A recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Survey polled Americans about GMO and organic foods and the importance of healthy eating. This NPR report highlights key findings of this survey, including: Many Americans don’t believe that GMOs are safe for consumption and don’t think there is scientific consensus on this issue; Food issues are […]
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In an elegant study that is the first of its kind, scientists working at USDA’s Henry A Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center used the tools of biotechnology to trace how plants respond to a common organic farming practice – the planting of crops in a hairy vetch (HV) mulch-based system. The study compared the genetic […]
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This study reports some remarkable numbers quantifying the economic impact of exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals. Pesticides cause the second largest impact — some $44 billion — right behind flame retardants. While worrisome enough, the huge increases now occurring in herbicide, insecticide, and fungicide use on farms growing the three major genetically engineered (GE, or GMO) crops (corn, soybeans, cotton) is bound to markedly increase exposures, reproductive problems, birth defects, and a host of life-long health problems. Hopefully sooner rather than later, the agricultural commodity groups and farmers will rediscover prevention-based Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and start to reduce their…
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Andrew Pollack, The New York Times, May 15, 2001 Dr. William Folk, a professor at the University of Missouri, wants to genetically engineer soybeans to improve their nutritional value. But he faces more than scientific hurdles. He and Monsanto never agreed on how he might […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: The Ecologist, Vol 32 No 4, May 2002 A dirty tricks campaign leads straight to the door of a Monsanto PR company, says Jonathan Matthews in the launch of his new column The journal Science reporting recently on how the Mexican “maize scandal” was driving the battle over […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Statement of Mark Lipson, Policy Program Director, Organic Farming and Research Foundation, Food and Drug Administration, Public Hearing on “Biotechnology in the Year 2000 and Beyond,” Oakland CA, December 13, 1999 [Federal Register Docket# 99N-4282] The Organic Farming Research Foundation is a producer-directed organization dedicated to the improvement and adoption of […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Marc Kaufman, The Washington Post, Wednesday, April 5, 2000 Genetically engineered crops appear to be safe but the government should better coordinate how it regulates them to make sure they don’t pose a danger to the environment or human health, a National Academy of Sciences report concluded […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Andrew Pollack, The New York Times, December 4, 2000 A federal advisory panel concluded yesterday that there was a “medium likelihood” that the genetically engineered corn known as StarLink is a potential allergen, a finding that could hurt the food industry’s quest to have the […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. This response to Dr. Morton by Arpad Pusztai was part of an ongoing dialogue in 1999 or 2000 over published papers on the risks posed by genetically engineered foods. Dear Dr Morton, We now seem to be playing silly games with numbers and other unfortunate deviations […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Dr Arpad Pusztai, Letter to the Royal Society, May 18. 1999 The Royal Society (RS) have updated their report on GM-food of September 1998. They have peer-reviewed the nutritional and immunology data on GM-potato work carried out at the Rowett Research Institute (Rowett) between 1995 & […]
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