Regulation of Genetically Engineered Foods
In the US, genetically engineered (GE) organisms are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US Department of Agricultural (USDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Since the first commercialization of GE foods, the US National Academy of...
Do We Need GM Crops to Feed the World?
This well-researched article examines the claim and validity of whether or not we need GM crops to feed the world.Read More
Dirty Money, Dirty Science
The biotech industry’s web of attempts to buy credibility, by laundering its messages through supposedly independent academic scientists, is unraveling and beginning to reveal the influence of a huge amount of industry money on the independence of academic...
GM Foods: A Moment of Honesty
So many have claimed that GE foods are perfectly safe, that the science is settled and only fools would deny this. However, professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies Glenn Davis Stone explains that precisely identical claims have been made before for...
How the Great Food War Will Be Won
Do we need GE crops to “feed the world”? Scientist Jonathan Latham explains why it is important to understand that this is a fallacy. In his words, “there is no global or regional shortage of food. There never has been and nor is there ever likely to...
Wow! I love this about face! Thank you, @McDonalds for the initiative and @GlyphosateGirl for the info!
Had to share this story of an enlightened teacher:
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My daughter came home from school and said,
“Mom, you’re not going to believe what happened in history class today.”
Her teacher told the class they were going to play a game.
He walked around the room and whispered to each kid whether they were a witch or just…
PARENTAL ALERT: Please be mindful of toxic exposures, before, during, and after pregnancy! I weigh in this excellent article by @ChildrensHD: