The Institute for Responsible Technology says US food companies are turning from GMOs, citing non-GMO commitments from General Mills, Post, Hershey's, ConAgra, Unilever and others and a survey finding 58% of Americans seek non-GMO brands. It asks for donations to go global.
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Who Will Sell Out Vermont's GMO Labeling Law? - newsletter 010716 from Organic Consumers Association
An Organic Consumers Association newsletter criticizes Elanco for advertising farm-animal drugs to consumers who will never buy them, and warns that a closed-door meeting between USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and labeling advocates could produce a compromise preempting Vermont's GMO labeling law.
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Still deadly - newsletter 121315 -Organic Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association tracks the year-end budget fight, warning that GMO labeling preemption could be attached to the Child Nutrition Act and the omnibus, and that grocery manufacturers are pushing a two-year stall of state laws that would block Vermont's July start date.
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Why we ARE winning the GMO battle!
A fundraising message from Jeffrey Smith of the Institute for Responsible Technology, arguing that despite approvals of GMO salmon, potatoes and apples the anti-GMO campaign is closer than ever to winning, and inviting readers to watch a short video and donate.
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Answering your questions on GMOs
A fundraising letter from EWG president Ken Cook, pointing readers to a Q&A video answering their questions about GMO labeling and H.R. 1599, which the group calls the DARK Act.
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Take Action! China and the GMO Tipping Point
A new campaign will distribute a Chinese-dubbed Genetic Roulette and urge China's leaders to ban glyphosate and stop importing GM crops. China takes about 20% of U.S. farm exports, and in 2014 cited “low public acceptance” in delaying a GM soybean approval.
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WHO Findings on Glyphosate’s Carcinogenicity Should Be Enough To Halt Colombia’s Controversial U.S.-Backed Coca-Spraying Program
WOLA and Food & Water Watch want the U.S.-backed aerial spraying of glyphosate over Colombian coca fields stopped, citing a WHO panel's March finding that the herbicide is probably carcinogenic to humans. Colombia's Health Ministry has already recommended suspension.
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Environmental Medicine Training Course with Jeffrey Smith on GMOs
A listing for a February 9, 2015 webinar in the Environmental Medicine Training course, in which Jeffrey Smith discusses transgenic foods and disease and presents physician case reports of patients improving on GMO-free diets, with promo codes for the session or the full series.
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Documentary, “Poison on the Platter”: GE Foods Are Spreading Across India
Mahesh Bhatt's documentary argues that biotech multinationals and Indian regulators are pushing genetically engineered foods across India over scientists' warnings. Dr. Mercola adds that industry claims of higher yields and substantial equivalence are not supported by science.
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The GM Contamination Register: a review of recorded contamination incidents associated with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), 1997–2013
The GM Contamination Register logged 396 incidents in 63 countries from 1997 to 2013. Rice accounts for a third, though no GM rice is grown commercially anywhere, mostly from two unauthorised lines: LLRICE from the USA and BT63 from China. Maize accounts for 25%, soya and oilseed rape about 10%.
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Impacts of genetically engineered crops on pesticide use in the U.S. -- the first sixteen years
Charles Benbrook's paper in Environmental Sciences Europe models how six transgenic pest-management traits changed U.S. pesticide use from 1996 to 2011, and reports that herbicide-resistant crop technology drove a 239 million kilogram increase.
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OREGON: GMO Education Tour with Jeffrey Smith!
An announcement for Jeffrey Smith's GMO labeling presentations in Portland, Eugene, Bend and Ashland on September 14-17, 2014, with suggested donations of $5 to $25 going to the Yes on 92 campaign and the first $2,500 matched.
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Important Action Alert - Institute for Responsible Technology
An Institute for Responsible Technology alert asking readers to contact Conde Nast executives over internal documents published by Gawker that describe a Monsanto public relations campaign using celebrity chefs and nonprofits to promote GMOs.
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Consumer Group Files SEC Complaint About GE Salmon Company’s Misrepresentations
Food & Water Watch asked the SEC to make AquaBounty disclose more risk to investors as it seeks a NASDAQ listing, saying its filing omits a possible Fish & Wildlife Service review of GE salmon production and a pending Panamanian case over permits.
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Monsanto Loses GMO Labeling Battle in Vermont - newsletter from Organic Consumers Association
Vermont passed H.112, the first state law requiring GMO labeling with no trigger clause, and barring 'natural' claims on GMO-containing foods. The newsletter expects Monsanto to sue, and separately flags synthetic nutrients permitted in organic food.
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Russia Rejects GMOs, Will Grow Organic Food Instead - newsletter from Institute for Responsible Technology
A newsletter roundup: Russia's prime minister and agriculture minister say the country will stay free of genetically engineered food, the USDA faces a suit over roughly 1,200 missing GMO alfalfa documents, and Kroger and Safeway say they will not sell GMO salmon.
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Big Food might get its wish
EWG urges readers to tell their representatives to oppose Rep. Mike Pompeo's bill, which the group calls the DARK Act. It would block states from requiring labels on genetically engineered ingredients, bar FDA from mandating them, and allow GE foods to be called natural.
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Send in the (Pro-GMO) Clowns - newsletter from Organic Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association attacks H.R. 4432, Rep. Mike Pompeo's “Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2014,” which would create a voluntary federal GMO labeling standard, bar states from requiring labels, and let “natural” appear on products containing GMOs.
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