Tag: Monsanto

FleishmanHillard document rekindles the war on glyphosate

17 May 2019

French news channel France 2 television recently issued a report about a document from the largest Brussels-based consultancy FleishmanHillard showing which politicians, scientists...

Tags: Glyphosate, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup, Scandal

Glyphosate shown to disrupt microbiome ‘at safe levels’, study claims

17 May 2018

Study on rats said to show that the chemical, found in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, poses ‘a significant public health concern’. According to the pilot study, the substance...

Tags: Endocrine disruptors, Food Safety, Glyphosate, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup

Weedkiller products more toxic than their active ingredient, tests show

08 May 2018

After more than 40 years of widespread use, new scientific tests show that some popular weedkilling products, like Monsanto’s widely-used Roundup, have higher rates of toxicity t...

Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Food Safety, Glyphosate, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup

Farmers hail new transparency rules in food safety, still want science-based decisions

18 Apr 2018

EU farmers have welcomed the European Commission’s new rules on transparency in food safety assessments. However, it is still uncertain to which extent this will ensure that futu...

Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Food Safety, Glyphosate, Member States, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup, Transparency

EU Commission wants new powers to vet product safety

12 Apr 2018

On April 11, the European Commission proposed giving itself new powers to request scientific studies on the safety of products, in an effort to quell public concerns that industry ...

Tags: Consumers, EFSA, European Commission, Food Safety, Glyphosate, GMO, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup

Six member states call for glyphosate alternatives, exit plan

05 Jan 2018

Six member states that opposed the re-authorisation glyphosate, the world’s most commonly used weedkiller, sent a letter to the European Commission last month asking the EU execu...

Tags: Agriculture, ECHA, EFSA, Endocrine disruptors, Environment, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Safety, Glyphosate, GMO, Member States, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup

Andriukaitis: ‘Enough’ with member states hiding behind the Commission on glyphosate

10 Oct 2017

The member states should stop hiding behind or even pointing the finger at the European Commission regarding the re-authorisation of the world’s most commonly used weedkiller, gl...

Tags: Agriculture, Endocrine disruptors, Environment, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Safety, Glyphosate, Member States, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup

Endocrine disruptors: Report exposes scale of contamination as Parliament vote looms

04 Oct 2017

More than one-third of all fruit consumed in the EU is contaminated with residues of endocrine disrupting pesticides, according to a study published on Tuesday (3 October), a day b...

Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Endocrine disruptors, Environment, European Parliament, Hormone, Monsanto, Pesticides

EU report on weedkiller safety copied text from Monsanto study

19 Sep 2017

Exclusive: EU’s food safety watchdog recommended that glyphosate was safe but pages of report were identical to application from pesticide maker. Read the full article on The Gua...

Tags: EFSA, Endocrine disruptors, Environment, Glyphosate, Monsanto, Roundup

Monsanto’s Roundup linked to liver disease, study says

12 Jan 2017

A new study has found that low-dose and long-term exposure to Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup causes liver disease in female rats. Read the full article on EurActiv website. Read...

Tags: Animals, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup