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Poland to ban Monsanto's genetically modified maize
Seeded on Thu Apr 5, 2012 10:00 PM EDT (Raw Story)
WARSAW — Poland will impose a complete ban on growing the MON810 genetically modified strain of maize made by US company Monsanto on its territory, Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said Wednesday. “The decree is in the works. It introduces a complete ban on the MON …
U.S. Opts Not to Ban BPA in Canned Foods
Seeded on Wed Apr 4, 2012 7:45 AM EDT (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
Bisphenol A (BPA) will continue to be a part of the US diet. Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it would not ban the chemical from food and beverage containers. BPA is a ubiquitous chemical that has been linked to a range of conditions, includ …
Poland's Monsanto action lays 1000s of dead bees on Govt steps
Seeded on Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:35 PM EDT (Food Freedom)
On March 15, over 1,500 beekeepers and their allies marched thru the streets of Warsaw, depositing thousands of dead bees on the steps of the Ministry of Agriculture, in protest of genetically modified foods and their requisite pesticides which are killing bees, moths and other a …
Legislators Support Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods
Seeded on Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:40 PM EDT (Patent Docs)
Last week, in a letter sent to the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Margaret Hamburg, 55 members of Congress expressed support for a recent petition to require the labeling of genetically engineered foods. The petition, which was filed with the FD …
Russia says GMO Foods Cause Sterility In Third Generation
Seeded on Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:32 AM EDT (The Voice of Russia)
Concerning the experiment carried out jointly by the National Association for Gene Security and the Institute of Ecological and Evolutional Problems, Dr. Alexei Surov has this to say. “We selected several groups of hamsters, kept them in pairs in cells and gave them or …
65-year-old California 'milk man' subjected to extreme torture, hypothermia, raw sewage in LA County jail
Seeded on Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:10 PM EDT (Gulf human rights hero Thomas B. Manton falsely imprisoned, murdered)
NaturalNews exclusive report, please credit with link. NaturalNews can now report that 65-year-old senior citizen James Stewart, a raw milk farmer with no criminal history, was nearly tortured to death in the LA County jail this past week. He survived a "week of torturous Hell" a …
Protests Shut Down Monsanto in Davis, California
Seeded on Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:15 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
A coalition of activist organizations demonstrating at the Monsanto office in Davis CA. successfully caused a shutdown of the multinational chemical and biotech company offices there on on Saturday, March 16. Upon announcement of the shutdown, Monsanto instructed employees to st …
Bee Exposure to Treated Seed Dust During Planting Confirmed
Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:25 PM EDT (Occupy Monsanto)
A study by researchers at the University of Padova in Italy and published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology has confirmed the findings of previous research showing that honey bees are exposed to toxic neonicotinoid insecticides duri …
New Vermont GMO Labeling Policy Officially Introduced
Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:20 PM EDT (Dr. Mercola)
A bill has recently been introduced in the Vermont state legislature that would require food to be labeled as genetically engineered if it is entirely or partially produced with genetically engineered ingredients. If passed, the bill, H.722, also known as the 'VT Right to Know …
China Rejects Genetically Modified Rice
Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:16 PM EDT (Chris Matthews 'Birthers Are Crackers' Defends... | Gather)
In early February, Chinese officials decided to no longer accept genetically modified rice. During that same week, British activists succeeded in getting Monsanto to withdraw from the UK. The public's ire against the agribusiness giant was so intense, they're …
Got Weeds? Use Vinegar, Not Roundup
Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:11 PM EDT (A Garden for the House)
NEED PROOF THAT VINEGAR IS A WEED-TERMINATOR? Just look at the weeds growing along a pea-stone path in my Herb Garden. These were photographed yesterday afternoon, just moments before I sprayed them with cheap, undiluted, store-brand white vinegar.... I’d …
Monsanto and GMO Terminator Cannabis
Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:57 PM EDT (Grow Switch Blog)
Interestingly, low-potency pot of the kind produced by Monsanto seeds at the University of Mississippi is exactly the kind of product the Ministry of Health is asking for from contractors. The guidelines ask specifically for "standardized marijuana cigarettes with THC content o …
Are Brainless Chickens the Solution to Animal Cruelty?
Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:44 PM EDT (Take Part)
Royal College of Art student André Ford created the installation, dubbed The Centre for Unconscious Farming. It’s a pretty grim affair, made of a massive steel frame that would contain up to 1,000 birds. In it the chickens are completely immobilized—their …
Monsanto Caught Illegally Planting GM Corn in India
Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:38 PM EDT (Wake Up World)
“Monsanto’s GM maize trials have been going on for several seasons now in various locations around the country. It took a rare scientist in one monitoring team to point out the fact that planting of the herbicide-tolerant GM maize took place without permission from co …
Sugar is More Addictive than Cocaine
Seeded on Sun Feb 5, 2012 11:07 AM EST (Your Healthista)
According to a French research study, refined sugar is far more addictive than cocaine -- one of the most addictive and harmful substances currently known. An astonishing 94 percent of rats who were allowed to choose mutually-exclusively between sugar water and cocaine …
Scientists say sugar is as toxic as alcohol - and there should be a drinking age for soda
Seeded on Sun Feb 5, 2012 10:57 AM EST (io9)
A little is not a problem, but a lot kills - slowly.
Gene-blocking non-GMO corn varieties available for 2012 planting
Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:02 AM EST (The Organic & Non-GMO Report)
New corn hybrids containing a trait that allows the plant to block pollen from neighboring genetically modified corn are available for farmers planting non-GMO and organic corn this year. PuraMaize is a natural gene blocking system which blocks fertilization from GM pollen by fa …
Insect resistance shows unsustainability of GM corn
Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:58 AM EST (The Organic & Non-GMO Report)
The EPA report confirmed that corn rootworms are becoming resistant to Monsanto’s GM corn in four states: Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Nebraska.
7 Foods Even Food Safety Experts Won't Eat
Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:47 AM EST (ecokaren)
“Try this experiment: Buy a conventional potato in a store, and try to get it to sprout. It won’t,” says Moyer, who is also farm director of the Rodale Institute (also owned by Rodale Inc., the publisher of Prevention).
Monsanto.com Targeted by Internet Hacktivists Called 'Anonymous'
Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:37 AM EST (Natural Society)
On December 9th a group of internet hackers who go by the name Anonymous shut down biotech giant Monsanto’s public relations firm.
Monsanto To Face Biopiracy Charges In India
Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:33 AM EST (GreenMedInfo.com)
In an unprecedented decision, India's National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), a government agency, declared legal action against Monsanto (and their collaborators) for accessing and using local eggplant varieties (known as brinjal) to develop their Bt genetically engineered versio …
Stopping genetically engineered crops in the Philippines
Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:27 AM EST (Greenpeace News)
We now have more then 50 GE crops approved for food, feed and processing and four types of GE corn approved for propagation.
Chemical giant BASF flees Europe - no bad potatoes here please!
Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:23 AM EST (Greenpeace News)
The biggest chemical company in the world, BASF, is moving to the US because Europeans don’t want its genetically engineered potatoes.
Kucinich bill aims to protect food supply from Monsanto, GMOs
Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:48 AM EST (Examiner)
According to Kucinich, the Department of Agriculture has allowed more than 300 outdoor field trials of plants—including feed crops including corn, soybeans, rice, safflower, barley, alfalfa, mustard greens, peas, sugarcane, tomatoes, and wheat—which are genetically en …
Federal Court Victory: Almond Farmers Can Challenge USDA Pasteurization Rule
Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:43 AM EST (Cornucopia Institute)
A federal appeals court ruled today, overturning a lower court decision, that a group of California almond farmers have the right to challenge a USDA regulation requiring the treatment of their raw almonds with a toxic fumigant or steam heat prior to sale to consumers.
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Russia says GMO Foods Cause Sterility In Third GenerationConcerning the experiment carried out jointly by the National Association for Gene Security and the Institute of Ecological and Evolutional Problems, Dr. Alexei Surov has this to say. “We selected several groups of hamsters, kept them in pairs in cells and gave them or …
- 65-year-old California 'milk man' subjected to extreme torture, hypothermia, raw sewage in LA County jail
NaturalNews exclusive report, please credit with link. NaturalNews can now report that 65-year-old senior citizen James Stewart, a raw milk farmer with no criminal history, was nearly tortured to death in the LA County jail this past week. He survived a "week of torturous Hell" a …
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Hundreds of people are flocking to a field in Pattingham in Austria after a mysterious perfectly round hole appeared overnight, leading down to a metallic construction 25-foot underground. Farmer Franz Knoglinger, 47, discovered the hole while looking for his missing cat and a …
- Sugar is More Addictive than Cocaine
According to a French research study, refined sugar is far more addictive than cocaine -- one of the most addictive and harmful substances currently known. An astonishing 94 percent of rats who were allowed to choose mutually-exclusively between sugar water and cocaine …
- Scientists say sugar is as toxic as alcohol - and there should be a drinking age for soda
A little is not a problem, but a lot kills - slowly.
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