No scientific consensus on GMO safety. As scientists, physicians, academics, and experts from disciplines relevant to the scientific, legal, social and safety assessment aspects of genetically modified organisms (GMOs),[1] we strongly reject claims by GM seed developers and some scientists, commentators, and journalists that there is a “scientific consensus” on GMO safety[2] [3] [4] and that the debate on this topic is “over”.[5] We feel compelled to issue this statement because the claimed consensus on GMO safety does not exist.
The claim that it does exist is misleading and misrepresents the currently available scientific evidence and the broad diversity of opinion among scientists on this issue. Moreover, the claim encourages a climate of complacency that could lead to a lack of regulatory and scientific rigour and appropriate caution, potentially endangering the health of humans, animals, and the environment. New Study Exposes Range of Harm from Neonicotinoid Pesticides. (Beyond Pesticides, June 18, 2013) Neonicotinoid pesticides have broad ranging negative impacts not only on beneficial pollinators, but on overall biodiversity and ecosystem health, according to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology.
The study, conducted by David Goulson, Ph.D, of the University of Sussex, provides a detailed overview of the current literature on the economic and environmental risks of neonicotinoid pesticides. Dr. Goulson’s work draws stark and disturbing conclusions about the environmental fate of these systemic insecticides. First introduced in the early 1990′s as an alternative to the acutely toxic organophosphate and carbamate classes of pesticides, neonicotinoids are now the most widely used insecticides in the world.
The study calls into question the economic benefits of neonicotinoids, noting how yield increases in developed countries have been modest over the past 20 years despite their widespread use. Dr. Monitoring power, tracking technology, strengthening diversity. MijnTuin.org. EFSA Press Release: EFSA assesses potential link between two neonicotinoids and developmental neurotoxicity. Press Release 17 December 2013.
The Website the Meat Industry Doesn't Want You to See. The endless debate over genetic engineering. Illinois illegally seizes Bees Resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup; Kills remaining Queens. The Illinois Ag Dept. illegally seized privately owned bees from renowned naturalist, Terrence Ingram, without providing him with a search warrant and before the court hearing on the matter, reports Prairie Advocate News.
Behind the obvious violations of his Constitutional rights is Monsanto. Ingram was researching Roundup’s effects on bees, which he’s raised for 58 years. Crop Pollination Exposes Honey Bees to Pesticides Which Alters Their Susceptibility to the Gut Pathogen Nosema ceranae. Recent declines in honey bee populations and increasing demand for insect-pollinated crops raise concerns about pollinator shortages.
Pesticide exposure and pathogens may interact to have strong negative effects on managed honey bee colonies. Such findings are of great concern given the large numbers and high levels of pesticides found in honey bee colonies. Thus it is crucial to determine how field-relevant combinations and loads of pesticides affect bee health. We collected pollen from bee hives in seven major crops to determine 1) what types of pesticides bees are exposed to when rented for pollination of various crops and 2) how field-relevant pesticide blends affect bees’ susceptibility to the gut parasite Nosema ceranae. Our samples represent pollen collected by foragers for use by the colony, and do not necessarily indicate foragers’ roles as pollinators. Figures. Toxic botulism in animals linked to RoundUp. Dr Mercola recently interviewed Dr Don Huber, whose letter to the USDA warning that Monsanto’s RoundUp, a broad-spectrum “herbicide” that has been linked with spontaneous abortion in animals, continues to be ignored by food and environmental safety authorities.
In this important hour-long discussion, Huber, a plant pathologist for over 50 years, explains how RoundUp is destroying our healthy soils by killing needed microorganisms. Not only did his team discover a new soil pathogen, but he reports that animals are coming down with over 40 new diseases, like toxic botulism. Huber explains that before the widespread use of herbicides, pesticides and genetically modified food and feed, natural probiota would have kept Clostridium botulinum in check. Mercola provided a full transcript and highlights some of the main points (excerpted): Glyphosate Destroys Soil Microorganisms, which Denatures Food Without Healthy Soils, Human Health is Decimated According to Dr. Researcher says GM a failing biotechnology. Wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-Full-Paper.pdf. Action for Solidarity Environment Equality and Diversity. U.S. Version – Biotech Ambassadors: How the U.S. State Department Promotes the Seed Industry’s Global Agenda.
Monsanto TransDehumanism? See Full Docu NL Dutch Subs [Fair Use, Non-Profit & Educational Upload] Seeds of Death: Unveiling The Lies of GMO's - Full Movie. Cell Research - Exogenous plant MIR168a specifically targets mammalian LDLRAP1: evidence of cross-kingdom regulation by microRNA. "Stunning" Difference of GM from non-GM Corn. ISIS Report 22/04/13.
Non-GMO and GMO: Can animals really tell the difference? Aside 26 Jun.
What is Genetically Modified Food? Www.greenpeace.de/fileadmin/gpd/user_upload/themen/patente_auf_leben/20130612-Patent-EP1597965B1-Brokkoli.pdf. Séralini affair. The Séralini affair began in September 2012, and involved the publication of an experiment conducted by a group led by Gilles-Éric Séralini.[1] The experiments involved feeding Monsanto's RoundUp-resistant NK603 maize (called corn in North America) and the herbicide RoundUp to rats, over the rats' two-year lifespan.[2] Séralini had required that journalists, in order to receive a copy of the paper prior to the press conference, sign a confidentiality agreement that prohibited them from contacting other researchers for comment before the press conference.
During the press conference, Séralini also announced that he was releasing a book and a documentary film on the research. The press conference received extensive coverage in the media. In the paper and in the press conference, Séralini claimed that the results showed that Roundup-resistant maize and RoundUp are toxic. Background[edit] Previous Séralini papers and reactions to them[edit] 2012 study and release[edit] = Wetgeving Genetische Manipulatie Voedingsmiddelen GGO 's = Andres Carrasco - Results of a Case Study of Glyphosate/Roundup. Birth defects caused by glyphosate, Andres Carrasco. A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health. Int J Biol Sci 2009; 5(7):706-726. doi:10.7150/ijbs.5.706.
War Over Monsanto Gets Ugly. Frederickkaufman.typepad.com/files/the-food-bubble-pdf.pdf. Leaked Cable: Hike food prices to boost GM crop approval. By Rady AnandaFood Freedom In a January 2008 meeting, US and Spain trade officials strategized how to increase acceptance of genetically modified foods in Europe, including inflating food prices on the commodities market, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks. During the meeting, Secretary of State for International Trade, Pedro Mejia, and Secretary General Alfredo Bonet “noted that commodity price hikes might spur greater liberalization on biotech imports.” It seems Wall Street traders got the word. By June 2008, food prices had spiked so severely that “The Economist announced that the real price of food had reached its highest level since 1845, the year the magazine first calculated the number,” reports Fred Kaufman in The Food Bubble: How Wall Street starved millions and got away with it.
All to boost acceptance of GM foods, and done via a trading scheme on which Wall Street speculators profited enormously. NPIPM:Corn rootworms - Bugwoodwiki. Authors: Buyung Hadi, Robert Wright, Janet Knodel, Phillip Glogoza, Mark Boetel, R. Jeff Whitworth, Holly Davis, and J.P. 10 CEOs Who Earned a Year's Salary in an Hour. NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Executive compensation has become a hot-button issue and with good reason -- it's utterly ridiculous. According to data compiled by the Institute for Policy Studies (made available on the AFL-CIO's Web site), the average American CEO earned 319 times the salary of the average U.S. worker in 2008. As hard as it is to believe, this pay ratio has dropped over the past decade -- in 2000, the average CEO earned 525 times the average worker's salary.
Until executive pay falls in line with historical levels (in 1980, the ratio sat at a reasonable 42 times), index investors should expect anemic returns while government spending grows at the expense of private job creation. Consider the following: A reduction in the CEO pay multiple to the 1980 level would allow the average U.S. company to hire an additional 277 workers. Home. VANDANA SHIVA: Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity and Sustainable Living. PALA - Globalisering. Vandana Shiva - The Future of Food and Seed. Dr. Vandana Shiva March Against Monsanto. Dr. Vandana Shiva, Navdanya Global Alliance For Seed Freedom / Navdanya Call for a March Against Monsanto On 25th May 2013 (Video and Full Transcript) A March Against Monsanto Is A March For Life and Freedom – 25th May 2013. Farmer to Farmer. Enquête 2014 sur Mozilla Firefox - Mardi, 22 Avril 2014.
De wereld volgens Monsanto (vlaams/nederlands ondertiteld) Monsanto’s in zijn hemd gezet door een rups… » How did Barack Obama become Monsanto’s man in Washington? Alex Jones. Jon Rappoport Infowars.com April 29, 2013. Bart Staes > Articles > Standpunten > GGO's: Droom of Nachtmerrie? A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health. World Scientists Statement. The World Scientists Statement dates from 1999. It was superceded by the Independent Science Panel Report in 2003, and by the most recent report Ban GMOs Now in 2013. The GM lobby and its 'seven sins against science' - News. Powerful forces in Western society have been promoting genetic engineering (now usually genetic modification - GM) in agricultural crops since the mid-1990s.
They have included many governments, in particular those of the USA and UK, powerful individual politicians like George Bush and Tony Blair, scientific bodies like the UK's Royal Society, research councils, successive UK Government chief scientists, many individual scientists, and companies selling GM products. Monsanto Video Revolt Begins - Anthony Gucciardi. Reclamemakers over voeding en Monsanto. What is GMO? GMOs (or “genetically modified organisms”) are organisms whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated in a laboratory through genetic engineering, or GE. This relatively new science creates unstable combinations of plant, animal, bacteria and viral genes that do not occur in nature or through traditional crossbreeding methods.
Bart Staes > Shocking Photos Reveal Severe Damage Caused by GM Soy and Corn. Soja ongezond, ontdek hier 10 redenen waarom dat zo is. The Truth Is Out on Genetically Modified Foods - And It's Not Pretty. Home - GMO Seralini. The Truth Is Out on Genetically Modified Foods - And It's Not Pretty. New Study: Neonicotinoid Insecticide’s Harm to Bees is Just the Tip of the Iceberg.