News regarding the dangers of GMOs and biotech, and the advantages of organic sustainable agriculture.
Pests Adapt to GMOs Requiring More Pesticides for GM Crops
Those bugs 'are going to outsmart us' - As nature adapts to chemicals and genetically engineered seeds, farmers face new threats.
Largest Health Insurance Company in the US Warns about GMO Dangers
By: Salem Weekly Editors
willamettelive.com
It has come to our attention that Kaiser Permanente, the largest managed healthcare organization in the United States, has advised its members against GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in food.
In its Northwest Fall 2012 newsletter, Kaiser suggested membership limit exposure to genetically modified organisms.
“GMOs have been added to our food supply since […]
GMO Consumer Rights Win in Washington, Lose in California
A ballot initiative banning GMO crops in San Juan County in Washington State appeared to win with overwhelming support on election day.
Study: Far Fewer Chemicals Needed in Farming
This is a matter of paying people for their knowledge and smart work instead of paying chemical companies for poisons.
GMO Labeling Opponents Getting Desperate in California
by Brian Shilhavy
The LA Times is reporting today that support for Proposition 37, the statewide ballot measure in California to label genetically engineered foods, has seen its voter support plummet during the last month, and a new poll shows it is a dead heat. After a barrage of negative television advertisements, financed by a $41-million opposition […]
New GM Crop Threatens Entire Existence of Organics
by Heather Loney
Global News
There’s a new genetically modified crop on the horizon that some say is jeopardizing the entire Canadian organic farming industry.
Organic farmers across the country are sounding the alarm bells on the state of alfalfa, one small plant with a massive role in organic farming.
When most people hear the word alfalfa they generally think of sprouts they […]
FDA Censors Academic Freedom at UC Davis Regarding Raw Milk Benefits?
by David Gumpert
Two weeks ago, I wrote a post about what I thought was a well balanced scientific assessment, by a prominent international science writer, of several large-scale research studies out of Europe about the potential health benefits of raw milk. It was published in SPLASH, the newsletter of the International Milk Genomics Consortium (IMGC), which is housed […]
Dr. Bernhoft Explains the “Science” Behind GMO Foods and Why You Want Them Labeled
Dr. Robin Bernhoft was one of the first doctors in the U.S. to recognize the toxic effects of GMO, and to see positive results in his patients after prescribing a diet free of GMO foods. In this video, Dr. Bernhoft explains the "science" behind GMO foods, and why you want them labeled.
Right to Know if GMOs are in your Food: Vote Yes on Prop 37
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To learn more about Prop 37 and Food & Water Watch’s campaign to make GE Labeling the Law, visit www.foodandwaterwatch.org/yeson37.
“What makes you think you have the right to know?” asks Danny DeVito in a witty, ironic public service announcement by the political action committee […]
Allergy free milk from cloned NZ cow slammed as likely to do more harm than good
By Jessica Strauss
An anti GM group in New Zealand wants the government to shut down research into an allergen free milk produced by a cloned cow.
In a world breakthrough, AgResearch (NZ) scientists have produced milk from ‘ Daisy’ that is free of the protein betalactoglobulin (BLG)
It’s estimated up to 3 per cent of humans […]
Both Romney and Obama Eat Organic While Pushing GMOs for Others
By Dr. Mercola
Over the past few years, an interesting pattern has emerged, where political supporters of genetically engineered (GE) foods are feasting on organics, while promoting unlabeled GE foods for everyone else.
Most recently, Mother Jones1 discussed how Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney – whose ties to Monsanto go back to the late 1970’s when GE crops […]
Russia suspends import and use of American GM corn after study revealed cancer risk
by Sean Poulter
DailyMail.co.uk
Russia has suspended the import and use of an American GM corn following a study suggesting a link to breast cancer and organ damage.
Separately, the European Food Safety Authority(EFSA), has ordered its own review in to the research, which was conducted at a French university.
The decision by Russia could be followed by […]
First-Ever Lifetime Feeding Study Finds Genetically Engineered Corn Causes Massive Tumors, Organ Damage, and Early Death
by Dr. Mercola
The first-ever lifetime feeding study1 evaluating the health risks of genetically engineered foods was published online on September 19, and the results are troubling, to say the least. This new study joins a list of over 30 other animal studies showing toxic or allergenic problems with genetically engineered foods.
The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Food […]
Private Food Club Distributor Found Not Guilty by Jury in Raw Milk Case in Minnesota
by David Gumpert
The Complete Patient
A jury of six ordinary Americans did something no judge, federal or state, has been willing to do anywhere in the country, whether in New York, California, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Maryland, or Wisconsin–it ruled in favor of a farmer-food club operator providing raw milk and other nutrient-dense foods privately to its members.
And […]
Dangerous Pro-GMO Amendments May Be On Their Last Legs—If We Act Now!
by Alliance for Natural Health
Things are looking up, but it’s important that we keep up the pressure. Action Alert!
You may recall our recent reports on the two riders before Congress that the biotech industry was so excited to get inserted into important bills. The first was in the big House Ag Appropriations Bill, which controls the vast majority of spending […]
Scientists Warn of GM Wheat Threat
by GMWatch.org
1.GM crop could cause liver failure: scientist
2.Scientists wary of CSIRO GM crop
3.World Scientists Warn on GM Wheat Threat
4.Opposition calls for rethink on GM wheat trial
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1.GM crop could cause liver failure: scientist
Sean Cowan
The West Australian, September 11 2012
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/14812749/gm-crop-could-cause-liver-failure-scientist/
A world-renowned scientist has warned that one of the CSIRO’s genetically modified wheat varieties has the potential […]
FDA Turns South Floridians into Human Guinea Pigs
by Alliance for Natural Health
Untested, bio-engineered mosquitoes will likely be released in the Florida Keys.
The British firm Oxitec is in the process of seeking approval in the US for a mosquito that has been genetically engineered to combat dengue fever (an infectious, mosquito-borne tropical disease that causes fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and […]
What Do Cigarettes, DDT, Agent Orange, and GMOs Have In Common?
by Gretchen DuBeau
Alliance for Natural Health
Scientists knew about the dangers of cigarettes, DDT, and Agent Orange long before anything reached the public. The same is true today about genetically modified food (often referred to as genetically modified organisms or GMOs). This food is being sold without even a label identifying it. A genetically modified seed […]
USDA Offers the Biotech Industry Blanket Immunity for Contaminating Organic Crops
by Alliance for Natural Health
USDA calls it “coexistence,” but it’s just a way for GMO farmers to harm whomever they like—without consequence. Action Alert!
Many countries across the globe ban genetically engineered crops and foods. The USDA, rather than banning GMOs, aggressively supports them and claims that GMO crops will coexist alongside non-GMO crops.
The USDA’s Advisory Committee on Biotechnology […]
Michelle Obama: Tell Barack to honor his campaign promise to label GMOs
By Organic Consumers Association
To be delivered to: Michelle Obama, First Lady
Michelle, tell President Obama to honor his campaign promise to require GMO labeling and ask him to endorse California’s Proposition 37, a citizens’ ballot initiative to label GMOs.
Michelle Obama is a champion of better nutrition in school lunches and of ending childhood obesity. Which makes […]