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The EPA approved Oxitec's mosquitoes for release this spring. Some scientists and locals want to halt the deployment

New groundbreaking pilot study

State-of-the-art tests show damage from mixtures of pesticides, when each is present at a level regulators claim is safe

Findings in human embryos are relevant to plants and farm animals. Report: Claire Robinson

Health Canada has launched a public consultation on its proposal to remove government regulation of some genetically engineered (genetically modified or GM) foods.

No matter where one looks in global agriculture, food prices are low because products are in surplus

Scientists look forward to crops that can be sprayed with multiple herbicides and evade risk assessment

First step taken towards determining intake and body burden of overlooked toxic compounds

Environment Agency pension funds are invested in companies that make pesticides banned in the UK and Europe due to the harm they cause to bee populations

Terms such as "like nature", "precise", and "no foreign genes" are being wrongly applied to new GM techniques

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