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GMOs
The Ghost in the GMO Machine
Like a ghost drifting through a child's bedroom window, the airborne insecticide can settle on children's skin, clothes, toys, rugs and furnishings.
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On National Day of Maize in Mexico, Protecting the Sacred Plant
The greed of transnational GMO and biofuel corporations has led to a dispute over corn. They want to rob all our global communities of this sacred grain.
The Book of Trans-Genesis: Protecting the World’s Seeds
At the recent international Biosafety Alliance conference in Portland, Oregon, educators, attorneys, human rights activists and organic farmers contrasted the apocalyptic consequences of genetically modified crop cultivation and people's …
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Hawaii’s GMO Battle: Federal Judge Strikes Down Kauai’s Pesticide Regulations
The anti-GMO forces in Hawaii were dealt a blow when a federal judge stuck down a local ordinance regulating pesticide use where four of the world's largest agrichemical companies …
Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees
Groups globally mobilize to stop commercial release of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in Brazil and the US.
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New GMO Poised for Approval Despite Public Outcry
Millions of Americans and farmers don't want GMOs. Apparently, USDA doesn't care.
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China Is Rejecting GMO Corn and That Isn’t Good for American Farmers
A rejection of US grain in China has serious consequences here on home turf, as the country is one of the top importers of US corn,.
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Ebola, Secret Serums and Me
Ebola is no laughing matter. Except, of course, for Monsanto.
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Feds to Phase Out GMO Farms and Neonicotinoid Pesticides at Wildlife Refuges
After facing lawsuits from environmental groups, the US Fish and Wildlife Service will phase out the use of GMOs and controversial neonicotinoid pesticides at farming projects on national wildlife …
Do Not GM My Food!
It makes little sense to support genetic engineering at the expense of (traditional, organic) technologies that have proven to substantially increase yields, especially in many developing countries.