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Chemistry World
September 27, 2012
Ned Stafford |
Review of GM cancer scare paper The European Food Safety Authority will announce next week the preliminary results of its review of a highly controversial paper that asserts that a type of genetically modified maize and its accompanying herbicide increase the risk of tumors and organ damage in rats.   |
Chemistry World
December 4, 2013
Ned Stafford |
Controversial GM maize cancer link paper retracted A highly controversial paper published last year on a genetically modified maize has been retracted by the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology after the authors refused to voluntarily withdraw the paper. |
Chemistry World
November 13, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
European food safety body finds glyphosate 'unlikely' to cause cancer The peer reviewed report has also proposed legal dosage limits for glyphosate if accidentally consumed. |
Chemistry World
November 6, 2013
Ned Stafford |
Report serves up food for thought for European agency The European Food Safety Authority has rejected allegations in a recent report that the integrity of its scientific recommendations and risk assessments could be compromised by 'loopholes' in the agency's independence policies. |
Chemistry World
April 23, 2009
Ned Stafford |
Germany bans GM maize Germany's decision to ban cultivation of a strain of genetically modified maize has triggered sharp criticism from German scientists and the European chemicals industry. |
Chemistry World
May 31, 2013
Ned Stafford |
Another pesticide linked to honeybee deaths Global chemicals giant BASF is disputing a new assessment from the European Food Safety Authority warning that the insecticide fipronil poses a major risk to honeybees when used as a seed treatment for maize. |
Chemistry World
February 18, 2014
Ned Stafford |
GM maize poised for approval in Europe The European commission is on the verge of authorizing a genetically modified maize for cultivation after ministers from EU member nations last week failed to muster a large enough majority to reject the crop. |
Chemistry World
December 17, 2013
James Urquhart |
Controversial sweetener declared safe The low-calorie artificial sweetener aspartame and its breakdown products have been given the all-clear for human consumption once more by the European Food Safety Authority. |
Chemistry World
January 27, 2015
Emma Stoye |
BPA use poses 'no health risks', says EU The European Food Safety Authority's latest evaluation of bisphenol A has concluded that at current levels of exposure the chemical does not pose a health threat to any age group. |
Chemistry World
September 10, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Glyphosate to be labelled a carcinogen in California California's announcement follows a conclusion by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer in March that the herbicide glyphosate is a probable human carcinogen. |
Chemistry World
November 13, 2014
Martin Pigeon |
Public health is the bottom line Since the European Food Safety Authority's main task is regulating industry products, and industry's chief interest is to have its products authorized, independence from food companies should be the EFSA's primary concern. |
Food Processing
October 2012
Dave Fusaro |
A More Important Vote in California Proposition 37 looks likely to ignite the GMO debate nationally. California voters will consider a proposal to require the labeling of foods with genetically modified organisms. |
Chemistry World
September 22, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
US drops restrictions on more GM seeds The US Department of Agriculture has approved Dow's 'Enlist' engineered corn and soybean seeds for commercial cultivation without special authorization. |
Chemistry World
April 19, 2006
Arthur Rogers |
Europe Strives to Allay GM Fears European commission plans for `improving scientific consistency and transparency' on genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) have prompted a guarded response. |
Chemistry World
January 18, 2013
Ned Stafford |
EU food agency links pesticides to bee decline Chemical giants Bayer CropScience and Syngenta are both disputing the conclusions of a report from the European Food Safety Authority that says that bees might be at risk from neonicotinoid insecticides produced by the two companies. |
Chemistry World
October 22, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
EPA takes steps to prevent herbicide resistance in weeds The US Environmental Protection Agency has approved a combination herbicide designed to be used with genetically modified resistant crops. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2004
Brian Gorman |
More Green for Monsanto The full-year earnings the agribusiness giant Monsanto may not please everyone, but the company plants roots for long-term success. |
Chemistry World
January 14, 2013
Anthony King |
Sweetener in the clear once more The artificial sweetener aspartame has been given the all-clear by the European Food Safety Authority. After an evaluation of 'all available information' the authority concluded that aspartame poses no safety concerns for consumers. |
Chemistry World
February 16, 2009
Manisha Lalloo |
Rodents shed light on aging Researchers in Texas believe naked mole rats may hold the key to healthy aging, after discovering that the long-living rodents are able to maintain protein stability and function well into old age. |
Chemistry World
March 5, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Butterfly population collapse prompts lawsuit against EPA The US Environmental Protection Agency is being accused of ignoring evidence that the herbicide glyphosate poses a serious threat to dwindling monarch butterfly populations. |
Chemistry World
December 23, 2013
Ned Stafford |
Fears over pesticide link to fetal brain harm Europe's food safety body has recommended that guidance levels for acceptable exposure to two neonicotinoid insecticides be reduced until further research is conducted on the harm they may cause to unborn children's developing nervous systems. |
Chemistry World
July 25, 2008
Rebecca Trager |
EU food agency finds BPA safe The EU has affirmed the safety of the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), a common ingredient in plastic baby bottles and food storage containers. |
