Category: #FoodWorldOrder
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Monsanto’s Roundup Found in 75% of Air and Rain Samples
from globalresearch.ca: A new U.S. Geological Survey has concluded that pesticides can be found in, well, just about anything. Roundup herbicide, Monsanto’s flagship weed killer, was present in 75 percent of air and rainfall test samples, according to the study, which focused on Mississippi’s highly fertile Delta agricultural region. GreenMedInfo reports new research, soon to be published by Environmental Toxicology and…
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Oregon Seen as Key State in Debate Over Legalizing Marijuana
from oregonlive.com: It’s shaping up to be a pivotal year in marijuana policy with Oregon playing a key role in the debate over legalizing the drug, The New York Times reports. More than half of the states are considering liberalizing their marijuana laws, reports New York Times writer Rick Lyman. Oregon and Alaska are two…
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US Lets 141 Trillion Calories Of Food Go To Waste Each Year
from npr.org: The sheer volume of food wasted in the U.S. each year should cause us some shame, given how many people are hungry both in our own backyard and abroad. Now the U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided us with a way to understand our flagrant annual waste in terms of calories, too. It’s…
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Michelle’s New Rules for Schools Ads: Coke, No. Diet Coke? Yes!
from nydailynews.com: Even the scoreboards in high school gyms will have to advertise only healthy foods under new rules announced Tuesday by the Obama administration. Promotion of sugary drinks and junk foods around campuses during the school day will be phased out under the rules, intended to ensure that such marketing is brought in line…
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Hundreds of Foods in US Contain ‘ADA’ Plastics Chemical
from reuters.com: Nearly 500 foods found on grocery store shelves in the United States, including many foods labeled as “healthy,” contain a potentially hazardous industrial plastics chemical, according to a report issued Thursday by a health research and advocacy group. Azodicarbonamide, also known as ADA, was found as an ingredient in breads, bagels, tortillas, hamburger…
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West Virginia Tap Water Test Results Expected In 1-3 Weeks
from edition.cnn.com: Tap water test results in 10 West Virginia homes — part of a state-commissioned study into whether the water is safe to drink after a chemical spill last month — will be known in one to three weeks, scientists leading the effort said Friday. The project also is close to assembling a panel…
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Not Just Bees: Disappearance of Monarch Butterflies Linked To Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide
Not only is Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide (also known as glyphosate) causing cancer, birth defects, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and more – it could also be shrinking the population of the North American monarch butterfly.
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Food Packaging Chemicals ‘May Be Harmful to Human Health’
from medicalnewstoday.com: Many of the synthetic chemicals involved in packaging and storing the food we eat can leak into it, potentially harming our long-term health, say environmental scientists in a paper published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Although some of these chemicals are regulated, people come into contact with them almost every…
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Oklahoma earthquake spike likely linked to fracking boom
from RT.com: Central Oklahoma has seen a massive increase in earthquakes in recent years, leading geological scientists to link the uptick in quakes to oil and gas development in the way of hydraulic fracking. From 1975 to 2008, the US Geological Survey found that central Oklahoma experienced one to three 3.0-magntitude earthquakes per year, The…
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Minnesota cops don’t want to legalize medical marijuana for fear they could lose millions
from rare.us: The Minnesota Law Enforcement Coalition’s opposition to marijuana legalization is another case of the drug war run amok. The coalition, which includes Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, Minnesota Sheriffs Association, Minnesota County Attorneys Association, and Minnesota State Association of Narcotics Investigators, have been as unhelpful as possible with…
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Military Use of Food Stamps Rises Again
from money.cnn.com: More military families used food stamps to buy milk, cheese, meat and bread at military grocers last year. Food stamp redemption at military grocers has been rising steadily since the beginning of the recession in 2008. Nearly $104 million worth of food stamps was redeemed at military commissaries in the fiscal year ended…
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Rockefeller: “I Wouldn’t Drink That Water If You Paid Me”
WV Residents Still Wary of Water After Chemical Leak from thelead.blogs.cnn.com: It was a half-day for the students at Grandview Elementary in North Charleston, West Virginia, Monday, and it wasn’t in observance of George Washington’s birthday. Teachers at the school reported smelling a licorice-like chemical odor this morning, a lingering problem since last month’s chemical…
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‘Natural’ vs ‘Organic’: How Food Labels Deceive
from abcnews.go.com: When strolling the supermarket aisles, do you know the difference between “natural” and “organic”? Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a food watchdog group, has been battling what he considers misleading or confusing labels — everything from “natural” to “whole grains” for decades. “The food industry…
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Japan, U.S. apart over farm produce, auto trade in TPP trade talks
from houseofjapan.com: Japan and the United States moved no closer to an early conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact in ministerial talks Saturday, remaining divided over thorny farm produce and auto trade issues. Both governments will “continue to work” on narrowing the gaps ahead of an upcoming plenary ministerial meeting in Singapore, Japanese…
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Catfish Oversight, Weather Radios and Christmas Tree Tax: Meet the Pork-Filled $956B Farm Bill
Farm Bill Cuts $8 Billion in Food Stamps, Preserves Handouts to Koch Industries* from dailymail.co.uk: The federal government pays for a $15 million ‘wool trust fund,’ runs a $170 million program to protect catfish growers from overseas competition, sets aside $3 million to promote Christmas trees, funds another $2 million to help farmers sell more…