Turns Out Nearly Everyone Wants GMO Labeling
by Steve Holt Despite strong opposition from many food companies and an apparent lack of political will, the tide may finally be turning toward policies that support consumers’ right to know what’s in...
View ArticleGMO Feed Creates Physical Ailments in Animals
New research is showing some troubling information about animals on the receiving end of industrial agriculture’s big GMO experiment. By Katherine Paul, Alternet A culture that views pigs as inanimate...
View ArticleGMO Labeling Backers Outspend Foes In Washington
By JOHN RYAN Backers of a Washington state ballot initiative to require labels on genetically modified foods have raised four times more cash than their opponents. Both sides’ contributions have come...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Initiates Bill to Label Genetically-Modified Foods
by Michelle Schoffro Cook Now that genetically-modified foods will soon require labeling in Maine, New Hampshire is considering following suit. The House subcommittee has begun work on a GMO-Labeling...
View ArticleJust Because Science Can Genetically Engineer Foods, Doesn’t Mean We Should
by Beth Hoffman Recently the debate over genetically modified (GMO) foods has heated up again. In just the past few weeks, articles about GMOs have appeared in Slate, the New York Times, and Grist....
View ArticleMonsanto puts $4.6 million into fight against GMO labeling
Monsanto has contributed $4.6 million to fight Initiative 522, the measure on this fall’s ballot that would require labeling of genetically engineered foods sold at retail. By Melissa Allison Seattle...
View Article“Extreme” Levels of Roundup Detected in Food
BY LEAH ZERBE, A new study finds worrisome levels of Roundup inside of people food. You probably wouldn’t knowingly eat a substance known to induce death in human cells. But that’s what millions of...
View ArticleVermont governor signs GMO food labeling into law
By Dana Ford and Lorenzo Ferrigno, CNN, (CNN) — Vermont’s governor on Thursday signed a bill into law that will require the labeling of genetically modified foods — hailing it as the first such law in...
View ArticleUS pressures El Salvador to buy GMO seeds
via RT.com As one of the preconditions to authorizing close to $300 million in aid, the United States is pressuring El Salvador to purchase genetically modified seeds from Monsanto instead of non-GM...
View ArticleAmericans weigh in on GMO labeling in new poll
via AP WASHINGTON – A large majority of Americans support labeling of genetically modified foods, whether they care about eating them or not. According to a December Associated Press-GfK poll, 66...
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