Tag: biotech
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Siege in Hawaii: 20 years of Genetic Engineering Chemical Warfare
from foodfreedomgroup.com: For over 20 years, Hawai’i has been the global center for the open-field testing of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s), including pharmaceutical crops. Over 5,000 experimental tests have been […]
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20 Years Later, The Biotech Brigade Marches On…
The Obama administration itself has kept lock-step by appointing no less than five high profile colonels from the “Biotech Brigade.”
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#BingeAndPurge: Rejection, Election, Oddities and more
U2, Bono? Celeb Partners With Monsanto to Biowreck Africa With GMOs // Another State Reports Uncontrolled Rise in Prescription Drug Abuse // FDA Rejects New Name for High Fructose Corn Syrup // Why Oregon’s Attorney General Election May Be Referendum on Medical Marijuana With National Consequences // “Nine meals away from anarchy” // Global warming skeptics as knowledgeable about science as climate change believers, study says
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Oregon Prepares to Just Say NO! to GMO
Health conscious Oregonians are mounting a campaign to demand that GMO foods be labeled as such. The group behind this effort has a web site http://oregonrighttoknow.org.
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GM Crops In Crisis: Roundup-Resistant ‘Superweeds’
Today, the idea that planting of GM crops is “widespread” is an understatement. Many of the worst weeds, some of which grow more than six feet and can sharply reduce crop yields, have become resistant to the popular glyphosate-based weed-killer Roundup, as well as other common herbicides.
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At Disney World’s ‘Living with the Land’ exhibit, teaching children about GMO agriculture is a fun activity for the whole family
from naturalnews.com: Biotechnology has made its way to “the happiest place on earth,” with an exhibit at Walt Disney World’s EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) theme park now featuring […]
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Why Is GMO Hepatitis B Vaccine Given to Newborn Babies?
In the United States, the Hepatitis B (Hep B) vaccine is scheduled to be given to babies at birth. Since babies do not normally go out and indulge themselves in high risk behavior such as tattooing, body piercing, IV drug use, sharing needles…why give them the shot?
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#BingeAndPurge: Do You Want Lies With That?
Fukushima reactor No. 4 vulnerable to catastrophic collapse // Amish farm kids remarkably immune to allergies: study // How Researchers Came Up With Nutrition Requirements // Chemist declares fluoride to be ‘one of the greatest public health threats of modern times’ // Charges against Rick Simpson withdrawn // Arizona bans funding to Planned Parenthood in abortion fight
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New EO to Eliminate GMO Trade Barriers
The United States, inc., in collusion with the biotech industry, which is headed by none other than Monsanto et. al., is successfully conducting a food war with the nations around it.
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Federal Government is Weak-Minded on CETA Deal
The National Farmers Union wonders whether the Federal Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries promoting the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement across Canada today have actually read the text of the agreement? Or did they simply memorize pre-digested talking points? The devil is in the details.
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Bioeconomy: Blueprint or Biotechnology Boost?
from civileats.com: Last week the White House released its National Bioeconomy Blueprint (PDF) which “outlines steps that agencies will take to drive the bioeconomy—economic activity powered by research and innovation […]
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#BingeAndPurge: Poses, Promises, Cage-Free Change and more
Ron Wyden’s nuclear field trip: Fukushima poses ongoing danger* Video: Wyden Discusses a Recent Onsite Tour of Fukushima* 6 Portland neighborhood health food stores that put localvores first* Growing Hope […]
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Blood Device Enters Arteries
The world of the insanely small is arriving. Practical applications may not even be obvious yet, but this is one of those moments in which you go build it and people will come.
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GE ‘EnviroPig’ Project Stops Research
This week, the University of Guelph, the Canadian university that developed the genetically engineered (GE) “Enviropig,” announced it is closing down its research. The Center for Food Safety (CFS) is now calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to stop any work on approving the GE pig.
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Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont if Legislators Pass a Bill Requiring GMO Food to Be Labeled
The world’s most hated corporation is at it again, this time in Vermont. Despite overwhelming public support and support from a clear majority of Vermont’s Agriculture Committee, Vermont legislators are dragging their feet on a proposed GMO labeling bill.