GMO: Genetically Modified Food, Organisms

Men's Journal
What Non-GMO Project Verified Means
Men's Journal
Some say these improved traits are awesome and can help meet the world's food demands; others argue that messing with DNA is dangerous and who knows what health or environmental consequences these "Frankenfoods" could have. GMO opponents ...

Salem-News.Com
Monsant-NO: GMOs do more harm than good
The Independent Florida Alligator
The legislation has come to be known as the Monsanto Protection Act. The act makes it so the genetically modified organisms' giant, Monsanto, can sell seeds irrespective of any health risks associated with them as courts can't cease the sale of the ...
Food Democracy Now! Pushes for Congress to Repeal the 'Monsanto Protection ...Salem-News.Com

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Fairfield Sun
What are we eating?
Fairfield Sun
She is part of a growing movement in the area — and around the world — fighting to give people the freedom to know what is in the food they eat through labeling food that contains genetically engineered ingredients. Cook-Littman said the government ...
BEING VEGAN – Come March with MeLas Vegas Informer
Naturalnews.com reports that Monsanto is now moving to obliterate states ...The Westender
Local March Against Monsanto event setGadsden Times

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The Westender
Genetically modified democracy?
The Westender
But policy analysts emphasize that the amendment, broadly and ambiguously written, could be used to prohibit or preempt any state GMO labeling or food safety law. Will the King Amendment survive the Senate? No one can be sure, say analysts. ... The ...
BEING VEGAN – Come March with MeLas Vegas Informer
Local March Against Monsanto event setGadsden Times

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Food Safety News
How the Vernon Hershberger Food Licensing Trial Could Shift Views on Food ...
Food Safety News
Food sold by unlicensed and uninspected food is potentially dangerous, say the regulators, since it can carry pathogens like Salmonella, Campylobacter, and E.coli O157:H7, leading to mild or even serious illness. While these cases are testing the ...

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GoodFood World
Alice in Glyphosate Land
GoodFood World
Thus residues of glyphosate are found in the main foods of the Western diet dominated by GMO sugar, corn, and soy ingredients now comprising over 70% of what's found in the average supermarket. Of course, these foods are unlabeled as GMOs. According ...

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SILive.com
Don't mandate labeling of genetically-altered food (Commentary)
SILive.com
To be sure, some people, including some scientists, continue to think that GM food poses risks to human health or the environment. They don't accept the conclusions of official organizations. At the very least, they insist that absence of evidence isn ...

Las Vegas Informer
BEING VEGAN – Come March with Me
Las Vegas Informer
Even still, more and more people are becoming aware of the dangers present and lurking with GMO's (genetically-modified organisms) and the steady corruption of our food supply. People are being called to action and that will be clearly evident this ...

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FoodNavigator-USA.com
Napa group set to 'March Against Monsanto' - Napa Valley Register
Napa Valley Register
Public interest groups have targeted Monsanto due to its long history of developing and knowingly exposing people to dangerous products. ... More recently, it has become the main producer of genetically engineered (GE) food products and seeds.
Trouble in Monsanto NationCounterPunch

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Salt Lake City Weekly
Ag-Gag Law Protest Saturday!
Salt Lake City Weekly
... and Slaughterhouse in Draper, and was subsequently charged under Utah's ag-gag law, a law activists say gives companies a veil of secrecy they can use to abuse animals and allow for unsafe practices and dangerous contaminants to enter the food ...

The Modified Arctic Apple: Bad News No Matter How You Slice It
Mother Earth News
Of course, like any non-organic apple, the new GMO Arctic® Apple will be drenched in toxic pesticide residues, untested by the U.S. Food & Drug Association (FDA) and likely unlabeled. And of course these shiny new high-tech apples will be ... and other ...

AT ANY PRICE – The Review
We Are Movie Geeks
The first half of AT ANY PRICE illustrates how farmers battle over territory, attempting to sell genetically modified seeds from a big company to smaller farms to ensure that they're number one in sales in the most number of counties. What surprised me ...

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March to Stop Monsanto
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“This march is really about informing the public and raising awareness of the horrific dangers of GMO's, banning them totally from NZ supermarket shelves and bringing to light the evils Monsanto is causing around the globe. This march is not just for ...

Food, Farms, Forests and Fracking: Connecting the Dots - Truthout
Truth-Out
Besides overloading the atmosphere, a dangerous portion of this GHG pollution has supersaturated the oceans, causing elevated temperatures and acidity to kill off coral reefs and plankton, in effect undermining the entire web of marine life. ... If we ...

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RT
Cass Sunstein: Don't Mandate Labeling for Gene-Altered Foods - Times-News
Twin Falls Times-News
The argument for labeling GM foods would be compelling if they posed risks to human health. This is, of course, a scientific question, and most scientists now believe that GM food, as such, doesn't pose health risks. Last October, the American ...
Modifying the Endless Debate Over Genetically Modified CropsTIME
New cables 'expose' US govt lobbies worldwide for Monsanto, other GMO corpsRT
Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant: Our Critics Are Fueled By 'Elitism' - Huffington PostHuffington Post
OB Rag -High Country News (blog)
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FoodNavigator.com
Major European retailers urge support of Brazilian non-GM soy - Food Navigator
FoodNavigator.com
Major retailers from five European countries have urged greater support of non-GM soy production in Brazil, as increased demand for genetically modified (GM) soy from China risks diminishing non-GM supply.

Maine Voices: LD 718 is about making intelligent food decisions with clear ...
Press Herald
It is akin to a label announcing that a particular food was produced with butter or walnuts or kale, or a label announcing that a particular T-shirt was made of cotton. Those who oppose L.D. 718 argue that such labels suggest risks of GMOs that haven't ...

RT
New cables 'expose' US govt lobbies worldwide for Monsanto, other GMO corps
RT
... dicamba, a move that environmentalists fear will prompt farmers to use more of these toxins. "The danger that 2,4-D and dicamba pose is a real threat to crops…nearly every food crop," Steve Smith, director of agriculture at Red Gold, told Reuters ...
Modifying the Endless Debate Over Genetically Modified CropsTIME
A win for Monsanto on GMO cropsHigh Country News (blog)

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Supreme Court hands Monsanto a GMO victory
Los Angeles Times
Some of Bowman's allies warned that the ruling had dangerous implications for farmers and consumers. "Our nation's family farmers grow our food on farms where cross-pollination between organic, non-GMO crops and Monsanto's patented genetically ...

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GMO scientist speaks out on real dangers of GE food
Examiner.com
Today Ocean Robbins, co-founder and CEO of Food Revolution, published an article by research scientist Thierry Vrain who explains how he wishes to re-educate the public about genetically engineered (GE) foods and genetically modified organisms ...