GMO Vitamin C is Rampant
When many of us look for a quick immunity boost, we turn to a little Vitamin C… but not so fast if you’re looking to avoid GMOs. Turns out, most vitamin C supplements in the U.S. are partially made from GMO corn. Some experts tell us the most common supplements on the market today are filled with hidden toxins, despite the fact they’re marketed as being “pure” and, sometimes, “organic.” One of...
EPA Launches Superweeds GMO Investigation
With the increased use of glyphosate on GMO crops, the EPA’s Office of Inspector General said recently it will begin a superweeds GMO investigation and analyze how farm workers are affected by the toxic chemicals used to combat them. In recent years glyphosate use has exploded. A study released in February found that glyphosate use by U.S. farmers rose from 12.5 million pounds in 1995 to 250 million pounds in 2014 – a 20-fold...
Illegal Chinese GMO Corn Runs Rampant
A study from Greenpeace revealed illegal GM corn growing in 93% of samples taken from fields in Liaoning province, part of China’s breadbasket. In addition, 95% of corn products taken from supermarkets and wholesalers were found to have GM corn content, which means GM corn and GM corn products are already ending up on dinner tables around the country, in direct violation of national agricultural laws. According to Tong Pingya, a...
The Hypocrisy of Passing GE Salmon Labeling in a Spending Bill
Yesterday we documented the Senate shenanigans on last month’s omnibus spending bill, where an anti-GMO labeling contingent pushed hard to sneak in a rider that would ban state-by-state GMO labeling laws, among other anti-GMO labeling whoppers. But there was a second part to that story, which favored the pro-labeling side, particularly related to GE salmon labeling. Per The Hill — The $1.1. trillion bill to fund the...
Glyphosate a Carcinogen? Monsanto Sues California to Prove Otherwise
Monsanto just filed a lawsuit against California to try prevent the state from listing glyphosate (Roundup’s main ingredient), as a carcinogen. Monsanto sued the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) on Thursday in Fresno County Court, seeking an injunction to stop it from glyphosate to the state’s Proposition 65 list of chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. Last...
Non-GMO Gatorade? Gatorade Jumps on the Bandwagon
Organic, non-GMO Gatorade? We’ve talked about the irony behind PepsiCo’s Tropicana brand sporting itself as a non-GMO product (if you haven’t read Tropicana Non GMO Label Just a Marketing Gimmick, Part 1 and Part 2, click the links to get up to speed), but apparently, PepsiCo is just getting started. Most recently, they revealed plans to create organic Gatorade in 2016, as part of their initiative to re-brand a...
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