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Genetically Engineered Foods

Salmon Stranger Than Sci-Fi

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Salmon, Genetically Engineered Foods, Biotech, Obesity, Monsanto, Bill Gates, Allergykids, Genetically Modified Food, Food's Operating System, Gmo, Omega 3, Health Care, Precautionary Principal, Allergies, Gmos, Home News
Robyn O'Brien

Now I'm not sure about you, but these headlines about our food supply are getting pretty tough to stomach. I can't help but yearn for simpler times.

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Will You Be Eating Genetically Modified Fish Without Knowing It?

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Salmon, Animal Welfare, Genetically Engineered Foods, Genetically Modified Food, Aquabounty, Genetically Modified Fish, Genetic Modification, Home News
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.

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PHOTOS: 12 Of Greenpeace's Summer Protests From Around The World

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Greenpeace, Greenpeace International, Green Protests, Activism, Green News, Bp, Oil Kills, Nuclear Power, Genetically Engineered Foods, BP Oil Spill 2010, Green Energy, Food Patents, Blue Fin Tuna, Bp Oil Spill Protests, Fossil Fuels, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Slidepollajax, Environment, Deepwater Horizon, Our Oceans, BP Oil Spill, Deforestation, Genetically Modified Foods, Green News

From Mexico City to Malta, Berlin to Hong Kong, Greenpeace created impressive protests against environmental injustices this summer. Protesters wore h...

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Kellogg's Loves Genetically Engineered Foods

Ronnie Cummins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Organic, Monsanto, Kellogg's Boycott, Genetically Engineered Foods, Home News
Ronnie Cummins

Let Kellogg's know that organic consumers don't appreciate Kellogg's "so-what" attitude toward the genetic contamination of organic crops!

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Genetically Modified Gene Out of the Bottle and Running Wild

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Genetically Modified Crops, Genetically Engineered Foods, Genetically Modified Food, Genetically Modified Canola, Health, Home News
Andrew Gunther

As GM evolves and genes are swapped between GM and non-GM plants, GM and wild will be one in the same -- there could be virtually no such thing as a non-GM food plant or food crop.

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Genetically Modified Salmon Jeopardize Environment, May Endanger Consumer Health

Wenonah Hauter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Salmon, Toxic, Food Politics, Fish, Genetically Engineered Foods, Food Safety, Genetically Modified Food, Regulation, Fda, Consumer Protection, Aquabounty, Home News
Wenonah Hauter

The FDA may allow the sale of genetically modified salmon to consumers. Already, flaws in the review process surrounding this controversial disruption to the natural food chain are coming into focus.

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The Dangers of Genetically Engineered Milk

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Fda, Genetically Engineered Milk, Health, Genetically Engineered Foods, Genetically Altered Milk, Milk, Genetically Altered Food, Healthy Living News
Samuel S. Epstein

Genetically engineered milk is very different than natural milk, and clearly qualifies for FDA's explicit mandatory labeling.

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You're Appointing Who? Please Obama, Say It's Not So!

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Dr. P. M. Bhargava, President Obama, Infertility, Milk, Revolving Door, Dennis Wolff, Food Safety, Rbgh, Organic Trade Association, Food Safety Czar, Organic, Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1, International Dairy Foods Association, FDA Policy, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, Fda, Food Related Illness, GM Foods, Asthma, Michael Taylor. Safety Testing, Cancer, Genetically Modified Foods, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, GMO Labels, Genetically Engineered Foods, Gastrointestinal Disorder, Substantially Equivalent, Inflammation, Immune Problems, Genetically Modified Organisms, Food Labels, Accelerated Aging, Milk Supply, Igf-1, Rbst, Monsanto, Ohio Governor Strickland, Genetically Engineered, Insulin Regulation, Governor Ed Rendell, Food Supply, GE Foods, Bovine Growth Hormone, Gmos, Food and Drug Administration, Allergies, Multiple Chronic Illness, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

The person who may be responsible for more food-related illness and death than anyone in history has just been made the US food safety czar.

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Biotech Alfalfa: Supreme Court Isn't Convinced It Should Be Banned

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Supreme Court, Biotech Alfalfa, Biotech Alfalfa Ban, Supreme Court Biotech Alfalfa, Genetically Engineered Foods, Food Politics, Usda, GM Food, Monsanto, Gmo, Genetically Modified Crops, Monsanto Alfalfa, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices on Tuesday sharply questioned a lower court's decision that has prohibited biotech giant Monsanto Co. from sellin...

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Supreme Court Rules Monsanto Is "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" As Children Bear Witness

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Food Allergies, Gm-Alfalfa, Genetically Engineered Foods, Supreme Court, Environment, Usda, Gmo, Genetically Modified Foods, Monsanto, Allergies, Home News
Robyn O'Brien

Those who stand to gain or lose the most from this decision, given the environmental and health implications of genetically engineered alfalfa, are our children.

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Hormonal Milk and Meat: A Dangerous Public Health Risk

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Cancer Prevention Coalition, Rbgh, Genetically Engineered Foods, Hormones Meat, Hormone Milk, Hormones Milk, Rbgh Milk, Hormone Meat, Healthy Living News
Samuel S. Epstein

On June 3, 1999, the UN Food Safety Agency, representing 101 nations worldwide, ruled unanimously not to endorse or set safety standards for rBGH milk. This has resulted in an international ban on US milk.

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USDA Says Genetically-Engineered Alfalfa is Safe for Environment

Marlen Suyapa Bodden | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Usda, Genetically Engineered, Monsanto, Alfalfa, Genetically Engineered Crops, Genetically Engineered Foods, Green News
Marlen Suyapa Bodden

Environmental and food safety advocates are cheering the attention that the use of genetically-engineered plants will get in an upcoming Monsanto appeal, but worry that the USDA will short-circuit the appeals process.

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Seeds of Life: Beta Vulgaris (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Beta Vulgaris, Usda, Rice, Aphis, Bayer AG, Contamination, Willamette Valley, Frank Morton, Genetically Engineered Foods, Seeds, Chard, Sugarbeets, Gmo, Lawsuit, Green News
Rebecca Gerendasy

This is the second installment of an ongoing series titled Seeds of Life. Frank Morton, an organic seed breeder from Philomath, Oregon, shares his concerns over the threat of contamination.

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Agricultural Biotechnology: Scourge or Savior?

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Pesticides, Biotechnology, Genetically Engineered, Corn, Crops, Genetically Engineered Foods, Michael Jacobson, Biotech, Healthy Living News
Michael F. Jacobson

Congress should require the Food and Drug Administration to formally approve new GE foods to ensure that they are safe for humans.

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Duped: A Nation of Eaters

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Corruption, Greed, The Apprentice, Donald Trump, Marion Nestle, Food Contamination, Food Crisis, Genetically Modified Corn, Genetically Engineered Foods, Revolving Door, Toxic, Genetically Modified Crops, Food Poisoning, Politics of Food, Michael Pollan, Health, Corporate Greed, Food Politics, Food, Vatican, Government Sachs, Genetically Engineered Crops, George Clooney, Michael Clayton, Gmo, Politics News
Robyn O'Brien

As I read about baby formulas and jars of salsa laced with who-knows-what, I was left slack-jawed.

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Peaceful Revolution: When Did It Get So Hard To Be A Mom?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Causes of Autism, Genetically Engineered Foods, Asthma, Food Safety, Adhd, Autism, Parenting, Fda, Momsrising, Peanut Allergies, Food Dyes, Parenting and Food, Chemicals and Autism, Sick Children, Healthy Living News
Robyn O'Brien

Ten years ago, we didn't worry about sending a peanut butter and jelly sandwiches into school with our children, and we didn't medicate our eight year olds to get them through the school day.

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