Uncovered, the 'toxic' gene hiding in GM crops: Revelation throws new doubt over safety of foods. EU watchdog reveals approval for GM foods fails to identify poisonous gene54 of the 86 GM plants approved contain the dangerous geneGene found in food for farm animals producing meat, milk and eggsBiotech supporters argue there is no evidence that GM foods are harmful By Sean Poulter, Consumer Affairs Editor Published: 23:20 GMT, 21 January 2013 | Updated: 11:03 GMT, 24 January 2013.
(93) Non-GMO Project. GMO Myths and Truths. Genetically modified (GM) crops are promoted on the basis of a range of far-reaching claims from the GM crop industry and its supporters.
They say that GM crops: Are an extension of natural breeding and do not pose different risks from naturally bred crops Are safe to eat and can be more nutritious than naturally bred crops Are strictly regulated for safety Increase crop yields Reduce pesticide use Benefit farmers and make their lives easier Bring economic benefits Benefit the environment Can help solve problems caused by climate change Reduce energy use Will help feed the world. However, a large and growing body of scientific and other authoritative evidence shows that these claims are not true. 10 reasons why we don’t need GM foods.
Monsanto: herbicide powerhouse Tom Philpott GRIST, 16 Sep 2008 *The GMO seed giant expects Roundup to generate $1.8 billion in profits in 2008 Monsanto positions itself as a green company. "Using the tools of modern biology," its website informs us, "we help farmers grow more yield sustainably so they can produce more and conserve more. " Links page. Ngin: FARMING NEWS. Feeding the world. Feeding the world?
By Jules PrettyAn important analysis, by the Director of the Centre for Environment and Society at the University of Essex, of the biotech industry's claims to be global benefactors. Includes fascinating examples of the remarkable success of sustainable approaches to improving agriculture in both the developing and developed worlds. Article first published in SPLICE, Vol 4 Issue 6.
Articles of interest. Organic attack: bogus Stossel. Undefined How John Stossel falsified evidence Cultivating the Truth About Organics San Francisco Chronicle, August 2000 Report on Organic Foods Is Challenged New York Times, July 2000 Food Fight The Nation, January 2002 Cultivating the Truth About OrganicsThe San Francisco Chronicle AUGUST 21, 2000, BY Brian Halweil I WATCHED IN DISBELIEF as John Stossel, co-anchor of ABC's "20/20," delivered a half-hearted apology August 11 for falsifying evidence in a report that claimed organic produce is potentially more dangerous than food raised using toxic agrochemicals, antibiotics, added hormones, genetically engineered seeds and massive animal-feeding factories.
In his apology, Stossel did admit that some tests he relied on to support his conclusion had never been conducted. What wasn't mentioned is that most of the manure spread on land in the United States is, in fact, used by conventional farmers. Organic attack: bogus research. Undefined While the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations reports numerous health and environmental benefits from organic farming practices, including reduced levels of contaminants in foods, a whole series of press articles and radio and TV programmes on both sides of the Atlantic have recently been reporting the exact opposite: that organic agriculture is actually more risky than industrial agriculture.
Force feeding the world. Undefined Force-feeding the hungry:a primer on the food aid crisis "It's wicked, when there is such an excess of non-GM food aid available, for GM to be forced on countries for reasons of GM politics... if there is an area where anger needs to be harnessed it is here.
"UK Environment Minister, Michael Meacher, speaking at a briefing of British parliamentarians, November 27, "[UK Prime Minister] Blair's chief scientific adviser denounced the United States' attempts to force the technology into Africa as a 'massive human experiment'. In a scathing attack on President Bush's administration, Professor David King also questioned the morality of the US's desire to flood genetically modified foods into African countries, where people are already facing starvation in the coming months. " "..there is no shortage of non-GMO foods which could be offered to Zambia by public and private donors.
But eating GM or starving is a false dilemma. A story in quotations... "... Royal society spin campaign. Undefined The Royal Society's spin doctoring campaign The Guardian, November 1st 1999 (see also letters to the Guardian below) Pro-GM scientist "threatened editor" Laurie Flynn and Michael Sean Gillard.
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' by Professor Bullsh*t and his closest associates: Dr Halftruth and Professor Wilspin. Gm intro. Undefined GM Food: A Guide for the Confused Our thanks to campaigner and lecturer Luke Anderson, geneticist Dr Michael Antoniou, and Prof Joe Cummins, Professor Emeritus of Genetics at the University of Western Ontario, for helping us through the GM maze.
GMO multi-toxin crops continue to backfire as more insects become resistant to crop chemicals. (NaturalNews) Promises made by the biotechnology industry about the alleged robustness of its genetically modified (GM) crops are proving to be false, as research out of the University of Arizona (UA) uncovers a growing resistance by pests to even the most advanced crop chemical technologies in use today.
Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the new study explains how multi-toxin GM crops are quickly losing their ability to fend off pests, which could lead to a complete GMO failure in the very near future if alternate interventions are not enacted. The study evaluated specific GM crops like corn and cotton that have been infused with a genetic mutation involving the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), as well as several other toxins that grow inside the plant to target pests. But according to the UA report, insects and other pests are outsmarting this approach. GMO – Genetically Modified Organisms. Brave New Medicated World: Free-Thinking and Non-Conformity Now “Illnesses” 4th April 2014 By Zen Gardner Contributing Writer for Wake Up World We, and especially the younger generation, are under serious pharmacological assault.
The psychiatry industry keeps lengthening their list of “disorders” that need to be pharmaceutically “treated”. This evolution into a dumbed down social condition is important for the would-be controllers to reach their end game – an enslaved humanity literally loving their enslavement.