Tag: Corn
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#MorningMonarchy: August 29, 2018
Unlimited wildfires, doctor’s orders and the rise of the super snake + this day in history w/the Chicano Moratorium and our song of the day by Brett Dennen on your Morning Monarchy for August 29, 2018.
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#MorningMonarchy: April 25, 2018
Rotten eggs, oil spill spoils and devouring plastic + this day in history w/the Freddie Gray riots and our song of the day by Father John Misty on your Morning Monarchy for April 25, 2018.
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#MorningMonarchy: March 1, 2017
Seed vaults, clean eating and soda taxes + this day in history w/the Capitol bombing and our song of the day by William Matheny on your Morning Monarchy for March 1, 2017.
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#MorningMonarchy: February 1, 2017
Factory farce, makin’ it rain and the rise of the hupig + this day in history w/the Columbia disaster and our song of the day by Luxury Death on your Morning Monarchy for February 1, 2017.
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Bugs Have Already Evolved Immunity to GMO Corn
from gizmodo.com: Well that certainly didn’t take very long. According to a study published Monday, the Western Corn Rootworm (actually a beetle larvae) has already developed a resistance to not one but two strains of genetically modified corn thanks to the over-reliance and improper implementation of the crops by farmers in Iowa. Researchers first discovered…
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China Rejects Shipments of GMO Corn
from latimes.com: China rejected two shipments — almost 546,000 tons — of U.S. dried distillers’ grain, a corn byproduct, because it contained genetically modified material, state media reported Friday. China’s top food-quality watchdog rejected the two shipments because they contained MIR162, a special insect-resistant variety of maize developed by Syngenta, a Swiss maker of seeds and pesticides. …
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Failed Monsanto GMO Corn Pushed on African Countries with Help from Bill Gates
from naturalsociety.com: Even if you aren’t opposed to genetically modified crops (with all this information, how couldn’t you be) and even if you like Bill Gates and his ventures (but with all this information, how could you), this latest should be enough to get you perturbed. And if you are anti-GMO and knowledgeable of the…
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#GMO corn banned decade ago found in Saudi Arabia
from RT.com: The Saudi Arabian food chain has been widely contaminated with GM ingredients, according to a new study. The findings include controversial StarLink maize banned for human consumption in the US over ten years ago. The study published in the journal Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology earlier this month found that genetically modified StarLink maize,…
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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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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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David vs. Monsanto: How a Lone Farmer Prevailed
It all began in 1998, at which time Schmeiser had grown canola on his farm for 40 years.
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Why Half of America May Have Impaired Brain Function by 2030
from mercola.com: A new UCLA study is the first to show how a steady diet high in fructose can damage your memory and learning. The study was published in the Journal of Physiology. Researchers investigated the effects of high-fructose syrup, similar to high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a cheap sweetener six times sweeter than cane…
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#BingeAndPurge: Nocebos, Mutants, Mess and More
Beware the Nocebo Effect: The nonexistent side effects of a placebo can be real for a patient who expects to have them // Monsanto Genetically Modified Crops Make the Drought Worse // NYT to White House: Move Forward on Food Safety Rules // Pfizer Pays $60 Million for Bribing Foreign Doctors // Here It Comes:…
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Fat, Not Glucose, is the Preferred Fuel for Your Body
from mercola.com: While we may consider ourselves to be at the pinnacle of human development, our modern food manufacturing processes have utterly failed at improving health and increasing longevity. During the Paleolithic period, many thousands of years ago, our ancestors ate primarily vegetables, fruit, nuts, roots and meat—and a wide variety of it. This diet…
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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 conducted by Monsanto, Dow, Dupont/Pioneer, Syngenta and BASF that spray chemicals on an almost daily basis on our most valuable lands. They are supported by…