The Max Planck Institute tackles the seldom discussed subject of whether GMO mosquitos can ruin the integrity of organic products.
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The Max Planck Institute tackles the seldom discussed subject of whether GMO mosquitos can ruin the integrity of organic products.
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With Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan and other food advocates calling GMO-labeling “parochial”, The Ecologist’s Jonathan Latham takes them to task. And rightly so.
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As part of the new federal GMO-labeling law, a technological study must be completed by July. However, the USDA is rumored to be having trouble securing funds for the study, potentially putting the new law in jeopardy. If this law does get scrapped, I won’t be shedding a tear. This legislation is a disaster. Read my take on it HERE.
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In an important vote, the European Union failed to authorize the cultivation of new genetically-modified crops, with the last ones being approved in 1998. However, since the rejection failed to receive a majority of votes, it is now in the hands of the European Commission as to what is next.
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Farmer and environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the EPA for approving XtendiMax, also known as Dicamba. Dicamba is already linked to increased rates of cancer and birth defects, and has caused outrage across the country even among non-organic farmers.
Read Article Unsurprisingly, the USDA’s proposed regulations to evaluate the next generation of GMOs, such as gene-editing and synthetic biology, are just not enough. Many of these risky crops may escape government oversight entirely.
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Gene-editing technology is now being used on food, and regulatory oversight and mandatory safety studies are practically non-existent, not to mention a lack of labeling. The only good news is that this technology has been banned in organic.
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Japan is looking to tighten its GMO-labeling laws, which currently have a threshold of 5%. The EU and Non-GMO Project both use a threshold of 0.9%.
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Hunt’s Tomatoes posted a video proudly advertising that its tomatoes are Non-GMO. Needless to say, the pro-GMO community wasn’t happy about this.
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Horrible news, but it was inevitable. Cuba will begin its first large-scale planting of genetically-modified soy and corn in the spring of 2017.
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Is anyone the least bit surprised? As reported in PLOS ONE, French researchers said that 40% of GMO studies contained a financial conflict of interest.
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It appears no fruit or vegetable will be spared, as the FDA just said that a genetically-engineered pink pineapple is safe to sell.
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Center for Food Safety and other non-profit groups sue the FDA over the fast-tracked and irresponsible approval of GMO mosquitos in Florida.
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A U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that local government in Hawaii can prohibit the planting of GMOs, recognizing the potential harm of these crops to farmers and the environment.
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A county in Florida has approved the release of GMO mosquitos but one roadblock remains.
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In Sonoma County, voters approved a 13,374 square-mile zone where genetically-modified plants cannot be grown. This is fantastic news.
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As China looks to promote GMOs throughout the country, its citizens are resisting. And rightly so.
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A new device invented at Rice University can detect GMOs that have escaped into the environment. It is currently being tested now.
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As if we needed another GMO-apple that doesn’t turn brown, the USDA has just approved a third version of this “apple”.
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Due to the fact that the DARK Act recently passed, The State of Vermont, the Grocery Manufacturers Association and others food groups have agreed to dismiss a federal lawsuit challenging Vermont’s law which would have required GMOs to be labeled. Unfortunately for consumers, the federal law overrides the state law.
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Over 100 Nobel Laureates have pleaded with anti-GMO activists to stop fighting against GMOs and GMO ‘Golden Rice’ but The Union of Latin American Scientists Committed to Society and Nature (UCCSN-AL) has rejected this plea, saying that the technology is no longer valid.
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One politician has taken a stand that this GMO-labeling bill that President Obama signed is unfair to consumers. He wants it repealed.
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Is anyone at all surprised? A new study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University says that it is highly unlikely that consumers will use QR codes to determine if a product contains GMOs.
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Once again, GMO-wheat, has been discovered — this time in Washington State — and it has caused several global trading partners to put a halt on all shipments of this supposed non-GMO commodity.
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