January 18, 2012
by Frank Flotsam
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grist.org - Photo: Bristol Motor Speedway & Dragway It could have been a turning point in America’s war on obesity. Tuesday morning on the Today show, Food Network star Paula Deen — the queen of deep-fried Twi…
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fda.gov - September 19, 1994 Participants:Monsanto:Bruce Hammond Steve Padgette Diane Re Marty Strauss Russ Schneider Roy Fuchs Kathryn Kolacz Nancy Taylor Daryl Thake Gary Hartnell Stephen RogersFDA:James M…
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newhope360.com - David “Ziggy” Marley, the oldest son of reggae musician Bob Marley, will perform in a benefit concert for GMO Free Boulder on Saturday, Jan. 21, in Boulder, Colo. Boulder County Commissioners rece…
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kipnews.org - Not many consumers realize that the FDA does not require genetically modifiedfood to be labeled. That’s because the FDA has decided that you, dear consumer, don’t care if the tomato you’re eating h…
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organicconnectmag.com - Genetically engineered salmon could pose serious risks to wild populations of salmon, many of which are currently threatened or endangered. On Thursday, January 19, the California State Assembly wi…
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justlabelit.org - Comment *Use this letter or better yet, edit it and craft your own Dear Commissioner Hamburg, I am writing to urge the FDA to require the mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods. I have …
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govtrack.us - 112th Congress: 2011-2012To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that food that contains a genetically…
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theatlantic.com - New research shows that when we eat we’re consuming more than just vitamins and protein. Our bodies are absorbing information, or DNA.Chinese researchers have found small pieces of ribonucleic acid…
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rawglow.com - http://www.opednews .com/articles/ American- Academy-of- Enviro-by- Jeffrey-M- Smith-090519- 809.html Today, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) called on “Physicians to educa…
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organicconsumers.org - For related articles and more information, please visit OCA’s Health Issues page and our Appetite For a Change page. In the early 1990′s, soy and soy products exploded onto the supermarket scene wi…
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nongmoproject.org - For consumers, it can be difficult to stay up-to-date on food ingredients that are at-risk of being genetically modified, as the list of at-risk agricultural ingredients is frequently changing. As …
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slate.com - Too bad the rapid-acting, social-media fix wasn’t more effective. LeVaux’ second try addressed some of the errors in how he described miRNAs and added some caveats about confirming results, but he …
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January 16, 2012
by Frank Flotsam
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announcement, diet, ecology, health, lifestyle, longevity, raw food, research
January 13, 2012
by Frank Flotsam
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January 12, 2012
by Frank Flotsam
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grist.org - The EPA has organized its data on major greenhouse gas emitters into a handy interactive map. You can zoom in on your area to see where the emissions come from near you, or scan around for the wors…
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grist.org - An independent research group has analyzed oil industry contributions to Congress, and figures that President Obama is staring down a $12 million barrel of political opposition on Keystone XL. Some…
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thegoodhuman.com - November 10th, 2010The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a coalition effort to protect the health of consumers and workers by securing the reforms necessary to eliminate dangerous chemicals from cosme…
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earthtimes.org - Saddle-back tamarin feeding on a camouflaged brown cricket; Credit Mojca Stojan-Dolar A project involving the universities of Cambridge, Stirling, Sussex and Anglia Ruskin, led by Dr Andrew Smith h…
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elephantjournal.com - Overwhelmed but love ele, just want the cream of our mindful crop? Just get one email a week with our top ten blogs of the week via our lovely e-newsletter. It’s free. I tweeted this casually awhil…
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January 3, 2012
by Frank Flotsam
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huffingtonpost.com - CLEVELAND — A northeast Ohio well used to dispose of wastewater from oil and gas drilling almost certainly caused a series of 11 minor quakes in the Youngstown area since last spring, a seismologis…
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treehugger.com - University of Queensland/viaSharks are one of the oldest species on the planet, having honed their sleek, aquatic-killer image only over millions of years of evolution — and as if that alone wasn’…
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tribune.com.ng - | Print | E-mail Written by Biola Azeez Tuesday, 03 January 2012 Share Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology has said that it did not at any time give Shell Petroleum Development Company, a c…
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thejakartapost.com - Jennie S. Bev, Northern California | Tue, 01/03/2012 8:56 PM The year 2012 is here. Is it a time to celebrate or to get ready for another calamity? The United States started this economic implosion…
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planetark.org - Date: 03-Jan-12Country: USAAuthor: Kim Palmer Ohio has suspended operations at five deep wells used to dispose of fracking-related fluids after nearly a dozen earthquakes in the town of Youngstown …
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cbc.ca - President Barack Obama and Congress are starting the election year locked in a tussle over a proposed 2,700-kilometre oil pipeline from Canada to Texas that will force the White House to make a pol…
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news.mongabay.com - New species of frog sings like a bird Jeremy Hancemongabay.com December 12, 2011The male Quang’s tree frog has uniquely complex vocalizations. Photo by: Jodi J. L. Rowley/Australian Museum. If you’…
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bbc.co.uk - 1 January 2012 Last updated at 19:55 ET By Justin Rowlatt BBC News, Amazonia For years, the story told about the Amazon has been one of destruction – the world’s largest rainforest, a region of ama…
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tdnpost.com - New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) It was a foggy and chilly morning in the capital Tuesday with the minimum temperature settling a notch above average at 7.9 degrees Celsius. The met office has forecast a fo…
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intellectualcenter.blogspot.com - © n/aMonsanto’s GMO Crops Ravage US, USDA Ignores Dangers by Mike Barrett Monsanto’s genetically modified corn, which has been hailed as the answer to many farmers’ prayers, has actually been cre…
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gmwatch.org - Friday, 23 December 2011 12:32 NOTE: Earlier this year, the administration of the outgoing Peruvian President slipped in a decree that opened the door for GM seeds. But the subsequent outcry force…
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utne.com - More than 270,000 organic farmers are taking on corporate agriculture giant Monsanto in a lawsuit filed March 30. Led by the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association, the family farmers are fight…
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theeastafrican.co.ke - Kenya’s Cabinet has approved the importation of genetically modified maize as it seeks to curb a biting food shortage ravaging most parts of the country. The move makes Kenya the first country in t…
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intrepidreport.com - Jean Ziegler at the salon du livre in Geneva in 2011 Jean Ziegler[1], in his recently published book ‘Massive Destruction—the Geopolitics of Hunger’[2], is denouncing the brutal arms the neoliberal…
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eatdrinkbetter.com - The USDA is asking for comments on a GM corn that is resistant to 2-4,D. 2,4-D works against broadleaf weeds, which makes it useful in many agricultural operations and also in home lawns. It’s used…
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act.credoaction.com - Right now, Monsanto, the corporation responsible for producing roughly 90% of genetically modified seeds around the globe, is working to bring their new, GMO sweet corn to a grocery store aisle or …
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npr.org - Enlarge Snbetor Scientists say the corn rootworm is growing resistant to Bt corn. Snbetor Scientists say the corn rootworm is growing resistant to Bt corn. Hidden in the soil of Illinois and Iowa, …
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wakeup-world.com - How he Fought Back and Won!! This is not only a take over of Canadian farms but a problem that is happening all around the world and Monsanto is bent on controlling the seeds of plants that produce…
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growswitch.com - 270,000 Organic Farmers Sue Monsanto Posted by admin on July 26, 2011Organic v. Monsanto by Danielle Magnuson More than 270,000 organic farmers are taking on corporate agriculture giant Monsanto in…
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grist.org - The Corn Rootworm.Photo: Jimmy SmithNow that 94 percent of the soy and 70 percent of the corn grown in the U.S. is genetically modified, Monsanto — one of the companies that dominates the GMO seed…
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news.yahoo.com - One of the nation’s most widely planted crops — a genetically engineered corn plant that makes its own insecticide — may be losing its effectiveness because a major pest appears to be developing re…
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agweek.com - Image AP photo In this photo taken Sept. 9, farm hand Jason Adler, 34, walks through a field of sugar beets full of weeds on the Rasmussen farm near Longmont, Colo. Six farmers in Boulder County ar…
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livingmaxwell.com - On Friday in the New York Times, there was an interesting article titled “Organic Agriculture May Be Outgrowing its Ideals“. Given the number of emails I received about it, I wanted to address this…
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growswitch.com - by Danielle Magnuson More than 270,000 organic farmers are taking on corporate agriculture giant Monsanto in a lawsuit filed March 30. Led by the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association, the fam…
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12160.info - (NaturalNews) A key chemical of one of the most horrifying elements of the Vietnam War — Agent Orange — may soon be unleashed on America’s farmlands. Considered by world nations to be a “Weapon o…
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activistpost.com - Mike BarrettActivist Post Monsanto’s genetically modified corn, which has been hailed as the answer to many farmers’ prayers, has actually been creating resistant superbugs for years. The genetical…
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planetmattersandmore.com - Why Buy Local? There are a number of reasons to consider buying local food. Among them, eating better tasting foods that stay fresh longer, supporting local communities and protecting the environme…
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m.farmersguardian.com - 28 December 2011 | By David Boderke Source: © FARMERS GUARDIAN please contact 01772 799445. PERU has banned GM production for 10 years.In a bid to protect its local food producers, the country has …
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dfilis.blogspot.com - By Theodora Filis GMO corn and corn byproducts have become a lightning rod for controversy these days. European traders say the latest problem is with the new genetically modified organism (GMO…
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livingnotsurviving.com - Food Label Laws are laws enforced by Government requiring food manufacturers and producers to label the foods they sell in specific ways. An example of this is the requirement for food manufacture…
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ecoffshoots.org - These days we are likely to run across a report or article on genetically modified (GM) crop on the evening news, the newspaper, or the web. Most of us have heard the pros and cons about GM crops. …
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bbc.co.uk - 1 July 2011 Last updated at 10:11 ET Hundreds of people have marched in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, against government plans to import genetically modified (GM) maize. They were protesting at repo…
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farmersguardian.com - 28 December 2011 | By David Boderke PERU has banned GM production for 10 years. In a bid to protect its local food producers, the country has approved a law establishing a moratorium on income and …
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naturalnews.com - (NaturalNews) Representing one of the most agriculturally bio-diverse nations in the world, India has become a primary target for biotechnology companies like Monsanto and Cargill to spread their g…
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naturalnews.com - (NaturalNews) The southeast Asian country of Nepal is once again having to fight against foreign interests that are trying to take over its agricultural system. Biotechnology giant Monsanto apparen…
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mathaba.net - By Anthony Gucciardi France is the latest nation to voice opposition against genetically modified crops, with GM maize unlikely to hit French fields next year, despite the end of a ban on Monsanto …
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treehugger.com - Two important pieces you should read if you’re interested in GM crops, health, sustainable agriculture, and corporate control of agriculture (or any single one of those): First is Union of Concerne…
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treehugger.com - Soybean field in Kentucky, photo: Brian Bennett/Creative CommonsI’ll say it bluntly and blanketedly: I can’t stand Monsanto, even separate from my disdain for GM crops–they are a perfect example o…
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gmo-journal.com - By Deniza Gertsberg | October 29th, 2010 | While the Department of Justice is still investigating whether Monsanto illegally used patent protections to engage in anti-competitive behavior, and the …
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grist.org - Igot caught up in a cyclone of travel, meetings, and speechifying thelast two weeks, so I’m a bit behind on the latest news in the foodworld. But I did take note of Andrew Pollack’s Oct. 4 New York…
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treehugger.com - photo: Peter Blanchard via flickrInteresting GM food media intersection in the past two days: Reuters reports that an Italian court has fined a farmer for illegally growing GM maize, cultivation of…
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treehugger.com - photo: McKay Savage/CC BYAgri-giant Monsanto may be forced to take one on the chin in India: The nation’s first genetically modified food crop, a variety of eggplant known at Bt brinjal, has sucked…
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calabash, ecology, environment, green, health, history, how to, human existence, human monkeys, indigenous peoples, research, science, Tar Sands, unatural disaster
January 2, 2012
by Frank Flotsam
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December 31, 2011
by Frank Flotsam
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grist.org - Let Umbra take a little weight off your shoulders.Dearest readers, Some people engage in spring cleaning, but I prefer to do a little winter cleaning. I take down the Gristmahanukwanzakah shrub, pu…
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support.worldwildlife.org - Thanks to donations from supporters like you, WWF has worked for 50 years to build a future in which people live in harmony with nature. Today we’re asking you to make a year-end donation to suppor…
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mnn.com - Check out the size of that thing! We have driftwood where I live in Portland, Maine, but nothing like what washes ashore near Washington State’s Olympic National Park, where this photo was taken. …
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ecorazzi.com - Mercy For Animals (MFA) has become known for their undercover investigations of factory farms and thought-provoking ad campaigns. Now, an investigation at a North Carolina Butterball turkey farm ha…
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bbc.co.uk - 31 December 2011 Last updated at 11:26 ET Protesters had been trying to attend a rally calling for more democratic rights Russian police have arrested protesters trying to attend a Moscow rally. Ar…
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