Research published in The BMJ demonstrates that children’s risk of autism spectrum disorder increases following prenatal exposure to pesticides within … read more
Research published in PNAS shows that glysphosate (a common herbicide) increases the susceptibility of bees to certain pathogens when ingested. read more
Monsanto was ordered to pay $289m damages to a man who claimed herbicides containing glyphosate, including Roundup, contributed to his cancer. read more
The European Commission has voted to renew the licence of glyphosate – a widely used pesticide. read more
In a large prospective cohort study, researchers examine the association between Glyphosate use and cancer incidence, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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Glyphosate has not been classified as a carcinogen by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). read more
Neonicotinoid insecticides have been implicated in the decline of bees, yet the evidence is derived from short-term laboratory studies on honeybees and bumblebees. Publishing in the journal Nature Communications scientists from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology have investigated the long term, large scale impact of neonicotinoids on 62 wild bee species across England. read more
The EU failed to reach agreement during a vote on whether to reauthorise the use of glyphosate. read more
The World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) issued its latest report that classified very hot drinks as group 2A carcinogens, meaning they are “probably carcinogenic to humans”, while coffee and maté (a herbal drink) served cold were in group three, which means there was insufficient evidence to suggest they cause cancer. read more
The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is expected to make an announcement later on the carcinogenicity of coffee and other hot drinks. read more
The EU has delayed a vote which would determine whether it continues to allow sales of products containing the pesticide glyphosate. read more
The European Food Safety Authority has published its reassessment of the safety of glyphosate, a component of herbicides. The report concludes that glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer in humans. read more
Following an evaluation the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified red meat as probably carcinogenic to humans, placing it in Group 2A, and processed meat as carcinogenic to humans, placing it in Group 1. read more
In an opinion piece in The New England Journal of Medicine, two scientists have recommended that the US delay implementing use of a specific herbicide to be used on GM plants, and also that wider labeling takes place of foods which contain GM components. read more
The diets of rodents in food safety and toxicology studies is the topic of a paper published in the journal PLOS ONE, in which the authors report the presence of contaminants including heavy metals, pesticides, and genetically modified organisms in the feed or lab rodents. The authors go on to suggest that such contaminants could affect the reliability of toxicity testing in general. read more
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified five pesticides as either probably or possible carcinogenic to humans. read more
The journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, has reportedly requested for Gilles-Eric Séralini to withdraw the study that purported to show that GM maize and the pesticide Roundup could lead to a high incidence of cancer in rats. read more
Friends of the Earth and GM Freeze press released the results of laboratory tests on the urine of 182 volunteers across Europe, which found traces of the weed killer glyphosate. read more
The European Food Safety Authority’s final review reaffirmed its initial assessment that Séralini et al’s conclusions, in a paper in Food and Chemical Toxicology which linked GM maize to the development of tumours in rats, cannot be regarded as scientifically sound because of inadequacies in the design, reporting and analysis of the study. read more