Bayer going after Pfizer for patent infringement is a forerunner for abuse of intellectual property claims in food and ...

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

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

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 ...

In a victory for public health and the environment, the British biotech firm Oxitec and CSIRO have withdrawn their application to commercially release millions of genetically engineered mosquitoes ...

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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...

Film gives the lie to claims by some researchers that genetically engineered trees are the only path to restoration of the American chestnut A documentary-style environmental investigation reveals a ...

ANSES says there is "no scientific basis" for Commission's proposal to remove regulatory safeguards from new GMOs. Report: Claire Robinson The French government's food safety agency ANSES has ...