Tag: GMOs
Activists Weigh Path Forward after Congress Thwarts GMO Food Labels
Despite the defeat in Congress, the pro-labeling campaign had had a huge impact - and the campaign’s effort to educate the public is paying off.
Third GMO Arctic Apple Gets USDA Approval
A third GMO apple was just approved by the USDA despite anti-GMO feedback.
10 States Report Crop Damage From Illegal Dicamba Use on Monsanto’s...
Hundreds of thousands of soybean and cotton crops have been negatively impacted by the apparent misuse of the drift-prone herbicide dicamba on Monsanto’s Roundup.
Illegal Herbicide Use on GMO Crops Causing Massive Damage to Fruit,...
One of the worst parts of this whole debacle is that farmers—by being forced to grow dicamba resistant GMO soybeans—are losing the choice of what they can grow.
Victory In Mexico: Indigenous Activists Win Major Court Rulings Against Monsanto
The Mayans primary concern is that “growing the plant requires the use of glyphosate, an herbicide classified as probably carcinogenic,” putting their communities, environment and economic activities at risk.
UC Davis Sued for Failing to Release Public Records on GMOs...
"So far, documents obtained from other universities have shown secretive funding arrangements and covert efforts to use taxpayer-funded university resources to promote the products of various corporations. The public has a right to know what is going on behind the scenes."
3 Major Problems With Monsanto’s New GMO Soybeans
The promise of Monsanto's splashy new bean appears to be short-sighted, leaving farmers with the much worse end of the bargain.
Heirloom Non-GMO Corn Is Helping Sustain Mexico’s Heritage and Farmers
Mexico, particularly the southern state of Oaxaca, is known as the birthplace of corn.
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Trump seizes control of DC police, threatens military deployment despite record-low crime
President Donald Trump invokes the Home Rule Act to take over Washington, D.C.’s police department and deploy the National Guard, citing a “crime emergency” that officials say does not exist. Critics call the move an unlawful power grab with authoritarian overtones.
Cults, cults, everywhere—raring to bash majority rule, pluralism, justice, science and rationality. Isn’t that...
Thanks to its own greed, egotism, buffoonery, incompetence, and ruthlessness, the MAGA cult is already splitting apart, squandering its overweening power.
Community organizer slams ‘fascist ICE agents’ after arrest of US citizen documenting raids
ICE has faced widespread backlash over the arrest of community advocates swept up while documenting raids across the country, many of them U.S. citizens.
The FDA let substandard factories ship these medications to the US
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013.
Leaked transcript reveals Netanyahu blocked ceasefire and imposed starvation in Gaza
Israeli cabinet minutes show Prime Minister rejected hostage deal, cut off all aid, and broke ceasefire to force Hamas surrender, triggering mass civilian deaths and famine.