Ronnie Cummins: 10 Freakiest Things About Frankenfish. GM Soy: Sustainable? Responsible? Reports. GM Soy: Sustainable? Responsible? A group of international scientists has released a report detailing health and environmental hazards from the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) Roundup Ready soy and the use of glyphosate (Roundup®) herbicide. The report, GM Soy: Sustainable? Responsible? “The findings in the lab are compatible with malformations observed in humans exposed to glyphosate during pregnancy,” said Carrasco. Carrasco, director of the Laboratory of Molecular Embryology, University of Buenos Aires Medical School and lead researcher of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Argentina, is a co-author of the new report. In Argentina and Paraguay, doctors and residents living in GM soy producing areas have reported serious health effects from glyphosate spraying, including high rates of birth defects as well as infertility, stillbirths, miscarriages, and cancers.
“Responsible” soy? GM Soy: Sustainable? Notes. Darío Gianfelici - Interview. Darío Gianfelici Cerrito, Entre Ríos, Argentina. 57 years old. Rural doctor. Language: Spanish. He was one of the first medical doctors to report the effects of agrochemicals. Interview by Dario Aranda "After many years of suffering, it is clear that the spraying has made it difficult to live in rural areas. “We knew what was going on, we spoke up, but they didn’t listen.
“For those lucky enough not to have gone through that experience, you have to explain that any exposure to agrochemicals has two reactions. Who is to blame for all this? “They used to call me crazy, a terrorist. Darío Gianfelici Cerrito (Entre Ríos). 57 años. Fue un médico pionero en denunciar los efectos de los agroquímicos. “Luego de tantos años de padecer las fumigaciones está claro que en la zona rural es muy difícil vivir. “Nosotros sabíamos lo que estaba pasando, lo denunciábamos, pero no nos escuchaban. “¿Quién tiene la culpa de todo eso? “Antes me decían loco, terrorista. ABC The Drum Unleashed - Spliced bread. Top-100-rbgh-free-dairies. Truthiness and Fairness on GMO Labels at FDA | Generation Green. Today the FDA is meeting to discuss labeling of genetically engineered (GMO) salmon. Assuming that the agency makes the experimental fish the first GMO animal approved for human consumption, FDA’s proposal suggests that no labels will be required to let consumers know when they are buying the GMO fish.
What’s worse, some suspect that the agency will disallow “no GMO” labeling of salmon from fisherman or fish farms that reject the GMO variety. They point to FDA’s history of attacking food makers for certain No-GMO labels. Others say that it’s “only fair” that companies abide by FDA’s policy and not use “sloppy” or misleading labels. But a brief look at FDA’s history on GMO labeling shows that there’s nothing “fair” about the agency’s policy. In the early 1990’s, when Monsanto was bringing its GMO hormone rBGH to market, the company needed to insure that consumers were kept in the dark about the use of the drug.
Luckily for them (!) Nothing. Alice-in-FDA-Land: More Hypocrisy on GMO Labels | Generation Green. This week, in explaining its position that labels will not be required on genetically engineered (GMO) salmon, FDA says that they legally cannot require such labeling. The agency claims that they are bound by labeling laws, which call for a “material” change in the salmon before labels can be required. A material change, FDA says, has to be a change that impacts taste, texture, nutritional value, or other factors. This is a funny position for FDA, since in the past the agency has found exactly the opposite. As Consumers Union pointed out in its comments to FDA, in previous labeling decisions, FDA has required labeling when polls or surveys showed that consumers felt that certain information was important to have on labels, to insure their right to choose in the marketplace.
(Take action now: urge your Congressperson to sign on to the “dear colleague” letters that call for Congressional hearings on approval of GMO salmon. So, why is it Alice-in-FDA-Land when it comes to GMO labels? Yes. Groundbreaking study shows Roundup link to birth defects. RESOURCESThe new paper by Carrasco et al showing Roundup linked to birth d (PDF)New report coauthored by Carrasco and 8 other international scientists - summary of key (PDF)New report coauthored by Carrasco - full (PDF)More resources related to the study shows Roundup link to birth defectsInternational scientists confirm dangers of Roundup at GMO-Free Regions Conference in Brussels Brussels 16 September 2010 Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the world's best-selling weedkiller Roundup, causes malformations in frog and chicken embryos at doses far lower than those used in agricultural spraying and well below maximum residue levels in products presently approved in the European Union.
The authors concluded that the results raise "concerns about the clinical findings from human offspring in populations exposed to Roundup in agricultural fields. " Jeff Deasy: The FDA and Frankenfoods. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent enforcement letters warning food makers that they cannot label their products as free of genetically modified or genetically engineered ingredients. The letters were sent as a heated debate is taking place over whether the agency should approve a genetically engineered (GE) salmon that grows at twice the rate of salmon in the wild.
Sarah Alexander of the nonprofit Food & Water Watch says, “The FDA has a flawed process for approving these GE salmon and unfortunately for us, the process isn’t focused on what happens to people who eat genetically engineered animals. If the FDA moves forward, these salmon would be the first GE animals approved for human consumption.” An article in the Washington Post quotes Marion Nestle, a professor in the Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health Department at New York University. The nonprofit Union of Concerned Scientists states on its web site: Shades of the rBGH Milk Controversy Mr. The #GMO Daily on Twitter.
Jeffrey Smith on GMO Salmon. GM food battle moves to fish as super-salmon nears US approval | Environment | The Observer. Buried in a prospectus inviting investors to buy shares in a fledgling biotech company is an arresting claim attributed to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation. "Commercial aquaculture is the most rapidly growing segment of the agricultural industry, accounting for more than $60bn sales in 2003. While land-based agriculture is increasing between 2% to 3% per year, aquaculture has been growing at an average rate of approximately 9% per year since 1970. " And then the prospectus for the US company AquaBounty offers this observation to tantalise prospective investors: "The traditional fishery harvest from the ocean has stagnated since 1990. " So what is to be done to satisfy the world's seemingly insatiable appetite for fish?
AquaBounty, whose shares are sold on London's Alternative Investment Market, thinks it has the answer. A positive FDA response would see salmon become the first GM-engineered animal marketed for human consumption. Escapes are not uncommon. Academies copied to push for Bt brinjal: India : India Today. Dinesh C. Sharma | Mail Today | New Delhi, September 26, 2010 | UPDATED 09:23 IST India's top science academies have done the unthinkable. They have copied and quoted extensively from an industry lobby report to give a clean chit to the controversial genetically modified (GM) brinjal. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Key portions and data in the much touted Inter-Academy Report on Genetically Modified Crops have been lifted straight from a report of a lobbying group funded by seed companies, including Monsanto and Mahyco. In March, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh had asked the six science academies - the Indian Academy of Sciences, the Indian National Academy of Engineering, the Indian National Science Academy, the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the National Academy of Medical Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences (India) - to give an unbiased scientific assessment on the feasibility of transgenic crops and the proposed regulatory mechanism for GM food.
Gm-in-infant-formula. The Hindu Business Line : Ramesh trashes academies’ report on Bt brinjal. Chaco government report confirms link between glyphosate/agrochemicals and cancer/birth defects in Argentina. Last June the Argentinian newspaper Página 12 carried a report (see article in Spanish, below) regarding a publication prepared by a commission opened by the Chaco State Government (in the north of the country) analyzing health statistics in intensive agrochemical use zones. In one decade, the rates of childhood cancer tripled and babies with birth defects increased fourfold. Download Chaco State Government report on the effects of agrochemical spraying on GM soy and rice on human health in English or Spanish. These staggering data confirm denouncements that have been made for some years, by local residents, in the regions of intensive soya and rice crops. This frightening increase of diseases linked to agrochemicals occurred in only one decade, a period in which the use of agrochemicals grew considerably.
The study, simply called “First Information,” was handed to the State Government in the local office of the Ministry of Agriculture. Por Darío Aranda Pagina12, June 14, 2010. Broadcast Yourself. Gutter Science: Inter-Academy Report on GM Crops. It is Gutter Science. The Inter-Academy Report on GM Crops -- prepared by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Academy of Engineering, Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Academy of Medical Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences -- and submitted in September 2010 to the Ministry of Environment & Forests, is no better than the introductory write-ups any graduate student of biotechnology would come out with.
In fact, I have a collection of a large number of papers/analysis written by graduate and post-graduate students who seek my comments/views that I would rate much higher than the Inter-Academy report. The Inter-Academy Report on GM Crops is in fact a disgrace to Indian science. That Indian science was on a downhill path was never in question, but that it had already slipped into a cesspool is a revelation. "This is unfortunate — we are devastated. This should not have happened,” said M. I suggest the following: Bit.ly | Basic | a simple URL shortener. GM FOOD: FACTS NOT CROPS. FDA panel on genetically modified salmon leaves questions unanswered.
By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY The Food and Drug Administration has wrapped up three days of hearings and public comment on the effort by AquaBounty Technologies, a Massachusetts company, to sell salmon genetically engineered to grow twice as fast as normal salmon. But the meetings ended without an FDA decision on whether the company can move ahead with sales. USA TODAY's Elizabeth Weise looks at how the decision will proceed from here: Q: What happens next? A: Nothing soon. Q. A: It's called the AquAdvantage salmon.
Q: Why would anyone do that? A: The fish grow twice as fast as normal farmed salmon and require 10% less feed, so they'd be cheaper to produce. Q: What are the issues? A: There are really two: Are these fish safe to eat, and are they safe for the environment? FDA staff, in a report released earlier this month, found the genetically engineered (or GE) salmon to be as safe to eat as normal salmon. Q: What's the environmental issue? Q: Could they escape? Q: Are those the only issues? GE Salmon Approval Meeting Starts Today. Black Ops on Green Groups. EXCLUSIVE: Cops and Former Secret Service Agents Ran Black Ops on Green Groups By James Ridgeway Additional reporting by David Corn, Jennifer Wedekind, Daniel Schulman, and Nick Baumann MotherJones, April 11 2008 NEWS: Meet the private security firm that spied on Greenpeace and other environmental outfits for corporate clients.
A tale of intrigue, infiltration, and dumpster-diving. A private security company organized and managed by former Secret Service officers spied on Greenpeace and other environmental organizations from the late 1990s through at least 2000, pilfering documents from trash bins, attempting to plant undercover operatives within groups, casing offices, collecting phone records of activists, and penetrating confidential meetings. Beckett Brown International began when John C. Business was good. ' Good news! Seed Savers. Today three giant chemical corporations, Monsanto, DuPont and Bayer, have the control over almost half of the worlds' crop-seed market. Their genetically modified seeds are protected by patents under US law, making it illegal for peasants to grow the resistant seeds without buying them from the companies.
To a large extent, corporate technologies have taken the place of traditional agricultural knowledge, making sustainable agriculture less profitable. Peasant farmers around the world must regain control over the land they work. For countries to accomplish that, land reforms are absolutely necessary. September 1, 2010New Internationalist Wakehurst Place is a stately house set in majestic grounds; the rural offshoot of Kew Botanic Gardens, London.
‘Minus 20 degrees,' says Michael Way, Head of Collecting at Kew's Millennium Seed Bank Project at Wakehurst. The Project says of itself: ‘The need for an insurance policy is immediate and growing in urgency... Sharp corner Another story. Monsanto's Global Pollution Legacy. Conclusive: Global Distribution of Rockefeller-Funded Anti-Fertility Vaccine Coordinated by WHO. Jurriaan Maessen Infowars.com August 27, 2010 In addition to the recent PrisonPlanet-exclusive Rockefeller Foundation Developed Vaccines For “Mass-Scale” Fertility Reduction — which outlines the Rockefeller Foundation’s efforts in the 1960s funding research into so-called “anti-fertility vaccines”– another series of documents has surfaced, proving beyond any doubt that the UN Population Fund, World Bank and World Health Organization picked up on it, further developing it under responsibility of a “Task Force on Vaccines for Fertility Regulation”.
Just four years after the Rockefeller Foundation launched massive funding-operations into anti-fertility vaccines, the Task Force was created under auspices of the World Health Organization, World Bank and UN Population Fund. Its mission, according to one of its members, to support: “basic and clinical research on the development of birth control vaccines directed against the gametes or the preimplantation embryo. Arkansas AG McDaniel launches inquiry over Monsanto soybean trait - WREG.
The case against biofuels. 1.The Trouble With Biofuel2.The Case Against Biofuels NOTE: Despite strong evidence that growing food crops to produce "biofuels" is seriously harming both the environment and the world's poor, the Obama administration is backing big subsidies and programmes that are boosting their use. The decision by the European Union to obtain 10% of all transport fuels from "biofuels" by 2020 is proving equally disastrous for poor countries - see: But while "biofuels" are a disaster for the environemntg and the world's poor, they are a massive shot in the arm for the biotech indusrtry and big agribiz. ------1.The Trouble With BiofuelEli WitekCHEM 111, March 15 Corn is in the particular position of being a steadily increasing crop that, paradoxically, farmers sell at a dollar less than what it costs them to grow.
And are these GM crops even safe? [C. Whistle Where You Work #28 - Genetically Engineered Food; WikiLeaks. BASF seeking EU green light for new potato: chairman. Monsanto stock drops on lower 2010 view-UPDATE 2 00:57 Hours ago. Eric Holt Gimenez: Monsanto in Gates' Clothing? The Emperor's New GMOs. The South Asian: Scientists Opine on Genetic Modification of Foods. Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear.
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