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US at final stages of approving next generation GM herbicide-resistant crops, galvanizing activists
Two key federal agencies are in the final stages of approving a new herbicide-resistant crop “system” that would constitute the ...
Vermont senator describes consumers as ‘guinea pigs’ when ramifications of GMOs are not well-understood
Vermont is poised to become the first state to require the labeling of genetically modified organisms in food products. We speak ...
Still chasing ghosts: A new genetic methodology will not find the “missing heritability”
One of the hopes and promises of the Human Genome Sequencing Project was that it would revolutionize the understanding, diagnosis, ...
Battling India’s “Monsanto Protection Act,” farmers demand end to GMO
On August 8, thousands of farmers and activists from across 20 Indian states demonstrated in New Delhi against the Biotechnology ...
Why labels on GE foods won’t cost consumers a dime
The following is an edited excerpt. The biotech industry, led by Monsanto, will soon descend on the state of Washington ...
Five ways the FDA has failed consumers on genetically engineered foods
The following is an edited excerpt. 1. No health safety testing Genetically engineered (GE) foods have never been safety tested ...
