By Melissa Dykes Scientists in China have edited the genes of Beagles in order to suppress a gene that would stop muscle growth, and instead produce dogs that develop abnormally large muscles. Supposedly, the genetic modification is designed to help Parkinson’s research, not to create…
By ANH-USA At any minute the worst GMO bill could pass the Senate. Please contact your senators IMMEDIATELY – before 11 a.m. EST! Urgent Action Alert! Recently we told you about a new bill from Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) that would make the labeling of genetically…
Food labeling is a very important part of modern food safety efforts around the world. All citizens of the world have a right to know exactly what their food contains. With many modern scientific advances, we can know more than ever about what the food…
By GM Watch What’s wrong with industry safety tests for chemicals, food additives and pesticides? The honorary president of Italy’s Ramazzini Institute speaks out after industry backlash against his institute’s study that found link between sucralose and cancer Morando Soffritti, honorary president of the Ramazzini…
By Derrick Broze A controversial bill that would create a federal standard for labeling genetically modified or engineered foods was approved by the Senate Agricultural Committee. A bill that would “amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish…
By Natural Blaze CONSUMED is a dramatic thriller that explores the controversial world of Genetically Modified Food (GMOs). The story is anchored by a working-class, single mother (Zoe Lister-Jones) on a hunt to uncover the cause of her son’s mysterious illness. What happens when she topples…
By Jefferey Jaxen The business strategies of monopolistic agrochemical corporations are becoming clear for the world to see. On the timeline of events, the world has shifted from angry marches to conscious action. Relevant lawsuits and thorough medical studies are continually exposing these inferior GMO…
By Peter Koenig Severe health risks of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) are not new. Studies by scientists among others in France, Germany, Austria, since at least the 1990s, pointing to several levels of health dangers to mankind abound. A recent study released by Egyptian researchers…
By Claire Robinson “We are opening a new area of work” in pesticide risk assessment – Commission’s Nathalie Chaze Yesterday’s conference in the European Parliament on glyphosate’s re-approval brought a modest breakthrough in pesticide risk assessment in the form of a promise from the Commission to…
By Claire Bernish Washington, D.C. — Monsanto has essentially been gifted a free pass with legislation intended to protect people and the environment. Monsanto will enjoy immunity from responsibility for one of the most noxious of all its toxic creations: PCBs. Slipped into already-contentious reform measures…
By Paul Fassa Monsanto uses every duplicitous trick in the book to get its way toward owning the food supply, their real mission. One of those tricks is using fake independent front groups that give the impression of being concerned over the future of food….
By GM Watch Campaign group says the US presidential hopeful must give back the $335,000 she received from Monsanto’s GMO lobby group As former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton emerges victorious in the Nevada caucus, her ties with Monsanto, the most hated corporation on…
By Marco Torres Dietary and environmental exposures as well as pharmaceuticals are all linked to the quality of male sperm, revealing that toxins in many substances we interact with affect sperm maturation and membrane function in men. 1) Cell Phones Although most scientific and public…
By Claire Bernish Despite the World Health Organization’s classification of glyphosate — the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup — as a probable carcinogen for humans last year, the product remains the top-selling herbicide worldwide. Though the agrichemical behemoth vociferously disputes the findings, researchers recently found Monsanto’s…
By Joseph Jankowski Researchers at Iowa State University are moving forward with a long-delayed project in which a dozen students will be paid to eat genetically modified bananas. According to The Des Moines Register, the bananas were created by a Australian scientist and contain a gene that is…
Simultaneous demonstrations in Ames and Seattle highlight controversy surrounding Gates Foundation-funded Transgenic Banana Study at Iowa State University Ames, IA and Seattle, WA: On Monday February 15th, Iowa State University graduate students will deliver 57,309 petition signatures to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences…
Are the Zika virus – and GM mosquitoes – being wrongly blamed? Report by Claire Robinson A report from the Argentine doctors’ organisation, Physicians in the Crop-Sprayed Towns,[1] challenges the theory that the Zika virus epidemic in Brazil is the cause of the increase in the…
By Jon Rappoport Another episode in my ongoing series, Science from Habitual Liars. Part 1: the planes Bloomberg News, February 4, “U.K. to Spray Planes on Routes From Zika-Affected Countries”: The U.K. is to order airlines flying from countries affected by the Zika virus, which…
By Brandon Turbeville A new landmark study entitled “Trends in glyphosate herbicide use in the United States and Globally,” published in Environmental Sciences Europe has labeled Monsanto’s herbicide glyphosate as the most widely and heavily used weedkiller in both U.S. and world history. Glyphosate of…
By John Vibes Recent outbreaks of a sickness known as the Zika virus have sparked hysteria across the globe, and many reports have actually indicated that this is likely a man-made disaster, as the origin of Zika itself is somewhat strange. The virus was “discovered”…
