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LA eating-wise: 13 years of increasing pesticide use

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Genetically engineered (GE) crops, compared to conventional non-GE varieties, are pushing pesticide use upward at a "rapidly accelerating...
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Adminstration's job slate heavily slanted in favor of biotechnology

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Proponents of the so-called Second Green Revolution, led by the chemical, biotech and industrial biofuels lobby, are spending millions each year on...
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New report: 25% of GE corn farmers take contamination causing shortcuts

One out of every four farmers who plants genetically engineered (GE) corn is failing to comply with at least one important insect-resistance...
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What scary new ingredient has been added to this year's Halloween candy?

Half of the refined sugar in the U.S. comes from beets – and insiders say the industry has quickly converted to the GM beets, estimating up to...
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U.S. scientist answers the riddle of how to feed the world

Senior US scientist Dr. Michael Hansen has said genetically modified crops are not the panacea for food security. Rather, the answer to food security...
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Vilsack earns moans, groans, hisses, and even boos

On Tuesday morning at the Community Food Security Coalition conference podium in Des Moines, Iowa, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack touched on three...
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Food safety video link generates viral phenomenon

An unusual new consumer safety video from director Jeffrey M. Smith, who has been described as “perhaps the greatest science communicator...
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Anti-consumer safety quote of the month – HFCS is handled the same way by the body

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With consumer rejection of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) increasing, the high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) industry...
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Anti-consumer safety quote of the week: they eat them like Skittles

Our anti-consumer safety quote of the week comes courtesty of GM tomato breeder Doug Heath ”This is a favorite of my kids,” Heath says,...
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Anti-consumer safety quote of the day: GM sugar is a nonevent

Keeping in mind that the beleaguered FDA does not require genetically modified (GM) foods to be labeled, America’s consumers have no way of...
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