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Genetically Engineered Salmon Production Ends as AquaBounty Shutters Last Facility
Following decades of controversy, widespread market rejection and legal and regulatory challenges, U.S.-based biotechnology and aquaculture company AquaBounty Technologies announced it will stop produ…
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2024 Retailer Scorecard
Without pollinators, grocery shelves would run short of a wide assortment of fruits and vegetables, nuts, and beans.
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New report: U.S. food retail sector faces $219 billion risk from pesticides
A new report finds that the U.S. food retail sector’s use of pesticides on just four crops could result in $219 billion in financial, climate, and biodiversity risks.
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Economic Risks of Pesticides
The U.S. food retail sector’s use of pesticides on just four crops could result in $219 billion in financial risks between now and 2050.
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Overturning Trump era Decision, Federal Court Rules in Favor of Regulating Genetically Engineered Organisms
In a precedential victory for food and environmental safety, a federal district court ruled today that genetically engineered (GE) organisms must be regulated.
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Environmental Groups Reach Settlement on Pesticide-Treated Seeds with California Agency
A group of environmental organizations informed a California state court today that they had reached an agreement with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to propose regulations…
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46 Organizations Demand Conagra End Use of Bee-Killing Pesticides on Popcorn
Today 46 consumer, health, and environmental organizations sent a letter calling on Conagra Brands (NYSE: CAG) to take immediate steps to end the use of neonicotinoid-coated seeds in its popcorn suppl…
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New Roundup, New Risks
Friends of the Earth’s analysis finds that, on the fiftieth anniversary of its commercialization, Roundup sold to consumers is more toxic than ever before.
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New Roundup weedkiller 45 times more toxic to human health
Roundup products still contain glyphosate, and eight new Roundup products contain chemicals of dramatically greater concern.