GMO: Genetically Modified Organisms

Center for Research on Globalization
Debt, GMO, Demonetization: The Corporate Hijack of Indian Agriculture
Center for Research on Globalization
GRAIN is an international non-profit organisation and has just released a short report that outlines how RCEP is expected to create powerful new rights and lucrative business opportunities for food and agriculture corporations under the guise of ...

Yahoo News UK
Whole Foods pioneer chain for organic foods
Yahoo News UK
Considered a "first generation" organic market, the company was able to grow amid the rising interest in the United States in organic food and concerns about the dangers of pesticides and genetically-modified foods. But that also posed a challenge and ...

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Marketplace.org
Crispr inventor worries about the unintended consequences of gene editing
Marketplace.org
But she knows the possible dangers of gene editing, and she warned about them in a Wired article in May. Marketplace's senior tech correspondent ... Wood: One of the things I find fascinating is the intellectual property part of the conversation — to ...

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Daily Mail
Whole Foods pioneer chain for organic foods
Daily Mail
Considered a "first generation" organic market, the company was able to grow amid the rising interest in the United States in organic food and concerns about the dangers of pesticides and genetically-modified foods. But that also posed a challenge and ...

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Again, warning that today's wheat damages health
The Nation Newspaper
The heart of the matter, as we say, in that publication was that the wheat we eat today, either in its original wheat form or in transformed forms as in biscuits e.t.c, has been genetically modified to make it grow for harvest in a shorter time, more ...

EW.com
Neil deGrasse Tyson explains GMOs in clip from documentary Food Evolution
EW.com
Dip one toe in the world of grassroots advocacy and you'll immediately hear about the fears and dangers of GMOs, along with the biotechnology corporation Monsanto, one of the world's leaders in the field of genetic engineering. At issue in the fight ...

AGDAILY
Consumer Reports deceives consumers by calling 'Non-GMO' labels 'meaningful'
AGDAILY
Not only do they gain by spreading fear of ingredients in the food, but by attempting to force biotechnology out of the marketplace they limit any potential risk of organic farmers losing certification over accidentally growing biotech crops. Why would ...

THISDAY Newspapers
'Nigeria Doesn't Need Modern Biotechnology to Solve Food Challenges'
THISDAY Newspapers
The Executive Director, HOMEF, Mr. Nnimmo Bassey, during stakeholders meeting held in Abuja on the nation's food system, said the plan by the proponents of GMOs would lead to food scarcity in the country. He decried dangers of modern biotechnology, ...

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THISDAY Newspapers
'Nigeria Doesn't Need Modern Biotechnology to Solve Food Challenges'
THISDAY Newspapers
The Executive Director, HOMEF, Mr. Nnimmo Bassey, during stakeholders meeting held in Abuja on the nation's food system, said the plan by the proponents of GMOs would lead to food scarcity in the country. He decried dangers of modern biotechnology, ...

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'Slow Food' presents opportunities for PHL food exporters
Business Mirror
THE “Slow Food” movement in Switzerland has progressed into high gear recently with books and films raising awareness of the dangers of a fast-food diet for humans and the planet. Two leading retailers, Migros and Coop, played a key role in the Slow ...

Genetic Literacy Project
Words matter: Goodbye 'GMO'?
Genetic Literacy Project
This cutting edge has not been dulled due to technical problems or clandestine dangers. Instead, technology has been stalled because of high deregulation costs and negative public perception founded on ... for instance the abbreviation “GMO”. The term ...

Why you should avoid GMOs
Nevada Appeal
Eat whole foods only! Most GMOs are in processed and packaged foods. Avoid at-risk ingredients: Corn products including corn flour, meal, oil, starch, gluten, syrup and modified food starch, sweeteners such as fructose, dextrose, and glucose; soy ...

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The News Minute
'GM mustard will not drive oil revolution': Experts warn against 'scientific fraud'
The News Minute
Dr Sharma also pointed out that only one clinical trial has ever been held for Genetically Modified Organisms, making it unclear what the dangers are. “As citizens we have ... The GMO variety posted a threat to food safety and security, he warned ...

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Valley News
GOHS students organize 'TEM Talks' fundraiser
Valley News
The student speakers spoke on everything from perceived dangers of GMO food products to their experiences with discrimination. One Great Oak student, Miguel Diaz de Leon, gave a talk that was equal parts instructional lesson on coding and love letter ...

Green Left Weekly
Taking action against Monsanto
Green Left Weekly
To mark the sixth international March Against Monsanto activists in Sydney organised an event on May 20 to raise awareness about the dangers of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) food technology. This year the focus was on Monsanto's “Roundup” ...

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AGDAILY
Kevin Folta: Please say no to the term 'GMO'
AGDAILY
Take for instance the abbreviation “GMO”. The term appears to have been first used thirty-three years ago this week, appropriately in the New York Times, a venue that regularly uses language to blur scientific reality in food space. Over the last ...

New York Times
Public-Private Projects Where the Public Pays and Pays
New York Times
“PPPs have proven themselves to be an efficient and cost-effective project-delivery method, allowing state and local governments to access private-sector financing while effectively transferring risk,” said Geoff Segal, manager of government advisory ...

Center for Research on Globalization
London Terror to Complete Brexit Coup d'Etat
Center for Research on Globalization
There were no editorials exposing the facts that the new-PM Theresa May had herself warned UK voters that Brexit was “dangerous” and could have seriously damaging effects on the economy, the security, and the survival of the United Kingdom ...

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Genetic Literacy Project
Fake news alert: Melania Trump did not ban Monsanto products, GMOs from White House
Genetic Literacy Project
CLAIM: First Lady Melania Trump banned all Monsanto products from the White House after reading about the dangers of genetically modified foods. RATING: FALSE. ORIGIN: On 30 May 2017, web sites began posting reports stating that First Lady Melania ...

Definitions and Dangers Of Genetically Modified Organisms
Good Herald
The genes from this bacteria (from the Monera Kingdom) are currently being introduced into food crops (from the Plantae Kingdom) used to create genetically modified food so that the pesticide is no longer outside the plant but part of this new GMO's DNA.

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