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Industry writes its own rules for assessing pesticides, GMOs
Originally published on GMWatch Eleven out of 12 EU pesticide and GMO risk assessment methods studied were developed or promoted by industry, a...
China’s First GM Rice Gets U.S. FDA Approval
Originally published on Sustainable Pulse. A genetically modified (GM) rice product developed by a group of Chinese scientists has acquired the US...
Monsanto Papers Lead to New European Parliament Pesticide Committee
Originally published on Sustainable Pulse. The Conference of Presidents, a governing body of the European Parliament, has Thursday endorsed the...
Brazilian Research Provides Clue to Jump in Leukemia Rates at Huazhong Agricultural University in Central China
Is genetically modified rice linked to a sudden rise in the leukemia incidence rate among students at Huazhong Agricultural University (HUA) in...
China Positioned to Decide if 2-4-D Resistant GMOs Will Be Adopted by U.S. Farmers
Could China stop the new 2,4-D resistant GMO crops from spreading across U.S. farmlands? If China refuses to grant import approval, then the answer...
Replacing Nature: GE Trees and Monoculture Crops
This 30 minute free film is a MUST SEE: The new documentary, Synthetic Forests, from director Ed Schehl (A Silent Forest, 2010) illuminates the...
Monsanto at Work on GMO Wheat – Again
GMO wheat is not yet on the market, but Monsanto has been hard at work in their Chesterfield Village facility, where one particular...
The European GMO “ban-wagon” is on a roll
Victory is sweet. Let's have a shout out to all the European non-GMO advocates and environmentalists! Congratulations! As of the October 3rd...
Glyphosate contamination of food and water: should we be concerned?
On March 20th, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a unit of the World Health Organization, released their report that...
International Research Team links Glyphosate to Antibiotic Resistance
Read the full report: Kurenbach B, Marjoshi D, Amábile-Cuevas CF, Ferguson GC, Godsoe W, Gibson P, Heinemann JA. 2015. Sublethal exposure to...
What IS Hillary Clinton’s Stance on GMOs?
Clinton's long history of being pro GMO, ties to Monsanto through close associates, and failure to grasp the simplest of truths about GM science...
The Color Orange: Monarch butterfly threatened with extinction
Orange is beautiful on pumpkins and butterflies. Every summer, the familiar beauty of the Monarch butterfly with its striking orange color graces...
Vilsack Mistakenly Pitched “GMOs-Feed-the-World” to an Audience of Experts–Oops
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was getting lots of appreciative applause and head nods from the packed hall at the Community Food Security...
Pseudo-Scientific Defense of GMO Safety is Smoke and Mirrors
Three years after I wrote Genetic Roulette, pro-GM scientists have finally taken me up on my challenge to supply evidence that counters any of the...
GM Soy linked to health damage in pigs — a Danish Dossier
Introduction A Danish farming newspaper has caused quite a stir by devoting a sizeable part of its 13 April edition to the discoveries by pig farmer...