Topic
Genetically Modified Crops
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Food Safety News
AC21 Wants USDA to Investigate Crop Insurance for Genetic Harm To Organic Crops
By Dan Flynn
It held five meetings, waited until after the election, gained consensus among all but one of its members, sent off a 61-page report to the Secretary of Agriculture and now…
Food Safety News
Oregon Splits Willamette Valley Between Canola and Seeds
By Dan Flynn
The West often gets divided up: cowboys vs. Indians, wet vs. dry, Catholics vs. Protestants and cattle vs. sheep, just to name a few. Now Oregon vs. Canola has been…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
GMO Rice Lawsuits Settle for $750M
By joetort
BNA Class Action Litigation Reporter reports that the lawsuits against Bayer Cropscience for the contamination of rice crops with genetically modified rice have settled. The case was In Re: Genetically…
Food Safety News
Biotech Alfalfa Puts Spotlight on Coexistence
Call him the "co-existence kid," if you will. He won't mind. In fact, he readily dubs himself "a poster child for co-existence."He's Don Cameron, manager of Terranova Ranch, a nearly…
Food Safety News
Purdue Scientists Dispute Anti-GMO Claims
Purdue University scientists are questioning recent statements by groups opposed to the use of genetically modified (GM) crops, specifically that glyphosate use and Roundup Ready technology are impacting the health…
Food Safety News
Scientist's Letter Raises Roundup Concerns
By Amy Halloran
A veteran soil scientist wrote a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warning of what he says is a newly identified pathogen linked to the herbicide Roundup that might…