Posted December 6, 2019
Underneath the Monsanto-FDA buck-passing act, there was a conscious deal to give a free pass to GMO crops. This had nothing to do with science or health or “feeding the world.” It was about profits. It was also about establishing a new monopoly on food. Read more.
Get Informed on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
CAFOs Are Gaming Organic Standards
Posted November 22, 2019
The USDA is considering a rule that would help close loopholes, but it doesn’t go far enough. Action Alert!
The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) has reopened the comment period on the 2015 Origin of Livestock proposed rule that attempts to prevent large, industrial dairy and cattle operations from gaming the system. While the rule proposes positive steps, it needs to be strengthened significantly to level the playing field for small farmers and protect the integrity of the organic label. Read more.
Research Exposes New Health Risks of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes and Salmon
Posted November 21, 2019
Unfortunately, neither the makers of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) nor their regulators conduct the studies that are necessary to protect the public. Being bitten by GM mosquitoes and eating GM salmon remains a serious gamble. The discomfiting research published in Nature Methods examined the unintended impacts of gene editing on the DNA of mice. Read more.
Gene-Editing Unintentionally Adds Bovine DNA, Goat DNA, and Bacterial DNA, Mouse Researchers Find
Posted November 21, 2019
For most commercial applications gene-editing’s appeal is simplicity and precision: it alters genomes at precise sites and without inserting foreign DNA. This why, in popular articles, gene-editing is often referred to as ‘tweaking’. The tweaking narrative, however, is an assumption and not an established fact. And it recently suffered a large dent. Read more.
Children’s Food Doused with Carcinogen
Posted November 14, 2019
We are, quite literally, poisoning our kids. Action Alert!
Testing of children’s breakfast cereals from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has found that major brands, such as General Mills’ Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios, are contaminated with high levels of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto/Bayer’s Roundup herbicide. These results provide more evidence to support a ban on this dangerous herbicide. Read more.
Bayer Faces Lawsuit Horror as US Cases Double in Three Months
Posted November 12, 2019
THE SCALE of the legal mess crop protection giant Bayer inherited upon its purchase of Monsanto was laid bare this week as the German-based business revealed there were over 42,000 lawsuits in the US alone alleging the herbicide Roundup has caused cancer. Read more.
Wake-Up Call for Organic Advocates: Synbio Poses Greater Threat than Old-School GMOs
Posted November 12, 2019
We in the organic sector need to stop thinking in terms of GMOs. Those old-school crops and suspect agricultural practices are still a problem for organic growers. But the new synthetic biology is an even larger and growing threat. First, it is not disclosed or labeled. Read more.
Why Dr. Zach Bush Believes Herbicides Could End Life on Earth
Posted November 12, 2019
Dr. Zach Bush will tell you he is “very much” trained as a traditional, patient-facing MD, yet you wouldn’t necessarily expect that given his present-day work. After studying internal medicine, which included a training on hormone medicine, Bush became interested in cancer research and started developing chemotherapy treatments. Yet he soon felt frustrated that his work was doing nothing to prevent the things that caused cancer in the first place. Read more.
New FDA Report on Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables Adds to Growing Public Health Concerns
Posted November 12, 2019
Over 55 pages of data, charts and graphs, the FDA’s “Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program” report also provides a rather unappetizing example of the degree to which U.S. farmers have come to rely on synthetic insecticides, fungicides and herbicides in growing our food. Read more.
The Terrifying Truth about GMO Candy
Posted October 29, 2019
It’s Halloween season. Beware of the scare tactics about health advocates that may sneak up on you. A previous article by a GMO proponent Julie Kelly in The Chicago Tribune used the Jelly Belly Company decision to go organic as a “lifestyle choice” to spread more lies about GMOs. Read more.
