2017

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2017

List of articles in category 2017
Title	Created Date
Regulatory overhaul of GM crops can save lives, environment	01 November 2017
Glyphosate debate divides grain industry, sparks concern from livestock farmers	31 October 2017
EPA chief backs another pesticide harmful to kids	30 October 2017
Glyphosate exposure trends demand a public health driven response	30 October 2017
Denotify Bt cotton seed that is no longer pest-resistant: State to central govt	30 October 2017
Thoughts on the glyphosate saga	30 October 2017
French health regulator withdraws licence for glufosinate weedkiller	29 October 2017
France ready to accept four-year glyphosate extension - spokesman	25 October 2017
Growing number of EU governments oppose re-approval of glyphosate	25 October 2017
Commission proposes five- to seven-year renewal of glyphosate	25 October 2017
Monsanto faces blowback over cancer cover-up	25 October 2017
Ramazzini Institute launches crowdfunding appeal for long-term glyphosate/Roundup study	24 October 2017
Exposure prevalence to glyphosate has increased 500% since introduction of GM crops	24 October 2017
IARC rejects Kate Kelland’s false claims in Reuters article	24 October 2017
India shelves GM mustard permit in face of powerful opposition	24 October 2017
European Parliament votes to ban glyphosate	24 October 2017
Bangladeshi govt “incentivises” farmers to grow GM Bt brinjal	24 October 2017
EU on brink of historic decision on pervasive glyphosate weedkiller	24 October 2017
More than 1.3 million demand EU glyphosate ban	23 October 2017
Dicamba herbicide drift: A disaster in 2017, will be much worse in 2018	23 October 2017
Delay release of GM antibiotic-dependent mosquitoes until safety data available – doctors	23 October 2017
Reuters reporter again promotes false narrative about IARC and glyphosate cancer concerns	22 October 2017
Monsanto sues Arkansas board for banning disputed herbicide / Dicamba: Who's liable?	21 October 2017
Setting the record straight on false accusations	19 October 2017
GM crops “not the answer” to UK food security – top GMO promoter	19 October 2017
MEPs vote for glyphosate ban in three years	19 October 2017
Glyphosate: Monsanto tries one last manoeuvre to save Roundup	18 October 2017
India's Andhra Pradesh investigates planting of Monsanto's unapproved GM cotton	17 October 2017
Syngenta, Bayer, Monsanto blamed for farmers' deaths in Maharashtra	17 October 2017
MEPs call on the EU Commission to phase out glyphosate by 2020	17 October 2017
Block Bayer-Monsanto merger, says major new legal study	16 October 2017
Glyphosate persists – and European topsoils are contaminated with it	16 October 2017
The fatal chain: Failure of Bt cotton, increased sprays, poisoning deaths	16 October 2017
GMO seed giants see fresh start in gene editing	15 October 2017
The Séralini affair – or the secret history of a torpedo	15 October 2017
US experts doubt EPA curbs on Monsanto, BASF dicamba herbicides will halt crop damage	14 October 2017
BASF buys Bayer's crop science assets	14 October 2017
Research shows pest resistance to GM Bt crops is surging	13 October 2017
“Better understanding” of plants needed to exploit GM crops, genetic engineers admit	13 October 2017
Iowa State Extension forester warns of dicamba dangers	13 October 2017
Scientists to journal: Retract pesticide review after revelations of Monsanto funding, influence	12 October 2017
GM cotton’s dramatic failure in India	11 October 2017
EU agencies accused of cherry-picking evidence in glyphosate assessment	11 October 2017
Glyphosate: Expert finds BfR guilty of plagiarism from Monsanto	10 October 2017
The Indian farmers falling prey to pesticide	10 October 2017
Peace, love, and glyphosate in your ice cream	10 October 2017
Ben & Jerry’s to launch glyphosate-free ice-cream after tests find traces of weedkiller	10 October 2017
Nasty “surprises” from insect and weed control with GM plants	09 October 2017
Citizen anti-glyphosate initiative will be examined by the Commission	09 October 2017
The misleading and deceitful ways of Kevin Folta	09 October 2017
“Don't allow Monsanto's Roundup,” US cancer victims warn EU	08 October 2017
Farmers say Monsanto’s pesticide drifted from nearby farms and killed their crops. Now they need Monsanto seeds to fix them	08 October 2017
EU: No program to detect new GMOs	07 October 2017
GMO Bt toxins: Safe for people and environment or super toxins?	04 October 2017
New research challenges assumption of substantial equivalence for Roundup-tolerant GMOs	04 October 2017
Ban on dicamba herbicide could benefit agriculture prices	03 October 2017
Revival of non-GMO climate-smart crops in India	03 October 2017
GM-free dairy poses complex questions for Irish producers	03 October 2017
Organic movement calls for the regulation of new genetic engineering techniques as GMOs	02 October 2017
Hundreds of South Dakota farmers, gardeners report damage from herbicide drift	02 October 2017
India: Death toll rises to 15 from insecticide spraying on failed GM Bt cotton	01 October 2017
India: End commercial release of new GM Bt cotton seeds – Maharashtra govt to central govt	30 September 2017
Monsanto banned from European Parliament	28 September 2017
Carey Gillam on Monsanto, cancer and the corruption of science	28 September 2017
Syngenta agrees to pay more than $1.4 billion in corn settlement	28 September 2017
"Not very toxic" pesticide kills 9 farmers in India	28 September 2017
Products of new GM techniques must be strictly regulated as GMOs, say scientists	27 September 2017
Why GM salmon is a health risk	27 September 2017
Syngenta settles Minnesota corn-contamination suit in trial	27 September 2017
Unlabelled GM apples land in US stores	27 September 2017
Many US scientists to skip Monsanto summit on dicamba	27 September 2017
India: 9 farmers die after spraying insecticide on GM Bt cotton crops	27 September 2017
Peer-reviewed studies on endocrine disruption excluded from EU glyphosate assessment	25 September 2017
Farmers claim drift problems persist after two states banned herbicide dicamba	25 September 2017
France to ban glyphosate weedkiller by 2022: Government	25 September 2017
US EPA announces intention to cave on dicamba	24 September 2017
Arkansas State Plant Board votes to protect farmers from dicamba drift	23 September 2017
Science was manipulated in EU glyphosate review, says NGO	23 September 2017
Who is behind the European People’s Party’s attempt to tighten rules for NGOs?	22 September 2017
Assumed safety of widespread pesticide use is false, says top government scientist	22 September 2017
Insecticidal trait failure in GM Bt crops confirmed	22 September 2017
GM corn found in over 90% of tortillas in Mexico	21 September 2017
UK govt to pursue GMO obsession in post-Brexit partnership with US	21 September 2017
Monsanto’s new weedkiller, dicamba, divides farmers	21 September 2017
EPA to allow use of dicamba next year, but with safeguards	20 September 2017
How Monsanto manufactured “outrage” at glyphosate cancer classification it expected	20 September 2017
Commission claims of EU agencies’ “thorough scrutiny” of glyphosate data fail to convince	19 September 2017
Bangladesh: Cultivation of Bt brinjal must stop	19 September 2017
Philippines: Congress urged to probe golden rice	19 September 2017
“GM seed choice shouldn’t be dictated”: Italian farmers question EU court ruling	19 September 2017
Dicamba lawsuits mounting	15 September 2017
EU report on weedkiller safety copied text from Monsanto study	15 September 2017
Fall armyworm pest resistant to GM Bt corn in Brazil	14 September 2017
Study questions sustainability of GM soy production in Argentina	13 September 2017
Arkansas approves first step to 2018 dicamba ban	12 September 2017
Risk assessment of GM soybean turns out to be fake	12 September 2017
Morgan & Morgan files lawsuit on behalf of farmers impacted by dicamba	12 September 2017
Dutch propose exempting new GM techniques from GMO law	12 September 2017
Minnesota farmers take on Syngenta in court this week	12 September 2017
India: Official who blew whistle on Monsanto’s GM Bt cotton is removed from post	11 September 2017

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