Biotech companies are putting the full-court press on the Trump administration to ease the way for GMO-animals, such as pigs without tails and cows without horns.
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Biotech companies are putting the full-court press on the Trump administration to ease the way for GMO-animals, such as pigs without tails and cows without horns.
Read ArticleIn a Reddit post, the Microsoft founder calls GMOs “perfectly healthy” and he finds it “disappointing” that people view Non-GMO foods as better.
Read ArticleIn very worrisome news, GE-apples that don’t brown will hit more stores than initially planned, spurred by positive feedback from misinformed consumers.
Read ArticleIn this op-ed, U.S. Right to Know’s Stacy Malkan takes aim at the bizarre standard for opinion writers at Newsweek.
Read ArticleBecause CRISPR-edited foods can bypass the normal regulations that traditional GMOs face, they will be coming to supermarkets much faster than they should be.
Read ArticleA European court has ruled that mutagenesis, a gene-editing technique, is exempt from GMO rules.
Read ArticleAt the CODEX meetings in Berlin, Monsanto attempted to convince committee members that genetically-engineered foods should be classified as “biofortified”, which would greatly mislead and confuse consumers.
Read ArticleMitch Daniels, the president of Purdue University, makes the incredibly weak and pathetic case that people who are against GMOs are immoral.
Read ArticleLed by Jeff Merkley (D-OR), eleven U.S. senators have called for on-packaging GMO labels and that QR codes should not be used as a replacement until there is widespread internet access across the country.
Read ArticleResearchers in Australia claim to have developed a genetically-engineered banana to stop Tropical Race 4, a fungal disease impacting banana plantations around the world. I have no doubt that there will be plenty of unintended side effects.
Read ArticleU.S. Congress recently appropriated $3 million to fund the Agricultural Biotechnology Education and Outreach Initiative, which will promote the “safety and benefits of crop biotechnology.”
Read ArticleIn a bid to decrease oversight of gene-edited foods and to placate major seed companies, the USDA has withdrawn a proposal to create badly needed and updated biotech regulations.
Read ArticleSold in slices in 10-ounce bags, GMO-apples that don’t brown are about to hit 400 grocery stores in the Midwest.
Read ArticleSeeking to learn from its mistakes with GMOs, seed companies are looking to build trust with consumers for foods edited with CRISPR technology.
Read ArticleWith a complete lack of transparency, the introduction of genetically-engineered salmon into the Canadian market has been a PR debacle.
Read ArticleIntrexon, the company responsible for GE-salmon and GMO-mosquitos, will be launching its GM-apples that don’t turn brown very soon. And they won’t be coming with GMO-labels either.
Read ArticleSecretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is facing pressure to overturn Obama-era bans on GMOs and neonicotinoid pesticides in National Wildlife Refuges.
Read ArticleIgnoring the will of the people, the Oregon Court of Appeals has decided to keep blocking a voter-approved initiative that bans GMO-crops in Josephine County. Tragic, to say the least.
Read ArticleFacing shrinking demand, major sugar companies have launched A Fresh Look, a propaganda campaign defending GMOs.
Read ArticleEurope’s top court ruled that Italy’s 2015 ban on GMO-cultivation was unlawful. The ruling appears to be ceremonial since new EU rules give member states the ability to opt out of allowing cultivation.
Read ArticleConventional dairy farmers have launched a “Peel Back the Label” campaign, which intends to combat “Non-GMO” and other labeling claims.
Read ArticleLeading Democrats in Washington are not only pushing the USDA for a tough GMO-labeling rule, but they are urging the agency to meet the July 28, 2018 deadline.
Read ArticleIn Canada, five tons of genetically-engineered salmon have been sold. Yet, since GMO-labels are not required, no one knows what they are eating.
Read ArticleAn inside look at the dealings of Keith Kloor, a professor at NYU who will go to any length to defend the GMO industry.
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