Tag: GMOs
USDA grants final approval for Monsanto/Scotts’ genetically engineered grass
"USDA's approval of this genetically engineered grass is as dangerous as it is unlawful."
Monsanto and its minions are poisoning us: How can we defend...
If we can’t trust the government or the large corporations, we need to take matters into our own hands, today and everyday.
Pledge to buy non-GMO
Have you ever asked yourself why our food is being produced and modified by the biotech industry?
China’s top grain producing province bans GM crops
Growing of GM corn, rice and soybean will be banned, while illegal production and sales of GM crops and supply of their seeds will also be prohibited.
Local governments can prohibit GE crops, says U.S. court of appeals
In granting its decision the court recognized potential harm to farmers and environment from the widespread planting of GE crops
Sonoma County voter success leads to largest GMO-free zone in U.S.
On election day, voters in Sonoma County successfully banned the cultivation of genetically modified crops!
EPA approval of Monsanto’s dicamba will ‘massively increase use of toxic...
The Center for Biological Diversity said the new EPA decision will open the door for dicamba use to jump from less than 1 million pounds to more than 25 million annually.
President Obama admits ‘legitimate concerns’ in GMO debate
“If it turns out that some of these genetically modified foods aren’t healthier, aren’t more productive and use more pesticides then we should follow the science.”
USDA approves 2 new varieties of GMO potatoes
It's hardly an exaggeration to say that over the past two decades, the agriculture industry in the U.S. has wholeheartedly embraced GMO crops with gusto
New York Times Takes Critical Look at False Promise of GMOs
Hakim’s conclusion, he points out, is similar to a report from the National Academy of Sciences that found GMO crops have not, to date, increased actual yields and should not be exclusively relied upon to meet long-term food security needs.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
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Women leaders and Trump 2.0.