Tag: bayer
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Monsanto GM Seed Ban Overturned By Supreme Court
The bio-tech company Monsanto can sell genetically modified seeds before safety tests on them are completed, the US Supreme Court has ruled. A lower court had barred the sale of the modified alfalfa seeds until an environmental impact study could be carried out.
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Biowars/Envirohealth: Spilling, Sinkhole & Sickened
BP commands govt to strangle off media coverage of oil gusher // Goldman Sachs sold $250m of BP stock before spill // BP chief Tony Hayward sold shares weeks before oil spill // Movement on for mandatory flu shots // We Are Change Rhode Island & Boston confront Bill Gates
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4/15 binge & purge: bayer hazard & banana republics
bayer admits gmo contamination out of control* ‘growing concern’ over marketing tainted beef* former US hostages sue chiquita for supporting terrorists* usda workers grow gardens for soup kitchens & food pantries* supplements exempted from codex language in ‘food safety bill’* update: usda finds major problems with toxins in meat supply*
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Biowars/Envirohealth: Infection, Detection, Pollution
Obama to crush economy with massive co2 taxes next week // Pfizer ordered to pay up over ‘AIDS-like’ virus infections // Bayer beats out Exxon for most toxic corporate air polluter title // Bacteria detection is anti-terror effort // Government may have to waste millions of h1n1 vaccines // Anthrax scare leads to evacuation of…
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biowars/envirohealth: babies, bayer & synthetic organisms
video: the government has your baby’s dna* mass vaccination planned in haiti, death toll continues way up* mumps outbreak spreads among people who got vaccinated against mumps bayer to pay $1.5m in 2nd lawsuit over gm rice* anthrax warnings for uk heroin users* pentagon plans to create immortal ‘synthetic organisms’* illinois earthquake downgraded to 3.8*…
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12/12 binge & purge: bayer, kroger, peet’s & vick’s
bayer admits gmo contamination is out of control* bayer gmo contamination bites back* the troubles at kroger: frugal consumers* peet’s coffee & tea bows out of bidding for diedrich coffee* coffee may fight prostate cancer* recalls: vick’s sinex nasal spray recalled due to bacterial contamination* give thanks, but not for toxic sewage sludge*
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biowars/swine flu updates: 2nd wave, big shots, bayer & the bees
second wave of swine flu pandemic begins to hit US* strip club gives seniors a shot in the arm*seasonal flu shot may increase h1n1 risk*washington state lifts limit on mercury preservative in swine-flu shots* video: doctor says h1n1 vaccine has high levels of squalene*senators turn back id requirement for immigrant healthcare* uk girl dies after…
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8/27 binge & purge: suing bayer, UN plans & boycotting big beer
farmers suing german-based bayer cropscience over gm ricefrom ap: Nearly 1,500 rice farmers are suing the German conglomerate Bayer Cropscience and affiliated companies over a genetically engineered strain of rice. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Little Rock claims the farmers’ crops were corrupted by the rice that was produced by Bayer. The…
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strategy being devised to protect use of bpa
from washington post: Manufacturers of cans for beverages and foods and some of their biggest customers, including Coca-Cola, are trying to devise a public relations and lobbying strategy to block government bans of a controversial chemical used in the linings of metal cans and lids. from wikipedia: Global production of bisphenol A in 2003 was…
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bayer pesticide factory explosion in west virginia kills 1
from ap: Federal officials are investigating the cause of a plant explosion that rocked an area west of Charleston, hurling a fireball hundreds of feet into the air, killing one worker and injuring a second. Among many other chemicals, the Bayer CropScience plant produces methyl isocyanate, which killed at least 15,000 people in the infamous…