GMO
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U.S. Government Ties El Salvador USD 277 M Aid Package to Monsanto’s GMO Seeds
The President of the El Salvadoran Center for Appropriate Technologies (CESTA), Ricardo Navarro, has demanded that the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, Mari Carmen Aponte, stops pressurizing the Government of El Salvador to buy Monsanto’s GM seeds rather than non-GMO seeds from domestic suppliers. Continue reading
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Bulgaria Stands Up to EU over Full Ban on GM Crops
After lengthy debates in the European institutions regarding the cultivation of genetically modified maize (GM Maize) in EU Member States, the case was sent to the EU Court of Justice, which ruled that the prohibition on the use and marketing of genetically modified organisms, such as MON 810 GM Maize, was not supported by EU… Continue reading
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Monsanto Slammed for ‘Fraudulent’ EU Patent on Non-GMO Tomatoes
Representatives of the international coalition No Patents on Seeds! from France, Germany and Spain have filed an opposition against a European patent held by Monsanto on conventionally bred tomatoes (EP1812575). The patent claims tomatoes with a natural resistance to a fungal disease called botrytis. The original tomatoes used for this patent came from the international… Continue reading
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Biotech Companies Set to Be Given Legal Right in Decisions to Ban GM Crops in EU
A new GM law being discussed in Brussels this week could grant biotech companies, like Monsanto and Syngenta, unprecedented power over decisions on whether to ban genetically modified (GM) crops in Europe, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. Continue reading
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William Engdahl: ‘Russia puts GMO genie back in the bottle’
Russia has some of the most precious uncontaminated top soil on the planet and if it is rigorously controlled to stay GMO-free and free from chemicals its productivity would increase as Europe declines, geopolitical analyst William Engdahl told RT. Continue reading
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March Against Monsanto #3 Today! Live on Sustainable Pulse
March Against Monsanto: May 24 2014 will go down in history as the third time people from across the planet rose up against the global biotech giant Monsanto to try and stop them taking over the World’s food system. Following the previous two Marches Against Monsanto in 2013 the hope of organizers is for an… Continue reading
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Video: Dr. Mercola Interviews Dr. Carman About GMO Dangers
Internationally renowned natural health expert and Mercola.com founder Dr. Joseph Mercola interviews Dr. Judy Carman about the dangers of eating genetically modified foods. Continue reading
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The Dirty Details Behind the Attacks on Seralini’s Notorious GMO Rat Study by Paul Fassa
Remember the GMO rat study finding that rats fed GMOs developed tumors and died prematurely? After Seralini’s long term toxicity study results were publicized with displays of rats showing huge tumors, a tsunami of outrage from pro-GMO related scientists got favorable mainstream media (MSM) press. The hundreds of scientists who defended Seralini’s work were ignored.… Continue reading
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We Must Face the Harm Caused by Imported GM Soybeans to 1.3 Billion Chinese People
The situation is shocking. China’s national health has deteriorated sharply in recent years. Although weather, water pollution and other factors also exist, the harm from GM soybeans can not be eliminated. Assuring absolute safety of the food supply is a firm policy of the state. On the massive issue of human health and life, we… Continue reading
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Monsanto, Syngenta and Bayer CropScience: The GMO Biotech Sector can’t win the Scientific Debate. Co-optation, Deception and Collusion By Colin Todhunter
British Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Owen Paterson is a staunch supporter of the GM sector (1). Despite criticisms of him being an industry puppet (2) and content to ignore the devastating, deleterious health, environmental, social and agricultural impacts of GMOs (3), both he and other officials like the EU’s chief science advisor Anne… Continue reading
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UK Government and GM Industry Secret Collusion Exposed
“Members of the public will be shocked by the extent to which foreign GM companies have muscled their way in to Government departments, developing a cosy relationship with ministers” said Dr Helen Wallace, Director of GeneWatch UK. “Ministers and officials are not acting in the public interest but colluding with the industry to push ahead… Continue reading
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Chinese Ministry Newspaper: GM Soybeans Harm Health of China’s 1.3 Billion People
The Chinese ‘Science & Technology Abstracts Newspaper’ under the leadership of China’s State Science & Technology Ministry has published a paper that may deeply damage the Biotech industry worldwide. Continue reading
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Russia, GMO and the Geopolitics of Organic Food By Ulson Gunnar
Russia’s RT reported in an article titled, “Russia will not import GMO products – PM Medvedev,” that, “Russia will not import GMO products, the country’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, adding that the nation has enough space and resources to produce organic food.” The article would quote Russia’s prime minister who stated specifically, “if the… Continue reading
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Glyphosate the World’s Number 1 Herbicide Discovered in U.S. Mothers’ Breast Milk
In the first ever testing on glyphosate herbicide in the breast milk of American women, Moms Across America and Sustainable Pulse have found ‘high’ levels in 3 out of the 10 samples tested. The shocking results point to glyphosate levels building up in women’s bodies over a period of time, which has until now been… Continue reading
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Vladimir Putin: Russia Must Protect Its Citizens from GMOs
Russia must protect its citizens from the use of foods derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and this can be done in compliance with the country’s obligations under the World Trade Organization (WTO), Russian President Vladimir Putin stated Thursday Continue reading
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Risk Expert: GMOs Could Destroy the Global Ecosystem
Taleb’s conclusion: GMOs could cause “an irreversible termination of life at some scale, which could be the planet.” Continue reading
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Scientist Slams Biotech Industry over Deadly Kidney Disease Epidemic – Exclusive Interview
This is a disease of poor farmers: a disease of rural villagers in Asian, African and Latin American countries. This is not a disease of the Western World. Hence, a low visibility in print and electronic media. Also there is emerging evidence that the disease is linked to agrochemicals produced by multinationals. They want to… Continue reading
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South Africa’s ASA Stops Monsanto ‘Benefits of GM Crops’ Advert
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa has today ordered Monsanto to withdraw its advertisement on Radio 702 with immediate effect, wherein Monsanto claims the benefits of GM crops. According to ASA, Monsanto’s claims were found to be unsubstantiated and misleading. Continue reading
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UK GMO Science Update Slammed as ‘Unadulterated Propaganda’
At a “news briefing” yesterday, the authors of the Report presented their findings at the invitation of the Council for Science and Technology (CST) (1). According to the news briefing, the Council ”… last year… asked a group of independent scientists to look into the developments in the science of GM crops since the Royal… Continue reading
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Bad science, health risks, and the EU/US trade treaty By Molly Scott-Cato
Whether on GM foods, pesticides, or pharmaceuticals, the EU/US trade treaty aims to strip away higher European regulations that protect public health but hinder corporate profits. Continue reading
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