Tag: Genetically Modified Food - Page 5
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Hungary Destroys All GM Maize Fields - Farmers Claim Ignorance Over Banned Seeds
Hungary already has a ban on genetically modified crops, so this is a bit more complicated than it may seem at first. As PlanetSave reports Hungary has destroyed approximately 1000 acres of maize fields found to
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Ron Paul's Blog on the Danger of GMO Trees
From legalizing raw milk shipments to lifting the ban on hemp farming, congressman Ron Paul has championed some green-related causes, often from a libertarian angle. But it's not all about not banning stuff. Ron Paul's blog is also speaking out about
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GM Crops Disrupt Animals' Livers & Kidneys, Research Review Finds
If you're worried about potential health problems with genetically modified crops, pay attention: A new paper published in Environmental Sciences Europe (h/t Institute for Responsible Technology reviews 19
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Organic Farmers Sue Monsanto over GM Seed
A group of organic farmers and seed dealers is preemptively suing agribusiness/biotech giant Monsanto to protect themselves from
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French GM Maize Ban Was Done Illegally: EU Court Official
It's not an official court ruling, just a legal opinion keep in mind, but in the opinion of the European Court of Justice's attorney general the 2008 French ban on genetically modified maize developed by Monsanto was done illegally.
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Monsanto Shifts All Liability For Damages Caused By Its GM Crops to Farmers, Now & For Perpetuity
I'll say it bluntly and blanketedly: I can't stand Monsanto, even separate from my disdain for GM crops--they are a perfect example of the worst excesses of opaque corporate shenanigans
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1 Billion Hectares Have Been Planted With GM Crops - Half Of Total In US
It may be just 10% of the world's total arable land but it still is significant: According to new figures from the
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New Research Finds That Roundup Ready GMO Crops May Cause Animal Miscarriages
Here's another reason the recent approval of GMO alfalfa and sugar beets was a bad idea: researchers claim that Roundup Ready GE crops contain an organism, completely unknown until now, that
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Monsanto Continues to Block Independent Analysis of GM Crop Safety
Two important pieces you should read if you're interested in GM crops, health, sustainable agriculture, and corporate control of agriculture (or any single one of those): First is Union of Concerned Scientists' Doug Gurian-Sherman's op-ed in the LA
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Did the "Organic Elite" Sell Out to Monsanto?
By now, most of us have read the miscellaneous (numerous) statements from companies like Whole Foods, Organic Valley, Stonyfield, and the Non-GMO Project in defense of their participation in the
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What the Deregulation of Genetically Engineered Alfalfa Means for Organic Consumers
Yesterday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack officially approved the unregulated planting of Monsanto's genetically
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UK Scientist Suggests Rebranding GM Crops As "Vaccinated" To Win Over Consumers
The latest face-palm absurdity concerning genetically modified crops: One of the UK's top agricultural scientists has floated the idea that GM crops should be rebranded as "vaccinated" or "inoculated" so that the public
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Genetically Modified Cotton Contamination Caused More By Mishandling Than Cross-Pollination
A new study has just been published in the online journal PLoS One examining the causes of contamination of non-genetically modified cotton fields by genetically modified strains. Rather than being caused by
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GMO Crop Takes Over Thousands of Acres in Germany
Image via Science Daily "The Biggest GM Crop Scandal in Germany to Date" A genetically modified strain of maize classified as NK603 -- one that is explicitly banned in the European Union -- has been unleashed in Germany. The crop has been unwittingly
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Dear Monsanto, Thank You for the Superweeds
The road to hell is paved with unintended consequences. I'm convinced that, if we don't get our act together, this slight edit on the old adage about
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Monsanto Takes Fight To Control Your Food To Supreme Court
The battle over the non-regulated status of genetically modified crops has reached the US Supreme Court. Monsanto has, not surprisingly, appealed a lower court decision that halted the continued
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GE Crops Provide Short-Term Gain to U.S. Farmers But Long-Term Sustainability in Doubt, Says Report
The National Research Council has just released a report that concludes that genetically engineered crops benefits many U.S. farmers. The report also contains a strong caveat that agricultural biotechnology needs
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Genetically Engineered Tobacco Could Clean Up Toxic Pond Scum
photo: Christian Haugen via flickr. Tobacco may do lots of bad things to human health when it's smoked, but some new research done by scientists at St George's, University of London shows that a genetically engineered strain may be able to do help clean
