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Schools in Cahokia will close Friday after a water main break in East St. Louis led to a boil order. All after-school activities on Thursday were also canceled. "After consultation with the water company, the concerns with clean drinking water, general hand…

PARIS: Paris and four other French cities on Thursday banned the use of synthetic pesticides within their boundaries, as an anti-chemicals movement that began in the countryside gains momentum. Lille in the north, Nantes in the west, Grenoble in the southeas…

Political posturing aligned with commercial interests means that truth is becoming a casualty in the debate about genetically modified (GM) crops in India. The industry narrative surrounding Bt cotton is that it has been a great success. The current Modi-led …

Whitefish, MT. - Today, the Senate will hear from Trumps nominee to be the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Aurelia Skipwith, a former employee of agrochemical corporation Monsanto.  Skipwith has a history of working with big-time special…

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & TALLINN, Estonia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Launching today, Pactum is an AI-based system that helps global companies to autonomously offer personalized, commercial negotiations on a massive scale. The Mountain View, California company, wit…

US-Irish actor Pierce Brosnan poses during a photocall as part of the 45th Deauville US Film Festival in Deauville September 7, 2019. AFP pic DEAUVILLE, Sept 8 Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan heaped praise yesterday on teenage climate activist Greta Th…

There are fears Australia's most popular weedkiller could be causing its users to develop cancer, after a US court found it was to blame for the diagnosis of a former groundskeeper.   Californian man Dewayne Lee Johnson was awarded $78million by a US court a…

Political posturing aligned with commercial interests means that truth is becoming a casualty in the debate about genetically modified (GM) crops in India. The industry narrative surrounding Bt cotton is that it has been a great success. The current Modi-led …

By Andrea Germanos The German government announced Wednesday it had agreed on a plan to phase out the use of glyphosatethe key chemical in the weedkiller Roundupwith a total ban set to begin by the end of 2023. “Way to go, Germany!” tweeted the U.S.-based a…

Selective breeding is absolutely happening right now in the marijuana industry. Seth McConnell/The Denver Post via Getty Images The ancient art of selective breeding is practiced by almost everyone who grows crops or husbands livestock for a living. Those wh…