Category: #FoodWorldOrder
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#TEPCO failed to disclose crops over 20KM from #Fukushima were contaminated
from RT.com: Fourteen different rice paddies outside of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant evacuation zone were contaminated with radioactive material in August 2013, Japan’s agriculture ministry has found. Despite the findings – which blamed the removal of a large piece of debris from the Fukushima No. 3 reactor building for the contamination – Tokyo…
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#Shocker: Corporate Polluters Are Almost Never Prosecuted For Their Crimes
from grist.org: If you committed a crime in full view of a police officer, you could expect to be arrested — particularly if you persisted in your criminality after being told to cut it out, and if your crime were hurting the people around you. But the same is not true for those other “people” who inhabit…
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Coming soon: Bill Gates-Funded Birth Control Microchip
from truthstreammedia.com: Here’s one more for the coming “Internet of Things” — an implantable birth control microchip could hit the U.S. market by 2018 thanks to funding by globalist billionaire and population control enthusiast Bill Gates. The new microchip implant reportedly lasts up to 16 years and can be controlled via wireless remote device, but…
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Controversial US Scientist Creates Deadly New Flu Strain For ‘Pandemic Research’
from independent.co.uk: A controversial scientist who carried out provocative research on making influenza viruses more infectious has completed his most dangerous experiment to date by deliberately creating a pandemic strain of flu that can evade the human immune system. Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has genetically manipulated the 2009 strain of pandemic flu…
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#CyberSpaceWar – Building Tiny Human Organs With 3-D Printing
from hereandnow.org: Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia has big ideas about her work with tiny organs. Using 3-D printing and human cells, she’s created a miniature human livers in her lab at MIT that can be used for testing drugs. Dr. Bhatia is part of a bio-engineering revolution that is transforming the field of medicine. She tells…
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Australia: GM Grass For Dairy Cows Sparks Concern
from theage.com.au: A plan to feed Australian dairy cows genetically modified rye grass designed to boost milk production has sparked concerns from both organic and non-organic farmers. Opponents of the scheme fear that GM grasses could contaminate neighbouring properties and that existing labelling requirements would not allow consumers to identify products made from cows fed on the modified…
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: 12 Agrihoods Taking Farm-to-table Living Mainstream
from shareable.net: Ever wish you could live at your CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)? Or move to a neighborhood where everyone is as excited about fresh, healthy food as you are? All over the United States people are embracing local food production in an exciting new way. Called ‘agrihoods,’ this new type of neighborhood serves up farm-to-table living in a cooperative…
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CDC ‘Can I Eat This’ App Helps Prevent Traveller’s Diarrhea
from thehealthsite.com: For those who are gastronomically adventurous, travelling is hardly any fun without savouring the succulent local dishes and drinks. Even as they soak themselves in the fresh flavours of a new destination, researchers have now developed an app to help travellers avoid what’s commonly known as traveller’s diarrhoea, a condition that affects an…
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China orders hunt for facilities illegally producing #GMO’s
from scmp.com: The continued illegal sale of genetically modified (GM) food in parts of China has prompted the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)to order officials to track down possible testing facilities. In a document published yesterday, the ministry asked agricultural supervisors to look for possible unauthorised genetic modification testing sites at research institutions, universities and corporations.…
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Are Nanoparticles From Packaging Getting Into Your Food?
from motherjones.com: A while back, I wrote about the US regulatory system’s strange attitude toward nanotechnology and food… But what about packaging—the wrappers and bags and whatnot that hold food to keep it fresh? Nano-sized silver has powerful antimicrobial properties and can be embedded in plastic to keep food fresh longer; and nanoparticles of clay…
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New evidence on fructose in Coca Cola, Pepsi and other sodas in the US
from globalresearchreport.com: A new analysis from the University of Southern California finds that sodas in the US are potentially a bigger risk for obesity than assumed, because of the high fructose levels they contain. The battle over high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in sodas in the US is likely to intensify following the publication today…
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Bangladeshi farmers caught in row over $600,000 GM aubergine trial
from theguardian.co.uk: Farmers growing a landmark genetically modified food crop in Bangladesh – Bt brinjal, or aubergine – have found themselves at the centre of a power struggle between the government and activists trying to prevent the technology getting a hold in the region. The growers say they have been subjected to intimidation and misinformation…
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#China Is Literally Moving Mountains to Build New Cities
from gizmodo.com: China is on a giant building spree and nothing is going to stop it—not even mountains. Entire mountaintops are being razed to fill in valleys, paving the way for future cities. The problem is that no one really knows what they’re doing. “Earth-moving on this scale without scientific support is folly,” warn three…
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Food-Waste Recycling Faces Hiccups
from online.wsj.com: More states want to recycle their food waste instead of dumping it into landfills, but they have run into a snag: The infrastructure needed to turn huge quantities of table scraps into fertilizer or electricity isn’t ready.
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New Health Secretary Never Far From Her #WestVirginia Roots
Burwell Builds Relationships From West Virginia to Washington* from nytimes.com: When President Bill Clinton had thrashed out his first difficult budget with advisers, he turned to one of his younger aides for the final word, a seal of approval. “Sylvia, are the folks in Hinton going to think we’ve done right by them?” he said.