If Corporate Slogans Told the Truth - NaturalNews.com. The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) According to the World Health Organization, Genetically Modified Organisms(GMOs) are "organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in such a way that does not occur naturally.
"1 This technology is also referred to as "genetic engineering", "biotechnology" or "recombinant DNA technology" and consists of randomly inserting genetic fragments of DNA from one organism to another, usually from a different species. For example, an artificial combination of genes that includes a gene to produce the pesticide Cry1Ab protein (commonly known as Bt toxin), originally found in Bacillus thuringiensis, is inserted in to the DNA of corn randomly. Both the location of the transferred gene sequence in the corn DNA and the consequences of the insertion differ with each insertion. The plant cells that have taken up the inserted gene are then grown in a lab using tissue culture and/or nutrient medium that allows them to develop into plants that are used to grow GM food crops.2.
Genetic Roulette. Arg gmo greeenpeace. Konvention bio. Your source for natural health videos - iHealthTube.com. Roundup and birth defects: Is the public being kept in the dark? The pesticide industry and EU regulators knew as long ago as the 1980s-1990s that Roundup, the world's best selling herbicide, causes birth defects – but they failed to inform the public.
This report, co-authored by international scientists and researchers, reveals that industry’s own studies (including one commissioned by Monsanto) showed as long ago as the 1980s that Roundup’s active ingredient glyphosate causes birth defects in laboratory animals. The following EU parliamentary questions to the European Commission (EC) have been asked about Roundup, some of them about our report: Ens utveckling 2011 - 2011_genteknikens_utveckling.pdf. Ens utveckling 2012 - 2012_genteknikens_utveckl.pdf. Om Gentekniknämnden.
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Varför Greenpeace älskar att hata GMO. Tony arding. Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States. 2491Kauaibillresponse_BFI.pdf. Council to hear GMO bill today - Thegardenisland.com: Local. LIHUE — Five days after the official announcement, Kauai County Councilman Gary Hooser will introduce House Bill 2491 related to pesticides and genetically modified organisms to his colleagues.
A large crowd, including representatives of the major agricultural companies, the Center for Food Safety and local groups, is expected at today’s council meeting, beginning at 9 a.m. in the Historic County Building in Lihue. PDB_No._2491.pdf. Analysis of Kaua’i County Bill #2491. Today, the County Council of Kaua’i, Hawai’i is considering a bill, #2491, that would create local regulations of genetically engineered crops and pesticides, and was introduced by Kauai County Councilman Gary Hooser.
According to this news article, representatives of the Center for Food Safety will be there to advocate for the bill, which may represent a political push to make it more difficult to grow genetically engineered crops. When we heard about the bill, we thought it would be important for an independent source to comment on its contents to the Council. While not stating a position for or against the bill, we put together a testimony outlining the scientific, legal, and economic issues that we saw with the bill, and submitted it to the Council. Anti-GMO leaders withdraw from Great Biotech Debate. By Jon Entine.
Republished with permission from the Genetic Literacy Project. Over the weekend, the cartoonish ‘March Against Monsanto’ played out in many cities across the United States and the world, invariably to small crowds—although the organizers and anti-biotech NGOs did their best to claim inflated numbers in an attempt to garner headlines. One of the biggest disappointments for organizers was in foodie central, Denver, where an estimated two hundred people (organizers had predicted 5,000) turned out to hear anti biotech author and activist Jeffrey Smith rail against Monsanto. That’s the same Jeffrey Smith who earlier last week withdrew from the planned “Great Biotechnology” debate scheduled for June 4 at the CATO Institute in Washington, DC.
Biotechnology: Feeding the World, or a Brave New World of Agriculture? Featuring Jon Entine, Founding Director, Genetic Literacy Project; Kevin M.
Folta, Interim Chair, Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida; and Karl Haro von Mogel, Co-Founder, Biology Fortified, Inc.; moderated by Patrick J. Michaels, Director, Center for the Study of Science, Cato Institute. Despite increasing population, global food production per capita is at all-time highs, even as the amount of agricultural land is reaching new lows. Watch the Cato GMO Forum. Earlier this month, Jon Entine, Kevin Folta, and I traveled to Washington D.C. to talk about genetically engineered crops at the Cato Institute, in a forum titled, Biotechnology: Feeding the World, or a Brave New World of Agriculture?
The forum, as many of you know, was intended to be a debate between those in favor of using the technology, and those who were against it, but at the last minute the anti-GMO debaters pulled out. So instead, I was invited to join Jon and Kevin to round out the numbers and talk about genetically engineered plants that many of you may not have heard about yet. Jon, Kevin and I got together the night before the forum to go over our presentations and main points, and Anastasia met up with us as well. Paterson Speech: UK must lead the World in GM crops. Today, the UK Environmental Secretary, Owen Paterson, delivered a speech about genetically engineered crops at the Rothamsted Research station near St.
Albans. He called for a new approach to considering GM crops, which he said could help farming become more sustainable and efficient. The following is the full text of the speech. Introduction. Roseanne Barr Effect: Should crop biotechnology supporters engage science rejectionists? Roseanne’s Nuts about GMOs. GENERA. Studies with independent funding. Studies for GENERA. _GM_statement.pdf. GMO pigs study – more junk science. When I saw on Twitter that a ‘major new peer-reviewed study’ was about to reveal serious health impacts from GMO corn and soya, I was intrigued to say the least.
Would this be Seralini 2.0, a propaganda effort by anti-biotech campaigners masquerading as proper science, or something truly new and ground-breaking? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence – and it would take a lot of extraordinary evidence to confound the hundreds of studies showing that GMO foods are just as safe as conventional, as summarised in this recent AAAS statement: “The science is quite clear: crop improvement by the modern molecular techniques of biotechnology is safe. The World Health Organization, the American Medical Association, the U.S. JOS.issue8(1)draft.red - 8106.pdf. JOS.issue8(1)draft.red - 8106.pdf. Look who’s squealing now: GMO lovers freak over new study of sick pigs. OK, everyone have a seat and take a few deep breaths. Go to your calming place.
Ready? Rallying Cry: Citizens Worldwide to Unite in 'March Against Monsanto' Tens of thousands of activists are uniting in a global day of action to "take back the food supply," in a worldwide March Against Monsanto Saturday. News of the event has gone viral as environmentalists and others opposed to the rampant spread of genetically modified (GM) crops have planned over 400 events in more than 45 countries. In the United States, actions in 47 states are slated to occur simultaneously at 11 AM PT. "Our website is averaging over 40,000 visitors a day and our Facebook page has reached over 10,000,000 people in the last 7 days," the organizers wrote on their website Tuesday. Frances Moore Lappe, Vandana Shiva Blast Award for GMO Scientists. Frances Moore Lappé and Vandana Shiva, noted figures in the food sovereignty movement, added their voices to the chorus blasting the 2013 World Food Prize going to GMO scientists with the biotechnology giants Monsanto and Syngenta.
The GMO scientists' work contributes to hunger and ecological devastation while not advancing nutrition, said the two Right Livelihood Laureates, also Councillors on the World Future Council, and noted the irony of Monsanto being awarded at a time of rising worldwide opposition to the seed giant. Lappé and Shiva's remarks echo those of the U.S. Frances Moore Lappe, Vandana Shiva Blast Award for GMO Scientists. Genetically engineered sugar beets destroyed in southern Oregon. Federal investigators are asking the public to help solve middle-of-the-night crimes that left ruined fields of genetically engineered sugar beets in rural Jackson County. The crop destruction took place over the course of two separate nights in early June, when an unknown individual or group destroyed about 6,500 sugar beet plants genetically engineered to stand up to the herbicide Roundup on a pair of privately-owned plots of land leased and managed by Syngenta.
The first act of what the FBI considers "economic sabotage and a violation of federal law involving damage to commercial agricultural enterprises," took place during the night of June 8, when about 1,000 sugar beet plants on one property were destroyed. Three nights later, the destruction continued on another property, where another 5,500 plants were ruined. "It doesn't look like a vehicle was used. Oregon Department of Agriculture Director Katy Coba issued a statement about the sabotage. Mass. Considers GMO Labeling Laws. Connecticut was the first state in the country to pass legislation requiring food containing GMOs be labeled as such. Pictured here in May, residents rally in support of the law.
(CT Senate Democrats/Flickr) BOSTON — The debate over whether foods containing genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, should have to be labeled as such is picking up steam. This month, Connecticut became the first state to pass a GMO labeling law, and Maine quickly followed. But due to lobbying by opponents, neither law will take effect unless several other states adopt similar legislation — and Massachusetts may become one of those. Organic Bytes #371: The Whole Truth about Whole Foods GMO Labeling Policy. So-Called 'Bio-Terrorists' Destroy GMO Beet Crops in Oregon. For related articles and more information, please visit OCA's Genetic Engineering page, Millions Against Monsanto page and our Oregon News page. Massachusetts Rep. Ellen Story Seeks GMO Labels Amidst Growing Health Concerns. Facebook. Roundup and birth defects: Is the public being kept in the dark? Conflicts on the menu. A decade of industry influence at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) As the European Food Safety Authority celebrates its 10th anniversary, a new report from Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and Earth Open Source questions the independence of its advice.
Conflicts on the menu: A decade of industry influence at the European Food Safety Authority highlights the agency's reliance on industry data and industry-linked experts and calls for a complete overhaul of EFSA's operations. Executive summary In 2012 the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) celebrates its 10th anniversary. GM Soy: Sustainable? Responsible? Genetically modified Roundup Ready soy has been planted over vast areas of North and South America. Most of the crop is used to feed Europe’s and North America’s livestock. EU Commission’s draft GMO Regulation: Charter for the GM industry. EU Commission waters down GM regulation just as new research shows “safe” GM maize causes increased tumours, organ damage, and premature death 20 September 2012 The European Commission is pushing through a new Regulation[1] that fatally weakens the way genetically modified (GM) foods are assessed for safety, according to a new report released today by Earth Open Source.[2]
Why Monsanto’s attempt to “disappear” tumours by using historical control data is invalid. An Earth Open Source briefing, 26 September 2012. Vital Link article on health hazards of genetically modified foods. A new peer-reviewed article has been published on the health hazards of genetically modified foods in Vital Link, the journal of the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors (www.cand.ca). The article was written by Claire Robinson, research director of Earth Open Source. The-Genetic-Engineering-Debate-Dr-David-Straton.pdf. The genetic engineering debate. Vital Link article on health hazards of genetically modified foods. The Goodman affair: Monsanto targets the heart of science. Former Monsanto employee put in charge of GMO papers at journal.
Roundup herbicide. OCA: Genetically Engineered Food, Biotechnology, and GMOs. Organic Consumers Association. GMO Free Humboldt County, CA Seeks Biotech Ban. GMO Labeling Battle in Washington State off to Familiar Start. Groups Battle GMO Crops Using Tactics from Fracking Fight. US Military Tracks GMO Campaigners and Independent Scientists. Gmo. GMO_Myths_and_Truths_1.3b.pdf. GMO_Myths_and_Truths_1.3b.pdf. Earth Open Source: Home. Vermont senator continues fight for GMO labeling, defeat of Monsanto Protection Act. New York bill that would have required GMO food labels goes down in committee.
Monsanto sued by Kansas farmer over GMO wheat discovery that’s hurt US exports. Monsanto says sabotage may be behind GMO wheat in Oregon as more farmers file suit. Monsanto abandons applications to grow GMO crops in Europe. U.S. taxpayer money used to help promote Monsanto GMO products overseas, documents reveal - Page 1. GMO ‘botox apples’ that do not bruise or brown could soon be in stores. U.S. taxpayer money used to help promote Monsanto GMO products overseas, documents reveal. Senator seeks to overturn so-called Monsanto Protection Act. Senate GOP Quashes Attempt to Overturn 'Monsanto Protection Act'
Millions Against Monsanto: On the Road to Victory. 80% of Processed Foods in US Are Banned In Other Nations. GMO Labeling Bills in the U.S. - NaturalNews.com. Who Spends the Most Money Lobbying GMOs? - NaturalNews.com. Foods we eat in America that are banned in other countries - NaturalNews.com. Huge Victory for Non-GMO Grassroots movement! - NaturalNews.com. Huge Victory for Non-GMO Grassroots movement! - NaturalNews.com. GMO Labeling Around the World - NaturalNews.com. Genetic Engineering. UN Commission Poised to Adopt New Labeling Guidelines for GMO Food. A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health. To FDA: There is no proof that GMOs are safe. Greenpeace Tells the FDA: Stop Misleading the Public About GMOs. Monsanto Video Revolt July 24th » Get Involved! Monsanto Video Revolt.
Greenpeace Tells the FDA: Stop Misleading the Public About GMOs. Italy to Ban Monsanto GMO Corn with 80% Public Support. World Leaders Denounce Monsanto Exec Winning World Food Prize. Over $30M spent last year on lobbying to keep GMOs hidden in foods.