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Genetically modified organism

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.…
A landmark case about the dirty-money and politics that go into keeping Big Food and Big Biotech afloat was just decided. Judge Anne Hirsch awarded…
Low levels of pesticides can impact the foraging behaviour of bumblebees on wildflowers, changing their floral preferences and hindering their ability to learn the skills…
* Government makes move despite opposition from Monsanto venture * Venture had said it would ‘reevaluate’ position in India India cut royalties for genetically-modified cotton…
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,…
Americans are more likely than Europeans to be exposed to Monsanto’s glyphosate weed killer. That’s in large part because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s calculations…
* A USDA hotline is blowing up with complaints from government scientists about censorship of science, begging the question: Who does the USDA work for?…
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…
What if our food has been getting less and less nutritious? What if modern intensive farming methods — many of which solved malnutrition problems when…
A Senate committee is moving forward on legislation that would prevent states from requiring labels on genetically modified foods. Vermont is set to require such…