A new study from Brazil shows that Roundup disrupts male reproductive function in rats at low doses. (more…)
GalleryUSDA: RNA-interference Pesticides Will Need Special Safety Testing
A new peer-reviewed paper in the journal Bioscience draws attention to potential hazards on nontarget species of pesticides and GMOs made with RNA-interference (RNAi) gene-silencing techniques. These hazards could include off-target gene silencing or immune stimulation. (more…)
Dr Benedetti: Soybean Workers Suffer DNA Damage from Glyphosate
A new peer-reviewed study has found DNA damage and elevated cell death of blood cells in soybean workers exposed to fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides in Brazil. (more…)
GalleryDr Traavik: Low Levels of Roundup Toxic to Aquatic Invertebrate Daphnia Magna
Low levels of glyphosate based herbicide induced significant negative effects on the aquatic invertebrate Daphnia magna. Glyphosate herbicides such as brands of Roundup, are known to be toxic to daphnids. However, published findings on acute toxicity show significant discrepancies and variation
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GalleryProfessor Heinemann: GM Crop Production is Lowering US Yields and Increasing Pesticide Use
University of Canterbury researchers have found that the biotechnologies used in north American staple crop production are lowering yields and increasing pesticide use compared to western Europe. (more…)
GalleryDr. Tabashnik: Five Pest Species Immune to Bt poisons in GMO Corn and Cotton
As of 2010, five of 13 major pest species had become largely immune to the Bt poisons in GMO corn and cotton, compared to just one species in 2005, scientists report in this study. (more…)
Dr. Thongprakaisang: Glyphosate Induces Growth in Human Breast Cancer Cells
This study shows that Glyphosate exerted proliferative effects only in human hormone-dependent breast cancer, T47D cells, but not in hormoneindependent breast cancer, MDA-MB231 cells, at 10-12 to 10-6 M in estrogen withdrawal condition. (more…)
Dr. Hans-Wolfgang Hoppe: Glyphosate Found in Human Urine Across Europe
People in 18 countries across Europe have been found to have traces of the weed killer glyphosate in their urine, show the results of tests commissioned by Friends of the Earth Europe. (more…)
GalleryDr. Judy Carman: Evidence of GMO Harm in Pig Study
A groundbreaking new study shows that pigs were harmed by the consumption of feed containing genetically modified (GM) crops. (more…)
Dr Hilbeck: Farmers Have Seed Choices Restricted by GM Crops
This study finds that there is “no evidence that restrictions and regulations of GM crops in Europe have decreased seed choices for farmers in the non-adopting countries Austria, Germany and Switzerland. In contrast, we observed that in Spain, which
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