Organic Consumers Association News Headlines

San Francisco's Toxic Sludge - It's Good for You!

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:06:16 CST

]]>Fifteen years ago, CMD's book Toxic Sludge Is Good for You! first exposed the hidden government and industry PR campaign greenwashing toxic sewage sludge as "biosolids," an invented PR euphemism used to cynically re-brand toxic waste as "fertilizer" given free to farmers. Today, unfortunately, the biosolids scam is bigger than ever. ]]> Click here to read this article

India to Rule on Future of Aubergine as Country's First Genetically Modified Food

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:02:35 CST

]]>A fierce row over the future of the humble aubergine, staple ingredient of fiery brinjal curries for tens of millions of Indians, will reach a climax on Wednesday with a key government decision on the possible future commercial cultivation of genetically-modified strains of the plant. If permission is given, the aubergine will become the first GM foodstuff to be grown in India.]]> Click here to read this article

Brazilian Farmers Declare War on Monsanto

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:38:54 CST

]]>Growers in [the Brazilian State of] Mato Grosso have declared war against Monsanto, the multinational corporate owner of the GMO soya technology known as RR (Roundup Ready). After exhausting all attempts to engage the company in dialogue, the growers are now considering legal action. In Cuiaba, Aprosoja (the Association of Soya and Corn Producers Association of the State of Mato Grosso) is preparing a lawsuit. In Sinop (500km North of Cuiaba) the growers are looking to sue the company as well.]]> Click here to read this article

Weed Killer Atrazine May be Linked to Birth Defect

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:04:55 CST

]]>Living near farms that use the weed killer atrazine may up the risk of a rare birth defect, according to a study presented this past Friday at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Chicago.]]> Click here to read this article

Globalization Is Killing The Globe: Return to Local Economies

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:38:57 CST

]]>Globalization is killing Europe, just as it's already wiped out much of the American middle class. Spain and Greece are facing immediate crises that many other European nations see on the near horizon: aging boomer workers are retiring with healthy benefit packages, but the younger workers who are paying for those benefits aren't making anything close to the income (or, therefore, paying the taxes) that their parents did.]]> Click here to read this article

Video: The Heat Is Online

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:31:46 CST

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H1N1 'Pseudopandemic' Was A Hoax Perpetrated by Big Pharma

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:17:49 CST

]]>Council of Europe chair says pharmaceutical companies conspired with WHO to make vast profits from fake hysteria]]> Click here to read this article

Top GMO News of the Month (Feb. 7, 2010)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:24:56 CST

]]>GMWATCH MONTHLY REVIEW No. 77]]> Click here to read this article

On Valentine's Day, Show Love for Planet Too

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:08:18 CST

]]>There's evidence of people working in Africa, where many of our flowers are imported from, being very badly treated.]]> Click here to read this article

Watering Down Organic Milk: Safeguarding Organic Standards

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:04:21 CST

]]>On some bureaucrat's desk in President Obama's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sits a document that has the power to either destroy the nation's 1,800 family-operated organic dairy farms or come to their rescue.]]> Click here to read this article

The Dark Side of Nitrogen: Is America Fertilizing Disaster?

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:29:51 CST

]]>The amount of food a farmer could grow was once limited by his or her ability to supplement soil nitrogen, either by planting cover crops, applying manure, or moving on to a new, more fertile field. Then, about 100 years ago, a technical innovation enabled us to produce a cheap synthetic form of nitrogen, and voila! Agriculture’s nitrogen limitation problem was solved. The age of industrial nitrogen fertilizers had begun.]]> Click here to read this article

Senate Hears Testimony on Toxics, Biomonitoring & Autism

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:28:14 CST

]]>Senators heard testimony this week about how exposure to toxic chemicals may be linked to learning and developmental problems like autism, and how biomonitoring could strengthen the federal government's ability to protect the public from toxic chemicals.]]> Click here to read this article

Federal Court Orders Bayer CropScience to Pay Farmers for Rice Crops Contaminated by GMOs

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:09:38 CST

]]>A federal court jury has ordered the German conglomerate Bayer CropScience to pay $1.5 million to farmers in Arkansas and Mississippi whose rice seed was contaminated with a genetically altered strain.]]> Click here to read this article

Learning What Food Looks Like Before It Goes Into the Package

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:59:58 CST

]]>These curious students, all juniors and seniors at Automotive High School in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, are taking a class called "Food, Land, and You." Introduced by Jenny Kessler, a teacher at the school, three years ago, this elective English course is a primer about food broadly defined - its social, political and economic aspects. While dozens of New York City public schools have edible gardens, or offer student-grown food on the cafeteria menu, Ms. Kessler's class is unusual in the wider perspective it takes. ]]> Click here to read this article

The Corporate Takeover of U.S. Democracy

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:52:13 CST

]]>Jan. 21, 2010, will go down as a dark day in the history of U.S. democracy, and its decline. On that day the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government may not ban corporations from political spending on elections-a decision that profoundly affects government policy, both domestic and international.]]> Click here to read this article

Could Your Cell Phone End Up Killing You?

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:28:28 CST

]]>A new debate is raging over whether prolonged cell phone use poses serious health side effects. ]]> Click here to read this article

Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham...Earth

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:23:18 CST

]]>Our country, and the world, faces the duel crisis of a failed American economy and climate change that threatens life on this planet as we know it. Poor people and people of color are feeling the adverse impacts of climate change first and worst, from rising energy prices, to increases in heat-related illnesses. Ultimately, however, the destruction resulting from our planet's rising temperature will not be discerning of national borders, a family's yearly income, or the hue of one's skin.]]> Click here to read this article

Activists Want Makers to Come Clean on Cleansers

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:43:43 CST

]]>Exactly what's in floor cleaner? What's stain remover made of? And what effects, if any, might they have on human health or the environment?]]> Click here to read this article

MA House Passes Ban on Junk Food in Schools

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:41:04 CST

]]>The ban, which only applies to so-called "competitive foods," covers "sugary" sodas, cookies, candy bars, and some chips and sports drinks. Instead, schools are encouraged to sell non-fried fruits and vegetables, whole grains, non-fat or low-fat dairy, non-carbonated water, and 100% juice.]]> Click here to read this article

Dollar Stores: The Last, and Not So Healthy Eating Choice, Before the Food Lines

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:39:55 CST

]]>Dollar stores may be places to nab a bargain but for many they are the only place to buy food -- the rock-bottom of the food chain, the last stop before the food pantry.]]> Click here to read this article