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2013-01-29 |

Mexican peasant leaders start hunger strike against GM maize

This Wednesday, January 23rd, we will start a new phase in our struggle against the planting of GMO maize here in Mexico, consisting of a collective hunger strike held in front of the Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City. National peasant leaders from our organization from more than 20 states of our republic will begin a sit-in at this very symbolic location. This act of voluntarily using our own bodies for civic protest will remind us of our almost 30 million fellow Mexicans who cannot find enough food to fill their stomachs on a daily basis. We want to reach the hearts and minds of the people of Mexico and the World to share our grave concern for the health, culture and economy of our nation, eroded by a development model that only benefits a tiny minority

2013-01-23 |

Hawai’i (USA) Legislature takes up GMO debate

State lawmakers have begun this year’s Legislature with a pile of bills targeting biotech industries that produce genetically modified organisms, with measures ranging from mandatory labeling to a total ban of such products in Hawai’i. House Bill 107 seeks to prohibit testing taro for genetic-modification purposes in the entire state, a ban which has been in effect on Big Island since November 2008 and in Maui County since October 2009, according to the bill. HB 107 was introduced Friday and passed first reading on the same day, but it has not been referred to any committee yet. Arguably the most ambitious bill, HB 349 seeks to stop GMO products from being sold or distributed in Hawai’i as early as Jan. 1, 2014.

2013-01-21 |

Fresh start for 2013 – National coalition calls on US cereal giants to take GMOs out of our breakfasts

GMO Inside, a coalition dedicated to advancing the right of consumers to know whether or not foods are genetically engineered, today announced that it is shining the light on the nation’s largest breakfast cereal companies: Kellogg’s and General Mills. GMO Inside is calling on these companies, who claim to be wholesome and healthy, to make a Fresh Start and label or remove the ingredients in their products that have been genetically engineered. In cereals, this could apply to major ingredients such as corn, soy, and added sugars.

2013-01-14 |

GMO ban makes it to Jackson County (Oregon, USA) 2014 ballot

Voters will decide in May 2014 whether to ban genetically modified crops in Jackson County.
Enough of the more than 6,700 signatures submitted by GMO-Free Jackson County were verified to qualify the measure, Jackson County Clerk Chris Walker confirmed Wednesday. The number of valid signatures well surpassed the required 4,662, Walker said. [...] “We’re very encouraged by the high success rate ... but it will still be a big challenge to get 40,000 yes votes in the election, because the bio-tech crowd always shows up and spends a lot of money to defeat these things,” [Petitioner Brian] Comnes said.

2013-01-14 |

Toxicity confirmed for a GMO and the pesticide Roundup - Raw data released to a notary

Séralini’s team and CRIIGEN have just filed complaints of defamation against claims of “fraud” and “falsified data” that were respectively published in “Marianne” and “La Provence” by Jean-Claude Jaillette and Claude Allègre who is a member of the French association for plant biotechnologies (AFBV).
In 2013 Séralini’s team and CRIIGEN will launch other legal actions to force disclosure of hidden and poor quality toxicological data. To set an example, we are arranging the formal delivery of the raw data of our last study to a notary. We will make these public as soon as the regulatory agencies or Monsanto do the same for their data, or when governments consent to publish the industry data.

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