Tag: Philippine

  • Activist Farmers in Philippines Destroy Golden Rice Crops

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    Asingh at the Asian Pacific Post reports on a group of activist farmers in the Philippines who stormed a government research facility and destroyed an area of genetically modified rice crops the size of 10 football fields. According to New Scientist, the farmers say that genetically modified organism (GMO) foods have not been established to…

  • Opposition to GMO’s Growing Around the World

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    In a piece in bulatlat.com, Rhennie Cantiga cites toxicologist Dr. Romy Quijano: “There are numerous studies on the harmful effects of GMOs but pro-GMO scientists refuse to see this. Their blindness is not caused by GMO but by the money offered by big companies.” Cantiga goes on to further report: Citing hazards to health, environment and…