Health Canada, a federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve health, released on Wednesday a draft risk-assessment for Imidacloprid for public comment.
An invasive garden ant hailing from Asia continues to conquer new territory in England. The species, Lasius neglectus, is capable of building super colonies boasting dozens of queens and several thousand ants.
One of the world's most invasive ant species could be accelerating the global decline of honey bees -- and carrying a previously unknown virus that could lead to its own demise, according to a New Zealand research out Wednesday.
UN, 21 January 2015 – The battle against a plague of locusts in
Madagascar is in danger of being lost, as funding to continue efforts
against widespread infestations runs out, putting 13 million people at
risk of food insecurity, the United Nations agricultural agency said
today.
Earth’s population is ballooning every day, which increasingly presents a host of challenges, from housing to resource depletion to food.
The issue of feeding billions of people on a warming planet—along with related concerns such as food waste, water usage and greenhouse gas emissions—continues to be explored.
It has been widely established that factory farming contributes to climate change and even that eating less beef will benefit the environment. But what about eating … bugs. Bugs?
BRUSSELS: EU ministers allowed the controversial
cultivation of a new genetically modified crop, US firm Pioneer's TC1507
corn, after opponents failed on Tuesday to muster enough support
against the move. A meeting of European Affairs ministers could not establish a majority either way, Greek chairman Evangelos Venizelos said. Accordingly, TC1507 was allowed through, after Venizelos asked for legal advice. The
rules require that "if the Council (of member states) does not take a
decision, then the measure has to be adopted by the European
Commission", a legal adviser said.
The genetically modified maize “Pioneer 1507” should not be
placed on the market for cultivation, because its insect-resistant
pollen might harm non-target butterflies and moths, says the European
Parliament in a resolution passed on Thursday. MEPs call on the EU
Council of Ministers to reject its proposed authorisation, and urge the
European Commission not to propose or renew authorisations of any GMO
variety until risk assessment methods have been improved.