Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides – Editors’ picks 18 July 2018

18 July 2018 — Sustainable Pulse

CRISPR Could Be Causing Extensive Mutations And Genetic Damage After All

CRISPR has been heralded as one of the most important breakthroughs in modern science, but there could be a hidden and potentially dangerous side effect to the wonders of its genetic editing technology, a new study reveals. Source: www.sciencealert.com/ A systematic investigation of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in mouse and human cells has discovered that the technique appears to frequently […] The post CRISPR Could Be Causing Extensive Mutations And Genetic Damage After All appeared … Continue reading

Under massive pressure, Trump backpedals on Russia “meddling” By Andre Damon

18 July 2018 — WSWS

Speaking at the White House Tuesday, US President Donald Trump attempted to walk back statements he made just 24 hours earlier at his summit in Helsinki, Finland with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he questioned claims by US intelligence agencies that the Russian government “meddled” in the 2016 election.

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The Anti-Empire Report #158 By William Blum: Why do they flee?

26 June 2018 — The Anti-Empire Report

The current mass exodus of people from Central America to the United States, with the daily headline-grabbing stories of numerous children involuntarily separated from their parents, means it’s time to remind my readers once again of one of the primary causes of these periodic mass migrations.

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