The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday approved the use of the weed killer dicamba on genetically modified soybeans ...

The EPA has reapproved a controversial weed killer for use on two genetically modified crops. Environmentalists fear the ...

The chemical, dicamba, is used to control weeds on genetically engineered crops. Courts previously had restricted its use.

The India-US trade deal has revived debate over genetically modified crops, as New Delhi offers limited farm market access ...

— -- U.S. farmers and those in developing countries helped drive a surge in new plantings of genetically modified crops around the globe in 2011, even in the face of resistance from Europe and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon agriculture officials say the state has no authority over genetically modified crops once federal regulators deem them safe for commercial use. In a letter to Gov. John ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will hold five public meetings around the South in June to hear what people think about using genetically modified crops on refuges to provide ...

Mushrooms that don’t brown. Wheat that fights off disease. Tomatoes with a longer growing season. All of these crops are made possible by a gene-editing technology called CRISPR-Cas9. But now its ...

This consensus report examines a range of questions and opinions about the economic, agronomic, health, safety, or other effects of genetically engineered (GE) crops and food. Claims and research that ...

Genetically engineered crops appear to be safe to eat and safe for the environment, according to a comprehensive new analysis by the advisory group the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has reapproved the weed killer dicamba for use on genetically modified soybeans ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...