News regarding the dangers of GMOs and biotech, and the advantages of organic sustainable agriculture.
Brazil court rules Nestle must label GMO ingredients
by GM Watch
1. Brazil court rules that Nestle must label transgenic ingredients
2. GMOs written on the label
NOTE: A Brazilian court has forced the multinational food company Nestle to label GM ingredients in food products, in conformance with a Brazilian law (item 1) that says all food products containing ingredients that have more than 1% GMO content […]
Pro-GMO Propaganda in California Dismantled by New Cost Study
by Alliance for Natural Health
Opponents of GMO labeling say it will raise food costs by hundreds of dollars per family when in fact it will likely cause NO cost increase at all!
The California Right to Know 2012 Ballot Initiative, which will be voted upon in November, will tell Californians—and ultimately perhaps other Americans—whether their food […]
Monsanto Gives $4.2 Million to Kill California GMO Labeling
by Stacy Malkan
CA Right to Know
New campaign finance reports reveal that Monsanto Co. just contributed $4.2 million to defeat Proposition 37, which would require labeling of genetically engineered food. That is the largest contribution in the race. Total contributions to defeat Proposition 37 amount to $25 million, and nearly $23 million during the last week.
Other major new contributions against […]
Pitchfork Protest: Farmer Fined for Hosting 10 Year Old’s Birthday Party at the Farm
In April, Fauquier County threatened Martha Boneta, owner of a small farm in Paris, VA, with thousands of dollars in fines for a series of alleged violations, including hosting “an event” on her farm without obtaining a special events permit.
The event? A small birthday party for the 10-year old daughter of a close friend, […]
Agent Orange Soy: Just Another Day at USDA
by Alliance for Natural Health
The poison can drift up to 100 miles, and may be in your water! Action Alert!
Remember our article from February about the strain of corn that has been genetically engineered to withstand the herbicide 2,4-D, one of the active ingredients in Agent Orange? Here’s the sequel: Dow AgroSciences has petitioned USDA for the deregulation of a […]
India Moves to Ban GMO Crops
Gargi Parsai
The Hindu
In a major setback to the proponents of genetically modified technology in farm crops, the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture on Thursday asked the government to stop all field trials and sought a bar on GM food crops (such as Bt. brinjal).
The committee report, tabled in the Lok Sabha, demanded a “thorough probe” […]
The Legislative Battlefield on GMOs
by Alliance for Natural Health
Some quick updates on hot-button issues in Congress and in state legislatures. (Please send a thank-you to some stalwart US senators!)
Those Pro-GMO Riders
Last week we told you about some sneaky GMO amendments—two riders attached to the Farm Bill, and one attached to the Agriculture Appropriations Bill.
The House was scheduled to consider a […]
Decade-Long Feeding Study Reveals Significant Health Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods
By Dr. Mercola
Scientists in Norway have released results from experimental feeding studies carried out over a 10-year period, and the verdict is in: If you want to avoid obesity, then avoid eating genetically engineered (GE) corn, corn-based products, and animals that are fed a diet of GE grain.
As reported by Cornucopia.org1, the project also […]
Will Those Sneaky GMO Amendments Pass Because of an Underhanded Maneuver?
by Alliance for Natural Health
Not if we stop them!
As we reported a few weeks ago, these amendments represent a sneaky, behind-closed-doors attempt to make GMO foods immune from court review. Now we have learned of an even sneakier, even more questionable legislative maneuver that might get them passed.
The usual procedure for passing bills in […]
Fighting GMO Labeling in California Is Food Lobby’s “Highest Priority”
by Michele Simon
Grocery Manufacturers Association Long-time Obstructionist of Public Health
In case you had any doubt that California’s Prop 37 — which would require labeling of food containing genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) — is a significant threat to industry, a top food lobby has now made it perfectly clear.
In a recent speech to the American Soybean Association (most […]
Call Your Representative to Oppose the GMO Riders
On the heels of the “Monsanto rider” inserted into the House Agriculture Appropriations Bill a few weeks ago, the Biotech industry managed to insert several more damaging provisions into the House version of the Farm Bill.Together, these GMO industry-promoting provisions override judicial review of GMO crops found to have been approved illegally, gut any […]
Move Over, Frankenfish—Now We Have Frankenapples!
by Alliance for Natural Health
Apples genetically engineered not to turn brown when sliced or bruised. And new, unnatural proteins are being created in the process. Action Alert!
The “Arctic Apple,” engineered by the British Columbia–based Okanagan Specialty Fruits, thinks the non-browning apples could improve industry sales the way “baby carrots” did for carrot sales. Of […]
Approval of GMO Crops Halted in Europe Due to High Risks
Health Impact News Editor Comments: Europe’s approach to GMO crops is in direct contrast to the approach in the United States. In the United States, the USDA under the current administration is relaxing restrictions and allowing GMO seed producers to conduct their own safety tests. Those currently concerned about environmental hazards and health issues […]
Landmark Family Farmers Lawsuit Against Monsanto Grows
Landmark Family Farmers Lawsuit Grows
Prominent Allies Join Effort to Reinstate Challenge to Monsanto Patents
WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 17, 2012 – Eleven prominent law professors and fourteen renowned organic, Biodynamic®, food safety and consumer non-profit organizations have filed separate briefs with the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit arguing farmers have the right to […]
More Hidden Soy to Enter the Food Chain: Factory-farmed Fish Feed
Health Impact News Editor Comments: Very few people understand just how much soy is in our modern diets. As this report states: “From 1996 to 2009, the sales of foods containing soy increased from approximately $1 billion to almost $4.5 billion.” Few people realize that factory-farmed livestock are dependent on soy as a source of cheap […]
GM Soy Linked to Illnesses in Farm Pigs
by Institute of Science in Society
A Danish farmer has gained huge public recognition for publishing his simple method for ridding his pigs of illness- removing genetically modified (GM) ingredients from their diet.
Published in the farming magazine Effektivt Landbrug on 13 April 2012 [1], the farmer Ib Borup Perderson describes how his pigs suffered from symptoms […]
URGENT: Don’t Let the GMO Industry Make an End Run around the Courts!
by Alliance for Natural Health
We just have a few days to stop this lawlessness among our own lawmakers.
Congress is close to approving a sneaky, pro-GMO rider to an important funding bill, and it may become law without most people realizing it—unless youtake action NOW. The GMO industry has inserted the worst kind of crony […]
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Released into the Wild
Are Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes the Answer to Quell Dengue Fever?
by Dr. Mercola
Australian research scientists have developed a strategy for fighting Dengue fever, a viral disease spread by mosquitoes that affects more than 50 million people annually and causes fever and crippling joint and muscle pain—and in some cases even death.
Dengue kills FAR more people worldwide than […]
Woman Sues City Of Tulsa For Cutting Down Her Edible Garden
By Lori Fullbright
News On 6
A Tulsa woman is suing the city’s code enforcement officers after she said they cut down her garden with no cause.
Denise Morrison said she has more than 100 plant varieties in her front and back yards and all of them are edible and have a purpose.
She knows which ones will […]
Study: Toxin from GM crops found in human blood
by Dinesh C. Sharma
India Today
Fresh doubts have arisen about the safety of genetically modified crops, with a new study reporting presence of Bt toxin, used widely in GM crops, in human blood for the first time.
Genetically modified crops include genes extracted from bacteria to make them resistant to pest attacks.
These genes make crops toxic to […]