Tag: gmo
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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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6/17 Binge & Purge: Sausage, Schlosser & Shellfish
92% of customers want GM labeling // Jimmy Dean, the singing sausage man, dead at 81 // Q & A with Eric Schlosser, author of ‘Fast Food Nation’ // Portland Shellfish Company Inc. recalls lobster in Oregon
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6/9 Binge & Purge: More Unhappy Meals
Cadmium-laced McDonald’s Happy Meal glasses recalled // Obama’s USDA to deceive Americans over GM crops // Federal register documents show further deregulation of GMO’s // Haitians suspicious of Monsanto seeds distributed by USAID
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media monarchy on ‘the invisible hand’ with tracy twyman
from tracy twyman: This episode of The Invisible Hand features my recent interview with James Evan Pilato, Editor of Media Monarchy, Food World Order, and CyberSpace War. This episode focuses entirely on the subject of “weaponized food”, including the fact that rats fed genetically modified food were found to be unable to breed after the…
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5/6 Binge & Purge: Labels, Launch, Lead & Listeria
Groups urge feds to change US position on food labeling // Rep Waxman sneaks anti-vitamin amendment into wall street reform bill // US food prices ‘spiraling out of control’
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4/29 Binge & Purge: Feeding The Fast Food Nation
SCOTUS hears arguments over genetically modified seed sales // Tests find HIV-like virus in bushmeat // Life insurance companies own $2B of stock in fast food chains
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4/22 Binge & Purge: Pinkwash, Raw Milk & Meat Residues
Komen makes mockery of self with KFC pinkwash campaign // Fake food safety bills: Feeding America poison one law at a time // US government continues its war on raw milk // ABC grills Vilsack on meat residues // Wholesale prices rise most in 26yrs as food costs explode
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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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Monsanto Under Investigation By 7 US States
Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, and two other unidentified states are in a working group to investigate the biotech giant.
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Obama Appoints Ex-Pesticide Lobbyist As Agricultural Trade Negotiator
Islam Siddiqui’s recess appointment as chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has sparked considerable opposition from environmentalists and organic farmers. Siddiqui served as vice president for science and regulatory affairs at CropLife America, a trade association for the pesticide and biotech industries.
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2/25 Binge & Purge – Corn, Codex, Hot Dogs & Walmart
3m acres of GMO corn illegally planted in US // 10yrs of bribery & bad tomatoes // McCain’s dietary supplement bill: An attempt to implement ‘Codex Alimentarius’ // ‘Pop artist’ pleads guilty to misbranding
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whistleblower reveals monsanto faked data for approvals in india
from india today: The debate on genetically modified (GM) brinjal variety continues to generate heat. Former managing director of Monsanto India, Tiruvadi Jagadisan, is the latest to join the critics of Bt brinjal, perhaps the first industry insider to do so. Jagadisan, who worked with Monsanto for nearly two decades, including eight years as the…
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more food safety news: beef, babies, nuts & budgets
should we care about genetically modified foods?*seed monopolies: the warning signs were there*failure to declare leads to recalls*west missouri beef recalls 14,000lbs*more melamine-tainted milk found in china*baby formula recalled in middle east*usda releases study on peanut industry*washington to ban bpa in food containers for kids*obama boosts fda food safety in fy2011 budget*
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1/18 binge & purge: labels, cleanups & massive recalls
monsanto wins part of dupont license dispute* monsanto takes center for food safety legal victory to highest court*tyson food labeling lawsuits end*calories counts on food labels & menus don’t add up*e. coli alert: calif. company recalls 864k pounds of beef*parkers farm expands recall*more nuts recalled for salmonella*cfia issues warning over salad mix*walgreens adding fresh, prepared…
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1/14 binge & purge: corn, wheat, peanut butter & more
scientist: organic farmers must embrace gm crops to feed the world: ‘if we got over this notion that gm is somehow not organic’*natural news radio: the power of raw-living foods*US farmers plant fewest wheat acres since 1913*miami horse slaugtherhouse shut down*nestle finds e. coli in cookie dough*fda rolls out transparency initiative*parkers farm recalls peanut butter,…