BBC News Sperm quality significantly deteriorated and testicular cancers increased over recent years, a Finnish study says. The study in the International Journal of Andrology looked at men born between 1979 and 1987. The University of Turku research suggests environmental reasons, particularly exposure to industrial chemicals, may be behind both trends.
Search Results for: GMO dangers
Organic Dairy Report and Scorecard
August 2018 The Cornucopia Institute published its first comprehensive report on the organic dairy industry in 2008. Much has changed since then, as the organic dairy sector has grown exponentially. However, one thing that remains the same is the focus of The Cornucopia Institute’s work: the “factory farm takeover” of organic agriculture. The scope of… Read more »
‘Seed Freedom is the Answer to Hunger and Malnutrition’
We must resist seed monopolies of corporates, they harm us all, writes biodiversity campaigner Vandana Shiva The Guardian What happens to the seed affects the web of life. When seed is living, regenerative and diverse, it feeds pollinators, soil organisms and animals – including humans. When seed is non-renewable, bred for chemicals, or genetically engineered… Read more »
Carrageenan 2013
March 2013 Sign the FDA petition to remove carrageenan from the food supply Read The Cornucopia Institute’s full report on the dangers of carrageenan Protect yourself and your family with Cornucopia’s carrageenan buying guide Many individuals experience significant improvements in their gastrointestinal health after cutting carrageenan out of their diet. If your health improved after… Read more »
Toxic Additives in Pesticide Formulas Largely Unregulated
Cornucopia’s Take: The active ingredients in synthetic pesticides, like glyphosate in Roundup, are often under fire for their toxic effects. This study takes a look at the other additives, called adjuvants, in commercial pesticide formulations. Adjuvants may increase the toxicity or penetration of the active ingredients, and they are frighteningly unregulated. These pesticides are prohibited… Read more »
Newsmakers You Should Know: Couple Started Organic Farm Long Before it was Popular
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette By Kathleen Ganster One morning, Don Kretschmann was preparing to set up an irrigation system to prepare for a possible drought at his 80-acre organic farm in New Sewickley. A few days later, along with his staff, he was picking the harvest in torrential downpours and inches-deep mud. Such is the life of… Read more »
Yes, Bananas May Really Be Going Extinct
Inquisitr by Andrew Galbreath Source: USDA, Lance Cheung The most popular fruit in the world may be in serious danger of extinction. A virulent and incurable strain of the plant-destroying fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense is spreading across the globe and ravaging banana crops in its wake. A study by researchers in the Netherlands appearing… Read more »
UPDATE: Antibiotics in Organics— News from Portland, Clarifications and Amplification
Sparks really flew at the National Organic Standards Board meeting in Portland, Oregon yesterday. In one of the most contentious issues to come before the organic community in many years, the continued use of antibiotics (oxytetracycline) on tree fruit was on the agenda. Apple growers from Washington State petitioned the USDA to allow for the… Read more »
Gene-Edited Food Coming to Your Grocery Store in 2019
Cornucopia’s Take: GMOs are created by splicing genes from one organisms into another, sometimes of different species. This process has brought us Roundup-ready feed crops and has resulted in a huge uptick in both pesticide use and pesticide-tolerant weeds. Gene-editing instead turns off existing genes in the organism or splices the existing genes in a… Read more »
This Might Be Our Only Chance for GMO Labeling—We Can Win This One!
[This Action Alert is Over] Action Alert As California Goes, So Goes the Nation Democratic and Republican administrations, and Congress, have repeatedly ignored the overwhelming majority of Americans who favor labeling genetically engineered (GE) food in the marketplace. Our politicians seem to be listening to the corporate executives (their donors) instead of the citizenry. But… Read more »
