San Francisco jurors just ruled that Roundup, the most popular weedkiller in the world, gave a former school groundskeeper terminal...
Tag: Cancer
Trial Set to Open in Case Linking Monsanto’s Roundup to Cancer
Opening statements in the first trial over whether Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide caused a user to get cancer are set to begin on...
Monsanto No More: Agri-Chemical Giant’s Name Dropped In Bayer Acquisition
Originally, it was just a name — Olga Monsanto’s name, to be precise. Around the turn of the 20th century,...
European authorities violated own rules to conclude glyphosate is not carcinogenic
Published: 14 March 2018 GMWatch.org New peer-reviewed analysis shows that EFSA and ECHA twice watered down the statistical strength of...
THE ORGANIC FOOD AND FARMING MOVEMENT CALLS FOR THE REGULATION OF NEW GENETIC ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES AS GMOS
During our General Assembly in New Delhi (India), on 12 November 2017, IFOAM – Organics International adopted a global position(link is...
SF debates continued use of pesticides to kill vegetation, rats
“Pesticides are scary.” That’s how Chris Geiger, the Department of the Environment’s toxics reduction coordinator, described at a recent meeting...
Monsanto and the Causes of Cancer: Did Former US EPA Official Influence the European Food Safety Authority’s Verdict on Glyphosate Herbicide?
EFSA fails to provide evidence to support its decision to dismiss a key study showing glyphosate is carcinogenic. The European...
Pima County has better options than Monsanto
As a Pima County planning and zoning commissioner for the past 12 years, I have witnessed the county’s impressive record...
SHAKA Movement – Year in Review
It has been an exciting and challenging year for SHAKA Movement and the sister organization SAFE and the Safe Action Fund....