Category: #FoodWorldOrder
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Groundwater to be added to Portland supply system
from portlandtribune.com: The Portland Water Bureau will begin adding a small portion of water from its Columbia South Shore Well Field into the water distribution system on Tuesday, July 30. The blending part of a maintenance operation. It is scheduled to end on Aug. 9. The operation does not mean water behind the dams in…
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#MonsantoVideoRevolt Best Of: GMO A-Go-Go!
Poor Johnny doesn’t like “healthy” food. What could possibly persuade him to eat all his “veggies”?
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Pooping Canada geese may have helped spread GM wheat seeds
from Ottawacitizen.com: Canada geese may have spread viable seeds of genetically modified wheat grown at the Central Experimental Farm, documents from Agriculture Canada show. The odds aren’t high, the department says. But the geese ate the experimental wheat last summer at the Experimental Farm. Geese are voracious eaters and leave droppings every few minutes. The…
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Italy to Ban Monsanto GMO Corn with 80% Public Support
from naturalsociety.com: First India gives Monsanto a run for their ill-gotten money by refusing their patent applications, and now Italy, with the help of three Italian ministries, will try to undo Monsanto. A decree has been signed which will ban Monsanto’s MON810 maize, one of the two genetically modified crops currently legally grown in Europe and…
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213 Women Who Took Gardasil Suffered Permanent Disability
from realfarmacy.com: Naomi Snell, a 28-year-old woman in Melbourne, Australia, is leading a class-action civil lawsuit against drug maker Merck after suffering autoimmune and neurological complications following injections with the HPV vaccine, Gardasil. After receiving the first of three doses of the vaccine, Naomi suffered convulsions, severe back and neck pain, and lost her ability…
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We Did The March, Now Join The Revolt. #MonsantoVideoRevolt
from MonsantoVideoRevolt.com: At this point in history, we have the unique opportunity to reclaim our food supply from biotech juggernauts like Monsanto. We have the ability to remove the mutated GMO garbage from our dinner tables, and demand that activism turn into anti-Monsanto legislation. This is the goal of the Monsanto Video Revolution. The March…
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ACCC directs water companies to remove ‘organic’ claims
from apperspective.net: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has directed seven suppliers of bottled water to remove ‘organic’ claims from labelling and marketing material. An eighth supplier has withdrawn its product from sale. The changes come as a result of negotiations between the ACCC and the manufacturers, and mean enforcement action will be avoided.…
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Ag-Gag in Action: National Geographic Photographer Arrested After Aerial Photos
from BlackListedNews.com: Ag-gag laws are cropping up like Whac-a-Mole across the states in an attempt to protect large-scale farming and cattle operations from those pesky activists who find out about abuse and cruelty. Instead of addressing the systemic issue of transparency and animal/food safety, lobbying leads to more laws that inhibit the freedom to speak…
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US Military Tracks #GMO Campaigners and Independent Scientists
from sustainablepulse.com: The largest German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung has today published a shocking article that reveals how Monsanto, the US Military and the US government track both anti-GMO Campaigners and Independent Scientists who study the dangers of GMOs. In a very detailed article the Süddeutsche Zeitung journalists reveal information on how the US Government “advances the…
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Japan Stops HPV Vaccines Citing Adverse Effects
from TruthstreamMedia.com: The Japanese government has officially stopped recommending the Human Papillomavirus vaccines and has begun warning its citizens against taking the shot. Standard Digital reports: In effect, the Japanese Ministry of Health is saying quite categorically that it has no faith in Gardasil and Cervarix. While the vaccines will remain freely available in the…
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Big Pharma Using India’s Poor as ‘Lab Rats’ to Test Meds
from southweb.org: Multinational pharmaceutical companies are treating patients in India like “lab rats,” distributing untested drugs for research purposes without the patients’ informed consent, Agency France-Presse highlighted on Thursday in a report pulling from personal accounts. The issue is ongoing and widespread and has been subject to a Supreme Court Case in India — which led…
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Save The Date: ‘Justice Begins with Seeds’ International Conference – 2013 Aug. 2nd & 3rd Seattle, Washington
from biosafetyalliance.org: Join food justice and NON-GMO food advocates for two days of plenaries, discussion groups and networking opportunities around SEEDS, SOIL, SOVEREIGNTY and ACCOUNTABILITY. Get the tools you need to support the movement and advocate for NON GMO food! This annual conference is the largest gathering in the US focused on educating and creating…
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Honeybee Extinction = Global Collapse
from TheLip.TV: Corn pesticides are killing off waves of honeybees, and the effects could spell disaster for life on Earth. Will the pollinators of most of our plants get wiped out by mankind and take us with them?
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Pesticide Use Spikes as #GMO Failure Cripples Corn Belt
from commondreams.org: Pesticide use is skyrocketing across the Midwestern U.S. corn belt, as biotech companies like Syngenta and AMVAC Chemical watch their pesticide sales spike 50 to 100 percent over the past two years, NPR reported Tuesday. The culprit? Bt corn—a type of genetically engineered corn with insecticide built into its genes. Variations of this…
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Plenty to Say About Subway Test Gas That Isn’t Seen
from nytimes.com: The subway has always been a peculiar hell for the germaphobic — each station crevice and distressingly warm pole evoking visions of air-filtering masks and hand sanitizer. But this week, New York City’s riders have begun to face down a more disquieting menace still, following them through the turnstiles, wafting toward the platform,…