Common Dreams by Sarah Lazare Source: TP Martins ‘The tremendous amount of money spent speaks to depth of public unease about GMOs,’ says lead author What exactly is the agrichemical industry hiding with its high-cost public relations and lobbying efforts to convince the U.S. public that genetically modified organisms and pesticides are safe? According to… Read more »
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How GMO Lobbyists Taught Me We’re Winning
The Ecologist by Claire Robinson, GMWatch Source: Rob Kall GMO promoters enthuse about how GM crops will be able to help the poor and hungry, far in the future, writes Claire Robinson. But they are silent about the currently-planted GM crops – 99% of them herbicide-tolerant or insecticidal. Could it be because opponents of the technology are… Read more »
Escaped GE Bacteria from China Cause Identification Headaches in EU
Cornucopia’s Take: Riboflavin for conventional animal feed is now commonly made using commercially fermented genetically engineered (GE) strains of bacteria. German and Italian regulators found unapproved GE bacteria in animal feed supplements from China. Tracking the strains, which antibiotics are resistant to, has proven onerous. GE ingredients are not allowed in organic production. Illegal GE Bacteria Detected… Read more »
Don’t Eat the Yellow Rice: The Danger of Deploying Vitamin A Golden Rice
Independent Science News by Ted Greiner, PhD Source: Josep Folta What better way to discredit your critics than to rope in 107 naive Nobel Prize winners (all without relevant expertise) to criticize your opposition? But such tactics are not new. Long ago, the GMO industry spent well over $50 million to promote “Golden Rice” as… Read more »
Roundup Chemical Doubles Your Risk of Lymphoma
A major new review finds this “safe” weed killer is anything but harmless. Rodale News by Leah Zerbe There’s been a striking increase in the number of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cases over the past three decades, and a major new scientific review suggests chemical pesticides—particularly glyphosate, the active ingredient in the popular weedkiller Roundup—are playing an… Read more »
Protect Pesticide Safety Laws
Eleven states’ attorneys general filed a petition with the US Environmental Protection Agency to limit state and local government authority to warn of pesticide hazards and issue product label restrictions. This petition would make it illegal for states and local governments to consider research and data on human health impacts that the EPA ignores in… Read more »
Why is Cornell University Hosting a GMO Propaganda Campaign?
The Ecologist by Stacy Malkan Source: Erik Jaeger Cornell, one of the world’s leading academic institutions, has abandoned scientific objectivity, writes Stacy Malkan – and instead made itself a global hub for the promotion of GM crops and food. Working with selected journalists and industry-supported academics, Cornell’s so-called ‘Alliance for Science’ is an aggressive propaganda… Read more »
Pesticides: Now More Than Ever
New York Times By Mark Bittman How quickly we forget. After the publication of “Silent Spring,” 50 years ago, we (scientists, environmental and health advocates, birdwatchers, citizens) managed to curb the use of pesticides[1] and our exposure to them — only to see their application grow and grow to the point where American agriculture uses… Read more »
Why Aren’t G.M.O. Foods Labeled?
New York Times By Mark Bittman If you want to avoid sugar, aspartame, trans-fats, MSG, or just about anything else, you read the label. If you want to avoid G.M.O.’s — genetically modified organisms — you’re out of luck. They’re not listed. You could, until now, simply buy organic foods, which by law can’t contain… Read more »
New Evidence About the Dangers of Monsanto’s Roundup
The Intercept by Sharon Lerner Source: Mike Mozart John Sanders worked in the orange and grapefruit groves in Redlands, California, for more than 30 years. First as a ranch hand, then as a farm worker, he was responsible for keeping the weeds around the citrus trees in check. Roundup, the Monsanto weed killer, was his weapon… Read more »
