By Stacy Malkan Some industry messaging efforts are so heavy-handed they end up highlighting their own PR tactics more than the message they are trying to convey. That’s the problem with Food Evolution, a new documentary by Academy Award-nominated director Scott Hamilton Kennedy and narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson. The film, opening in theaters June […]
By Austin Wilson Rising use of glyphosate, the world’s most heavily applied herbicide, is putting people at risk of significant health problems, according to a report released Tuesday by As You Sow. Glyphosate is applied frequently to the most popular crops in the U.S., including corn, soybeans and wheat, and has been found in many […]
Thousands of Kansas farmers claimed in district court in Kansas City on Monday that Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta rushed its genetically modified (GMO) corn seed to the U.S. market in 2010 before getting China’s approval for imports, which rejected shipments of the corn over GMO contamination and caused turmoil in commodity markets. As Bloomberg explains, […]
Dr. Christopher Portier, a toxicologist and former director of the U.S. National Center for Environmental Health, has criticized the conclusions of European Union agencies which found that glyphosate—the active ingredient in Monsanto‘s widely used weedkiller Roundup—is not carcinogenic to humans. In a May 28 letter to European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, Portier claims that the […]
Twenty years ago, proponents of genetic engineering promised that GMO foods would increase yields, reduce pesticides, produce nutritious foods and help feed the world. Today, those promises have fallen far short as the majority of GMO crops are engineered to withstand sprays of Roundup herbicide, which is increasingly documented as a risk to human health. […]
Although not on most people’s radar here, New York is one step closer to becoming the first state to have genetically modified, non-sterile insects released outside without cages. Last week, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-APHIS) ended the public comment period for its most recent environmental […]
Last week, the Maine Board of Pesticides Control unanimously approved the registration of three new types of genetically engineered (GMO) potatoes developed by Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co., according to Bangor Daily News. Maine is the last state in the country to approve the company’s “Innate Generation 2” Russet Burbank, Ranger Russet and Atlantic potatoes, which […]
By Josh Gay Internet trolls, paid for by Monsanto, have been scouring the internet to hide the ugly truth about the herbicide Roundup and the dangers of glyphosate, while the chemical giant worked with government regulators to declare the product safe to use, even though it “probably” causes cancer. According to court documents, Monsanto hired […]
Scientists from the University of California at San Diego and Sapphire Energy released results Thursday from the first open-pond trials of genetically engineered microalgae. The study, along with research and development of genetically modified (GMO) algae for biofuels, is occurring ahead of adequate regulatory oversight, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s process to establish and […]
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