Genetically modified corn seeds are no longer protecting Brazilian farmers from voracious tropical bugs, increasing costs as producers turn to pesticides, a farm group said … Brazil farmers say GMO corn no longer resistant to pestsRead more
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Just One Small Problem With This Major Report on GMO Safety
About a year ago, the prestigious National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine produced a 584-page report assessing the health, environmental, and agronomic impact of … Just One Small Problem With This Major Report on GMO SafetyRead more
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Monsanto is Turning an Island Paradise Into a GMO Wasteland
Monsanto is turning the picturesque island of Molokai into a GMO laboratory, and it’s treating the island’s inhabitants as lab rats. The biotech behemoth arrived … Monsanto is Turning an Island Paradise Into a GMO WastelandRead more
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Farmer suicides in India correlate with Bt cotton adoption
An important new paper by respected researchers deconstructs the false hype around Bt insecticidal cotton in India. The study shows that: * Bt cotton, introduced … Farmer suicides in India correlate with Bt cotton adoptionRead more
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GMO Crops Are Tools of a Chemical Agriculture System
Janine Jackson: Anti-Monsanto rallies in 400 cities in 48 countries around the world failed to draw much US media attention, despite hundreds of thousands of … GMO Crops Are Tools of a Chemical Agriculture SystemRead more
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GM mosquito trials to control dengue, chikungunya launched
Outdoor caged trials to demonstrate the efficiency of genetically modified mosquitoes to suppress wild female Aedes aegypti mosquito populations that cause dengue, chikungunya and Zika … GM mosquito trials to control dengue, chikungunya launchedRead more
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Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops
The controversy over genetically modified crops has long focused on largely unsubstantiated fears that they are unsafe to eat. But an extensive examination by The … Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified CropsRead more
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Why Are Taxpayers Being Asked to Pay to Promote a Failed GMO Technology?
Last weekend (Oct. 29), the New York Times ran a piece on how the biotech industry has failed to deliver on its promises for GMO … Why Are Taxpayers Being Asked to Pay to Promote a Failed GMO Technology?Read more
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The New York Times Cuts Through the Hype on GMOs
Genetically modified seeds emerged in the mid-1990s and have since conquered million of acres of US farmland. Today, upward of 80 percent of corn, soybean, … The New York Times Cuts Through the Hype on GMOsRead more
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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and the Mentality of Propaganda Control
The evidence for genetically modified organism (GMOs) safety for human consumption and its environmental risks remains one of the nation’s most contentious, controversial and debated … Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and the Mentality of Propaganda ControlRead more