Friday, 06 February 2015 The multinational agricultural giant Monsanto’s signature herbicide Roundup Ready is leading to the decimation of Monarch butterfly populations, according to a report issued by the US environment watchdog Center for Food Safety. “This report is… Read More ›
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Money Talks: ‘Monstanto Protection Act’ quietly passed by US Congress
Thursday, 12 September 2013 A budget provision protecting genetically-modified seeds from litigation in the face of health risks was extended for three months in an approved US House of Representatives’ spending bill on Tuesday evening. Called “The Monsanto Protection… Read More ›
Watchdogs Blast EPA for Allowing Arsenic in Chicken & Swine Feed
By REBEKAH KEARN (CN) – Lax federal regulators allow arsenic-based additives in chicken and swine feed that can cause cancer in humans, the Center for Food Safety claims in court. Eight other watchdogs joined the Center for Food… Read More ›
GMO producers will be protected by the US Congress
Photo: EPA The House of Representatives passed a highly controversial addition to the Agricultural Appropriations Bill for 2013. The passed provision protects the producers of genetically modified seeds from litigation resulting from health risks posed by the GMOs. Critics of… Read More ›
Monsanto insurance: USDA tells farmers to pay for avoiding troubles with agro-giant (Insurance against being sued by Monsanto)
Published: 22 November, 2012, 00:09 (Reuters / Robert Pratta) The United State Department of Agriculture has finalized a report to address concerns from farmers who fear they’ll be next on an ever-expanding list of defendants sued by biotech giants Monsanto,… Read More ›
Capitalizing on the Drought – Unregulated genetically modified organism (article 1) Will OUTLAW independent Reviews
Capitalizing on the Drought July 23, 2012 | Lindsey Blomberg In the midst of the worst drought to hit the American agricultural industry since the 1950s, bio-agricultural giants Monsanto and Dow Chemical are attempting to quickly push their drought-resistant crops… Read More ›
The “Monsanto Rider”: Are Biotech Companies About to Gain Immunity From Federal Law? (article 2 confirmation)
While many Americans were firing up barbecues and breaking out the sparklers to celebrate Independence Day, biotech industry executives were more likely chilling champagne to celebrate another kind of independence: immunity from federal law. A so-called “Monsanto rider,” quietly slipped… Read More ›
USDA Prepares to Green-Light Gnarliest GMO Soy Yet
By Tom Philpott | Wed Jul. 18, 2012 3:30 AM PDT In early July, on the sleepy Friday after Independence Day, the USDA quietly signaled its intention to green-light a new genetically engineered soybean seed from Dow AgroSciences. The product… Read More ›
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