EU high court rules on GMO contamination; opens door to biotech liability
By Rady Ananda EU beekeepers gain in genetic contamination case On Sept. 6, the European Union’s top court paved the way for farmers and beekeepers to recoup losses when their crops or honey become genetically contaminated from neighboring GM fields.… more »
Tags: amflora, apiculture, basf, beekeeping, biotech foods, biotechnology, courts - justice system, diana banati, environment, eu, europe, european court of justice, genetic contamination, genetically engineered food, genetically modified crops, gmo, gmo honey, gmo label laws, jir_ ruprich, john dalli, karl heinz bablok, matthias horst, milan kov_c, mon 810, monsanto, organic, piet vanthemsche
USGS: Glyphosate pollutes air, rain and rivers in US
By Rady Ananda Two new studies by the U.S. Geological Survey reveal the pervasive spread of the biocide, glyphosate, mostly used as a weedkiller for crops genetically engineered to resist it. Used in formulations by Monsanto, Bayer, Dow and others,… more »
Monsanto GM Corn in Peril: Beetle develops Bt-resistance
By Rady Ananda Food Freedom Nature herself may be the best opponent of genetically modified crops and pesticides. Not only plants, but insects are also developing resistance. The Western rootworm beetle – one of the most serious threats to corn – has… more »
Uncle Sam Food History Exhibit Promotes Food Control
By Rady Ananda Oh, gag me with a bowl of propaganda. The National Archives is hosting an historical exhibit on government say in what we eat and grow and how to cook it: “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam: The Government's Effect on the American Diet.” From the… more »
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GM crop saboteurs go free in France
By Rady Ananda On June 28, 2011, the court of Poitiers in central France acquitted eight defendant Volunteer Reapers (les Faucheurs Volontaires) of destroying a genetically modified field trial in 2008. (Image: Jose Bove) Among those acquitted were… more »
Codex Alimentarius : Rated Rx
By Chantal Boccaccio If this were a horror movie, it would be a Holiday Blockbuster. But it’s not a film, it’s your life. And if you want to see how it ends, it can be summed up in two words: Codex Alimentarius. If you’re reading this, you’re probably… more »
Tags: bayer, cancer, codex alimentarius, dshea, fda, food safety, gmo, monsanto, nutrients, pesticides, rima laibow, rolf grossklaus, supplements, un, usda, vitamins, who
More problems with glyphosate: Rice growers sound alarm
By Rady Ananda Adding to the natural rice industry’s woes after Bayer CropScience contaminated a third of the US rice supply with transgenic rice in 2006, the widespread application of Bayer’s glufosinate and Monsanto’s glyphosate is reducing crop… more »
Tags: andres carrasco, arpad pusztai, bayer cropscience, bee die-off, bertram verhaag, biotechnology, ccd, colony collapse disorder, don huber, environment, films, genetic contamination, genetically engineered food, glufosinate, glyphosate, herbicides, honeybee, ignacio chapela, mississippi rice council, monsanto, panicle blight, parrot beak rice, poison of the pampas, pollution, queen of the sun, rice, rice deformation, rice leaf scald, rice leaf smut, rice yield reductions, roundup, science under attack, scientific studies, soil, soil microflora, superweed, usda
Lawsuit seeks to invalidate Monsanto’s GMO patents
By Rady Ananda “A new invention to poison people ... is not a patentable invention.” Lowell v. Lewis, 1817 A landmark lawsuit filed on March 29 in US federal court seeks to invalidate Monsanto’s patents on genetically modified seeds and to prohibit the… more »
Scientists warn of link between dangerous new pathogen and Monsanto’s Roundup
By Rady Ananda Food Freedom A plant pathologist experienced in protecting against biological warfare recently warned the USDA of a new, self-replicating, micro-fungal virus-sized organism which may be causing spontaneous abortions in livestock, sudden… more »
Canada defeats GMO hazard legislation
By Rady Ananda By a vote of 178 to 98, on February 9th, Canada's House of Commons defeated Bill C-474, an Act that would have required an analysis of potential harm to export markets before permitting the commercialization of any new genetically… more »
Tags: bayer, biotech, biotechnology, c-474, canada, dupont, environment, ge crops, genetically engineered food, gmo exports, monsanto, obama, organic, syngenta
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