Tag: lobbyists
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#MorningMonarchy: February 8, 2016
TTIP transparency, shadowy campaign money and retro rockets + this day in history w/Birth Of A Nation and our song of the day by Hinds on your Morning Monarchy for February 8, 2016.
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Big Agra Descends on Cuba to Spread GMOs
from startribune.com:: A delegation of 75 top U.S. agriculture leaders organized by Minnetonka-based Cargill Inc. will arrive in Cuba this weekend on a trade mission to explore the potential for […]
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Scientists’ Ties to Food Industry Raise Questions in Europe
from nytimes.com: One scientist who advised Europe’s food safety regulators about animal feed additives sits on the board of a foundation backed by the dairy industry. Another who gave advice […]
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War On Health: The FDAs Cult Of Tyranny
from therealfoodchannel.com: In the US, the FDA wants to control everything you put in your body. They walk hand-in-hand with Big Pharma to approve drugs that not only don’t work, […]
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Are We Finally Reawakening to the Profound Healing Properties of Psychedelics?
from alternet.org: Slowly but surely, we may be reaching success in a determined and long-time legal effort to unleash the curative powers of psychedelic drugs in America. There is a […]
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How the Private Water Industry Is Teaming Up With ALEC
from alternet.org: An influential trade association representing companies that provide water services to one in four Americans says it will continue its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council, a […]
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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.
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Vintage Weight Loss Ads: A Look at Health Advice of Yesteryear
from huffingtonpost.com: Would Don Draper approve these messages? With Mad Men’s season five premiere bringing everyone’s favorite vintage show back to television on Sunday, we decided to take a look […]
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12/23 binge & purge: hotel, motel, holiday in (cambodia)
obama to sign ‘food safety bill’ in early 2011* food safety bill proceeds after snafu fixed* terror plot to attack US hotel & restaurant food over a single weekend* al-ciada […]
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11/4 Binge & Purge: Frowny Fries & Waterwars
Democrat Monsanto-lobbyist supported GOP candidate // World Bank quietly funding massive corporate water grab
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EU Food Safety Chief Forced to Quit GM Lobby Role
A key figure in charge of food safety within the EU has been forced to quit her director role at a pro-GM group.
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corporations spending millions lobbying for ‘food safety’
from food safety news: The Senate recently updated its lobbying disclosure database with second quarter spending information. The documents available through the database reveal which organizations are spending what – […]
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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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obama’s pesticide-pushing nominee: islam ‘isi’ siddiqui
from mother jones: When Michelle Obama announced plans to plant an organic garden at the White House, nearly everybody thought it was a great idea. Everybody except for the pesticide […]