Glyphosate Lawsuits
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide Roundup, is one of the most commonly used herbicides in the world. Back in March The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced that they consider glyphosate to be “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Now people are beginning to sue. The glyphosate lawsuits claim Monsanto knew more about...
Did GMOs Save the Papaya?
The ringspot virus Joni Kamiya’s father runs a third-generation papaya farm located on Oahu’s North Shore. This is all the more reason to listen up when she touts the benefits of GMOs in the papaya – it’s one thing to hear the positives of GMOs from biotech company advocates, quite another from someone who benefits from them personally. The papaya ringspot virus was prevalent for decades and managed for a long...
Monsanto Fire – GMO Facility Nearly Destroyed
Monsanto Fire A Monsanto research facility in western France caught fire in late October. France has a long history of non-GMO activism, increasing speculation that arson was to blame. The fire started in multiple locations, strongly suggesting a deliberate rather than accidental cause, but investigators were unable to find any electrical problems or other potential causes for an accidental blaze. They did report smelling gasoline at...
Fighting For GMO Regulation
Regardless of any labeling legislation battles being fought in the Senate (and passed in the House a few months back), some groups are making a fullcourt press to reform the antiquated United States GMO regulation framework. The Center for Food Safety, Friends of the Earth, Pesticide Action Network and Water Watch said Monday it had sent comments to President Obama and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking for mandatory,...
Rejected GMO Hay Exports
Alfalfa hay went for about $195 a ton in September 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This September, it went for $158, and there are multiple reasons. China also played a role in exporting woes, according to University of Idaho Extension Forage Specialist Glenn Shewmaker. The country has stringent restrictions on genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. An increasing number of U.S. farmers produce GMO hay, and...
RESOLVING THE CONTROVERSY
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