Supreme Court’s ruling on Monsanto’s GE alfalfa: Who won?
www.grist.org - June 23, 2010
Today, in a 7-1 opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court reversed both District Court injunctions, saying that the Court had overreached itself procedurally in halting the plantings. (Both Justices Steven Breyer ...
Read moreHow Frankenfood prevailed in global ag
time.com - June 22, 2010
Few companies spin financial growth out of crop growth better than Monsanto. By making an early, successful R&D-heavy bet on biotechnology, Monsanto transformed itself from an agricultural-chemicals company in an increasingly comm...
Read moreSuper Weeds: Another Reason Why Organic Farming is the Solution
technorati.com - June 21, 2010
Just as the overuse of antibiotics have created super-bugs, bacteria resistant to scores of antibiotics, super-weeds have emerged due to the overuse of herbicides. Specifically, the weeds are resistant to Roundup. Introduced in...
Read moreC8 exposure linked to ADHD in children
wvgazette.com - June 21, 2010
Children exposed to higher levels of C8 are at an increased risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to a scientific paper published this week. The study, by researchers at Boston University and th...
Read moreAre Organic Foods Healthier?
www.huffingtonpost.com - June 21, 2010
In two of my previous blogs on organic foods I reviewed the published studies that have shown that organically-grown food has more vitamins, minerals and health-promoting 'phytonutrients', as well as far fewer pesticides than comm...
Read moreGovernment Report Finds Dangerous Residues in Meat
alternet.org - June 03, 2010
A new Office of Inspector General (OIG) report released last month finds the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) fails to test for many drugs in cattle, inadequately tests for others and fails to recall meat which is ...
Read moreState poised to OK supertoxic pesticide [CA]
San Francisco Chronicle - June 02, 2010
Farmers planting strawberries and other crops in California will soon have to contend with cancer-causing poison instead of bugs, worms and fungus if regulators get their wish. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation ...
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