Biotech critics challenging Monsanto GMO sugar beet
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Opponents of biotech  crops said on Wednesday they were filing a lawsuit to challenge  the USDA's deregulation of Monsanto Co's genetically engineered  sugar beet because of fears of "biological contamination" and  other harm to the environment.
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Dow Chemical Co , the largest U.S. chemical maker, and U.S. biotech giant Monsanto Co  said on Friday they plan to jointly create the next generation of genetically modified corn seeds.
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Environmental groups are calling on the Welsh Assembly Government to strengthen the law to help prevent damage caused by growing genetically modified crops in Wales.
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France may follow Germany in imposing restrictions on a strain of genetically-modified corn made by the US giant Monsanto, Ecology Minister Alan Juppe was quoted Friday as saying.
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PORTLAND, Ore.  -- Pollen from genetically engineered grass floated more than 12 miles from experimental plots and bred with conventional plants, raising concerns that the biotechnology industry can't control the "gene flow" of its creations...
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A proposal to ban the planting of a genetically modified corn strain  sets up a bitter war within the European Union.
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The European Commission is likely to authorize the first genetically modified (GMO) seeds for commercial use across EU territory this week, in the face of widespread consumer resistance to biotech crops.
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EU farm ministers clashed on Monday on  whether to approve a genetically modified (GMO) potato for  growing, passing the final decision to the bloc&#39;s executive and  paving the way for the first new &quot;live&quot; GMO crop for years.
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A U.S. judge ruled the U.S. government violated the law by failing to adequately consider environmental damage from Monsanto's genetically engineered alfalfa.  Judge Charles Breyer of U.S. District Court in San Francisco said the U.S.
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Monsanto Co.'s "seed police" snared soy farmer Homan McFarling in 1999, and the company is demanding he pay it hundreds of thousands of dollars for alleged technology piracy. McFarling's sin? He saved seed from one harvest and replanted it the following season, a revered and ancient agricultural practice.
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Some high-profile scientists have jumped into the fight over the University of Wisconsin-Madison's stem cell patents, supporting the effort to have them revoked.
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Research on embryonic stem cells continues to ignite national debate over the beginning of human life. And with the Legislature likely to take up the issue in its next session, many worry that inaccurate information is being perpetuated by stem cell proponents and their counterparts.
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The Department of Agriculture has granted preliminary approval for a large-scale plan to grow genetically altered rice in Kansas, prompting some critics to raise safety concerns.
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - Biotech crop critics said they were asking for a permanent injunction to stop the planting of Monsanto Co.'s genetically modified alfalfa after failing to negotiate a settlement with U.S. regulators by a court-imposed deadline on Friday.
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The spread of pollen or seeds from genetically engineered plants is evolving from an abstract scientific worry into a significant practical problem.
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The European Union approved on Wednesday the first biotech seeds for planting and sale across EU territory, flying in the face of widespread consumer resistance to genetically modified (GMO) crops and foods.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday was facing a decision whether to bar a strain of genetically-modified corn after a watchdog authority said it had "serious doubts" about the product.