ENVIRONMENT

The GMO Lie Threatens Life on Earth Yet Some Resist

February 12, 2013 8

In 62 United States counties, citizens have to right to know if their food has been genetically altered, and more communities throughout the US (in some 37 states) are continuing to fight against unlabeled GM […]

HEALTH

The Revolving Door: FDA and the Monsanto Company

February 11, 2013 2

According to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), its responsibilities include “[p]rotecting the public health by assuring that foods are safe, wholesome, sanitary and properly labeled.” This responsibility entails regulating a large number […]

ENVIRONMENT

Is Genetically Modified Food Killing Us?

February 10, 2013 2

October 2012, a group of Australian scientists published a warning to the citizens of the country, and of the world, who collectively gobble up some $34 billion annually of its agricultural exports. The warning concerned […]

GOVERNMENT

Nearly Half of All US Farms Now Have Superweeds

February 9, 2013 1

Last year’s drought took a big bite out of the two most prodigious US crops, corn and soy. But it apparently didn’t slow down the spread of weeds that have developed resistance to Monsanto’s herbicide […]

HEALTH

Farmer’s Use of Modified Seeds Reaches Supreme Court

February 8, 2013 4

By developing and inserting a glyphosate- resistant gene into plant DNA, Monsanto Co. has created premium seeds of soybean, canola and cotton able to withstand its Roundup herbicides and similar weed killers. In the agribusiness […]

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