Neonicotinoids are Killing Bees New Harvard Study Proves Why The Bees Are All Disappearing The human race is really starting to feel the consequences of their actions. One area we are waking up to is the massive amount of pesticides we spray (especially in North America) on our food that has not only been linked to human disease, but…
GMO – Toxins in Transgenic Crops Toxins in transgenic crop byproducts may affect headwater stream ecosystems Click on the link for the full article. http://www.pnas.org/content/104/41/16204.full?sid=ced9ef74-2576-4922-984f-5fcb3ce6e731 Abstract Corn (Zea mays L.) that has been genetically engineered to produce the Cry1Ab protein (Bt corn) is resistant to lepidopteran pests. Bt corn is widely planted in the midwestern United States, often adjacent…
GMO Technology – Genetic Engineering, Although the United States is not yet be willing to disclose GMO ingredients on food product labels, or acknowledge the scientific evidence that demonstrates the serious health effects of ingesting these ingredients, other countries around the world are taking steps to protect their consumers. According to Reuters, Bulgaria’s parliament voted to tighten a law…
WASHINGTON, DC, February 16, 2005 (ENS): More than 70 environmental, consumer, farmer, human rights groups and unions from six Central American and Caribbean countries held simultaneous press conferences today to denounce the presence of unauthorized genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food aid distributed by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), and in commercial imports of food originating mostly from the…
GMO Monsanto Schmeiser’s Story Schmeiser’s Story Before 1998, Schmeiser “had nothing to do with Monsanto. I never bought their seed, had never gone to a Monsanto meeting. I didn’t even know a Monsanto rep. “A lawsuit came in the mail unexpectedly in August of 1998…from Monsanto; it said that I had infringed on their patent by growing Monsanto’s GMO canola.…
GMO Research Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods Links to Recent Outstanding Research on the Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods GM Watch, January 3, 2008 RESEARCH – 2007Some of the research that caught our eye in 2007. Let us know anything good we missed, so we can add to the list. GM CORN MAY AFFECT AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS – STUDY Extremely important new…
DEET Study from Duke University Mosquito Repellent DEET Linked to Neurological Damage SOURCE: Environmental News Service, May 10, 2002 DURHAM, North Carolina, May 10, 2002 (ENS) – A common ingredient in mosquito and tick repellents may be linked to some neurological problems, a new study suggests. A Duke University Medical Center pharmacologist is recommending caution when using…
GMO Lyme/Autism Group Blasts Foods as Dangerous Lyme/Autism Group Blasts Genetically Modified Foods as Dangerous by Jeffrey M. Smith Stop eating dangerous genetically modified (GM) foods! That’s the upshot of the Lyme Induced Autism (LIA) Foundation’s position paper, released on August 25, 2009. The patient advocacy group is not willing to wait around until research…
GMO – Crop Weed Killer Linked to Fungus August 23, 2003 The Toxic War on DrugsGM Crop Weed Killer Linked to Powerful FungusBy JEREMY BIGWOODhttp://www.counterpunch.org/bigwood08232003.html Scientists are expressing alarm about the relationship between the application of a common weed killer to food crops and the resultant proliferation of potentially toxic fungal moulds in the harvest. Monsanto’s popular product Roundup, which…
GMO Crop Found in Wild A genetically modified (GM) crop has been found thriving in the wild for the first time in the United States. At the recent Ecological Society of America conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, researchers broke the news that transgenic canola is growing freely in parts of North Dakota. GM crops have spread from cultivated land to…