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Monsanto Versus the People

01/14/2013 0

Last week Monsanto announced staggering profits from 2012 to celebratory shareholders while American farmers filed into Washington, DC to challenge the Biotech giant’s right to sue farmers whose fields have become contaminated with Monsanto’s seeds. […]

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European Food Authority to Open Up GMO Data

01/14/2013 0

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) today made public almost all supporting documents and data submitted by Monsanto for the authorisation in 2003 of its genetically modified maize NK603. The data was released alongside the […]

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Parkinson’s and Pesticides

01/12/2013 1

Environmental Working Group president Ken Cook often points out that many pesticides that were once liberally sprayed on food crops and considered perfectly safe turn out to be anything but — after farm workers and […]

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GMO Labeling Signed into Law in India

01/11/2013 1

The new year started in India with a new law. From January 1, 2013 all packaged foods containing any genetically modified (GM) organisms must be labeled as such. The decision was made because so many […]

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Poland Bans Genetically Modified Crops

01/10/2013 1

The North-Eastern European country, Poland, has become the latest EU nation to ban the production of genetically modified (GM) crops, although, the European Food Safety Authority has approved GM crops as being safe for cultivation. […]

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The Very Real Danger of Genetically Modified Foods

01/08/2013 2

Chinese researchers have found small pieces of rice ribonucleic acid (RNA) in the blood and organs of humans who eat rice. The Nanjing University-based team showed that this genetic material will bind to receptors in […]

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