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Genetically modified foods, labeling and the debate around them.
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The "Safe" Garden Product that Can Destroy Your DNA
Research in the German journal Ithaca detected glyphosate in city dwellers' urine at 5 to 20 times the drinking water limit. Mercola links Roundup's active ingredient to birth defects, endocrine disruption and DNA damage, and advises avoiding both the herbicide and GM foods.
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Should Meat and Milk From Clones Be Labeled? Europe Says Yes
European Parliament food safety members want a cloning bill within a year, with labels and traceability for meat and milk from clones' offspring. The FDA ruled in 2008 that US products from clones need no label and only asked producers to keep them out of the food supply voluntarily.
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Monsanto Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in France
A French court found Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning in the case of grain farmer Paul Francois, who reported neurological problems after inhaling the Lasso weed killer, banned in France in 2007. Mercola also notes an Indian biopiracy suit and a West Virginia class action over dioxins.
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Jeffrey Smith's Powerful New Film, and a Matching Grant to Make It Happen
The group behind an upcoming film on GMO health risks, told through healthcare practitioners, asks for donations to finish it before an April Campaign to Protect Children From GMOs. Gifts are matched up to $10,000 by Mike Adams and NaturalNews.com.
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The One and Only Way You Can Tell if a Food is GMO-Free
Vermont's H.722 would require labels on food made with genetically engineered ingredients and bar such products from calling themselves natural, taking effect in 2014 if passed. California, Michigan and Washington are pushing similar labeling measures.
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The One and Only Way You Can Tell if a Food is GMO-Free
Vermont's H.722 would require food made wholly or partly with genetically engineered ingredients to carry a label and would bar calling it 'natural,' taking effect in 2014 if passed. California, Michigan and Washington are pushing similar labeling measures.
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Roundup in your Urine; Useless Corn Approved; GMOs Unsustainable
A German university study found glyphosate, Roundup's main ingredient, in the urine of city dwellers at 5 to 20 times the drinking-water limit, and the lab is withholding its full data under pressure from agrochemical representatives. The newsletter also revisits GM corn feeding studies in pigs.
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Don't Eat it: Linked to Cancer and Gets into Your Blood
Boulder County's Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee voted 5-4 to phase genetically modified crops off county-owned land, following a recommendation from the county's Food and Agriculture Policy Council and a public meeting where most of 250 residents spoke against GMOs.
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Don't Eat it: Linked to Cancer and Gets into Your Blood
Boulder County will phase genetically modified crops off county-owned land after its Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee voted 5-4, following a policy council recommendation and a public meeting where most of 250 residents opposed GMOs. Mercola says the health effects remain largely unknown.
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Urgent Action Needed to Label GMOs in Your State!
An action alert reporting that sixteen states are weighing GMO labeling bills, that Monsanto lobbyists are fighting two Washington state bills, and that a California bill to label engineered salmon failed 9-7. Groups are backing a November 2012 California ballot initiative.
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Banned in Germany, But You're Probably Still Eating It
Natural Society named Monsanto the worst company of 2011 for threatening human health and the environment. Mercola argues the promised benefits of GM crops have not materialized while herbicide-resistant weeds, super pests and cross-contamination have, and urges a boycott of GM foods.
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This Menace Killed 50% of Rats Tested - But It's Hiding in Your Water, Air and Food
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, turned up in Catalonian groundwater samples at levels exceeding quantification limits in 41 percent of them. Mercola says the herbicide does not readily break down and cites links to more than 20 adverse health effects.
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Wholesale Approval of Genetically Engineered Foods Obama Administration Disappoints/Angers Public
The Cornucopia Institute objects that USDA approved Monsanto's drought-tolerant GE corn over the holidays despite nearly 45,000 opposing public comments against 23 in favor, with no safety tracking. USDA also opened comment on two more petitions, including a Monsanto omega-3 soybean.
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Action Alert: Say 'No' to Dow Chemical's GE Corn Petition -- Proven in the Jungles of Vietnam as Part of Agent Orange!
Dow Chemical has asked USDA to deregulate corn engineered to resist 2,4-D, a herbicide used in Agent Orange, and the public has 60 days to comment. Cornucopia urges opposition, citing worker eye and skin irritation and animal data on fetal harm.
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Johnny (Non-GMO) Apple Seed
A first-person appeal recounting readers, physicians and health food store owners who dropped GMOs from their diets after encountering the Institute for Responsible Technology's radio talks, videos, pamphlets and conference presentations, offered as evidence the work keeps spreading years later.
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Monsanto corn failing in four states - maybe more
The EPA says rootworms in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Nebraska are suspected of tolerating Monsanto's Bt corn, with damage reports from other states too. It calls Monsanto's resistance monitoring inadequate, warns Smartstax could hasten resistance, and suggests conventional insecticides.
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Why is it Suddenly Cheaper to Eat Out?
A Bank of America Merrill Lynch report found grocery prices rising 2.5 times as fast as restaurant prices, since stores pass increases straight to shoppers while restaurants buy in bulk or cut wages. Dr. Mercola argues sticker price ignores nutritional quality.
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