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