French President François Hollande will face judicial problems over the ban on the cultivation of genetically modified plants, and this has weakened science-based risk assessment in the EU by EFSA and others Safety Agencies. It leads confusion in general public, argue Marcel Kuntz, John Davison and Agnès E. Ricroch. Stephane Le Foll, French Ministry of Agriculture, is doing the…
Open Source Intelligence
05 Jul 2012
04 May 2012
In this story, EUFIC aims to “help the media, health professionals, and educators understand how to read and evaluate food and health-related scientific studies. It presents an overview of key information to look for, questions to ask, and other important” The European Food Information Council (EUFIC) is a non-profit organisation which communicates…
14 Feb 2012
“A French court on Monday (13 Feb 2012) declared U.S. biotech giant Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, a judgment that could lend weight to other health claims against pesticides. In the first such case heard in court in France, grain grower Paul Francois, 47, says he suffered neurological problems including memory…