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Genetic Modification

Will New York Be First State to Require Labeling of GMO Food?

Karl Grossman | Posted 04.30.2013 | Green
Karl Grossman

The biotechnology industry's drive for GMOs has been incredibly undemocratic and the process is quite likely unhealthy. Labeling is a minimum -- so people can at least know what food is genetically modified and choose what's still GMO-free.

Emily Swanson

Poll Shows What Americans Think Of GMOs

HuffingtonPost.com | Emily Swanson | Posted 03.04.2013 | Green

Americans are largely uncertain over whether genetically modified foods are safe for the environment or safe to eat, but the vast majority say that fo...

Should Mutant Mosquitos Be Released Into Florida?

Posted 07.17.2012 | Miami

Mosquitoes aren't just a pesky nuisance causing Floridians to claw at swollen welts on their limbs; they can also transmit deadly disease. Back in 200...

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Could Help Fight Malaria

Katherine Bindley | Posted 09.14.2012 | Green

Researchers have created another model of a genetically modified mosquito that could help stop the insect from spreading malaria, according to a press...

Who Grows Our Food: Theresa Podoll, Prairie Road Organic Farm

Ellen Kanner | Posted 04.21.2012 | Green
Ellen Kanner

Seeds are where it all begins. They promise the start of things. They're "the very basis of our food and agriculture," says Theresa Podoll of Prairie Road Organic Farm.

$750 Million GMO Rice Settlement Moves Forward

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 02.14.2012 | Home

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Rice growers met a threshold to move forward with a $750 million settlement over genetically modified rice, the company blam...

Green Chile Lovers Upset About Pepper's Future

AP | By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 12.04.2011 | Home

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Mention New Mexican cuisine and mouths start watering. Giant breakfast burritos, plates of enchiladas, tacos and even cheeseburge...

Throwing Biotech Lies at Tomatoes - Part 1: Killer Tomatoes

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/552 Remember the pictures of the fish tomatoes? For years they were an unofficial emblem of the anti-GMO m...

Throwing Biotech Lies at Tomatoes - Part 2: The Liars

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/558 < Read Part 1 I write about the Flavr Savr in Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetic...

Genetically Modified Soy Diets Lead to Ovary and Uterus Changes in Rats

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/235 If you're still eating genetically modified (GM) soybeans and you plan on having kids, a Brazilian study...

Will You Be Eating Genetically Modified Fish Without Knowing It?

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Andrew Gunther

News that an "efficient and environmentally sustainable" genetically modified salmon may be a step closer to commercial release had me reaching for a large pinch of salt -- and not to help season the dish.

Boulder Beet Decision "Being Watched Worldwide" By Environmentalists

The Denver Post | Monte Whaley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

The battle of the beet -- the genetically modified sugar beet -- is set to be fought before the Boulder County commissioners Tuesday. A proposal to a...

Running To Catch Up: Health in Our Times

Anne Dunev | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Anne Dunev

At a holiday party a friend told me he's now working three times harder for half the pay. Welcome to 2009. People need affordable health insurance. But more desperately, they need good health.

Fertilized Eggs and Decapitated Flowers

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Christopher Brauchli

What's tough? Life's tough. What's life? A magazine. Where do you get it? Newstand? What's it cost? Ten cents. Only got a nickel. That's tough, e...

NPR Misses Real Story, Plants Wrong Seeds

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Frances Moore Lappe

NPR chose to reinforce the myth that the only hope for poor rural people is dependency on concentrated economic power when, all over the world, poor farmers are discovering their own power.