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Big Biotech Sues Little Island of Kaua’i Over GMO Law
As was expected, Big Biotech’s legal juggernaut has rolled into action in Hawai’i. On Friday afternoon, three big agrochemical companies—Pioneer-DuPont, Syngenta and Agrigenetics Inc. (a subsidiary of Dow Chemical)—filed a suit in a federal
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McDonald’s poised to embrace new GMO potato farming in 2014 and beyond
A new variety of genetically modified potato could show up in Idaho as early as 2015. Nearly 13 years ago, customers revolted against Monsanto's transgenic NewLeaf potato, which contained synthetic bacteria to kill insect pests.
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Battle over GMOs percolating in U.S., with 93 percent of Americans in favor of labeling
A GMO labeling battle is rumbling in the United States, with those demanding full disclosure of genetically modified organisms in food products pitted against big companies. Although some giants such as General Mills have recently
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General Mills Drops GMOs…from Only ONE Kind of Cheerios. (Woo hoo.)
General Mills has officially announced that the company will no more add sugar derived from GMO sugar beets to its original Cheerios cereal
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Biotech’s Dark Promise: Involuntary Cannibalism for All
Whereas the quote above could easily be dismissed as the 'progress-denying' sentiment of a disgruntled anti-GMO activist, the fact is that it came from a scientist representing the very epitome of Western rationality and
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The Reality of Chemical Terrorism In Our Food
Is it really that hard for most people to believe that we are being assaulted on a daily basis by chemical terrorism? Genetically modified foods, artificial flavours, colors, preservatives, emulsifiers, and sweeteners all made
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Biotech’s next big disaster: seeds that emit multiple pesticides
Tom Laskawy, writing at Grist, points out how the next generation of GMOs is following in the track of present disasters: “…the growing pest and weed problems for GMOs have caused farmers to turn to
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Former Pro-GMO Scientist Speaks Out On The Real Dangers of Genetically Engineered Food
I retired 10 years ago after a long career as a research scientist for Agriculture Canada. When I was on the payroll, I was the designated scientist of my institute to address public groups
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GMO Labeling Bill Introduced by Boxer, DeFazio – Right to Know Act
Last week, Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Peter DeFazio (D-OR) introduced the Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act, a bipartisan legislation that would require the FDA to clearly label all genetically engineered foods to better
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How did Barack Obama become Monsanto’s man in Washington?
And when are anti-GMO activist groups going to stop saying they’re “shocked and disappointed” by the president? Shocked and disappointed is polite-speak and politically correct reaction. It’s baloney. Don’t you get it? Obama has never been
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A Simple List of Companies to Avoid that do business with ‘Monsanto’
In the recent outrage over the Monsanto Protection Act, here’s a simple list of companies that use Monsanto products. By staying away from products made by these companies on the list below,
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Top senator apologizes for ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ after public outrage
The blowback caused by a new law that lets biotech companies like Monsanto escape litigation is so tremendous that a senior senator from Maryland has offered the public an apology
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Obama sells out U.S. citizens yet again by signing the ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ into law
President Barack Obama campaigned on promises to end secret prisons, decriminalize marijuana, balance the budget, honor the Second Amendment and make health care affordable. But what really unfolded was an explosion in the national
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Stop the Monsanto Protection Act – Last Chance
A rider (Sec. 735) that would prevent courts from halting illegally planted GM crops (sometimes courts find fault with USDA-approved GM fields) was slipped into the Senate Continuing Resolution spending bill HR 933.
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Monsanto Protection Act Proves Corporations More Powerful Than US Government
We’ve seen similar scenarios in the past, events in which the massive financial power of multi-national corporations is able to buy out legislators who were elected to ‘represent’ voters. But now, Monsanto has set
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Whole Foods and the GMO Blame Game
It seems that everyone jumped on the bandwagon recently to target Whole Foods and blame it for everything from promoting GMOs to lying about them in its products. People have said that the company
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VERMONT MAY BECOME FIRST STATE WITH MANDATORY GMO FOOD LABELING LAWS
The state of Vermont is poised to become the first in the nation to mandate the labeling of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), following the recent passage of H.112 by the Vermont House Committee
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Whole Foods Market Commits to Mandatory GMO Labelling
Whole Foods Market has committed to full GMO transparency by giving supplier partners five years to source non-GMO ingredients or to clearly label products with ingredients containing GMOs. All products in the US and
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Hundreds march against GMOs in Hawaii
Hawaii's anti-GMO movement made its latest stop in Haleiwa. Hundreds poured onto Kamehameha Highway to protest one of the state's largest producers of genetically modified crops: Monsanto Corp
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Polluted America
In the United States everything is polluted. Democracy is polluted with special interests and corrupt politicians. Accountability is polluted with executive branch exemptions from law and the Constitution and with special legal privileges for corporations, such
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