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USDA poised to approve release of GM American chestnut trees based on botched research The USDA wants to deregulate (approve ...
GMO developers must supply detection methods, reference material and details of the genetic modification as part of ...
The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has approved field trials for testing Genetically Modified (GM) vaccines aimed ...
New Delhi is deeply concerned about the US's insistence that India permit the import of genetically-modified (GM) products, ...
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The real problem with GMO Food
In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the real problem with GMO food, also known as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Specifically, we look at whether GMOs and GMO ...
Dreaming of a lush home garden filled with every imaginable delight? Think twice before planting certain common edibles. This piece uncovers 12 seemingly innocuous food items that, due to surprising ...
Because GMO crops are insect-resistant, use of chemicals on Burruel’s farm is down 95 percent, he said. That includes less use of residual herbicides on neighboring weeds that can seep into the ...
Genetically modified crops were commercially introduced in the United States in 1996 with the launch of Monsanto's Roundup Ready soybeans, a plant that tolerates the company's Roundup herbicide ...
Monsanto was an agrochemical and agricultural biotech company established in the US that became a large producer of GMO crops, with their main GMO crop having been corn. Monsanto was bought by ...
These days Monsanto is shorthand for, as NPR's Dan Charles has put it, "lots of things that some people love to hate": Genetically modified crops, which Monsanto invented.
This is the end of Monsanto as the world has long known it. New owner Bayer announced Monday that it will nix the brand name as soon as August, when its $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto is ...