Genetically Modified Organisms

Scientists Discover Bt Toxins Found In Monsanto Crops Damage Red Blood Cells

Studies are showing that Bt toxins found in Monsanto crops are harmful to mammalian blood by damaging red blood cells and more. RBC’s are responsible for delivering oxygen to the body tissues through blood flow. Bacillus thuringensis (Bt) is a bacterium commonly used as a biological pesticide. It is a microorganism that produces toxic chemicals.


Shareholders Vote "No" On Removing GMOs From Similac

Shareholders of Abbott Laboratories voted April 26 on whether the company should adopt a non-GMO policy for its products, which include one of the nation’s leading infant formula brands, Similac. In the week prior to the vote, The Cornucopia Institute initiated a petition drive, in support of As You Sow, the shareholder activism group that


Top 5 Worst “Chemically Altered” Foods To Avoid

  Top 5 Worst chemically modified foods to avoid – Always choose “Organic” to avoid the harmful effects of GMOs and poisonous pesticides! 1. Corn: This is a no-brainer. If you’ve watched any food documentary, you know corn is highly modified. “As many as half of all U.S. farms growing corn for Monsanto are using


Hidden Viral Gene Discovered in GMO Crops

Another reason for you to avoid health depleting genetically modified organisms is here. A recent discovery of a hidden viral gene deep within genetically modified crops has us asking more questions. Despite numerous studies, experts and scientists speaking out about the dangers of GMOs to human health, the United States government, and other major manipulating


Why Didn’t The US Just Attack Afghanistan With Monsanto GMOs?

It would have been so simple. Flood Afghanistan with Monsanto GMOs. Truckloads of seeds. Tanks full of Roundup herbicide. Result? Nutritionally deficient food crops, chronic disease, poisoning with Roundup. Perfect. And we know how to do it, because we’ve been doing it to ourselves for almost 20 years. We’ve got it down. GMO ballot labeling


Genetically Engineered Trees for Bioenergy Pose Major Threat to Southern Forests

In response to industry plans to develop eucalyptus plantations across the US South[1], environmental groups[2] are raising serious concerns about the impacts of eucalyptus plantations on forests, rural communities, wildlife and the climate – especially if those trees are genetically engineered. EcoGen, LLC recently announced plans to develop eucalyptus plantations in southern Florida to feed


Monsanto's Astonishing Rise to Power

  Monsanto controls our food, poisons our land, and influences all three branches of government. This article was published in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org. Forty percent of the crops grown in the United States contain their genes. They produce the world’s top selling herbicide. Several of their factories are now toxic Superfund sites. They spend millions


Had Enough? Join the March Against Monsanto

  “We will not stand for cronyism. We will not stand for poison.” That’s why on May 25, activists around the world will unite to March against Monsanto. Join the march Find participating cities Start your own march Learn more Watch the video


Genetically Engineered Right To Know Act Introduced

Major changes could be coming to American food labeling rules if a new federal bill mandating that genetically modified ingredients be disclosed is signed into law. The new bill, known as the Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act, was introduced on Wednesday by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and resembles previous legislation


U.S. Study, Roundup Linked To Health Dangers

Heavy use of the world's most popular herbicide, Roundup, could be linked to a range of health problems and diseases, including Parkinson's, infertility and cancers, according to a new study. The peer-reviewed report, published last week in the scientific journal Entropy, said evidence indicates that residues of "glyphosate," the chief ingredient in Roundup weed killer,


Frankenapple: Bad News No Matter How You Slice It

Thanks to the biotech industry’s relentless quest to control our food, McDonald’s, Burger King and even school cafeterias will soon be able to serve up apples that won’t turn brown when they’re sliced or bitten into. A new, almost entirely untested genetic modification technology, called RNA interference, or double strand RNA (dsRNA), is responsible for


Bluntly Speaking: You Should Resign, Sen. Blunt! (PETITION)

  He’s been labeled "prodigious pork-meister" (Providence Journal), "Senator Earmark" (Wall Street Journal) and "Most Corrupt" (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington). Sen. Roy Blunt, a Republican from Monsanto’s home state of Missouri, has also been called a magnet for PAC money from the agribusiness industry, raking in over $243,000 in 2010 alone. Biotech’s


7 Foods To Stop Eating Today

If just one quarter of developed nations would stop consuming the following seven foods, the incidence of obesity and preventable disease would drop more than 50 percent. These foods are toxic to the body, offer no nutritional value and create systemic inflammation making their consumption precursors to auto-immune and other diseases. 1. Wheat There are


Live GMO and Prosper?

Happy, early G.M.O. awareness day everyone. I was supposed to post this on the 15th, so sue me. While there are varying degrees of information on this subject I believe that it is of the utmost importance to grasp the basics first.  Speaking of such, I’m sure you realize that our genes are basically code


Congress, Support The Genetically Engineered Food-Right-To-Know Act (PETITION)

There are few issues that unite Americans as much as our desire to know what's in our food. Thanks to your hard work, an exciting development will be taking place in our nation's capitol in the fight for GE labeling. Next week, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) will be introducing the


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