Mexico is considering direct agreements with farmers in the United States, Argentina and Brazil to secure non-genetically modified yellow corn imports, the country’s deputy agriculture minister said, adding that a 2024 ban on GM corn would not be amended. Read more.
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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Why “safe enough” is not good enough in Debates on GM Technologies
New genomic techniques (NGTs) are powerful technologies with the potential to change how we relate to our food, food producers, and natural environment. Their use may affect the practices and values our societies are built on. Like many countries, the EU is currently revisiting its GMO legislation to accommodate the emergence of NGTs. We argue that assessing such technologies according to whether they are ‘safe enough’ will not create the public trust necessary for societal acceptance. Read more.
Genetically Engineered Trees: the Growing Threat
The global release of genetically engineered trees is closer than it has ever been. Ironically, it could be the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) — the organisation that claims to “promote the responsible management of the world’s forests” through its certification programme — that opens the door to the commercialisation of GMO trees (also referred to b as GE trees, i.e. genetically engineered trees). Read more.
Bill Gates: The Planet’s Unofficial Minister of Health
An in-depth Politico report shows how powerful non-governmental organizations wielded incredible influence in shaping the global response to the COVID pandemic—with almost no oversight. The report notes that four global non-governmental organizations, all with ties to Bill Gates—the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, Gavi, and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)—took on the role often played by national governments, except they aren’t accountable to democratic institutions. Read more.
Will Curcumin be Eliminated?
European countries are taking aim at curcumin supplements, showing why we should not follow in their footsteps with Sen. Dick Durbin’s disastrous, anti-supplement policy. Action Alert! Following a spate of adverse events purportedly linked to curcumin supplements, Italy has prohibited all health claims related to curcumin. Read more.
The 5G War — Technology Versus Humanity
Can you believe the FCC and the wireless industry trade association when they claim there’s no risk with 5G wireless, especially since they haven’t funded any safety studies? Why Brussels and Belgium halted their testing and Switzerland is delaying its 5G rollout amid 2,000 studies showing harm. View here.
It’s Official, Courtesy of CODEX – Spiders, Ticks and Lice for Breakfast, Oh My!
The new Chairman of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) is Guibiao Ye and he is an excellent chairman. Unlike some others I have encountered, he lets everyone talk, he listens and thinks about what he’s heard, and then overall he makes sensible decisions. Above all, he doesn’t promote his own personal views and opinions as some sort of “consensus” of the Committee. Working well with the experienced Codex Secretariat, Gracia Brisco, he is just the kind of chairman that this Committee needs. Read more.
Why Australia Remains a Penal Colony for Physicians
“I was suspended by the medical board of Australia on May the 28th 2020 by the AHPRA committee (medical board of Australia). This was because I had writings on Facebook pages that included criticisms of the medical system, the side effects of drugs and the problems caused to patients by hospital treatment. Even though I did not use my name as a medical GP on these Facebook pages, the medical board still identified me as the doctor speaking out and therefore considered this a crime.” Read more.
Food Additives or Carcinogen? The Growing List of Chemicals Banned by EU but Used in US
There’s a hidden ingredient used as a whitener in an array of foods, from candies and pastries to cheeses and gum. It’s called titanium dioxide, and while commonly used in the US, it’s being banned in the EU as a possible carcinogen. The additive, also known as E171, joins a host of other chemicals that are banned in foods in the European Union but allowed in the US. Read more.
Peasant Farmer Organisation Boycotts European Commission’s Biased Consultation on new GM
The European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) has written to the European Commission in an open letter expressing its refusal to participate in the ongoing public consultation on new genomic techniques. In the letter, ECVC denounced a biased consultation process that does not permit people to express opposition to the European Commission’s initiative to deregulate new genomic techniques, which is to be adopted in the course of the year 2023. Read more.
