27.05.2016
- The US House of Representatives has passed the long awaited update of the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) by a vote or 403 to12, winning broad support from the country’s two...
22.04.2016
- US garden care products manufacturer Ortho has announced plans to phase out neonicotinoids in eight products used to control garden pests and diseases by 2021. The first three...
04.01.2016
- The European Commission’s ban on neonicotinoid-based chemical protection products has made a substantial dent in business, the agrochemical industry has claimed. According to some...
12.10.2015
- In a decision dating back to September, a US appeals court in San Francisco cancelled the registration of Dow Agroscience’s sulfloxaflor insecticide sold under the brand names...
27.07.2015
- Companies manufacturing, importing or distributing nanomaterials into the territory of the European Union do not only have to comply with the Registration, Evaluation...
08.06.2015
- At a meeting in Lyon, France, this week 24 scientists representing the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) will analyze scientific...
05.06.2015
- BioConsortia celebrated its first anniversary in March. The innovative agricultural biotech company focuses on the discovery and development of beneficial microbial consortia for...
15.04.2015
- The US is moving more closely into line with Europe in restricting the use of neonicotinoid-based insecticides suspected of posing risks to bee populations. Faced with mounting...
