmonitor.com  |  6th January 2010

Minnesota Becomes First State to Ban Chemical BPA in Baby Products

www.dailyfinance.com  |  4th January 2010

Procedural issues lead to ban of Bayer pesticide

www.pittsburghlive.com  |  4th January 2010

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2009

Company’s Record on Beef Treatment Questioned

Ammonia-injected beef examined again
www.nytimes.com  |  31st December 2009

EPA threatens states for failing to clean up Chesapeake Bay

www.washingtonpost.com  |  30th December 2009

Lice alert for Norwegian salmon

www.independent.co.uk  |  29th December 2009

Assessing Risks from Bisphenol-A

www.americanscientist.org  |  29th December 2009

Pressure Rises to Stop Antibiotics in Agriculture

abcnews.go.com  |  29th December 2009

Watchful farmers see San Joaquin Valley streams improve

www.modbee.com  |  28th December 2009

Genetically modified rice hard for some to swallow

China approves GMO rice
china.globaltimes.cn  |  28th December 2009

EPA announces plan to require disclosure of secret pesticide ingredients

www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  24th December 2009

Manure, Fertilizer Part Of Chesapeake's Problem

www.npr.org  |  24th December 2009

APHA comes out against rBGH

American Public Health Association's new Policy
www.apha.org  |  22nd December 2009

CJD victim 'had different gene'

Is a second wave of victims emerging?
news.bbc.co.uk  |  22nd December 2009

EPA, USDA push farmers to use coal waste on fields

www.google.com  |  21st December 2009

New Mexico Dairy Pollution Sparks 'Manure War'

www.npr.org  |  9th December 2009

USDA misleads over school lunch safety testing

a USA TODAY investigation
www.usatoday.com  |  9th December 2009

After Delays, Vaccine to Counter Bad Beef Is Being Tested

www.nytimes.com  |  8th December 2009

Soil in Wardha district deficient in 18 micronutrients: Study

Bt Cotton in India
www.dnaindia.com  |  8th December 2009

Bayer Must Pay Farmers for Contaminated Rice Crop

www.bloomberg.com  |  8th December 2009

New twist to controversy over commercial release of Bt brinjal

Committee chair 'pressured'
beta.thehindu.com  |  8th December 2009

Lobbyists pushed off advisory panels

www.washingtonpost.com  |  30th November 2009

Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory

www.timesonline.co.uk  |  30th November 2009

Monsanto's Omega-3 Precursor Soybean

www.bloomberg.com  |  24th November 2009

Bitter fight developing over sugar beets

marketplace.publicradio.org  |  22nd November 2009

Is There Such a Thing as Agro-Imperialism?

www.nytimes.com  |  22nd November 2009

Why the US is so keen to sell Bt brinjal to India

business.rediff.com  |  19th November 2009

Food poisoning: Source of E. coli illness often can't be found

www.chicagotribune.com  |  19th November 2009

Nanosilver in consumer products: No silver lining for fish

www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  17th November 2009

Biotech crops cause big jump in pesticide use: report

www.reuters.com  |  17th November 2009

Report: Science and the Corporate Agenda

How much are commercial interests undermining the positive role of science and technology in our society?
www.sgr.org.uk  |  16th November 2009

India Rain

Rain management revitalises land and lives
ngm.nationalgeographic.com  |  16th November 2009

Groups oppose EPA review of atrazine

www.desmoinesregister.com  |  12th November 2009

Pesticide-Industry Rep Picked for Trade Post Draws Fire

www.nytimes.com  |  12th November 2009

Folic acid tied to asthma risk

www.theage.com.au  |  12th November 2009

More evidence nanoparticles damage DNA

www.abc.net.au  |  12th November 2009

Chemicals (PFCs) and Cholesterol

www.loe.org  |  12th November 2009

Some vinegars -- often expensive, aged balsamics -- contain a big dose of lead

www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  12th November 2009

EPA releases draft Chesapeake restoration strategy

www.ldnews.com  |  12th November 2009

More than 200 Paraguay villagers thought sprayed with pesticide

Attack followed battle with soy growers
www.cnn.com  |  12th November 2009

Tainted food surprisingly deadly in adults: WHO

af.reuters.com  |  12th November 2009

Bad day at the EU health claims office

Mass rejection of diet health claims
www.foodproductiondaily.com  |  10th November 2009

Lawsuits may prefigure FDA scrutiny in food aisle

Smart choice labeling under fire
www.startribune.com  |  8th November 2009

Momentum for revamp of US toxins law

www.delawareonline.com  |  8th November 2009

Rules on Modified Corn Skirted, Study Says

www.nytimes.com  |  6th November 2009

Attack of the Triffids has flax farmers baffled

The $300 million question
www.theglobeandmail.com  |  3rd November 2009

FDA smackdown pits bacteria against bacteria

www.washingtonpost.com  |  3rd November 2009

FDA urged to ban feeding of chicken feces to cattle

www.latimes.com  |  3rd November 2009

South Africa: New Potatoes - Blessing Or Curse?

allafrica.com  |  3rd November 2009

What if the key actors in climate change are...cows, pigs, and chickens?

New Report calculates carnivorism at 51% of GHG emissions
www.worldwatch.org  |  2nd November 2009

U.S. government plans major study of the safety of BPA

www.usatoday.com  |  30th October 2009

World's hungry reach more than 1 billion in '09: U.N.

www.reuters.com  |  30th October 2009

Modified Crops Reveal Hidden Cost Of Resistance

www.sciencedaily.com  |  30th October 2009

Six Reasons We’re No Longer Cloning Dogs

www.bioarts.com  |  27th October 2009

Back where virus started, new scrutiny of pig farming

www.washingtonpost.com  |  26th October 2009

Editing Scientists: Science and Policy at the White House

Scientific American
www.scientificamerican.com  |  26th October 2009

How farm fishing boom in Chile threatens eco disaster

www.telegraph.co.uk  |  25th October 2009

Changing their minds for them

www.statenews.com  |  22nd October 2009

Off Target — Major US Retailer Accused of Organic Improprieties

www.cornucopia.org  |  21st October 2009

£2 billion needed for science ’Grand Challenge’ to help feed the world

Reaping the Benefits: Science and the sustainable intensification of global agriculture
royalsociety.org  |  21st October 2009

Bill Gates on fighting hunger

www.ft.com  |  19th October 2009

Beef industry under fire after N.Y. Times article

journalstar.com  |  19th October 2009

Debating How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass

www.nytimes.com  |  17th October 2009

Agriculture critic's appearance angers university alumni

Michael Pollan talk cancelled at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
www.latimes.com  |  17th October 2009

Bt brinjal gets the green signal

Obtains Indian approval
www.hindustantimes.com  |  17th October 2009

Buyers snub GM canola

sl.farmonline.com.au  |  17th October 2009

Monsanto guilty in 'false ad' row

news.bbc.co.uk  |  17th October 2009

Deforestation and the true cost of Europe's cheap meat

www.guardian.co.uk  |  17th October 2009

Tiny Elgin, Canada, sets legal precedent in blocking use of municipal sludge

Municipality wins in court
www.straightgoods.ca  |  17th October 2009

Two-thirds of UK supermarket chicken has campylobacter

news.bbc.co.uk  |  7th October 2009

EPA Plans to Study Risks of Atrazine

www.nytimes.com  |  7th October 2009

Europe finds GMO in 11 Canada flax shipments

Contamination has closed the market
www.reuters.com  |  7th October 2009

End of the road for Endosulfan?

Environmental Justice Foundation Report
www.ejfoundation.org  |  7th October 2009

Peru will ban transgenic seeds until 2014

www.livinginperu.com  |  7th October 2009

An Impossible Coexistence: Transgenic and Organic Agriculture

Published EU field study demonstrates incompatibility in Spain
www.innovations-report.de  |  1st October 2009

Agriculture needs better innovation, not technology

www.scidev.net  |  1st October 2009

Indigenous Herders and Small Farmers Fight Livestock Extinction

www.projectcensored.org  |  1st October 2009

EPA unveils plan to review 6 controversial chemicals, reform US toxics policy

www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  1st October 2009

Rice farmers may be evicted by new biofuel companies

www.theeastafrican.co.ke  |  1st October 2009

Obama's Chief Agricultural Negotiator Nominee a Pesticide Pusher

www.huffingtonpost.com  |  26th September 2009

Fruit and veg have 'unacceptable' levels of pesticides

www.telegraph.co.uk  |  26th September 2009

Big poultry on trial in Oklahoma

www.google.com  |  26th September 2009

Putting your investments where your dinner is

www.cbc.ca  |  26th September 2009

Water wars forecast as feeding India's hungry leaves the land thirsty

www.smh.com.au  |  26th September 2009

G20 asks World Bank to set up agriculture fund

www.reuters.com  |  26th September 2009

Forests fight back as Indonesia tackles illegal palm oil

www.reuters.com  |  23rd September 2009

US: Court rejects genetically modified sugar beets

www.sfgate.com  |  23rd September 2009

Work use of pesticides linked with Parkinson's

www.reuters.com  |  16th September 2009

EU farm chief wants end to zero tolerance of biotech contamination

www.reuters.com  |  16th September 2009

Ending Africa's Hunger

www.thenation.com  |  12th September 2009

Pain-free animals could take suffering out of farming

www.newscientist.com  |  12th September 2009

Scientists Warn International Seed Laws Are Stifling Crop Diversity

solveclimate.com  |  12th September 2009

Phased out?

Methyl bromide use in California rises
www.santamariasun.com  |  12th September 2009

Biofuel targets and nitrogen use reduction targets clash

pubs.acs.org  |  12th September 2009

EPA Vows to Be Chesapeake Watchdog

www.washingtonpost.com  |  12th September 2009

Organic is more nutritious according to the French

New report by the French Agency for Food Safety (AFSSA)
www.foodmag.com.au  |  12th September 2009

Small Farmers See Promise In Obama's Plans

Justice meets Agriculture on competition in agriculture
www.npr.org  |  12th September 2009

Genetically modified linseed found growing illegally in Germany

www.thelocal.de  |  11th September 2009

Unauthorized GM flax found in Germany

Originating from aborted commercialisation attempt in Canada
greenbio.checkbiotech.org  |  10th September 2009

GM crops: Battlefield

The science war over GMO risks
www.nature.com  |  8th September 2009

Agency’s non-decision opens Gulf of Mexico to fish farming

www.chron.com  |  8th September 2009

Manure could be turned into a clean alternative energy source

www.newjerseynewsroom.com  |  8th September 2009

Swine CAFOs and Novel H1N1 Flu:

Separating Facts from Fears
www.ehponline.org  |  3rd September 2009

Indian cotton farmers 'offered bribes and issued threats' to keep quiet

by GM seed companies
beta.thehindu.com  |  28th August 2009

Statistics hog-tie pig farming to H1N1 cases

www.straight.com  |  28th August 2009

U.S. Biofuel Boom Running on Empty

Subscription required
online.wsj.com  |  28th August 2009

The dark side of dairies

A broken system leaves immigrant workers invisible -- and in danger
www.hcn.org  |  28th August 2009

Nitrous oxide fingered as monster ozone slayer

www.sciencenews.org  |  28th August 2009

EPA should set nutrient limits to block dead zones, agency's inspector general says

www.nola.com  |  28th August 2009

Study Raises Questions About EPA's Pesticide Risk-Assessment Scheme

www.nytimes.com  |  21st August 2009

How the World Bank Let 'Deal Making' Torch the Rainforests

And does not plan to give up palm oil investment
www.nytimes.com  |  19th August 2009

Nanoparticles used in paint could kill, research suggests

www.telegraph.co.uk  |  19th August 2009

Debunking the meat/climate change myth

Is it the cows or the system?
www.grist.org  |  19th August 2009

Asia facing unprecedented food shortage

Says UN report
www.guardian.co.uk  |  17th August 2009

Link found between Central Valley pesticides, frog declines

0.8 parts per billion of endosulfan is lethal
www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com  |  14th August 2009

Will 'Energy Crops' Become the Next Kudzu?

Federal advisory board cautions biofuel traits equal invasive traits
www.nytimes.com  |  14th August 2009

Playing Chicken With Antibiotic Resistance

FDA abandons restriction on antibiotic use
www.miller-mccune.com  |  14th August 2009

Pesticide potency can depend on bug’s clock

Timing applications for peak potency
www.sciencenews.org  |  14th August 2009

Biofuel optimism critiqued by new report from GeneWatch UK

Notes lack of research into potentially major negative impacts
www.genewatch.org  |  14th August 2009

Members Of Human Rights Expert Committee At UN Question Patents On Food

www.ip-watch.org  |  12th August 2009

Biotech industry in a quandary over research rights

www.agprofessional.com  |  11th August 2009

Do Seed Companies Control GM Crop Research?

Scientific American calls for end to corporate veto
www.scientificamerican.com  |  11th August 2009

Antitrust Enforcers Begin Visiting Farm Belt

online.wsj.com  |  11th August 2009

U.S. has wrong approach to African food security, groups say

seattletimes.nwsource.com  |  10th August 2009

'The perfect weed'

An old botanical nemesis refuses to be rounded up
www.commercialappeal.com  |  10th August 2009

Monsanto rounds up support, dissent for Idaho mine

www.google.com  |  10th August 2009

EU buyers stop US soy imports after GMO corn found

news.alibaba.com  |  10th August 2009

Hunting for engineered nanomaterials in the environment

pubs.acs.org  |  6th August 2009

Half of UK produce contains detectable pesticide residues

www.sundayherald.com  |  6th August 2009

The Biofuel Future

Biofuels done badly, scientists say, could go very, very wrong.
www.sciencenews.org  |  6th August 2009

Isotopes finger fertilizer’s perchlorate legacy

pubs.acs.org  |  6th August 2009

Tox21: New Dimensions of Toxicity Testing

www.ehponline.org  |  6th August 2009

Chemicals can turn genes on and off

New tests needed for epigenetic effects, scientists say
www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  6th August 2009

Opposing camps agree on rewriting US toxin law

www.usatoday.com  |  6th August 2009

Rural well water linked to Parkinson’sdisease

www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  6th August 2009

Organic food not healthier, says FSA

www.guardian.co.uk  |  31st July 2009

Taking the pulse of our streams

www.newstrib.com  |  31st July 2009

U.S. "dead zone" smaller but more severe: NOAA

www.reuters.com  |  31st July 2009

Chile’s Antibiotics Use on Salmon Farms Dwarfs That of a Top Rival’s

Chile used almost 350 times more antibiotics in its farmed salmon in 2008 than Norway
www.nytimes.com  |  31st July 2009

Organic movement sprouts new crop of farmers

www.fresnobee.com  |  31st July 2009

Food-safety bill meets objections from groups

www.desmoinesregister.com  |  31st July 2009

Illinois farmers have increased use of plane-sprayed fungicides

www.pjstar.com  |  31st July 2009

Do foods live up to the organic label?

The US National Organic Program has a staff of 15
www.ajc.com  |  31st July 2009

When introduced predators become pests themselves

Agency (APHIS) seldom tracks their effects on other species and the environment
www.google.com  |  31st July 2009

Diet contributes significantly to the body burden of PBDEs in the general US population.

www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  31st July 2009

Food products should carry 'water footprint' information, says report

www.guardian.co.uk  |  31st July 2009

Crops, ponds destroyed in quest for food safety

www.sfgate.com  |  14th July 2009

Administration Seeks to Restrict Antibiotics in Livestock

www.nytimes.com  |  14th July 2009

Large-Scale Assessment of the Effect of Popularity on the Reliability of Research

www.plosone.org  |  10th July 2009

GM rice makes allergies easy to stomach

www.newscientist.com  |  9th July 2009

Preservatives in meat linked to dementia

www.news.com.au  |  9th July 2009

Pests could overcome GM cotton toxins

www.nature.com  |  9th July 2009

Big Salmon Exporter Fights Virus

online.wsj.com  |  9th July 2009

Food packaging leaks BPA, phthalates

www.theglobeandmail.com  |  9th July 2009

US Administration Issues New Rules on Egg Safety

www.nytimes.com  |  9th July 2009

Environmental campaigner loses legal battle over crop spraying

www.telegraph.co.uk  |  9th July 2009

Group will sue EPA over pesticides in polar bears

www.google.com  |  9th July 2009

USDA settles suit, opens access to animal-research reports

veterinarynews.dvm360.com  |  6th July 2009

GMO corn: France rejects report by EU food agency

www.google.com  |  6th July 2009

Study confirms increase in wheat gluten disorder

www.startribune.com  |  2nd July 2009

Vegetarians 'avoid more cancers'

British Journal of Cancer study
news.bbc.co.uk  |  1st July 2009

Risk of mad cow disease from farmed fish?

BSE researchers call for ban on feeding cow parts to fish
www.reuters.com  |  30th June 2009

Ethanol push could threaten water supplies

says the National Research Council
www.theglobeandmail.com  |  28th June 2009

Biofuels could clean up Chernobyl 'badlands'

www.newscientist.com  |  28th June 2009

Federal appeals court upholds a 2-year-old ban on Monsanto's GMO alfalfa

www.stltoday.com  |  27th June 2009

Pesticide Susceptibility In Children Lasts Longer Than Expected

www.sciencedaily.com  |  27th June 2009

Herbicide kills human cells.

Study intensifies debate over 'inert' ingredients.
www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  23rd June 2009

Next-Generation Risk Assessment

EPA plans to incorporate cell cultures, genomics, etc. into chemical tests
pubs.acs.org  |  22nd June 2009

The Influence Game:

Farm lobby wins on cow burps
www.washingtonpost.com  |  22nd June 2009

EU to examine national opt-outs for GM crops

www.guardian.co.uk  |  22nd June 2009

UK government launches new environmental science agency

www.businessgreen.com  |  18th June 2009

Mother’s pesticide exposure at work increases her child's leukemia risk

Results of a systematic review
www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  17th June 2009

Indian planning commission says no to GM food crops

timesofindia.indiatimes.com  |  15th June 2009

Poultry Is No. 1 Source of Outbreaks, Report Says

www.nytimes.com  |  13th June 2009

Amazon deforestation leads to development 'boom-and-bust'

www.guardian.co.uk  |  13th June 2009

Congress to pass new food safety bill?

New money and powers for FDA
www.time.com  |  13th June 2009

Dow to trial GM soya tolerant to 2,4-D

www.aspta.org.br  |  13th June 2009

Will Big Ag plow under Waxman-Markey?

The battle for carbon credits
www.grist.org  |  11th June 2009

Greening the Herds: A New Diet to Cap Gas

www.nytimes.com  |  8th June 2009

Phosphorus Famine:

The Threat to Our Food Supply
www.scientificamerican.com  |  8th June 2009

Sustainable Aquaculture: Net Profits

www.time.com  |  8th June 2009

Pesticide may seed American infant formulas with melamine

www.sciencenews.org  |  8th June 2009

Are perfluorochemicals widespread in biosolids?

pubs.acs.org  |  8th June 2009

Debate on growing GM wheat rises again

www.google.com  |  8th June 2009

Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine

Not a journal but a 'sordid subterfuge'
www.the-scientist.com  |  3rd June 2009

Segregation needed for gene crops in Europe: scientists

www.google.com  |  3rd June 2009

Strategy Being Devised To Protect Use of BPA

Groups Hope to Block Ban of Chemical
www.washingtonpost.com  |  2nd June 2009

In India, Bucking The 'Revolution' By Going Organic

www.npr.org  |  2nd June 2009

Pancreatic cancer linked to herbicides

www.sciencenews.org  |  2nd June 2009

Illegal plant protection chemicals a health threat: officials

www.thanhniennews.com  |  2nd June 2009

Ethanol's Grocery Bill

Two federal studies add up the corn fuel's exorbitant cost
online.wsj.com  |  2nd June 2009

Argentina pressed to ban crop chemical after health concerns

www.ft.com  |  29th May 2009

Court denies Monsanto injunction on German ban

www.forbes.com  |  29th May 2009

New ’Responsible’ soy standards will destroy forests and livelihoods

Warns Friends of the Earth
www.farminguk.com  |  28th May 2009

Greece extends ban on US biotech corn seeds

www.google.com  |  28th May 2009

Canadians don't trust food firm safety

www.vancouversun.com  |  26th May 2009

Carbofuran: Bird-killing pesticide facing a ban in Canada

www.theglobeandmail.com  |  21st May 2009

FDA relied heavily on BPA lobby

And ignored independent scientists
www.jsonline.com  |  20th May 2009

Swine flu: Health officials step up scrutiny on pigs

www.philly.com  |  20th May 2009

The smaller, the better? Consumer groups sound the alarm over nanotechnology

www.palmbeachpost.com  |  20th May 2009

Food Wrapper Coating Found in Human Blood

dsc.discovery.com  |  20th May 2009

Male Reproductive Health Disorders and the Potential Role of Exposure to Environmental Chemicals

New Report from CHEM trust
www.chemtrust.org.uk  |  15th May 2009

Oklahoma loses round in bid to block poultry waste

www.forbes.com  |  15th May 2009

Pesticides plus genetics increase risk of Parkinson's disease

Environmental Health Perspectives doi:10.1289/ehp.0800277
www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  15th May 2009

These men would've stopped Darwin

The business of UK universities is......business
www.guardian.co.uk  |  15th May 2009

Day of the lentil burghers:

Ghent goes veggie to lose weight and save planet
www.guardian.co.uk  |  15th May 2009

Food Companies Are Placing the Onus for Safety on Consumers

www.nytimes.com  |  15th May 2009

Beetle, fungus threaten Florida's avocado industry

www.usatoday.com  |  11th May 2009

Swine flu and CAFOs

‘New Scientist’: Swine flu stems from virus that evolved in U.S.
www.grist.org  |  8th May 2009

Sludge, farmer’s friend or toxic slime?

www.grist.org  |  8th May 2009

A U.S. Hog Giant Transforms Eastern Europe

www.nytimes.com  |  8th May 2009

Fears of global decline in bees dismissed as demand for honey grows

www.timesonline.co.uk  |  8th May 2009

$787 million for biofuels

www.renewableenergyfocus.com  |  7th May 2009

Is the Chesapeake bay a lost cause?

Officials discuss abandoning goals
www.washingtonpost.com  |  4th May 2009

Stockholm Convention meets over new ban on organic pollutants

www.ngrguardiannews.com  |  4th May 2009

Is this farm the Ground Zero of swine flu?

www.dailymail.co.uk  |  4th May 2009

Canadian communities opposed to new sludge rules

www.google.com  |  4th May 2009

Once there were swarms of butterflies in our skies

www.guardian.co.uk  |  27th April 2009

EPA’s new pesticide testing is outdated and crude

Endocrine disruption editorial
www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  27th April 2009

EPA To Mandate Endocrine Disruptor Tests On Pesticide Chemicals

www.washingtonpost.com  |  22nd April 2009

Biosolids concerns bubble to surface

www.chapelhillnews.com  |  20th April 2009

US Pesticide ruling puzzles farmers who spray

Permits for spraying?
www.desmoinesregister.com  |  20th April 2009

NAFTA and the Unmanning of North America

Dow to sue Canada over 2,4-D ban
www.miller-mccune.com  |  18th April 2009

Water worries cloud future for U.S. biofuel

www.reuters.com  |  15th April 2009

'Green Revolution' Trapping India's Farmers In Debt

Ecological and economic "suicide."
www.npr.org  |  15th April 2009

Germany Bans Cultivation of GM Corn

www.spiegel.de  |  15th April 2009

Coal Ash is Also Used on Farms

EPA may step in
minnesotaindependent.com  |  4th April 2009

Small farms fear bearing brunt of new food safety regulations

www.nytimes.com  |  4th April 2009

CDC Study Finds Rocket Fuel Chemical in Baby Formula

Most brands affected
www.propublica.org  |  4th April 2009

Solving the Mystery of the Vanishing Bees

Scientific American Feature
www.sciam.com  |  2nd April 2009

McDonald's to take steps to cut potato pesticides

www.reuters.com  |  2nd April 2009

Biosafety leak feared at Kawanda research station

www.monitor.co.ug  |  2nd April 2009

$117M Biosolids Project Criticized

www.wsmv.com  |  2nd April 2009

GM-specific harvest failure?

South African corn varieties fail to pollinate
www.digitaljournal.com  |  1st April 2009

Pesticide maker vows steps to protect lions

www.philly.com  |  30th March 2009

Academic publishing house Springer put up for sale

www.guardian.co.uk  |  30th March 2009

Salmon: Pesticide mixtures are more toxic than predicted

www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  27th March 2009

Two commonly used food additives are estrogenic

Crucial data gaps highlighted
www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  27th March 2009

Report calls for new food safety oversight system

from: Trust for America's Health
www.latimes.com  |  26th March 2009

Nano reauthorization bill includes crucial safety research mandates

www.nanotechproject.org  |  23rd March 2009

The Ogallala Aquifer:

Saving a Vital U.S. Water Source
www.sciam.com  |  23rd March 2009

Advice to Vultures: Avoid Spanish Livestock

Antibiotics in the food chain
sciencenow.sciencemag.org  |  22nd March 2009

Ethanol's African Land Grab

A sugarcane for National Park swap
www.motherjones.com  |  18th March 2009

Bill would ban nonmedical drug use in U.S. livestock

www.reuters.com  |  18th March 2009

Obama Administration Declares Proposed IP Treaty a 'National Security' Secret

blog.wired.com  |  17th March 2009

Producer restricts sale of packaging chemical

Sunoco writes to BPA customers
www.foodproductiondaily.com  |  13th March 2009

Food safety pitfall: No consistent scrutiny

Mandating HACCP
www.startribune.com  |  12th March 2009

Pesticides in padi

thestar.com.my  |  12th March 2009

Berkeley Agrofuel Research Hits Temporary Roadblocks

www.berkeleydailyplanet.com  |  12th March 2009

An alternative to irradiation

Ozone created by a plasma field
www.miller-mccune.com  |  10th March 2009

F.D.A. Approves (Drug From) Gene-Altered Goats

And bypasses promised public consultations
www.nytimes.com  |  10th March 2009

Kathleen Merrigan to be the Deputy Secretary of the USDA

A sustainable agriculture enthusiast
www.washingtonpost.com  |  10th March 2009

The Low-Carbon Diet

From Audubon Magazine
audubonmagazine.org  |  4th March 2009

Black is the new green

Biochar and carbon sequestration
www.ft.com  |  1st March 2009

New study points to GM contamination of Mexican corn

2001 Nature study corroborated at last
www.google.com  |  24th February 2009

India moves to protect traditional medicines from foreign patents

Invokes 'public property' clause
www.guardian.co.uk  |  23rd February 2009

Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone

American Cancer Society calls for more research
www.cancer.org  |  23rd February 2009

Biotechnology Seed Companies Are Thwarting Crop Research

26 crop scientists sign EPA statement
www.iht.com  |  20th February 2009

Hamburgers hurt the earth

Emissions research on food shows
www.straitstimes.com  |  20th February 2009

Vitamin Pills: A False Hope?

www.nytimes.com  |  20th February 2009

Green payments may replace traditional programs

Says Tom Vilsack, Ag secretary
southwestfarmpress.com  |  20th February 2009

The Largest Wave of Suicides in History

India's farmers
www.counterpunch.org  |  13th February 2009

Scientists protest GMO feeding studies on children

Golden Rice under fire
www.gmfreecymru.org  |  13th February 2009

Environmental emergency network in the works

Connecting dots
www.charleston.net  |  13th February 2009

Indonesia to open up peatlands for plantations

old.thejakartapost.com  |  13th February 2009

Farming chemicals cause kidney failure

Sugar plantation workers affected
www.lapress.org  |  13th February 2009

Leading hospital system focusses on sustainable food purchases

www.chwhealth.org  |  10th February 2009

University Patents Declining

users.fmg.uva.nl  |  9th February 2009

Food safety net is full of holes

How Minnesota fingered peanut butter
www.startribune.com  |  9th February 2009

US plan to tolerate unapproved GMOs in crops draws concern

greenbio.checkbiotech.org  |  7th February 2009

Salmonella Outbreak Fuels Food-Safety Efforts

online.wsj.com  |  7th February 2009

Groups File Suit Over Farm Pollution Exemption

Last minute Bush ruling challenged
www.yankton.net  |  3rd February 2009

Biofuels come with health warning

Implications for human health calculated
www.guardian.co.uk  |  3rd February 2009

Peanut Product Recall Took Company Approval

www.nytimes.com  |  3rd February 2009

Crystalline fructose

The new sweetener
www.latimes.com  |  2nd February 2009

Co-op bans eight pesticides after worldwide beehive collapse

www.guardian.co.uk  |  30th January 2009

House Fortifies Whistleblower Protections

Scientists to benefit
www.washingtonpost.com  |  30th January 2009

Confined and cloned livestock can be labelled 'naturally raised'

Last-minute regulation by USDA
www.consumersunion.org  |  29th January 2009

BASF claims plant breeding breakthrough

Site-directed mutagenesis in plants
www.basf.com  |  29th January 2009

NAFTA commission gets GM corn complaint

Mexico failing to enforce environmental laws?
www.newspapertree.com  |  28th January 2009

Drugs from genetically engineered animals poised to debut in US

greenbio.checkbiotech.org  |  28th January 2009

Peanut Processor Knowingly Sold Tainted Products

It Found Salmonella 12 Times
www.washingtonpost.com  |  28th January 2009

Mercury contaminates US corn syrup

but FDA sat on their data
www.healthobservatory.org  |  28th January 2009

EPA a failure on chemicals

GAO audit reports
www.ewg.org  |  27th January 2009

Obama to tighten rules on lobbyists

And to reduce secrecy
www.iht.com  |  27th January 2009

Work targets pesticides' ecological risks

Frog researcher interviewed
www.post-gazette.com  |  27th January 2009

Rice contamination alleged

Has Cry1Ac escaped into Indian rice?
www.outlookindia.com  |  27th January 2009

Off shore fish farming close to approval in US?

'industrialization of our open waters'
hosted.ap.org  |  23rd January 2009

Sewage sludge survey reveals extent of contamination

Some chemicals levels 'astonishingly high'
sciencenow.sciencemag.org  |  23rd January 2009

Is One Very Tough Rat a Very Big Risk to Human Health?

EPAs endocrine disruptor program is hostage to a rat choice
discovermagazine.com  |  23rd January 2009

Lawsuit challenges first GMO sugar beet

www.reuters.com  |  23rd January 2009

New Report: Twisted Advice

Federal advisory committees lack independence and diversity
www.bioscienceresource.org  |  20th January 2009

Livestock manure stinks for infant health

Noxious fumes from CAFOs
www.sciencenews.org  |  17th January 2009

'Second wave' of mad cow disease could hit Britain, scientists warn

'Ripple or tidal wave'?
www.telegraph.co.uk  |  16th January 2009

FDA to adopt more transparent process for GE animals

The FDAs response to comments
uk.reuters.com  |  16th January 2009

Monsanto reports safety of SDA-rich soybean oil

in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology
www.nutraingredients.com  |  15th January 2009

USDA unable to weed out unapproved modified foods

Inspectors report
uk.reuters.com  |  15th January 2009

Panel Blasts Federal Nanotech Risk Research Strategy

NRC committee identifies 'serious shortfalls'
www.nanotechproject.org  |  12th January 2009

Study ranks biofuels as worst choice

'Provide no certain benefit and the greatest negative impacts'
www.rsc.org  |  12th January 2009

Sweden's GMO labeling is 'misleading'

Sometimes, GMO-free is not
www.thelocal.se  |  8th January 2009

Pesticide use in California declined in 2007

Trend or blip?
www.recordnet.com  |  6th January 2009

Crops absorb livestock antibiotics

When grown in soil fertilized with livestock manure
www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  6th January 2009

Orange drinks contain pesticides

Up to 300 times over tap water limits
www.dailymail.co.uk  |  6th January 2009

Incautious approval of germ killer?

The Triclosan story
pubs.acs.org  |  6th January 2009

Honey Laundering

A sticky trail of intrigue and crime
seattlepi.nwsource.com  |  6th January 2009

Timber company's herbicide use blasted

www.recordnet.com  |  5th January 2009

EU deal on new pesticide controls

news.bbc.co.uk  |  5th January 2009

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2008

Vilsack to be Agriculture Secretary

Obama shrugs off environmental pressure
gristmill.grist.org  |  17th December 2008

EU Gets Ready to Test GMO Crop Growing

planetark.org  |  15th December 2008

Rich nations snap up farmland overseas

Global grain rush under way
www.chicagotribune.com  |  15th December 2008

Pig feed toxins ‘were off the scale’

www.timesonline.co.uk  |  15th December 2008

US Rebuilding market share after GE rice backlash

www.foodnavigator-usa.com  |  11th December 2008

FDA Calls Off Ban on Animal Antibiotics

online.wsj.com  |  11th December 2008

Chickens more toxic than Del. factories

www.delawareonline.com  |  11th December 2008

The Limits to Growth

Was the Club of Rome correct after all?
www.csiro.au  |  9th December 2008

Genetically Modified Hawaii

Scientific American
www.sciam.com  |  9th December 2008

Increased oversight of GMO crops needed

Says US GAO
www.reuters.com  |  9th December 2008

EPA must overhaul risk assessments to protect public health, NAS panel says.

www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  8th December 2008

New Direction for EPA?

www.loe.org  |  8th December 2008

All Irish pork recalled in dioxin scare

www.timesonline.co.uk  |  8th December 2008

Experimental cotton enters food chain

www.google.com  |  4th December 2008

Monsanto Buys World's Largest Sugarcane Breeding Firm

www.bizjournals.com  |  3rd December 2008

IP And Genetically Modified Organisms

Workshop report
www.ip-watch.org  |  2nd December 2008

Financial crisis may worsen food crunch it eclipsed

www.csmonitor.com  |  2nd December 2008

Plan Bee: Europe hopes to give bees a break

Parliament proposes bee havens
www.csmonitor.com  |  2nd December 2008

Gene-altered animals and food safety

FDA approval under discussion
www.boston.com  |  2nd December 2008

In Maryland, Focus on Poultry Industry Pollution

www.nytimes.com  |  30th November 2008

Influence of corporate money on study of nutrition questioned

www.philly.com  |  27th November 2008

Changing turkeys’ diets prevents foodborne ills

www.msnbc.msn.com  |  27th November 2008

Study ties chicken trucks to bacteria

www.baltimoresun.com  |  27th November 2008

FDA infant formula statement causes concern, confusion

Melamine contamination
www.chron.com  |  27th November 2008

Is Your Fish Oil Polluted?

www.sciencenews.org  |  24th November 2008

Healthy livestock can carry harmful bacteria

www.nationalpost.com  |  24th November 2008

Atrazine linked to frog declines

Compromised immune system implicated
www.rsc.org  |  20th November 2008

'Enviropig' may go to market

www.marketwatch.com  |  20th November 2008

The Revolution Will Be Criticized

Why the new "Green Revolution" in Africa may be misguided
www.grist.org  |  20th November 2008

Toxic Suspicions Could Fuel Regulatory Overhaul

Shifting the burden of proof
www.nationaljournal.com  |  19th November 2008

Pesticide buffer zones expanded

Salmon to be further protected
seattlepi.nwsource.com  |  19th November 2008

Superbug (Clostridium difficile) found in meat

40 percent of processed grocery meats contaminated
www.msnbc.msn.com  |  19th November 2008

UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

Novel Materials in the Environment: The case of nanotechnology
www.rcep.org.uk  |  18th November 2008

Pakistan Govt refuses subsidy request

Turns down Monsanto offer
www.thenews.com.pk  |  14th November 2008

Campaigner wins pesticide victory

news.bbc.co.uk  |  14th November 2008

A Green Revolution for Africa?

www.nytimes.com  |  14th November 2008

Economic damages from nutrient pollution

Estimated at $4.3 billion annually
pubs.acs.org  |  13th November 2008

Obama expected to bolster FDA oversight

likely to tighten up on imports, fresh produce and tobacco
www.statesman.com  |  7th November 2008

DOA, HHS Ignore Committee's Food Industry Ties

For Dietary Guidelines advisory committe
cspinet.org  |  3rd November 2008

New US diabetes rate up 90 percent in past decade

www.alertnet.org  |  3rd November 2008

Proposed factory farm would be largest in Wisconsin

An 8,000 cow dairy
www.madison.com  |  3rd November 2008

In Bush's end-game, lots of changes on environment

www.reuters.com  |  3rd November 2008

Pesticide ban 'will raise prices'

EU debate heats up
news.bbc.co.uk  |  3rd November 2008

Animal feed fears widen food inquiry in China

www.nytimes.com  |  1st November 2008

One-third of world fish catch used for animal feed

uk.reuters.com  |  29th October 2008

Organic food is the way forward for Africa

Offers food security and an array of other benefits says UN Report
www.bioscienceresource.org  |  24th October 2008

Pakistan considers Monsanto’s offer to sell Bt cotton

$247 million annual subsidy mooted
www.thenews.com.pk  |  23rd October 2008

France hopes to break GMO deadlock by December

A report on ministerial discussions
www.euractiv.com  |  22nd October 2008

Food-First Policies Needed to Tackle Hunger in India

Interview with V Shiva
www.dw-world.de  |  21st October 2008

EU Keeps 'Zero Tolerance' Policy On GMO Contamination

money.cnn.com  |  20th October 2008

Borneo's Moment of Truth

ngm.nationalgeographic.com  |  20th October 2008

US: Agencies Rated on Scientific Candor

www.washingtonpost.com  |  20th October 2008

US: Southern drought creeping northward

www.kansascity.com  |  20th October 2008

Governor's panel warns delta must be fixed

sweeping recommendations for Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
www.sfgate.com  |  20th October 2008

Nine chemicals may be added to POPs list

The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants may grow
www.thedailygreen.com  |  15th October 2008

Europeans reject animal cloning for food

in Eurobarometer survey
www.reuters.com  |  13th October 2008

Ethanol plants and environmental violations

More than half of Wisconsin plants faulted
gazettextra.com  |  12th October 2008

USDA seeks public comment on proposed rules for biotechnology

www.aphis.usda.gov  |  8th October 2008

Food crises could swing future UK elections

says thinktank
www.guardian.co.uk  |  7th October 2008

Arkansas glyphosate-resistant pigweed examined

A comparison with Australia
deltafarmpress.com  |  3rd October 2008

Argentine farmers resume protests

over inadequate support
news.bbc.co.uk  |  3rd October 2008

India: GM panel seeks removal

Of Supreme Court-appointed member
www.business-standard.com  |  1st October 2008

Celtic revolt against Westminster over GM crops

Devolved Govt's seek meeting
www.independent.co.uk  |  29th September 2008

FDA lax in oversight of produce industry

says leaked GAO Report
news.yahoo.com  |  29th September 2008

Amid milk scare, China’s elite eat all-organic

Government outlet provides safe, special food for the nation’s leaders
www.msnbc.msn.com  |  25th September 2008

Brazil Government Agency Approves New GMO Corn Seeds

money.cnn.com  |  25th September 2008

BASF May Abandon Genetically Modified Crops for European Market

www.bloomberg.com  |  25th September 2008

Patent system 'stifling science'

says new report
news.bbc.co.uk  |  24th September 2008

Conyers Bill seeks to limit open access

Bill seeks to restrict NIH
www.earlham.edu  |  24th September 2008

Are some pesticides 'obesogens' ?

Spanish study associates foetal exposure with obesity
www.independent.co.uk  |  24th September 2008

More factory farms, less oversight

says GAO report
customwire.ap.org  |  24th September 2008

EPAs IRIS database 'seriously at risk'

GAO tells house panel
www.bioscienceresource.org  |  24th September 2008

Atrazine found in lakes far from farms

Aerial spread may be to blame
www.startribune.com  |  24th September 2008

Energy Costs Prompt Farmers to Eye Treated Sewage for Fertilizer

Biosolids gaining ground?
www.usnews.com  |  23rd September 2008

EFF, Public Knowledge sue US government to reveal negotiations

ACTA: a secret Copyright and IP treaty
pcworld.idg.com.au  |  23rd September 2008

BASF Monsanto announce collaboration

see press release
corporate.basf.com  |  22nd September 2008

Anger Over Milk Scandal Forces China's Hand

China tries openness
www.washingtonpost.com  |  19th September 2008

Rules on Bioengineered Animals

FDA to Release Guidelines
www.washingtonpost.com  |  18th September 2008

Medical journal demands inquiry

Into listeriosis outbreak
www.canada.com  |  18th September 2008

The South Strikes Back Against Overreaching IP Enforcement

Secret negotiations under fire
www.ip-watch.org  |  18th September 2008

Behind bad baby milk

an ethical gap
www.csmonitor.com  |  17th September 2008

Mikasa Foods sold tainted rice as edible to 370 firms

Scandal grows
search.japantimes.co.jp  |  17th September 2008

Food Safety's Dirty Little Secret

is privatization
www.usnews.com  |  17th September 2008

REPORT: More Aid for African Agriculture

Groups call for small farmer focus
www.ukfg.org.uk  |  15th September 2008

Brussels approves new GMO soybean

Bayer line A25704-12 approved
euobserver.com  |  15th September 2008

Group plans to sue EPA over sewage sludge on farms

After moratorium denied
www.reuters.com  |  15th September 2008

US: New law requires labels on meat

Country-of-origin labels
www.chicagotribune.com  |  15th September 2008

Why mercury tuna is legal

A Mother Jones investigation
www.motherjones.com  |  15th September 2008

South Africa okays sorghum trials

GMO targets nutritional quality
afp.google.com  |  12th September 2008

700 freshwater fish species at risk

says US survey
www.miamiherald.com  |  11th September 2008

Africa Becoming a Biofuel Battleground

Companies seek land for fuel crops
www.spiegel.de  |  11th September 2008

The Chinavore's dilemma

for food imports
www.motherjones.com  |  2nd September 2008

Aquaponics

Food and fish?
www.sciam.com  |  2nd September 2008

Food Irradiation approval:

Lettuce, Spinach
www.latimes.com  |  2nd September 2008

Segregating transgenic livestock

USDA cites risks
online.wsj.com  |  2nd September 2008

Farmers stalk wildlife

to keep salads free of bacteria
www.latimes.com  |  2nd September 2008

Food poisoning:

connected to long term health?
www.washingtonpost.com  |  2nd September 2008

Palm oil

becomes target for environmentalists
money.cnn.com  |  2nd September 2008

Mexican pepper risks

predated salmonella outbreak
www.startribune.com  |  2nd September 2008

Our Good Earth:

soils eroding away
ngm.nationalgeographic.com  |  2nd September 2008

Wastewater fears

for urban farms
news.bbc.co.uk  |  2nd September 2008

Food prices 'to soar'

after pesticides ban
scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com  |  2nd September 2008

Australia: Food bowl

to dust bowl?
www.abc.net.au  |  2nd September 2008

Dead zones spreading

farther and wider
www.sciam.com  |  2nd September 2008

Farmers mend their watering ways

in southwest US
www.usatoday.com  |  2nd September 2008

US Salmon endangered

by common pesticides
www.latimes.com  |  2nd September 2008

Monsanto's next generation

RoundupReady 2 yield soybeans gain approvals
www.hotstocked.com  |  2nd September 2008

EPA upholds

biofuels mandate
www.nature.com  |  2nd September 2008

Intersex Amphibians

associated with agriculture
www.environmentalhealthnews.org  |  2nd September 2008

American Nurses Association

Opposes rBGH in hospital food
www.bioscienceresource.org  |  2nd September 2008

Monsanto

to sell Posilac (rBGH) division
dairywebmall.com  |  2nd September 2008

Biofuel showdown

May come this week
www.guardian.co.uk  |  2nd September 2008

Supermarkets

Go for local
www.nytimes.com  |  2nd September 2008

Organic Farming

China-style
www.npr.org  |  2nd September 2008

Model disclosure policy

for conflicts of interest devised
cspinet.org  |  5th August 2008

Earthworm

as canary
www.timesonline.co.uk  |  5th August 2008

Groups seek limits

on Gulf pollution from Mississippi river
www.bnd.com  |  5th August 2008

Methane stink

from cows
www.chicagotribune.com  |  5th August 2008

USDA drops

pesticide and fertiliser use monitoring program
pubs.acs.org  |  5th August 2008

Honey bees and CCD:

a pesticide connection?
www.thedailygreen.com  |  5th August 2008

Chesapeake bay

the dead zone
www.hometownannapolis.com  |  5th August 2008

EFSA Resists

approving cloned meat and dairy products
www.nytimes.com  |  5th August 2008

EPA bans Carbofuran

and surprises everyone
www.washingtonpost.com  |  5th August 2008

California bans

trans fats in restaurants
www.latimes.com  |  5th August 2008

On Campus:

Green, Greener, Greenest?
www.nytimes.com  |  5th August 2008

Germany's BASF

takes GM potato case to EU court
www.reuters.com  |  5th August 2008

100 Countries effectively unprepared

for the challenge of GMO regulation
www.eurekalert.org  |  1st August 2008

Sewage sludge

A disaster waiting to happen?
www.thestar.com  |  25th July 2008

Salmonella outbreak

New federal powers required?
www.nytimes.com  |  4th July 2008

US Govt Proposes new rules

for offshore farming
www.nola.com  |  3rd July 2008

China to boost GM crop research

but cautious on rice
www.chinadaily.com.cn  |  2nd July 2008

UN state of the future report

Will humanity blow it?
www.independent.co.uk  |  1st July 2008

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News Exclusives

Strangely like Fiction: Elanco-sponsored authors admit falsely claiming rbGH safety endorsement

22nd February 2010

Elanco's campaign to promote rbGH takes a wrong turn

International Conference on the Implications of genetically modified crop cultivation at large spatial scales GMLS II

9th January 2010

25-26. March 2010, Bremen (Germany)

Transgenic high-lysine corn LY038 withdrawn after EU raises safety questions

10th November 2009

The first withdrawal of a transgenic crop over food safety concerns

Welsh farmer’s defiance of GMO ‘ban’ not so defiant after all

7th October 2009

Investigation finds no evidence that Jonathon Harrington grew GMO maize

US crop yield increases owe little to biotechnology

16th April 2009

UCS report: Failure to Yield

Bee learning behaviour affected by consumption of Bt Cry1Ab toxin

21st October 2008

Bt transgenics and CCD

Royal Society Science and Agriculture Study Criticised

15th October 2008

Aid, social justice and environmental groups criticise Royal Society study proposal

Testing Time for Substantial Equivalence

17th June 2008

Daphnia magna survival and fitness reduced when fed on MON810 Bt maize

Long-term persistence of GM oilseed rape in the seedbank

4th June 2008

Ten year persistence of transgenic oilseed rape volunteers from Swedish experiment

US: Private Food Safety Labs Hide Negative Tests

1st June 2008

Congressional investigation underway

Pew Commission Report: Industrial animal farming poses "unacceptable" risks for public health and the environment

4th May 2008

Important study condemns agro-industrial complex.

Civil Society Statement on Nanotechnology: Guiding Principles for Regulation

14th March 2008

Global coalition calls for nano precaution

Farm Bill amendment calls for NAS to study safety and impacts of cloned meat and animals

18th December 2007

Amendment passes Senate hurdle

The Excommunication of a Heretic

26th November 2007

Nature Biotechnology and the 'scientific' review of the Ermakova soy study

Effects of Bt pollen in aquatic ecosystems

2nd November 2007

Ecological impacts of genetically engineered corn

Corn fakes

2nd November 2007

'Flagrant fraud' or the science of GMO shopping?

Goodbye Dolly....Hello Synthia

8th June 2007

J. Craig Venter Institute Seeks Monopoly Patents on the World's First-Ever Human-Made Life Form

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