Super Weeds and Herbicide – Tolerant Genetically Engineered Crops
By Belinda Martineau, PhD Some Ag-Biotech history Twenty years ago, before crops genetically engineered to be herbicide-tolerant were commercially available, one of the big concerns environmentalists had about the use of agricultural biotechnology was that it would...
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...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...
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...
Rocky Road for Roundup
It didn’t take much convincing to get Mike Pietzyk to try a new weed-killing product on one of his cornfields in southeastern Nebraska. “The days of going out and spraying Roundup twice a year—those are long gone,” says Pietzyk, a second-generation grower who has...
Do people have to be shamed into doing the right thing for our children?
California is #1 of states people are leaving, reasons are secondary to the cost of living. True? Perhaps it's the mandatory vaccine requirements that are driving young people out. Look at the age demographics before drawing conclusions:
Parental Alert: I was a Girl Scout. I loved the camaraderie, entrepreneurial spirit, and badges :-)
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They can do better. @yesmaam74 @stephanieseneff and @GMOScience studied 25 cookies from 3 states for glyphosate/AMPA, and 5 toxic metals. The results…