GMO: Genetically Modified Organisms

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The Ecologist
Transforming the way we see nature - dispatches from earth's most vital frontlines
The Ecologist
Well, it seems that major corporations are starting to appreciate these truths: “The business voice on these issues is changing. There's an increasing number of people who understand there is no profit on a dead planet, especially among those involved ...

Planet of the future
The News International (blog)
This false reporting results in policies that create a risk of ecosystem collapse. Political and economic elites want people to believe these problems do not exist. Those in power seek to protect profits from dirty energy rather than transition to 100 ...

Chemical Madness!
Dissident Voice
The Tennekes' study discusses “a break in the food chain” because of the use of an insecticide. That is a prime example of one of many studies that seldom appear in mainstream publications even though the message is critically important to quality of ...

teleSUR tv HTTPS (press release) (blog)
How Agro-Chemical Giant Monsanto Been Destroying Environment, Human Lives for Decades
teleSUR tv HTTPS (press release) (blog)
Monsanto which patented these genetically modified seeds has made the lives of independent, low-income farmers, around the world, a living hell. "For nearly all of its history the United States Patent and Trademark Office had refused to grant patents ...

Truthdig
Earth Day: Conflict Over the Future of the Planet
Truthdig
This false reporting results in policies that create a risk of ecosystem collapse. Political and economic elites want people to believe these problems do not exist. Those in power seek to protect profits from dirty energy rather than transition to 100 ...

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Financial Times
FT Health: Malaria backsliding, the Vatican and gene-editing
Financial Times
(Stat). Food fights India is planning colour-coded labels on packaged foods to indicate fat, sugar and salt contents — as well as genetically-modified ingredients. Separately, the International Coffee Organization is fighting back after a Californian ...

Global Food Safety Testing Industry
PR Newswire (press release)
LONDON, April 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Food Safety Testing in US$ Thousand. Download the full report: https://www.reportbuyer.com/product/90559. The report analyzes the market for Food Safety Testing ...

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mindbodygreen.com
High-Fat Diets Are All The Rage. But Can They Also Be Dangerous?
mindbodygreen.com
While diets high in foods rich in fat like meats, cheeses, butter, dairy, and egg yolks are popular, they don't come without some consequences. New research has provided further insight into what happens to the human body when a person eats a fatty ...

South China Morning Post
GM food is not proven to be unsafe, so stop the fearmongering
South China Morning Post
In her letter, Sara Wong made an attempt to show that genetically modified (GM) foods might be dangerous (“Why GM foods are not the solution to world hunger”, April 10). However, while millions of servings of GM food have been consumed, there has been ...

Stand against FSANZ Approval of 'Golden Rice'
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
International Community Gather to Stand against FSANZ Approval of 'Golden Rice'. “We have long asserted that we don't need GMOs which is intertwined with the used of toxic pesticides and herbicides. We have our own traditional rice varieties and ...

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Genetic Literacy Project
Frankenfoods? A 'terrible word' that could describe more foods than you might realize
Genetic Literacy Project
This depiction is used to reinforce the notion that GM foods are created in laboratories and not by nature and therefore are dangerous to consume. With the constant barrage of scare-based imagery, it is not surprising that there is widespread public ...

Independent Newspapers Limited
Rising Cases Of Kidney Disease
Independent Newspapers Limited
Medical experts identified 11 risk factors responsible for the rising cases of kidney failure in Nigeria. Among them are diabetes, hypertension, untreated microbial infections, especially urinary tract infections (UTI), diarrhoea, malaria, hepatitis ...

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EcoWatch
After Soda Tax, Philadelphians 40 Percent Less Likely to Guzzle Sugar
EcoWatch
To that end, Madsen is troubled by ongoing negotiations over the fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), as the Trump administration seems to be using trade talks with Mexico and Canada to try to limit governmental ability to use ...

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Center for Research on Globalization
US Government Backs Dangerous New Genetic Manipulation of Plants and Animals
Center for Research on Globalization
Quite different from the older Monsanto “gene cannon” or other techniques of changing a plant's genetics by bombarding it with a foreign substance to (hopefully) make the soybean or GMO corn resistant to Monsanto's Roundup weed killer, a highly ...

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UkrAgroConsult
Modified rice grown in saline fields to hit China market
UkrAgroConsult
Beijing has sounded the food security alarm as sweeping industrialization nibbles away at the nation's farmland, along with pollution and erosion further complicating the situation. China's shrinking arable land has forced agriculturalists to devise ...

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Sierra Magazine
After Soda Tax, Philadelphians 40 Percent Less Likely to Guzzle Sugar
Sierra Magazine
To that end, Madsen is troubled by ongoing negotiations over the fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), as the Trump administration seems to be using trade talks with Mexico and Canada to try to limit governmental ability to use ...

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Genetic Literacy Project
Bioscience Resource Project: Anti-GMO activist group promotes conspiracy theories on 'Independent Science News ...
Genetic Literacy Project
The Bioscience Resource Project (BSR), is an Ithaca, New York-based nonprofit founded in 2006 by Allison Wilson and her husband, virologist Jonathan Latham. It promotes its anti-GMO activities primarily via their website, Independent Science News for ...

Asia Times
Modified rice grown in saline fields to hit China market
Asia Times
Beijing has sounded the food security alarm as sweeping industrialization nibbles away at the nation's farmland, along with pollution and erosion further complicating the situation. China's shrinking arable land has forced agriculturalists to devise ...

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Today.com
Beyond olive: 9 healthy oils for cooking, salad dressings and more
Today.com
The numbers: 1 tablespoon contains 119 calories and 13 grams of fat. Why it's good for you: Sesame oil has antibacterial properties, so using it as a topical treatment or a dietary supplement may help protect against abnormal bacterial growth. It also ...