Tag: Genetically modified organism
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UK Government Wants to Change Rules on GM Crops
To answer the author’s question, “who should we believe?” – people are right to be skeptical. The industry itself has been the main source of information on the efficacy of GMO products. First they claimed it would provide higher yields. That was proven to be untrue. Now they’re selling it as an answer to global…
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Another State to Require Labeling of GMO Foods
Steve Mistler reports on the status of a new bill, requiring the labeling of GMO products, making its way through the Main State Legislature. The emphasis at the end of the post is mine. The fact that the FDA would “assume” the products are safe until proven otherwise and that the industry can dictate the…
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GMO Foods and US World Supremacy
This is an interesting and, for some, possibly controversial article by Odilim Enwegbara in Leadership, a Nigerian publication. He believes GMO Foods are synonymous with what he refers to as the “rigorous pursuit of American ascendancy,” and posits that like his oil monopoly, “Rockefeller’s agribusiness…was built on vertical integration [so] that four giant chemical multinational companies – Monsanto,…
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New Flu Vaccines Contain Genetically Modified Protiens
A new vaccine for influenza has hit the market, and it is the first ever to contain genetically-modified (GM) proteins derived from insect cells. According to reports, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the vaccine, known as Flublok, which contains recombinant DNA technology and an insect virus known as baculovirus that is purported…
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Connecticut Passes First State GMO Labeling Legislation in US
It turns out CT is a still a revolutionary state on a number of fronts. That includes passage of the first state legislation in the county to require labeling genetically modified organisms (GMO) as ingredients, a monumental victory for the organic and pure food community. The bill, passed by the Senate on Saturday and Monday…
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GMO Foods Cont’d
Keith Kloor argues in Discover magazine that “the worst misinformation and myths about genetically modified foods has spread from the anti-GMO fringes to the mainstream.” He feels that the anti-GMO movement is based on fear and not science. To back up his view he quotes an article published in Scientific American by Pam Ronald, a University of…
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Top Thirteen Reasons to Avoid GMO Foods
Dr. Chandra’s article in today’s The Canadian clearly lays out what GMO foods are , why they are not safe for consumption and what the implications are for the environment: Genetically modified food or GMO is the food stuff prepared from genetically altered organisms, generally from modified crops by altering the DNA by means of…
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What the Russians can teach us about growing organic crops!
Christina Sarich at Infowars.com touts the success of small scale organic farming in Russia and encourages Americans to learn from it: On a total of about 20 million acres managed by over 35 million Russian families, Russians are carrying on an old-world technique, which we Americans might learn from. They are growing their own organic crops –…
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Say No to GMO
Corporations will always try to cross the line, that is their nature. But government institutions are around to keep them from doing so. At least, that’s the way the system’s supposed to work. You wouldn’t know it from the kinds of stuff that GMO developer Monsanto has pulled off in just the past few months…
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Scientists Discover Bt Toxins Found In Monsanto Crops Damage Red Blood Cells
May 11, 2013 by Arjun Studies are showing that Bt toxins found in Monsanto crops are harmful to mammalian blood by damaging red blood cells and more. RBC’s are responsible for delivering oxygen to the body tissues through blood flow.Bacillus thuringensis (Bt) is a bacterium commonly used as a biological pesticide. It is a microorganism that produces…
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