With regret, I asked my site managers at Cre8d to block all future comments to my site, Food Politics. The GMO trolls—people who post deliberately hostile comments—have defeated me. Would you believe 870 comments? These were filed in response to my post last week about the GMO propaganda film. Remove My Clip From GMO Propaganda […]
By Olga V. Naidenko, Ph.D. In a landmark rule with global repercussions, California state scientists are preparing to issue the world’s first health guideline for Monsanto’s glyphosate herbicide based on its cancer risk. The state’s proposed safe level is more than 100 times lower than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) legal allowance for the […]
By Carey Gillam Another day, another lawsuit against global seed and chemical giant Monsanto Co. In a complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in Wisconsin, six consumers alleged that the company’s top-selling Roundup herbicide has been falsely promoted as uniquely safe when it actually can have profound harmful impacts on human gut bacteria critical to […]
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 Carey Gillam In a well-orchestrated and highly coordinated media coup, Monsanto Co. and friends this week dropped a bombshell on opponents who are seeking to prove that the company’s beloved Roundup herbicide causes cancer. A widely circulated story published June 14 in the global news outlet Reuters (for which I formerly worked) laid out […]
By Katherine Paul When the colours turn grey and the lights all fadeTo black againWe’re in over our headsBut somehow we make it back again – lyrics from “Beautiful Mess” Next month will mark one year since Congress obliterated Vermont’s GMO labeling law and replaced it with its own faux-labeling measure. The DARK Act was […]
The controversy over the health risks of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s weedkiller Roundup, has taken a surprising turn. Dr. Aaron Blair—a lead researcher on the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) committee that classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic”—has been accused of “deliberately” withholding unpublished research that he admitted would have altered the […]
By Carey Gillam Call it the case of the mysterious mouse tumor. It’s been 34 years since Monsanto Co. presented U.S. regulators with a seemingly routine study analyzing the effects the company’s best-selling herbicide might have on rodents. Now, that study is once again under the microscope, emerging as a potentially pivotal piece of evidence […]
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 […]
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