A new 25-page background paper from the environmental group Food & Water Watch is long on information supporting its views on the science and politics surrounding genetically engineered food.
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration not to dismiss congressional opposition to the approval of genetically engineered (GE) salmon.
House and Senate
Up until now, court challenges to genetically engineered crops have mostly been about process and procedure, not the merits of the brave new GM world.
But a decision last week
Are companies with a vested interest in the outcome of environmental assessment studies qualified to conduct those studies themselves? A pilot project announced by an agency at the United States
Call him the “co-existence kid,” if you will. He won’t mind. In fact, he readily dubs himself “a poster child for co-existence.”
He’s Don Cameron, manager of Terranova
As promised, attorneys for the Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Friday, contending the agency erred when it allowed
We’ve been accused this week of promoting the views of anti agricultural biotech activists and organizations for a story we ran Friday: “Scientist’s Letter Raises Roundup Concern.”
How
Purdue University scientists are questioning recent statements by groups opposed to the use of genetically modified (GM) crops, specifically that glyphosate use and Roundup Ready technology are impacting the health
A veteran soil scientist wrote a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warning of what he says is a newly identified pathogen linked to the herbicide Roundup that
The European Union’s Standing Committee on the Food Chain last week failed to come to a consensus on a proposal to allow trace amounts of prohibited genetically modified organisms
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday it would deregulate industrial corn that is genetically engineered for ethanol production, saying the crop does not pose a plant risk.
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Washington, DC-based Food & Water Watch is praising Congress for “uniting” against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s expected approval of genetically-engineered (GE) salmon.
The groups executive director,