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05/23/2018 / By Edsel Cook

The politics surrounding GMOs: Bureaucrats don’t care about the environment and are more interested in money

By and large, government bureaucrats in America and Europe don’t care two sticks about the environment or public health. They only care about the profits promised by big businesses that are using GMOs to take over the world’s food supplies, an article in GreenMedInfo stated. It started in the U.S. in the 90s. The executives […]

09/21/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Researchers share how to conquer herbicide-resistant superweeds that threaten the food supply in the Midwest

In the latest edition of Weed Science, researchers shared new knowledge about how to manage the growth of herbicide-resistant kochia, a weed that takes nutrients from both dryland and irrigated crops across the Great Plains. Kochia usually starts to sprout in late February or early March before the emergence of other summer annual weed species. It […]

11/17/2015 / By Greg White

USDA approves Monsanto’s new GM corn: More superweeds and cancer-causing glyphosate in your environment, coming soon!

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) stated recently that it would deregulate Monsanto’s MON 87411 maize. According to the USDA, the new corn variety would protect against worms that damage roots and resist the herbicide glyphosate. The biotech company genetically engineered its seeds to tolerate Monsanto’s RoundUp Ready herbicide, […]

09/30/2015 / By Chris Draper

Study confirms glyphosate causes liver and kidney failure

Exposure to small amounts of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s infamous RoundUp herbicide, can lead to kidney and liver damage over time, according to a recent study led by Dr. Michael Antoniou at King’s College London. The study examined the gene expression of liver and kidney tissue in rats. The results of the study […]

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