Genetic Engineering
GMO = Genetically Modified Organism
GMOs are created in a lab, by inserting a gene from one organism into another unrelated organism, producing plants and animals that would never occur in nature. No long-term safety studies have been done on humans, but animal studies link the consumption of GMOs to an increase in allergies, kidney and liver disease, ADHD, cancer, infertility, chronic immune disorders and more.
Without realizing it, the USCC accidentally revealed the strategic danger of GMO crops, namely that their genetic code can be hacked by adversaries who might then manufacture bioweapons against them in order to cause famines. This scenario would predictably have been dismissed as a so-called “conspiracy theory” had Alex Jones suggested it, yet a U.S. government agency just officially extended it credence.
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Bayer and Monsanto have a lot in common, starting with the toxic products they have brought to market. This is just a shortlist of the top reasons – the ‘Toxic 17’ – why you should boycott Bayer-Monsanto, an unethical corporation and a scourge on humanity and the planet.
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On April 27, three members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee wrote the co-chairs of the House Appropriations Committee expressing “serious concern about U.S. funding for the AGRA.”
The letter came after a briefing by African civil society and faith leaders, who called on Congress to cut funding to
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The EU has long maintained a near-ban on first generation GMOs, which is now heavily restricting work with newer, more refined gene editing methods that do not involve the insertion of transgenes from other species.
But the need to make crops more climate resilient, keep European agribusiness competitive and maintain food security, has the issue back on the political agenda.
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Monsanto ghostwrote research and essays to promote the safety of the pesticide glyphosate. These essays were published on the websites of Monsanto front groups and in mainstream media outlets, while the studies ran in journals notorious for marketing corporate claims of safety in products such as tobacco, asbestos, and fossil fuels.
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Stuart Newman, a founding member of the Council for Responsible Genetics that Krimsky headed and a professor of cell biology and anatomy at New York Medical College, tweeted, “I am very sorry to report the death of my friend and colleague Sheldon Krimsky. Shelly was a scholar who chronicled corruption in, and misuse of, science, and an activist of the highest integrity in opposition to these practices.”
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Bayer faces a billion-dollar investor class action lawsuit in Germany over the takeover of U.S. seed manufacturer Monsanto, specialist law firm Tilp Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft reported.
Tilp said it was representing more than 250 institutional investors and a large number of private investors who believed Bayer misled them about the economic risks of the $63 billion acquisition and are demanding damages.
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A recent study by ÖKO-TEST (the German equivalent of Consumer Reports) found trace amounts of glyphosate in beer for 12 of the 50 German beer brands they tested. Only the organic brands showed no detectable levels.
You can read details from the ÖKO-TEST study here, but it's in German, so keep reading as we analyze the findings.
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Two reports in a Scottish daily newspaper have highlighted powerful criticisms of UK media reporting on gene editing in the context of the Boris Johnson government’s new bill on deregulating gene-edited plants and animals in England.
The first of these stories about media misrepresentation hit the papers last weekend under the headline, Food experts slam the BBC for “lies” about gene-edited foods.
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Faith leaders added their compelling voices to the chorus calling on U.S. Congress to stop funding the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. Their call comes as Congress is reauthorizing funding for the Global Food Security Act, which has provided funding to AGRA through the U.S. Agency for International Development's Feed the Future program.
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