Sources in the German Social Democrats (SPD) party have informed Sustainable Pulse on Thursday that the reduction in the use of...
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This Weed Killer Is Wreaking Havoc on America’s Crops
When farmer Darvin Bentlage surveyed his southwestern Missouri soybean fields in August, he knew something was amiss in one of them. “I’ve...
Victory! Monsanto Shill Michael Dourson Withdraws After Public Outcry
The Center for Food Safety heralded reports that Michael Dourson, President Trump’s controversial nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of...
Seeds of disaster: Burkina Faso’s troubles with Monsanto’s GM cotton
Bobo-Dioulasso — In 2000, farmers in Burkina Faso, Africa’s top cotton grower, were desperate. Their cotton fetched top prices because...
Environmentalists say they’ll try to sue German, EU authorities over glyphosate
Environmentalist groups said on Monday that Germany and the European Union had broken the rules when assessing the safety of...
French Court Temporarily Bans Two Pesticides Over Possible Threat to Bees
Bees are behind a French court ruling that suspended the license for two pesticides made by Dow Chemical. Friday’s preliminary ruling by an...
Monsanto says Mexico revokes permit to market GMO soy in seven states
Monsanto Co said on Thursday that Mexico’s agriculture sanitation authority SENASICA had revoked its permit to commercialize genetically modified soy...
The Sun also rises: Genes and rethinking your sunscreen choices
While sunny summer weather usually ushers in better moods with dreams of vacations and more time outdoors, it also brings...
Effort to ban some sunscreen chemicals advances
WAILUKU — Sunscreen containing certain chemicals could be banned in Maui County after a bill to eliminate the potentially harmful...
Keepers warn of ‘bee-mageddon’ after France authorises controversial insecticide
French bee keepers are up in arms over the authorisation of an insecticide they warn could sound the death knell...