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Chinese Citizens Protest against ChemChina’s $ 43 Billion Acquisition of...

By SustainablePulse,A large group of Chinese experts and citizens have joined together to sign a protest letter against ChemChina’s acquisition of the Swiss pesticide giant Syngenta.The protest letter...

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New EPA Report Will Lead to Virtual US Ban on Atrazine Herbicide

By SustainablePulse, The amount of the herbicide atrazine that’s released into the environment in the United States is likely harming most species of plants and animals, including mammals, birds,...

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ChemChina-Syngenta deal: why it matters

Global food security and sovereignty could be threatened as China moves closer to embracing GM foodEXCERPT: [China’s] hesitation to approve genetically modified food production suggests the road to...

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Swiss seed giant to sell Hawaii operations

The Associated Press   LINKEDINGOOGLE+PINTERESTREDDITPRINTORDER REPRINT OF THIS STORY  HONOLULU A Swiss agrochemicals company caught up in legal battles over its farming of genetically modified crops...

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Six companies are about to merge into the biggest farm-business oligopoly in...

Big farms are about to get a lot bigger.With six agricultural giants on the verge of merging into three separate companies, consumers and farmers are feeling uneasy about the global implications and...

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Federal judge rules against county bans on genetically engineered farming

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that three Hawaii counties cannot regulate genetically modified crops or pesticides.Circuit Judge Consuelo M. Callahan upheld a lower court’s...

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New USDA Data Shows 85% of Foods Tested Have Pesticide Residues

As Americans gather with their families for Thanksgiving this week, new government data offers a potentially unappetizing assessment of the U.S. food supply—Residues of many types of bug-killing...

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Urgent EU action alert: Say no to GMO maize cultivation!

Vote will take place 27 JanuaryThe European Commission has confirmed that it is planning a vote on Friday 27 January where it will push for the first GMO cultivation authorisations since 1998.The crops...

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European Nations Reject GM Crop Cultivation in Groundbreaking Votes

A key vote on Friday saw European nations oppose the European Commission’s proposal to authorize the first new GM crops for cultivation since 1998, but failed to achieve the necessary majority for the...

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Over 300 Organizations Tell the Justice Department: Don't Let Politics Push...

Originally published: http://ow.ly/OnmH3092eML February 13, 2017Jeff Sessions, Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 Re: The Proposed Dow-DuPont,...

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