By Heather Callaghan, Editor Burkina Faso is a Western African country located under Mali. It also happens to be Africa’s biggest cotton grower, so a gamble on GMOs is a risk for the whole nation. Although Burkina Faso (BF) did in fact make that gamble already with Monsanto’s genetically engineered […]
By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer Tribunal Finds Monsanto Endangers Right to Food, Health, Environment If the crime of ‘ecocide’ were recognized in international criminal law, the activities of Monsanto could constitute such a crime, panel declares Biotech giant Monsanto “has engaged in practices which have negatively impacted the right to a […]
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Starbucks is always keen to cozy up to the millennial crowd, so it’s not surprising that they would grind up a Unicorn mess complete with “sparkles” on cloud whip. We’re just surprised they didn’t throw in some mermaid scales and bacon roses on top with each […]
By Catherine J Frompovich Finally, Monsanto, the giant chemical company which produced Agent Orange and other horrendous environmental and health-damaging herbicides including its ‘star’ GMO-agriculture and harvest staging product Roundup®, has been sued alleging “it actively advertises and promotes its Roundup Products as targeting an enzyme ‘found in plants […]
By Catherine J Frompovich The Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) and Jeffrey M. Smith, Executive Director, along with other prominent researchers, produced a most detailed and informative 12-page report titled “Can Genetically-Engineered Foods Explain the Exploding Gluten Sensitivity?” which provides information I think readers ought to become familiar with, especially […]
By Brandon Turbeville Set to become the world’s largest seed technology company, if it is successful in acquiring Monsanto – Bayer’s Adrian Percy, a global head of Research and Development with Bayer, has publicly bemoaned the fact that consumers in Europe are staunchly resisting genetic engineering and even stated that he […]
By Catherine J Frompovich Robert F Kennedy Jr., Esq., stated “Democracy is alive and well in California where judges are willing to stand up for science, even against the most powerful corporate polluters. This decision gives Californians the right to protect themselves and their families from chemical trespass.” [1] Attorney […]
Investigates Links Between GE Trees, Plantations and Chile’s Worst Ever Fire Season Santiago, Chile–Members of the Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees from around the world are gathered in Chile for two weeks to investigate the impacts of industrial tree plantations and the potential future impacts of genetically engineered tree […]
By Heather Callaghan, Editor The British biotech company – Oxitec – didn’t successfully launch its genetically engineered mosquitoes in Key Haven, Florida late last year. So, much like the altered mosquitoes they want to spread in the U.S., the company is buzzing to find another way in. Harris County, Texas, […]
By Brandon Turbeville A new battle is now raging over glyphosate (Roundup weed killer) on the heels of the California decision to require a cancer warning on the pesticide at the state level. Faced with having to defend a proven danger to public health in a court of law, as […]