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European Commission to extend glyphosate licence for 18 months

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 28, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission is extending by 18 months its approval for the herbicide glyphosate, used in Monsanto’s Roundup, Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said on Tuesday. Contradictory findings on carcinogenic risks have thrust the chemical into the centre of a dispute between EU and U.S. politicians, regulators and researchers. Campaign groups urged

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EU officials to decide on Roundup after political impasse

By Alissa De Carbonnel, GFM Network News June 25, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– An impasse between EU nations on whether to allow Monsanto’s Roundup and similar herbicides to continue to be sold means that the European Commission, rather than national politicians, will decide the issue next week. With most EU attention focused on Britain’s shock decision to quit the bloc, everyday work continued in

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EU countries refuse to back new licence for glyphosate

By Alissa De Carbonnel, GFM Network News June 6, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — EU nations refused to back a limited extension of the herbicide glyphosate’s use on Monday, threatening withdrawal of Monsanto’s Roundup and other weed-killers from shelves if no decision is reached by the end of the month. Contradictory findings on carcinogenic risks have thrust the chemical into the centre of a dispute

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Germany to abstain in EU glyphosate vote next week

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 3, 2016

Berlin | Reuters — Germany will abstain in a European Union vote next week on the continued use of glyphosate in herbicides, because ministries run by different parties remain at odds over the chemical which some experts say could be carcinogenic. Contradictory findings on the carcinogenic risks of glyphosate have thrust the chemical into the

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Canadian grain companies wary of unapproved GM crops

By Allan Dawson May 19, 2016

Top U.S. grain companies have taken a hard line and are refusing genetically modified crops that haven’t been approved in major markets, while Canada’s grain industry remains more flexible. So far the Canadian companies are approaching the issue on a case-by-case basis, but that could change, according to Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western

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EU delays vote on glyphosate license amid cancer row

By Alissa De Carbonnel, GFM Network News May 19, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — The European Union on Thursday delayed a vote on renewing sales approval for the herbicide glyphosate, used in Monsanto’s Roundup, amid a transatlantic row over whether it may cause cancer. Experts from the EU’s 28 nations had been due to vote on a proposal to extend by nine years licensing of

Biologists isolate novel genes from cauliflower to improve crop nutritional value. A study committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine looking at gene-altered crops notes a genetically engineered characteristic that alters the nutritional content of a crop is “unlikely to have the same environmental or economic effects as a characteristic for herbicide resistance.” (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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U.S. study finds no risks to people, planet in GMOs

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 18, 2016

It’s time for the task of regulating new crop varieties to focus on plants’ characteristics rather than on how the plants were developed, a team of U.S. scientists recommends in a new report. A study committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on Tuesday released an “extensive” study of genetically engineered crops, finding

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U.N. experts find glyphosate unlikely to cause cancer

By GFM Network News, Kate Kelland May 16, 2016

London | Reuters — The herbicide glyphosate, sold by Monsanto in its Roundup product and widely used in agriculture and by gardeners, is unlikely to cause cancer in people, according to a new safety review by United Nations health, agriculture and food experts. In a statement likely to intensify a row over its potential health

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Germany looks set to abstain in EU glyphosate vote

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 12, 2016

Reuters — Germany looks set to abstain in a European Union vote next week on the continued use of glyphosate in weed killers because ministries run by different parties remain at odds over the chemical which some experts say could be carcinogenic. Glyphosate is used in many herbicides including Monsanto’s Roundup, despite a dispute between

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U.S. lawmakers put pressure on EPA over glyphosate review

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter May 12, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers have asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to explain why it published — and then withdrew — documents related to its review of glyphosate, the chemical in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The documents, which included a report that said glyphosate is not likely

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Tag Archives Glyphosate

European Commission to extend glyphosate licence for 18 months

EU officials to decide on Roundup after political impasse

EU countries refuse to back new licence for glyphosate

Germany to abstain in EU glyphosate vote next week

Canadian grain companies wary of unapproved GM crops

EU delays vote on glyphosate license amid cancer row

U.S. study finds no risks to people, planet in GMOs

U.N. experts find glyphosate unlikely to cause cancer

Germany looks set to abstain in EU glyphosate vote

U.S. lawmakers put pressure on EPA over glyphosate review

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