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Genetically Modified Food

Chipotle Reveals Use Of Controversial Ingredient

The Huffington Post | Joe Satran | Posted 06.18.2013 | Green
Read More: Chipotle Menu, Gmos, Huffpost Full Plate, Chipotle Gmo Menu, Chipotle Gmo, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Chipotle Gmo Labeling, Genetically Modified Food, Chipotle, GMO Labeling, Chipotle Gmos, Chipotle Genetically Modified Ingredients, Green News

Many consumers think of Chipotle Mexican Grill as a healthy place to eat -- or at least a healthy alternative to other fast-food chains. The brand oft...

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GM Feed, Pigs, and Stomach Inflammation: Smoking Gun?

Tamar Haspel | Posted 06.13.2013 | Green
Read More: Genetic Modification, Food Supply, Factory Farms, Genetically Modified Food, Gmos, Meat, Genetic Engineering, Pigs, Green News
Tamar Haspel

You may have seen the study, with 'smoking gun' headlines, showing a correlation between severe stomach inflammation and GM feed in pigs. Take a closer look and you will see it is indeed a stinging indictment, but not of GM feed.

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'Green News Report' - June 11, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.11.2013 | Green
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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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Will "Pandora's Promise" Start A New Environmental Movement FOR Nuclear Power?

David Ropeik | Posted 06.11.2013 | Green
Read More: Wind Power, Nuclear Waste, Vermont Yankee, Breakthrough Institute, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Bill McKibeen, Stewart Brand, Rachel Carson, Helen Caldicott, Mark Lynas, Radiation, Nuclear Weapons, Pandora's Promise, Climate Change, Genetically Modified Food, Cancer, Sundance, World Health Organization, Cultural Cognition, Radioactive Fallout, Chernobyl, Solar Power, Ralph Nader, Nuclear Power, Green News
David Ropeik

The last line in Pandora's Promise, Robert Stone's new documentary about the environmental advantages of nuclear power, comes from Michael Shellenberg...

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'Green News Report' - June 6, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.06.2013 | Green
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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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'Green News Report' - June 4, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.04.2013 | Green
Read More: Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Monsanto, Video, Wheat, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Genetically Modified Food, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Gmos, Climate, Exxon Mobil, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Energy Efficiency, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, China, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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'Green News Report' - May 30, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.30.2013 | Green
Read More: Russia, Green Jobs, Arctic Ice Melt, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Wal-Mart, Monsanto, Video, Wheat, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Genetically Modified Food, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Rex Tillerson, Gmos, Climate, Exxon Mobil, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Shell Oil, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, China, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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Frankenfoods: Do Americans Have a Right to Know What They're Eating?

Tana Amen | Posted 05.29.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Healthy Living, Infertility, Health, Nutrition, Genetically Engineered Foods, Genetically Modified Food, Inflammation, Obesity, Diet, Genetic Engineering, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living News
Tana Amen

Proponents of recent legislation to label GMOs are facing a bruising food fight, given that the biotech and food industries have spent massive amounts of money to combat earlier GMO-labeling proposals.

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So What's With Libertarian and Republican Senators Voting Against States' Rights?

Elizabeth Kucinich | Posted 05.29.2013 | Politics
Read More: Senate Farm Bill, Farm Bill, Congress, Senate, Gmos, Genetically Engineered, States, Self-Determination, Genetically Modified Food, States Rights, Bernie Sanders, Libertarian, GMO Labeling, Gmo, Republicans, Politics News
Elizabeth Kucinich

Last week, as it did last year, the U.S. Senate voted on an amendment supporting the rights of states to enact their own laws requiring the labeling of genetically engineered foods. The amendment was offered to the Senate Farm Bill by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) but failed 27 to 71.

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'Green News Report' - May 28, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.28.2013 | Green
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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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The March to Stop Monsanto: Taking Back Our Food, Our Farms, Our Democracy and Our Planet

Dave Murphy | Posted 05.28.2013 | Green
Read More: Monsanto, Genetically Modified Food, Monsanto Protection Act, Gmos, Genetic Engineering, March Against Monsanto, Green News
Dave Murphy

The march to stop Monsanto is one of the most pressing issues of our time. The problem is not just their corrosive lobbying practices, but the fact that the products they produce, GMO foods and chemical weed killers, are in more than 70% of the processed foods we eat and feed our families.

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Genetically Engineered Trees and Glowing Synthetic Plants? No Thanks

Rachel Smolker | Posted 05.24.2013 | Green
Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Synthetic Biology, Biotechnology, Usda, Biofuels, Plant Biotechnology, Trees, Green News
Rachel Smolker

For the techno-obsessed, ideas are spawned, scientists get grants, become "experts" and build careers, patents are filed, business ventures launched, and PR firms hired, all before the fundamental questions are raised: Is this environmentally safe, responsible and fair?

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Is Outrage Over the Monsanto Protection Act a Turning Point for the Food Movement?

Michele Simon | Posted 05.23.2013 | Business
Read More: Gmos, Lobbyists, Monsanto, Genetically Modified Food, Monsanto Protection Act, Business News
Michele Simon

When food industry lobbyists do something so over the top, we can marshal our resources to respond effectively. Even though we didn't win that particular battle, the outrage over Monsanto's colossal overreach did bring massive attention to the issue.

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Genetically Modified Foods and the Limits of Trade Agreements

Simon Lester | Posted 05.23.2013 | World
Read More: Genetically Modified Food, European Union, Gmos, Trade Policy, Genetically Engineered Foods, World News
Simon Lester

What is free trade? Is free trade the removal of protectionism? Or does it mean creating a single market where all goods and services sold in one market can also be sold in other markets?

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Michael McAuliff

Senate Rejects Plan To Label Genetically Modified Food

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.24.2013 | Politics
Read More: GMO Labeling Senate, Bernie Sanders Gmo, Gmo Food, Gmo News, Gmo Labeling Bill, States Rights, Bernie Sanders, Fda, GMO Labeling, Senate GMOs, Genetically Modified Organisms, Monsanto, Video, Bernie Sanders Gmos, Monsanto Gmos, Genetically Modified Food, Gmo, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The United States Senate decided again Thursday that it simply does not want to let states tell people whether or not they are eating ge...

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It's Time for a Better Farm Bill. Now.

Ocean Robbins | Posted 05.22.2013 | Green
Read More: Farm Bill, Genetically Modified Food, Congress Farm Bill, GM Food, Genetically Modified Foods, Green News
Ocean Robbins

Have you noticed that when it comes to food policy, the U.S. Congress isn't always an unflinching champion of the public interest? Today, you have an opportunity to do something about that.

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Monsanto CEO: 'Elitism' Fuels Our Critics

Posted 05.16.2013 | Business
Read More: Video, Genetically-Modified-Crops-Pesticides, Hugh Grant Monsanto, Monsanto Ceo, Hugh Grant, Business News, Genetically Modified Food, Hugh Grant Monsanto Elitism, Monsanto, Genetically Modified Crops, Business News

It's not controversial pesticide-resistent crops that fuel Monsanto's critics, according to the company's CEO; it's their own desire to keep poor peop...

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A New Diet for the Planet?

Mark Tercek | Posted 05.01.2013 | Green
Read More: Veganism, Sustainable Food, Marc Gunther, Genetically Modified Food, Sustainability, Diet and Nutrition, Vegetarianism, Gmo, Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Green News
Mark Tercek

You might expect me to say that environmentalists should say no to meat, and that we should focus on changing what people eat in the interest of saving the planet. But it's not quite so simple.

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Joe Satran

Bill Introduced To Congress To Mandate Labeling Of GMO Foods

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Satran | Posted 04.25.2013 | Green
Read More: Huffpost Full Plate, Ge Food Labeling, Video, Barbara Boxer, Genetically Engineered Food, Gmo Food, Gmo Food Labeling, Peter DeFazio, Genetically Engineered Foods, Genetically Modified Food, Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act, GMO Labeling, Green News

On Wednesday, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduced bills to the Senate and House of Representatives that would req...

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Go GMO-Free

Elaine Gavalas | Posted 04.22.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Gmos, Earth Day, Genetically Modified Food, Healthy Diet, Healthy Eating, GMOs and Health, Earth Day 2013, Environmental Health, Genetically Engineered Foods, Sustainability, Healthy Living News
Elaine Gavalas

April 22 is Earth Day, featuring advocacy, action, and resources to support a sustainable Earth. One way we can celebrate Earth Day is to choose an organic, GMO-free diet.

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Is the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Committed to Telling Americans the Truth About Genetically Modified Foods?

Carole Bartolotto | Posted 04.22.2013 | Green
Read More: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Genetically Modified Food, Gmos, Proposition 37, Green News
Carole Bartolotto

The American people who are the losers in this situation because they will probably not get clear, unbiased and balanced information about what to eat from the organization that represents the largest group of nutrition-related health professionals in the country.

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Tenth Anniversary of the Mapping of the Human Genome: What It Means for Us All

Robert Klitzman, M.D. | Posted 06.16.2013 | Science
Read More: Dna, Genetically Modified Food, Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Gene Patents, Genes, Genes Bioethics, Eugenics, Bioethics, Human Genome Project, Gene Patenting, Human Genome, Science News
Robert Klitzman, M.D.

These miraculous discoveries present us with countless dilemmas and are far outpacing our abilities to grasp and address their ethical, legal and social implications. We need more public and professional education and attention to how it is affecting our lives and how it should affect our lives.

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Who Snuck A Rider Into The Ag Bill That Ordered The USDA To Ignore Judges?

Mother Jones | By Tom Philpott | Posted 04.05.2013 | Politics
Read More: Abigail Blunt, Gmo Crops, Senate, Tom Delay, Roy Blunt, Roy Blunt Monsanto, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Genetically Modified Seed, Genetically Modified Food, Gmo Seed, Usda, Matt Blunt, Gmo, Monsanto, Politics News

As I reported a couple of weeks ago, a recent Senate bill came with a nice bonus for the genetically modified seed industry: a rider, wholly unrelated...

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Lucia Graves

'Monsanto Protection Act' Foes Find Unusual Ally

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 04.02.2013 | Green
Read More: Video, Tea Party Patriots, Genetically Modified Food, Monsanto Protection Act, Tea Party, Gmo, Monsanto, Barbara Mikulski, Tea Party Monsanto, Green News

The so-called "Monsanto Protection Act," a controversial provision protecting the biotech giant from litigation, has found an unusual critic in the te...

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Go, Frankenfish! Why We Need GM Salmon.

Tamar Haspel | Posted 05.28.2013 | Taste
Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Gmos, Gm Salmon, Genetically Modified Salmon, Frankenfish, Genetically Engineered Foods, Taste News
Tamar Haspel

Genetic modification raises hard questions that need thorough answers. But, given finite resources to feed a growing population, wouldn't it be great if science could help us grow more nutritious foods with less time, effort, land and money? I'm a farmer, and I say yes.

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