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Valid Needs for GMO. Politics. Allergic Reactions. Impact on Farming. Scientific and Journalistic Corruption. Vandana Shiva: Get the GMO Out of My Mustard (and Why You Should Boycott GM Food) The GMO mustard is based on what has been called the “Terminator Technology” to make the harvested seed sterile.

Vandana Shiva: Get the GMO Out of My Mustard (and Why You Should Boycott GM Food)

The UN convention on Biodiversity has banned the use of the Terminator Technology. It is also illegal under India’s Plant Variety Protection and Farmers Rights Act. The patent for this technology is held by the US Department of Agriculture and Delta and Pine Land (now owned by Monsanto). Dr. Pental has used the Terminator Technology based on the barnase gene which is lethal to cells. In addition to the terminator trait, the GMO mustard has been engineered to be resistant to the herbicide Glufosinate, which halts photosynthesis, resulting in plant death. EU Dropped Pesticide Laws Due to U.S. Pressure over TTIP, Documents Reveal. Photo Credit: sakhorn/Shutterstock EU moves to regulate hormone-damaging chemicals linked to cancer and male infertility were shelved following pressure from U.S. trade officials over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free trade deal, newly released documents show.

EU Dropped Pesticide Laws Due to U.S. Pressure over TTIP, Documents Reveal

Draft EU criteria could have banned 31 pesticides containing endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). But these were dumped amid fears of a trade backlash stoked by an aggressive U.S. lobby push, access to information documents obtained by Pesticides Action Network (PAN) Europe show. On the morning of July 2, 2013, a high-level delegation from the U.S. Mission to Europe and the American Chambers of Commerce (AmCham) visited EU trade officials to insist that the bloc drop its planned criteria for identifying EDCs in favor of a new impact study.

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GMO and Alien Agenda. Alternatives. Pesticides, Especially Glyphosate (RoundUp) 15 Health Problems Linked to Monsanto's Roundup. Studies. Top Doctor Exposes Monsanto As The Cause Of A Huge Autism Spike! Glyphosate found to be directly responsible for the terrifying rise in autism, food allergies, breast cancer, liver and kidney damage and more MIT Doctor Stephanie Seneff, one of America’s top scientists, has exposed a direct correlation between Monsanto, autism, and many other relatively new health conditions, such as gluten intolerance.

Top Doctor Exposes Monsanto As The Cause Of A Huge Autism Spike!

In 1970, autism was extremely rare: just one child in every 10,000 had the condition under normal environmental circumstances. Last year this had risen to an estimated 1 in 68, which is a sharp rise that needs to be accounted for. Seneff looked at autism rates in the first grade of the school system and found a direct correlation between the condition and the increased spraying of American crops with Monsanto’s Roundup Ready, a toxic chemical called glyphosate. Consumer Self-Defense: 12 Ways to Drive GMOs and Roundup off the Market. ‘Although Monsanto, industry scientists and corporate agribusiness claim that GMO crops and foods, and the chemicals that accompany them, are perfectly safe and therefore need no labeling or independent safety-testing, hundreds of independent scientists, that is, those not on the payroll of Monsanto or its minions, cite literally hundreds of studies showing that GMOs and their companion chemicals, such as Roundup, are extremely toxic. ‘ (Photo: Stephen Melkisethian/flickr/cc)

Consumer Self-Defense: 12 Ways to Drive GMOs and Roundup off the Market

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GMO Spies. Genes, Viruses and GMOs. Cauliflower Mosaic Virus: GMO Virus Modifies Plants and Possibly You, Too… By 2025 Half of all US Children Will Have Autism and Monsanto is to Blame. The secret GMO war: double agents, betrayal, greed? The secret GMO war: double agents, betrayal, greed?

The secret GMO war: double agents, betrayal, greed?

By Jon Rappoport December 26, 2014 NoMoreFakeNews.com. Barack Obama and the Monsanto betrayal. Barack Obama and the Monsanto betrayal by Jon Rappoport.

Barack Obama and the Monsanto betrayal

Monsanto/Bayer's GM Plants Contaminate Europe Despite Ban. Sayer Ji, Green Med InfoWaking Times.

Monsanto/Bayer's GM Plants Contaminate Europe Despite Ban

What Parents Need To Know About Monsanto: “By 2025 One In Two Children Will Be Autistic” “Children today are sicker than they were a generation ago.

What Parents Need To Know About Monsanto: “By 2025 One In Two Children Will Be Autistic”

From childhood cancers to autism, birth defects and asthma, a wide range of childhood diseases and disorders are on the rise. Our assessment of the latest science leaves little room for doubt; pesticides are one key driver of this sobering trend.” October 2012 report by Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) (source)(source) Healthy News and Information. Content From The Web:Content From The Web:Content From The Web:Content From The Web:Content From The Web: by CHRISTINA SARICH Ever wonder which companies you should totally avoid, whether it’s because they create low-quality food or because they infringe on our food rights?

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Below you will see 6 huge players in the food industry to avoid and boycott. 6 GMO Loaded Brands You Should Avoid Buying. (Before It's News) Natural Society Ever wonder which companies you should totally avoid, whether it’s because they create low-quality food or because they infringe on our food rights?

6 GMO Loaded Brands You Should Avoid Buying

Below you will see 6 huge players in the food industry to avoid and boycott. Syngenta Faces Dozens of Lawsuits Over GMO Seed - Cornucopia Institute. LaCrosse Tribune by David Pitt DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Agrochemicals giant Syngenta is facing a growing number of lawsuits challenging its release of a genetically modified corn seed that China had not approved for import, with losses to farmers estimated to be at least $1 billion. Dramatic Correlation Shown Between GMOs And 22 Diseases.

Anti-monsanto(image by rob kall) As Use Of GMO's Crops Glyphosate Rise So Do Critical Diseases By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers. The 5 Surprising & Less-Known Reasons You’re Packing On Extra Weight. Obesity has become a massive issue in the United States. How big of an issue you ask? It’s reported that 1 out of 3 Americans today are obese. That’s a statistic that can’t be ignored much longer. In her article, Americans Are Huge: 5 Surprising Reasons Why We May Be Getting Fatter, author Martha Rosenberg notes that the weight of the average American increased by 24 pounds in the four decades between 1960 and 2000, the likes of which she believes is associated with 5 key factors.

However these factors may be surprising to most considering that none of the factors mention the most commonly discussed cause of weight-gain, calories. Guatemalan Indigenous Communities Beat Monsanto & Seed Privatization. In Sololá, hundreds of campesinos mobilized to oppose the “Monsanto Law,” which would have opened Guatemala to the privatization of seed. (WNV/Jeff Abbott) Jeff Abbott, Waging Nonviolence GuestWaking Times Late in the afternoon of September 4, after nearly 10 days of protests by a coalition of labor, indigenous rights groups and farmers, the indigenous peoples and campesinos of Guatemala won are rare victory.

Under the pressure of massive mobilizations, the Guatemala legislature repealed Decree 19-2014, commonly referred to as the “Monsanto Law,” which would have given the transnational chemical and seed producer a foot hold into the country’s seed market. Swanson et al - Organic Systems Journal Vol.9 No.2 (2014) A huge increase in the incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases has been reported in the United States (US) over the last 20 years. Similar increases have been seen globally. Rumsfeld & Monsanto Team Up to Bring You Neuro-Toxic Aspartame & Splenda. Why Did Top Scientific Journals Reject This Dr. Bronner's Ad? What's the Big Deal about GMOs? Deforestation to clear land for big agriculture(image by Kenneth Eade) Genetically engineered foods are in almost all processed food products in the United States.

A simple reading of the label will reveal one or more of the following ingredients in every one of them: corn or corn oil, cottonseed oil, canola oil (made from rapeseed oil, a GMO product), soy and/or soybean oil, and/or high fructose corn syrup. Genetically engineered corn and soy are used for most of the animal feed in the United States. And GMO sweet corn is now appearing in stores. MIT Scientist Exposes Consequence of Monsanto’s Glyphosate & Aluminum Cocktail.

Christina Sarich | Naturalsociety | Sept 15th 2014 By 2025, half the kids born in the U.S. will be diagnosed with autism, according to Dr. Stephanie Seneff, Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. She, like many others says autism isn’t just genetic – it is almost surely due to environmental factors. Obama Regime Silent As Massive Polio Outbreak Sweeps America. Cancer Death Rates Now Doubled In Argentina’s GMO Agribusiness Areas. Data linking GMOs and pesticides to human health ailments continues to emerge, as a new report put together by the Ministry of Health in Cordoba, Argentina has found that increased levels of crop spraying in Argentina’s most extensively farmed areas has resulted in a large increase of cancer rates for those that live in the vicinity. According to the report, deaths from cancerous tumors have as much as doubled in areas where genetically modified (GM) crops are grown and agro-chemicals are used.

Big Blow to Biotech: German Super Market Giants Force Return to GMO-Free Poultry. Genetically Modified Soy Linked to Sterility, Infant Mortality. News from the Cornucopia Institute. GMO Apples? Robbie Gennet: Donald Rumsfeld and the Strange History of Aspartame. The Four Steps Required to Keep Monsanto OUT of Your Garden. Seed catalogs for the 2014 growing season are arriving in mailboxes across the Northern Hemisphere with home gardeners everywhere starting to plan which seeds they will sow in their spring gardens. A positive trend in recent years is the growing number of gardening enthusiasts choosing to plant gardens using organic and/or heirloom seeds. Uncovered, the 'toxic' gene hiding in GM crops: Revelation throws new doubt over safety of foods.