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Forty European health insurers press EU to regulate phase out of agricultural chemicals by midcentury
Forty health insurance mutuals from France, Belgium and Poland have jointly called on the EU not to abandon the goal of ...
Viewpoint: ‘AI is already humming along in unseen and unregulated ways that touch millions of Americans who may never have heard of ChatGPT’
A growing share of businesses, schools, and medical professionals have quietly embraced generative AI, and there’s really no going back ...
Viewpoint: Anti-biotech farmers and green politicians decry EU relaxation of genetic engineering rules — ‘Specter of patentable supercrops from corporate giants looms over Europe’
The specter of patentable supercrops is looming over Europe's agricultural landscape, raising concerns about a handful of corporate giants dominating ...
Medical tourism: Inside Ukraine’s booming ‘rent-a-womb’ industry
Over the past decade, surrogacy, or the “rent-a-womb” industry, as critics sometimes call it, has become a booming global industry ...
Viewpoint: ‘USDA successfully brought Big Ag aboard in the fight against climate change. Now they have to prove it will work’
The strategy of paying large incentives to farmers so they adopt climate-friendly farming methods won over large swaths of big ...
Glyphosate will be re-authorized for 15 years as safe by the European Commission, according to leaked documents
The European Commission is readying a proposal for the controversial herbicide glyphosate to receive a full stamp of approval from ...
EU ‘Green Deal’ softens hard-line proposals for extensive restrictions on pesticides as food security concerns escalate
EU countries are pushing back against the European Commission’s plans to radically slash the use of pesticides in the bloc, ...
CRISPR crop regulatory balancing act: EU won’t completely deregulate gene-edited crops but ‘proportionate risk assessments’ are likely
For the moment, the EU has some of the world’s strictest rules when it comes to approving genetically-altered crops, and ...
EU bans food imports with neonic pesticide residues starting in 2026
The European Commission announced [September 27] that imports of products containing residues of harmful insecticides known as neonicotinoids will be ...
Long COVID: As many as 30% of victims suffer ongoing health issues
Thousands of long Covid patients across the globe are urging their governments to provide more help for the growing number ...
‘I see no need for re-regulation’: Germany’s Environment Minister and Green Party stalwart rebukes EU’s hopes to relax crop gene editing rules, invokes precautionary principle
German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke on [June 13] rebuffed the European Commission’s plan to propose new rules for crops bred ...
GOP wedge issue: Republicans broaden attacks on COVID guidelines that factor race into treatment prioritizations
Republicans are accusing the Biden administration of racism — against white people. The administration’s recommendation that race and ethnicity be ...
Combined flu shot and COVID booster? Moderna hopes to have one ready by 2023
Moderna hopes to market a combined booster vaccination for COVID-19, influenza and RSV — a common respiratory virus — as ...
Biden EPA moves to ban toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ commonly found in drinking water and require chemical company assessments
The Biden administration laid out a sweeping strategy on [October 18] for grappling with widespread contamination from toxic “forever chemicals” ...
US (innovation and biotechnology) vs Europe (regulation and organic): Which is the best path to a sustainable farming future?
Creating a climate-friendly food system is cooking up a showdown between the U.S. and the European Union. The two power ...
Viewpoint: Agricultural Cold War? ‘EU and US are veering toward a high-stakes stand-off over the global food system’
In the race to reduce the damage that agriculture is wreaking on the climate, the EU and the U.S. are ...
Conservative opponents of healthcare for trans youths draw on anti-abortion tactics
A rash of bills introduced in at least 20 states would limit trans youth’s access to gender-affirming care — and ...
Facing shifting science and political blowback, Facebook reverses its ban of ‘fringe’ Wuhan lab-leak theory
[A Facebook] policy tweak arrives as support surges in Washington for a fuller investigation into the origins of Covid-19 after ...
EU pitches 23 ‘actions’ to achieve Farm 2 Fork targets, including promoting organic food in schools
The European Commission is counting on a suite of measures including new procurement schemes, promotional funds and research initiatives to ...
EU ‘Green Deal’ could mandate 50% cut in pesticide use, include tax on ‘most dangerous’ chemicals
The [European] Commission proposed a 50 percent cut in the risk and use of pesticides by 2030 as part of ...
Limited consumer demand could hinder Europe’s plans to reach 25% organic food production
EU plans to make over 25 percent of Europe’s farmland organic by 2030 will depend on changes in consumption patterns, ...
Anti-GMO Europe wants to fight climate change. Will it approve the eco-friendly (but GM) Impossible Burger?
Impossible Foods’ efforts to enter the European market have faced a 15-month-long battle over the key ingredient that gives its ...
Foreshadowing repeat of spring chaos, Trump Administration leaves vaccine distribution to individual states
Federal and state officials agree that the nation’s 21 million health care workers should be first in line [for a ...
Competitive surge in nationalism is shaping the race to develop COVID vaccines
From the latex oozing naturally from the rubber trees in places like Vietnam, Malaysia and Liberia to vaccine ingredients made ...
EU opposition to GM crops encourages hunger in developing nations, US trade official warns
A senior U.S. official blasted EU plans for greener farming on [October 27], accusing Brussels of risking worldwide starvation by ...
Top EU farm officials back gene editing, call for efforts to assuage concern about ‘unintended impacts’
The European Commission’s top agriculture civil servant said [October 1] he supports controversial gene-editing technologies, but called for more “assurances” ...
Viewpoint: US faces policy nightmare if China wins race to produce a safe, effective COVID vaccine
It’s very possible a Chinese [COVID-19] vaccine could be the first to succeed in Phase III trials. If Warp Speed ...
As Trump administration retreats, Germany poised to replace US as main supporter of world health initiatives
In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s confirmation that the U.S. will exit the World Health Organization — leaving ...
