Progressive Radio Network

Genetically modified crops

Monsanto may not be the largest company in the world. Or the worst. But the St. Louis, Mo. biotech giant has become the poster child…
At one of the public brainstorming sessions for the New York Organic Action Plan, an organic farmer made an impassioned plea for “independent science” and…
(UR) The main ingredient in Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide, glyphosate, has already been named the most-used herbicide in history — and the company hopes you will continue to focus on…
Biotech giant Monsanto reported multiple profit-plummets in 2015 relating to sales for both its genetically modified crop creations and its best-selling herbicide, Roundup. Once again,…
The biotech industry once told the world that Bt insecticidal crops were only harmful to insects and were harmless to pets and people. But a new…
Monarch butterflies depend on milkweed as a food source and habitat, but crops like Monsanto's Roundup Ready soy and corn are killing off these plants.…
Cultivation of genetically modified crops looks to have hit a peak in the U.S. as a soft international grain market pushes farmers to grow more…
This week thousands of Americans took time out of their busy days to call their Senators to demand that they vote against the DARK Act,…
Glyphosate, the most common active ingredient in herbicides world-wide, has been linked to various health problems, from gluten intolerance [1] to autism [2], and most recently cancer [3]. It is well-known that…
Severe health risks of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) are not new. Studies by scientists among others in France, Germany, Austria, since at least the 1990s,…
This generation of vaccines is not the vaccine people imagine in which a bit of antigen from some disease is injected into the person to…
* Tiruvadi Jagadisan says the company 'used to fake scientific data' The debate on genetically modified (GM) brinjal variety continues to generate heat. Former managing…