Tag: Owen Paterson

  • Food with GMOs banned in UK Parliament, but it’s OK for you to eat

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      Genetically modified foods are banned from all restaurants in the U.K.’s Houses of Parliament, which is probably making things a bit awkward for the country’s food and farming secretary, Owen Paterson. Last week, the senior British official made a public declaration that genetically modified foods are perfectly safe, and he encouraged families and the food industry…

  • Science vs. World Leaders

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    In Medical Daily, Anoopa Singh documents a study that links GMO food toxins to anemia and other blood disorders: “…in a new study where mice were fed endotoxin, researchers found that even the smallest, and once deemed safe, doses of the toxin appeared to cause harmful immune reactions. Researchers looked at immune reactions in the exposed mice…

  • UK Government Wants to Change Rules on GM Crops

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    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…