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Unauthorized GM Wheat Exposes The Insanity of Open-Air Field Trials

Andrew Gunther | Posted 06.10.2013 | Green
Read More: Oregon, Roundup, Monsanto, Wheat, Genetically Engineered Food, Genetically Modified, Green News
Andrew Gunther

Unapproved, unwanted, and now out of control: the news that an unlicensed genetically modified (GM) wheat has been found growing on a field in Oregon -- almost 10 years after it was supposed to have completely destroyed -- sent shivers down my spine.

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Eating This Could Turn Your Gut Into a Living Pesticide Factory

Dr. Joseph Mercola | Posted 03.31.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Genetically Modified, Health, Super Weeds, Dr. Joseph Mercola, Bt Corn, Gmo, Health Problems, Monsanto, Toxins, Bt Toxin, GM Corn, Genetically-Modified Corn, Health News, GMO Corn, Bt Toxin Corn, Healthy Living News
Dr. Joseph Mercola

A new generation of insect larvae is eating the roots of genetically-engineered corn intended to be resistant to such pests. The failure of Monsanto's genetically-modified Bt corn could be the most serious threat ever to a genetically-modified crop in the U.S.

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Are We Playing Russian Roulette With Every Meal?

Andrew Gunther | Posted 11.24.2012 | Home
Read More: Monsanto, Gm, Genetically Modified, Health, Cancer, Gmos, Roundup, Lab Rats, Genetically Modified Food, Home News
Andrew Gunther

We urgently need truly independent scientific analysis of the environmental and food safety impacts of GM crops, paid for using truly independent funds.

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Genetically Modified Olympians: What Does Future Hold?

Reuters | Kate Kelland | Posted 10.07.2012 | Science
Read More: Doping, Sports, Video, Genetically Modified Athlete, Olympics, Genetically Modified, Reuters, Athlete, Science News

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - There have been "marathon mice", "Schwarzenegger mice" and dogs whose wasted muscles were repaired w...

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Are Monsanto's Days Numbered? 50+ Organizations Urging GMO Ban

Organic Authority.com | Posted 11.30.2011 | Green
Read More: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Ban Gmos, Monsanto, Rio 20, Genetically Modified, Sustainable Development, Gmos, Agroecological, Green News
Organic Authority.com

A document signed by more than 50 civil society organizations (CSOs) is asking the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development scheduled to take place in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012, to ban the use of genetically modified foods.

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Viruses 'could help fight cancer'

Posted 10.31.2011 | Home
Read More: Research, Genetically Modified, Health, Virus, Viral Therapy, Tumours, Cancer Therapy, Cancer, Viruses, Labs, Home News

PRESS ASSOCIATION - Future cancer treatments could consist of genetically modified viruses that infect and destroy tumours, new research suggests. ...

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Lucia Graves

Monsanto Under Federal Investigation For Cash Incentives Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 08.30.2011 | Green
Read More: Federal Investigation, Roundup Ready, Biotechnology, Herbicide, Roundup, Security and Exchange Commission, Genetically Modified, Agriculture, Monsato Profits, Sec, Monsanto, Glyphosate, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Global agribusiness giant Monsanto is under federal investigation for using cash incentives to persuade distributors to use Roundup, the...

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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Could Dramatically Reduce Spread Of Malaria

Posted 06.21.2011 | Home
Read More: Mosquito Dangers, Genetically Modified, Genetically Altered Mosquito, Genetically Modified Mosquito, Malaria Mosquito, Malaria, Science, Mosquito Bite, Mosquito, Home News

Scientists working on malaria have found a way of genetically manipulating large populations of mosquitoes that could eventually dramatically reduce...

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Throwing Biotech Lies at Tomatoes - Part 1: Killer Tomatoes

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Genetic Modification, Gmos, Dr. Arpad Pusztai, Geneticallly Engineered, Genetically Modified, Dr. Martineau, Genetically Modified Food, Fda Approval, Food Safety, Calgene, Fda, Gmo, Flavr Savr Tomatoes, Genetic Engineering, Home News
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...

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PHOTOS: Glow-In-The-Dark Cats, Venomous Cabbages & Other Bizarre Genetically Engineered Creations

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Gm Fish, Venomous Cabbage, Frankenfish, Enviropig, Genetically Engineered, Frankenpig, Genetically Modified, GM Plants, Glowing Cats, Glow in the Dark Cats, Gm Animals, Scorpion Cabbage, Slidepollajax, Genetic Engineering, Green News

From Mother Nature Network's Laura Moss: Glow-in-the-dark cats? It may sound like science fiction, but they've been around for years. Cabbages that...

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ARe Genetically Modified Foods The Secondhand Smoke Of This Century?

Ashley Koff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Genetically Modified Foods, Genetically Modified, GM Foods, Genetically Engineered, Gm, Genetically Engineered Foods, Gmos, Gmo, GMO Foods, Home News
Ashley Koff

GM foods came into our world with the promise of feeding the world, of helping farmers be more productive and as a result better off financially, and of being just as safe as their non-GMO relative.

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

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Menstruation, GM Soybeans, Ovaries, Gm, Uterus, Gastrointestinal Problems, Hormone-Induced Changes, Reproductive Problems, Pelvic and Leg Pain, Fertility, Glyphosate, Soy, Reproductive Disorders, Ovulation, Genetically Modified, Disease, Roundup Herbicide, Chronic Fatigue, Birth Defects, Rats, Hormonal Imbalance, Endometrium, Abortion, Diet, Genetic Modification, Genetically Engineered, Vyvyan Howard, Andreas Carasco, Stanley Ewen, Genetic Engineering, Green News
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...

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5 Dangerous Green Myths

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Wind Power, Population, Vegetarian, Cfl, Birds, China, Pollution, Vegetarianism, Coal, Soy, Eating Matters, Extinction, Climate Change, Genetically Modified Food, Deforestation, Global Warming, Energy, Population Growth, Clean Coal, Corn, Green Living, Genetically Modified Crops, Food Matters, Local Food, Population Control, Overpopulation, Mining, Genetically Modified, Environment, Food, Wind Turbines, Green News

Can you tell the difference between eco fact and eco fiction? With the green movement growing in momentum, we frequently come across any number of st...

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Will Genetically Modified Foods Make You Sick?

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Irina Ermakova, Monsanto, Genetically Engineered, Bt, Health, Morbidity, Food, Food Safety, Fertility, Animal Feeding Study, Genetically Modified, Infant Mortality, Genetic Engineering, Gmo, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

Two new government studies, published within days of each other, point to disturbing health hazards of genetically modified foods.

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Amber Waves of Antibodies

Gourmet | Barry Estabrook | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Grocery Manufacturers Association, Farming, Usda, Food Matters, Union of Concerned Scientists, Gm, Eating Matters, Genetically Modified, Agriculture, Green News, General Mills, Pepsico, Green News

Another week, another hole ripped in our food safety net. This one is courtesy of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which last month...

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A $200 Dollar Barrel of Oil Probably Won't Affect Me That Much -- Why? I Live in Europe

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: France, Take Back Control of Your Life, Genetically Modified, Agriculture, Oil, Food, Suv, Organic, $200 Oil, Velib, Quality of Life, Sustainable, Environment, Green News
Vivian Norris

Take back control of your life! Live in a place which has sidewalks! And walk instead of paying a trainer or going to a gym, and plant an urban garden patch.

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