“In 2014, enough glyphosate was sprayed to leave more than three-quarters of a pound of the active ingredient on every harvested acre of cropland in the U.S” Public Release: 2-Feb-2016 Nearly 75 percent of all glyphosate sprayed on crops… Read More ›
GMO – Genetically Modified Organism
Monsanto Sues California Over Roundup
By ELIZABETH WARMERDAM FRESNO, Calif. (CN) – In a preemptive strike, Monsanto sued California to try to stop it from listing glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, as a carcinogen. Monsanto sued the Office of Environmental Health Hazard… Read More ›
Chipotle lawsuit contests GMO-free claim
California woman claims chain has made false and misleading statements Aug 31, 2015 Lisa Jennings A California woman filed a lawsuit last week charging Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. with making false and misleading claims by saying its menu is… Read More ›
New study: Consumers don’t view GMO labels as negative ‘warnings’
Public Release: 27-Jul-2015 Results from 5 years of polling data released as US Senate considers controversial GMO labeling law University of Vermont A new study released just days after the U.S. House passed a bill that would prevent states from… Read More ›
Herbicides raise resistance to medical antibiotics: study
English.news.cn 2015-03-24 16:15:26 WELLINGTON, March 24 (Xinhua) — Commonly used herbicides can increase bacteria resistance to antibiotics, according to a New Zealand-led study out on Tuesday. Herbicides, used to kill plants, could be tested for killing bacteria, but they… Read More ›
GMO Soybean oil has 0 grams trans fat, but very unhealthy
How healthy is genetically modified soybean oil? Research on mice by UC Riverside scientists shows GM soybean oil is as unhealthy as conventional soybean oil, with one benefit: no resistance to insulin University of California – Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. –… Read More ›
Are GMO’s ” Sterilizing” Serbia?
ARE GMOS “STERILIZING” SERBIA? Timur Blokhin Dec 27, 2012 15:52 It’s no time for joking in Serbia: the ban on GMOs currently in force could spoil the country’s relations with the United States, and close the doors of the WTO… Read More ›
‘Superweeds’ linked to rising herbicide use in GM crops
05 OCT 2012 Pesticide use up in GM cotton, soybeans, corn PULLMAN, Wash. — A study published this week by Washington State University research professor Charles Benbrook finds that the use of herbicides in the production of three genetically modified… Read More ›
Dangerous experiment in fetal engineering and the FDA can’t stop it
“so high risk and because nearly 90 percent of those exposed cannot benefit.” 10 AUG 2012 Risky prenatal use of steroid to try to prevent intersex, tomboys and lesbians CHICAGO — A new paper just published in the Journal of… Read More ›
Trouble on the horizon for GM crops?
29 JUN 2012 Pests are adapting to genetically modified crops in unexpected ways, researchers have discovered – The findings underscore the importance of closely monitoring and countering pest resistance to biotech crops Resistance of cotton bollworm to insect-killing cotton plants… Read More ›
Farm salmon pose clear reproductive threat to wild gene pools
– “The problem is that farmed salmon can escape each year in their millions, getting into wild spawning populations, where they can then reproduce and erode wild gene pools, introducing these negative traits.” Mon, 10 Mar 2014 Farmed salmon show… Read More ›
Could dinosaur-age DNA cure GOUT? Reviving a 90 million-year-old protein could treat painful inflammation
Researchers have resurrected a prehistoric version of the enzyme uricase Uricase can break down uric acid, which can cause kidney stones and gout It is not produced in humans because of evolutionary changes that took place in the body over… Read More ›
Green MEP Staes: ‘GMO clearly not wanted by majority of members’
Despite 19 out of 28 EU member states opposing a genetically modified crop, it was authorized due to the bloc’s voting system. Green MEP Bart Staes says the Commission would be ill-advised to go against the majority. The European Food… Read More ›
Fun With Genetic Engineering: Why Letting Students Tinker With Microorganisms Is Good For Education And Society
Posted: 01/14/2014 1:26 pm By Charles Gersbach, Assistant Professor, and Tom Katsouleas, Dean, Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering Elaborate competitions to build the best robot or design cages to protect falling eggs have been a rite of passage for… Read More ›
Food and Chemical Toxicology Editor-in-Chief, A. Wallace Hayes, publishes response to letters to the editor / Was Monsanto involved in the retraction?
Contact: Meghan Jendrysik m.jendrysik@elsevier.com 617-397-2845 Elsevier Cambridge, MA, December 10, 2013 – The following statement will be published in the journal, Food and Chemical Toxicology, alongside a selection of letters to the editors regarding the decision to retract the paper… Read More ›
How long before YOU are eating frankenfish: It grows at terrifying speed and could wipe out other species. The GM super salmon muscling its way onto your plate
GM salmon which grow twice as fast as wild fish have been developed Eggs given go-ahead in Canada while meat to be approved for sale in US If they escape from farms they could breed and wipe out wild fish… Read More ›
China rejects shipment of GMO ‘contaminated’ corn from US
China rejected a cargo of U.S. corn because it contained a genetically modified variety that is not approved for import. The GMO product is labeled as Syngenta AG’s AgrisureViptera corn, which is also known as MIR 162. This follows a… Read More ›
Mayor in Hawaii vetoes measure curbing pesticides, GMO crops
Source: Reuters – Fri, 1 Nov 2013 12:55 AM Author: Reuters By Christopher D’Angelo LIHUE, Hawaii, Oct 31 (Reuters) – The mayor of the tropical island of Kauai, Hawaii, vetoed a measure on Thursday that reins in pesticide use by… Read More ›
Junk Food Lobby Forced to Disclose Secret Donors in Campaign to Stop GMO Labeling
By Michele Simon Just a few weeks ago, attorneys for the No on 522 campaign were feeling rather smug when a lawsuit filed against them by a group called “Moms for Labeling” was dismissed. As I wrote last week [3], consumer… Read More ›
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