European Union regulations stop exposure to pesticides that are mutagenic, carcinogenic, or that disrupt endocrine systems - but that protection may not last.
The European Union this week failed to end the widespread use of glyphosate - an active ingredient in Monsanto weedkiller Roundup. DR JONATHAN LATHAM argues that the setback proves that the strategy of fighting for a ban on one dangerous chemical at a time, relied on by environmentalists, has failed.
The NYT's expose of Kevin Folta's PR role as a pro-GMO shill in the employ of Monsanto barely scratched the surface of a huge web of corporate money, influence and intrigue that permeates the US's premier universities and scientific institutions, writes Jonathan Latham - from Harvard and Cornell to the AAAS. Why the reticence to name all the names?