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The impacts of Brexit on UK’s food and farming

The impacts of Brexit on UK’s food and farming

Hannah Steiner October 22, 2019

Withdrawal of the EU would not put an end to uncertainty and would be a dark day for agriculture and....

Widely used pesticide in US particularly harmful to bees, study finds

Widely used pesticide in US particularly harmful to bees, study finds

Sophie Abitz August 07, 2019

Agriculture has become 48 times more toxic to insects in last 25 years as neonics are used on over 140....

China vows to raise recycling rates of rural plastic mulch

China vows to raise recycling rates of rural plastic mulch

Gian Bianchi July 03, 2019

The country deploys about 200,000 square km (77,220 square miles) of plastic mulch, an area the size of Belarus.

Ammonia pollution damaging more than 60% of UK land

Ammonia pollution damaging more than 60% of UK land

Sophie Abitz June 19, 2019

Study finds most sensitive plant and wildlife habitats are worst affected, yet government has no clear plans to monitor impact.

A Brief Explanation about GMOs Companies

A Brief Explanation about GMOs Companies

Hannah Steiner February 16, 2019

There are many companies which are known for their GMOs manufactures. The biggest GMO corporations are BASF, Bayer, DuPont, Dow....

The Birth of Modern Genetic Modification (3)

The Birth of Modern Genetic Modification (3)

Karabo Meyer February 16, 2019

The Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA was an influential conference organized by Paul Berg and held in February 1975.

The Birth of Modern Genetic Modification (2)

The Birth of Modern Genetic Modification (2)

Karabo Meyer February 16, 2019

What changed in the last quarter of the 20th century was that scientists began selecting productive traits at the individual....

The Birth of Modern Genetic Modification (1)

The Birth of Modern Genetic Modification (1)

Karabo Meyer February 16, 2019

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are living organisms whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated in a laboratory through genetic engineering.