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Genetically Modified Food

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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Green News Report: September 7, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Salmon, David Koch, Sustainable Design, Antarctica, Australia, Oil Spill Response, Lobbyists, Helium, Renewable Energy, Factory Farms, Pakistan Floods, Obama Administration, Clean Energy, Fda, Green News Report, Offshore Drilling, Infrastructure, Proposition 23, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Genetically Modified Food, Hurricane Katrina, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Astroturf, Global Warming, Bp, Bpa, Gmos, California, Chevron, Pakistan, Nuclear Power, Ipcc, Wind Energy, Mafia, Open Secrets, Transocean, Barack Obama, Green Infrastructure, Arctic, BRAD BLOG, California Prop 23, Charles Koch, Halliburton, Noaa, Bjorn Lomborg, Green News, Koch Industries, Climate Legislation, Food Recall, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: We're back...

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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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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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Judge Revokes USDA Approval Of Genetically Modified Sugar Beets, Orders Review

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Court, Sierra Club, Center for Food Safety, Environmental Impact Statement, Roundup, Sugar Beets, Agriculture, Organic Seed Alliance, Genetically Modified Food, Biotech, Usda, Monsanto, Gmo, Home News

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has revoked the government's approval of genetically altered sugar beets until regulators complete a more thorou...

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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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Where Did the Potato Sprouts Go?

Janine Yorio | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Potatoes Chemicals, Gmos, Potatoes, Synthetic Chemicals, Potato Sprouts, Genetically Modified Food, Chemicals in Food, Potato, Agriculture 2.0 Global Markets, Green News
Janine Yorio

It is well-known that the food Americans eat is coated with chemicals whose long-term effects are not well understood. But what you may not know is that non-toxic alternatives exist.

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Top 10 Reasons to Label Genetically Engineered Foods

Ronnie Cummins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Consumers Right Know, Monsanto, Food Labels, Slidepollajax, Home News
Ronnie Cummins

The third generation of hamsters fed genetically engineered soy suffered slower growth, a high mortality rate, and a bizarre birth defect: fur growing in their mouths. Many also lost the ability to have pups.

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The Unholy Alliance: Monsanto, Dupont & Obama

Ronnie Cummins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Ramona Romero, Genetically Modified Food, Bt, Usda, Barack Obama, Dupont, Politics News
Ronnie Cummins

President Obama knows that agribusiness cannot be trusted with the policy and regulatory powers of government. On the campaign trail in 2007, he promi...

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Are Food Labels Really Necessary?

Susan Yager | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Food Politics, Genetically Modified Food, FDA Food Labels, Misleading Food Lavels, Food Labeling, Food Labels, Healthy Living News
Susan Yager

There is much to be said for knowledge and the ability to make educated choices. But the bottom line is that we are better off respecting our food than analyzing it.

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Monsanto Wins Supreme Court Case: Genetically Modified Alfalfa Ban Lifted

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Supreme Court, California, Roundup, Agriculture, Biotech, Gm Alfalfa, Monsanto, Genetically Modified Alfalfa, Cross Pollination, John Paul Stevens, Ban, Alfalfa, Farmers, Genetically Modified Food, Usda, Oregon, Video, Green News

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a nationwide ban on the planting of genetically engineered alfalfa seeds, despite claims they mig...

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Generation Monsanto

Ronnie Cummins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Biotech, GMO Labeling, Monsanto, Genetic Engineering, Home News
Ronnie Cummins

With Monsanto's genetically modified crops and chemicals threatening public health and the environment, not to mention the next generation's reproductive capacity, why isn't there a massive consumer outcry?

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80-Plus Groups Urge FDA, USDA to Change U.S. Position on Food Labeling

Naomi Starkman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Kathleen Merrigan, Consumers, Usda, Fda, Consumers Union, Genetically Modified Foods, Michael R. Taylor, Green News
Naomi Starkman

A proposed U.S. policy on food labeling would create major problems for American producers who want to label their products as free of genetically modified or engineered ingredients.

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Dengue Fever, Biotech Agriculture, Sleeping Sickness, Biotechnology, GM Insects, Malaria, Genetically Modified Food, Socio-Economics, Genetics, Biotech, Gmo, Dna, Latin America, Arizona Experiment, Gm Technology, Risk Management, Arizona, Black Swan, Green Living, Canada, Genes, Health, Africa, Black Swan Event, Asia, Europe, US, Health Care, Risk, Monsanto, Dupont, Bayer, Pectinophora Gossypiella, Pink Bollworms, Dow, Basf, Syngenta, Aventis, Genetic Engineering, Big Pharma, Unintended Consequences, Transgenic, Chagas, Unknown Unknowns, Pharmaceutical Proteins, Uncertainty, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Organic Food, Food Safety, Food, Honeybees, Ecosystems, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Animal Rights, Regulatory Framework, Agriculture, Regulators, Animals, Insects, Rural Communities, Deepwater Drilling, Pesticides, National, Pests, Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon, Public Health, Insect-Pests, Domestic, GM Crops, International, Food News, Agribusiness, Eu, India, United Nations, Climate, Global Warming, The Balanced Life, Frankenfood, Genetically Modified Organisms, Peta, Green News
DK Matai

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

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Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries

Natalia Rose | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Dna, Seasonal Food, Cellular Damage, Cherries, Consumer Spending, Genetically Modified Food, Mass-Produced Foods, Non-Organic Fruit, Modern Living, Healthy Living News
Natalia Rose

You know summer is upon us when cherries come into season. What says summer more than a bowl of these plump, succulent beauties? But wait, look agai...

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A Victory for Democracy, Another Blow to Monsanto

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: GE Crops, India, Genetically Modified Food, Food Safety, Bt, Monsanto, Center for Food Safety, Home News
Andrew Kimbrell

At last a government agency has rejected a genetically modified crop. The twist is that this crop, Bt eggplant, was not rejected by the U.S. government, but by the government of India.

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Eco Etiquette: How Bad For The Environment Is Diet Coke?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Green Living, Water Shortages, Diet Soda, Coca-Cola, Genetically Modified Food, Aspartame, Bpa, Pet, Plastic Bottles, Artificial Sweeteners, Diet Coke, Sodastream, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. I live a pretty green lif...

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Stuff My Dad Says about Monsanto - a "Roundup," If You Will

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Agent Orange, Roundup Ready Alfalfa, Precautionary Principle, Food Politics, Genetically Modified Food, Vietnam, Usda, Roundup-Ready-Sugar-Beets, Monsanto, Green News
Leslie Hatfield

Originally published on The Green Fork. I've been working on a broad range of food and environmental issues since 2005, but food politics became espe...

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Stop GE Alfalfa: Consumers Care About GE Contamination

Naomi Starkman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Food Safety, Genetically Modified Food, Consumers Union, Usda, Organic Food, Center for Food Safety, Alfalfa, Food Politics, Green News
Naomi Starkman

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) sued USDA on behalf of farmers and others regarding its approval of Monsanto's Roundup Ready alfalfa.

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Eco Etiquette: Do You Have Obsessive-Compulsive Sustainability Disorder (OCSD)?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Green Living, Obsessive Compulsive Sustainability Disorder, Genetically Modified Food, Green Fatigue, Environmental Activism, Environmentalism, Green Career, Obsessive Green Disorder, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. At first I thought it was...

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GMOs: Majority Of Americans Want Them Out Of Their Food

Treehugger | April Streeter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Organic Food, Institute for Responsible Technology, Genetically Modified Food, Food, Shopnogmo App, Gmo, Green News

According to the Institute for Responsible Technology(IRT), which developed the ShopNoGMO application for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, 9 out of 10 A...

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Top 5 Reasons NOT to Drink Soda

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Genetically Modified Food, Soda Tax, Soda, Healthy Living News
Maria Rodale

Talk of a "sugar tax" on soda has people all abuzz about whether it's an American thing to financially punish people for drinking soda or not. I say g...

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India's First GM Food Crop Put On Hold Due To Safety Concerns

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Jairam Ramesh, India, Gmos, India Gm Crop, Gm Aubergine, BT Brinjal, Food Politics, Gmo Safety, Genetically Modified Food, Food Safety, GM Food, Mahyco, Green News

India has deferred the commercial cultivation of what would have been its first genetically modified (GM)vegetable crop due to safety concerns....

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Genetically-Modified Tomato Stays Fresh For SIX WEEKS

Daily Mail | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Tomato, Tomato Crop, Tomato Freshness, Tomato Shelf Life, Food, Genetically Modified Food, Genetically Modified Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Genetically Modified Crops, Food Politics, Green News

Tomatoes genetically modified to stay fresh for 30 days longer have been developed by scientists. The breakthrough could apply to other fruit - inclu...

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