12-strong ‘response team’ armed with guns will operate around the clock Follows government cuts, and residents refusing tax hike, forcing state-funded departments to scale back operations Josephine County police dept has had to release prisoners and cut hours By Mia… Read More ›
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Monsanto’s unapproved GMO wheat, which made its way onto an Oregon field and is feared to have contaminated US wheat supplies, was stored at a US government-controlled facility until at least late 2011.
Monsanto unapproved GMO wheat govt-stored up to 2011 Published time: June 30, 2013 10:40 AFP Photo / Jean-Francois Monier Monsanto’s unapproved GMO wheat, which made its way onto an Oregon field and is feared to have contaminated US… Read More ›
US genetically modified wheat stokes fears, Japan cancels tender
Reuters — May 31 A strain of genetically modified wheat found in the United States fuelled concerns over food supplies across Asia on Thursday, with major importer Japan cancelling a tender offer to buy U.S. grain. Other top… Read More ›
Japan halts some U.S. imports after modified wheat found
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and NIGEL DUARA Business May. 31, 2013 – 03:15PM JST ( 20 ) WASHINGTON — Japan has suspended some imports of U.S. wheat after a genetically engineered version of the grain was found on a U.S…. Read More ›
Unapproved genetically engineered wheat has been discovered in an Oregon field : Discovery could have far-reaching implications for US wheat industry
Genetically modified wheat found in Oregon field raises trade concerns Discovery could have far-reaching implications for US wheat industry if growth of Monsanto crop turns out to be far-flung Associated Press in Washington guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 29 May 2013 17.35… Read More ›
New strain of virulent airborne fungi, unique to Oregon, is set to spread
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Mary Jane Gore mary.gore@duke.edu 919-660-1309 Duke University Medical Center DURHAM, N.C. – A newly discovered strain of an airborne fungus has caused several deaths in Oregon and seems poised to move into California and… Read More ›
Designer baby warning as embryos are made using TWO women and one man by Oregon scientists
Procedure would swap the nucleus of a mother’s egg containing mutated genes into a donor’s The donor’s normal mitochondria replaces the mother’s defective mitochondria containing mutated DNA Donor’s genes would amount to 1 per cent of the embryo’s genes and… Read More ›
Oregon Meth House Owners Deliver Petition to Freddie Mac: after becoming sick from methamphetamine residues
By SUSANNA KIM (@skimm) Oct. 23, 2012 An Oregon family who unknowingly bought a house that had been used as a meth lab is delivering a petition to Freddie Mac to require that the government-sponsored housing organization’s homes be tested… Read More ›
Climate war looms over US coal exports to China: There is a Glut of Coal and Natural Gas in the U.S.
PLANS for mega exports of US coal are poised to become the next flashpoint in the battle over climate change. The industry wants to massively increase shipments of coal to China and other energy-hungry Asian nations. Such a… Read More ›
Oregon Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail — for Collecting Rainwater on His Property
By Kendra Alleyne July 26, 2012 (CNSNews.com) – A rural Oregon man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail and over $1,500 in fines because he had three reservoirs on his property to collect and use rainwater. Gary Harrington… Read More ›