Agriculture
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Agroecology and Post-COVID Plunder
Contingent on World Bank aid to be given to poorer countries in the wake of coronavirus lockdowns, agrifood conglomerates will aim to further expand their influence. These firms have been integral to the consolidation of a global food regime that has emerged in recent decades based on chemical- and proprietary-input-dependent agriculture which incurs massive externalised… Continue reading
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Genetic Engineering, Agriculture and Brexit: Treachery in Our Midst
The type of ‘liberation’ Johnson advocates forms part of the usual neoliberal evangelism which this time revolves around the adoption of unassessed genetically engineered crops and food, while overseeing the gutting of food safety and environmental standards, especially in light of a potential post-Brexit trade deal with the US. Continue reading
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Crisis, What Crisis? Hypocrisy and Public Health in the UK
The government is extremely worried about a substance that could be contributing to a spiralling public health crisis that has been decades in the making. It has been detected in food and in urine. The government has therefore decided to carry out mass urine testing. It has found millions of ‘cases’. The more it tests,… Continue reading
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German Government Uses Lockdown to Sneak Deadly Pesticide
Using the conditions of the most recent coronavirus lockdown, the German government’s agriculture minister has made a stealth decision, without open debate, to re-instate a banned class of systemic insecticides known as neonicotinoids. The German move follows a similar move by the French Macron government and puts the entire food security of the EU in… Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 18 December 2020
18 December 2020 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks Mexico Confirms Phase-Out of GMO Corn and Glyphosate Herbicides as World Recognizes Leydy Pech A decree was released last week on Mexico’s National Commission for Regulatory Improvement (CONAMER) website that confirms a phase-out of use of both glyphosate and genetically modified (GMO) corn for human consumption in… Continue reading
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New study reveals dramatic rise in global pesticide poisonings
In a comprehensive study released today, scientists report that pesticide poisonings on farms around the world have risen dramatically since the last global assessment 30 years ago. Based on an evaluation of available poisoning data from countries all over the world, the researchers conclude that there are about 385 million cases of acute poisonings each… Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 11 December 2020
11 December 2020 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks Glyphosate Causes Genetic Changes Leading to Increased Disease in Future Generations – New Study Exposure to the widely used weed-killer glyphosate makes genetic changes to rats that can be linked to increased disease in their grandchildren and great-grandchildren, a new study has found. The study provides evidence… Continue reading
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Messengers of Gates’ agenda
The BMGF [Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation] has been pumping major funding into industrial agriculture while also creating powerful alliances seeking to reconfigure global governance of the food system. While some of the Gates Foundation’s agriculture-related activities are drawing increasing scrutiny, we recently examined an important but under explored aspect of BMGF’s strategy: How it… Continue reading
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Land Dispossession and Imperialism Repackaged as ‘Feeding the World’
The world is fast losing farms and farmers through the concentration of land into the hands of rich and powerful land speculators and agribusiness corporations. Smallholder farmers are being criminalised and even made to disappear when it comes to the struggle for land. They are constantly exposed to systematic expulsion. Continue reading
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Meet The Anti-Regulation Groups Influencing Post-Brexit Trade Policy
A handful of prominent individuals from anti-regulation thinktanks with close ties to International Trade Secretary Liz Truss have been appointed to top government advisory boards guiding the future of UK post-Brexit trade policy. Continue reading
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EU: Democracy is more than elections
The image of Donald Trump on a golf course refusing to concede election defeat got me thinking. It served as a blunt reminder of just how much power certain leaders hold on to. Admittedly the US is not the only place where abuse of power has gotten out of control in recent times. When I… Continue reading
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Over 2,000 studies and journal publications document risks and harms from GMOs and related pesticides
The US nonprofit GMO/Toxin Free USA has launched GMOResearch.org, the first-of-its-kind searchable science database of studies and reports on the safety and effects of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and associated agrochemicals. Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 23 October 2020
23 October 2020 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks Toxic Levels of Heavy Metals and PAHs Discovered in Some Alternatives to Glyphosate-Based Weedkillers A group of researchers from France, led by Prof. Gilles-Eric Seralini, have identified toxic levels of undeclared ingredients such as heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in some new alternatives to glyphosate-based herbicides,… Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 6 October 2020
6 October 2020 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks Environmental Factors to Blame for Increase in Childhood Cancers – New Coalition Report A 34% increase in childhood cancers since 1975 has led a group of scientists, health professionals, businesses, and advocates to ignite a call to action to highlight preventable environmental factors that threaten our children.… Continue reading
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Gates Foundation doubles down on misinfo campaign at Cornell as African leaders call for agroecology
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded another $10 million last week to the controversial Cornell Alliance for Science, a communications campaign housed at Cornell that trains fellows in Africa and elsewhere to promote and defend genetically engineered foods, crops and agrichemicals. The new grant brings BMGF grants to the group to $22 million. Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 22 September 2020
22 September 2020 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks Thailand’s Reversal on Glyphosate Ban Came after Bayer Scripted US Intervention, Documents Show A year ago Thailand was set to ban the widely used weed killing chemical glyphosate, a move applauded by public health advocates because of evidence the chemical causes cancer, along with other harms to people… Continue reading
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GMO promoter Krebs misleads the BBC and the British public on gene editing
Below is a transcript of what the GMO promoter and member of the UK’s House of Lords, John Krebs, told the BBC in an interview about the government’s intention to deregulate gene editing so that it’s no longer defined and regulated as a genetic modification technique. Continue reading
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Poisoning of organic farmer in pesticide attack “a game-changer” in France
An organic farmer’s hospitalisation after intruders doused his vegetables with glyphosate has “become a cause célèbre in France, which is facing a growing backlash against intensive agriculture”, reports Henry Samuel in The Telegraph. Continue reading
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From Cotton to Brinjal: Fraudulent GMO Project in India Sustained by Deception
Insecticidal Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton is the first and only GM (genetically modified) crop that has been approved in India. It has been cultivated in the country for more than 20 years. In a formal statement to the Supreme Court of India, the Indian government has asserted that hybrid Bt cotton is an outstanding success.… Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 21 August 2020
21 August 2020 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks Florida Approves Release of 750 Million GM Mosquitoes amidst Public Outcry The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) approved Tuesday the first-ever U.S. release of genetically modified mosquitoes. Despite public outcry and scientific dispute over the human health and environment risks posed by this field trial, the… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 