genetically modified

The Pentagon’s Scary Plan to Militarize Ocean Life

The Pentagon’s Scary Plan to Militarize Ocean Life

By Maia Danks The U.S. military has plans to create genetically modified marine organisms that can be used as underwater spies for the military. Fantastic as this idea may seem, the Pentagon’s research arm, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has actually launched a new program that aims to tap into the “natural sensing […]

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    The Pentagon’s Scary Plan to Militarize Ocean Life

    The Pentagon’s Scary Plan to Militarize Ocean Life

    By Maia Danks The U.S. military has plans to create genetically modified marine organisms that can be used as underwater spies for the military. Fantastic as this idea may seem, the Pentagon’s research arm, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has actually launched a new program that aims to tap into the “natural sensing […]

    FDA Approves Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Combat Zika in Florida

    FDA Approves Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Combat Zika in Florida

    Amid news of a Zika outbreak in the Miami area, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA-CVM) has cleared the experimental release of genetically modified (GMO) mosquitoes in the Florida Keys to help combat the virus. The agency also concluded that the proposed field trial “will not have significant impacts on […]

    3 Major Problems With Monsanto’s New GMO Soybeans

    3 Major Problems With Monsanto’s New GMO Soybeans

    Earlier this year, Monsanto commercially launched its Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans—a product undoubtedly attractive to soy farmers. The new seeds not only promised higher yields, but it would be a new tool in a soy farmer’s arsenal to battle superweeds that have evolved to resist the herbicide glyphosate, aka Roundup. Xtend soybeans are genetically […]

    House Passes GMO Label Law, Advocates Urge Obama to Veto the DARK Act

    House Passes GMO Label Law, Advocates Urge Obama to Veto the DARK Act

    Today, Congress chose to favor the interests of the food industry over consumers’ right to know what’s in the food they eat and feed their families when the House approved the Senate’s version of the DARK Act. The bill now goes to President Obama. Here's what I'll do as President… revoke Vermont's #GMO labeling law […]