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2013-10-09 | permalink
Cyprus Enviro Commissioner Launches GMO Free Campaign
Cyprus environment commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou has launched a campaign for the country to ban genetically modified organisms. The reasons why Cyprus should be a GMO-free zone have been set out in a joint declaration compiled by Panayiotou and 18 organisations working towards the same goal, Cyprus Mail reported.
2013-10-07 | permalink
USA: Why Genetically Modified Foods Should Be Labeled
Did you know that you have been enrolled in the largest research study ever conducted in the United States but you never signed a consent form or agreed to participate? That's because since 1996 you -- and basically everyone you know -- have been eating genetically modified foods.
2013-10-03 | permalink
Washington state becomes the latest battleground over GMOs
Something was wrong: The plants weren’t dead. After letting the field in eastern Oregon lay fallow for a season, the farmer sprayed the popular herbicide glyphosate to kill weeds and errant plants to make way for the coming season. Most of the plants withered and died, as expected, but scattered around there stood unscathed green stalks of wheat.
Inlander: Washington state becomes the latest battleground over GMOs- The Republic: Washington: $5M boost in state fight over labeling GM foods
- Huffington Post: Corporate Lobbyists Resort to Deception in Opposing GE Food Labeling, Again
- Inlander: Visuals of the GMO debate: Syringes, gas masks and Frankenfood
2013-10-01 | permalink
Phillipines: Court affirms stop to field trials of bacteria-resistant eggplant
The Court of Appeals denied the government's request to reconsider its ruling stopping the field trials of bacteria-resistant eggplant nationwide.
2013-10-01 | permalink
Hawaii: Vandals hack down GM papaya trees
“Papaya vandals strike again” is the headline news in Hawaii, where about 100 genetically modified papaya trees were destroyed late last week by machete-wielding vandals.
