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Glyphosate use may be OK on farms, gardens, but Bayer may pay for it

By Dan Flynn on May 2, 2019

Its critics say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has “doubled down” on the active ingredient in Roundup, the popular weed killer.

But that’s probably an overstatement.

On April 30 the EPA changed Roundup’s label requirements…
Continue Reading Glyphosate use may be OK on farms, gardens, but Bayer may pay for it

Appeals court knocks down Hawaii’s local prohibitions on GMO seed industry

By News Desk on November 22, 2016

Hawaii’s genetically modified seed industry and about 1,000 jobs that go with it were big winners in a 30-page ruling handed down Friday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco.
Continue Reading Appeals court knocks down Hawaii’s local prohibitions on GMO seed industry

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FDA testing finds weed killer residue in honey, instant oatmeal

By Cathy Siegner on October 12, 2016

Testing for glyphosate residue at a U.S. Food and Drug Administration laboratory in Atlanta has found up to 1.67 parts per million (ppm) in certain instant oatmeal cereals and up to 121 nanograms per gram…
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FDA’s Mike Taylor departing agency — totally on his own terms

By Dan Flynn on March 9, 2016

Mike Taylor has chosen the time and day for his departure for a second time from government. His friends and associates received his personal email at 8:35 a.m. Tuesday. It was embargoed until FDA released…
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Confessions of a former GMO virgin

By Cookson Beecher on February 8, 2016

Back in the late 1990s, I was a GMO virgin. I had never heard of GMOs — genetically modified organisms —  nor had I ever had any contact with them, much less allowed any of…
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EFSA Finds Glyphosate ‘Unlikely to Cause Cancer in Humans’

By Dan Flynn on November 13, 2015

Europe’s gardeners and farmers probably won’t have their Monsanto Roundup weed killer or other similar herbicides taken away from them now that the influential European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has found that the ingredient glyphosate…
Continue Reading EFSA Finds Glyphosate ‘Unlikely to Cause Cancer in Humans’

Letter From the Editor: ‘Super’ Weeds and the C-Word

By Dan Flynn on June 28, 2015

A couple of weeks ago, when I found myself putting a few thousand miles on a new truck in the upper Midwest, I forgot to take enough music along to cover all that distance. That…
Continue Reading Letter From the Editor: ‘Super’ Weeds and the C-Word

EPA May Recommend Testing Food Products for Common Herbicide

By News Desk on April 21, 2015

According to a media report on Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering recommending that the federal government sample food products for glyphosate, the most commonly used herbicide in the world and the…
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Vermont Senate Approves GMO Labeling Bill, Sends It Back to House for Final Vote

By Cathy Siegner on April 17, 2014

Members of the Vermont Senate voted 28-2 on Wednesday for a bill that, if the Vermont House of Representatives concurs with the Senate’s changes, would make it the first state in the country to require…
Continue Reading Vermont Senate Approves GMO Labeling Bill, Sends It Back to House for Final Vote

Washington State's GMO Labeling Initiative Appears Headed for Defeat

By James Andrews on November 6, 2013

With all of Washington state’s counties reporting in late Tuesday night, voters appear to be turning down ballot initiative I-522, which would require labeling food made from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The complete vote results…
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