Tag: Genetic Engineering
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Christmas Trees Given Jellyfish Genes Could Produce Their Own Light
The only downside, of course, is that your self-lit holiday centerpiece actually would be a Frankenstein tree.
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Department of Justice Quietly Stops Investigating Monsanto for Antitrust Violations
All over Thanksgiving, and with only a tiny press release...
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Washington County Bans GMO Cultivation
San Juan County's just-passed ballot initiative bans GMO growing, but doesn't address labeling or sale of products containing genetically modified ingredients.
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Prop 37 Defeated: Next Steps For GMO Labeling
Here's a closer look at Prop 37's defeat and where gmo labeling movement is headed next.
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Debunking Myths About Prop 37
Opponents of the Prop 37 want to scare you into voting against the bill. Read the truth.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science: Serving Science or Monsanto?
The timing of AAAS's statement on GMO labeling is highly suspicious.
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Scientific Panel Recommends 10 Year Ban on GM Crop Trials in India
The recommendations aren't binding, but also call for a removal of government advisors with conflicts of interest over GM crops.
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Busted: Food Myths Brought to You by Corporate Front Groups
The messages Food MythBusters aims to correct are brought to us not only by those companies with a vested interest in promoting pesticides and biotechnology, but also by a host of less obvious sources. Here are some of them.
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Prop. 37, California's GMO-Labeling Law, Gaining Momentum
More and more are getting behind the right to know gmo labeling movement.
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Genetically Modified Tree Ban Urged at UN Convention on Biodiversity
Genetically modified trees could change soil structure, leading to the release of more greenhouse gases, among other concerns.
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California Newspaper Editorial Boards Spread False Claims and Faulty Logic on Proposition 37
While you can’t expect every paper to endorse your side, Proposition 37, eems to have had a string of incredibly bad luck. So incredible, in fact, that the reasoning behind several California newspaper endorsements of a No vote has me scratching my head.
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New Report: Americans Eating Their Weight in Genetically Engineered Food
EWG crunches the numbers and reveals some disconcerting figures.
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Kickstart Film 'Open Sesame-The Story of Seeds' and Save Heirlooms
The Open Sesame documentary examines the importance of open source seeds.
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Meet the Scientific "Experts" Claiming GMO Foods are Safe
A conservative corporate shill, a pediatrician who promotes Coke, more...
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GM Glowing Pet Fish Has Researchers Concerned
Yorktown Technologies Electric Green Tetra glows in the dark under black light, but what happens if it's let into the wild?
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Genetically Modified Camel Milk Could Help Produce Pharmaceuticals
A ways off from commercial development, researchers in Dubai are attempting to make transgenic cloned camels, whose milk could help make cheaper drugs.
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Fighting GMO Labeling in California is Food Lobby's "Highest Priority"
It seems rather ironic that the same food makers taking advantage of every inch of food packaging space to convince shoppers to purchase its products would object so strongly to labeling for something they claim is not harmful.
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California GMO Labeling Law Successfully Makes It on the Ballot
California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act makes it on the ballot for the November election
