24.10.2014 | permalink
U.S. approval of Dow Chemical Co. (DOW)’s Enlist Duo weed killer for treating genetically modified crops should be reversed because the government failed to adequately review its effects on human health, farmers and environmental groups said in a lawsuit.
22.10.2014 | permalink
Voters in two Western states are caught in fierce battles over whether consumers will know what is deep inside their food.
21.10.2014 | permalink
A City Council committee on Monday backed a proposal to ban the cultivation of genetically modified crops within the city.
21.10.2014 | permalink
With Proposition 105 on the statewide ballot, Colorado voters are being asked to decide how much information they want about their foods.
21.10.2014 | permalink
A federal appeals court has opened the door for Syngenta Seeds to revive a lawsuit it brought against Bunge North America in 2011 over the agribusiness company's refusal of a type of genetically modified corn.
20.10.2014 | permalink
We said we wanted the Right to Know in CA.
They spent $48 million to deny it to us.
We said Yes on 522!
They spent $22 million to deny it to Washington State.
We said Yes on SB-1381!!
They bought the last two votes in the CA State Senate to kill it.
We are back.
We will not be denied again.
Los Angeles City Councilmembers Paul Koretz and Mitch O’Farrell introduced a motion to curb the growth and proliferation of GMO seeds and plants within the city, to protect local gardens and city-grown food from current future contamination from GMO seeds.
20.10.2014 | permalink
Production of genetically engineered fish is banned in California waters. Last month, Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill; however, there is a loophole.
20.10.2014 | permalink
Michael Specter's recent articles bashing Vandana Shiva and the labeling of genetically engineered foods (Seeds of Doubt and The Problem with G.M.O. Labels, 8/25/14) in the New Yorker are the latest high-profile pro-GMO articles that fail to engage with the fundamental critique of genetically engineered food crops in US soil today: rather than reduce pesticide inputs GMOs are causing them to skyrocket in amount and toxicity.
20.10.2014 | permalink
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved a new version of a popular weed killer to be used on genetically modified corn and soybeans.
20.10.2014 | permalink
The state Attorney General’s Office has released its proposed rules to enforce Vermont’s first-in-the-nation law requiring the labeling of foods containing genetically engineered ingredients. The rules, announced Wednesday, will be the subject of three open meetings later this month.