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The Adverse Effects of Genetically Modified Maize

March 16, 2020

Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini of the University of Caen has published a peer-reviewed paper criticising the EU-funded 2-year feeding study on GM maize that claimed to show no adverse effects from the GM d…

Gene Edited Catastrophe in Brazil. Mosquitos

October 5, 2019

Opinion

A British-American gene-editing company has released millions of genetically modified mosquitoes containing a dominant lethal gene, each week for 27 months in the Bahia, Brazil region in a test to see…

The Rising Monopoly of Monsanto-Bayer

September 23, 2019

Opinion

Monsanto was an agrochemical and agricultural biotech company established in the US that became a large producer of GMO crops, with their main GMO crop having been corn. Monsanto was bought by Bayer, …

The Industrialisation of Fake Food

June 23, 2019

Food

Food is not a commodity. It is not ‘stuff’ put together mechanically and artificially in labs and factories. Food is life. Food holds the contributions of all beings that make the food web, …

Monsanto/Bayer Moving to Genome Edit Fruits and More

January 22, 2019

Opinion

Not surprising, Monsanto, today hidden behind the Bayer logo, as the world leader in patented GMO seeds and the probable carcinogenic Roundup herbicide with glyphosate, is attempting to quietly patent…

GMO Propaganda and Neoliberalism vs Localisation and Agroecology

November 27, 2018

Opinion

What people communicate is a matter of choice. But what can be more revealing are the issues they choose to avoid. There are certain prominent pro-GMO activists who describe themselves as ‘science com…

One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato, Four — How About GMO Potatoes No More

November 15, 2018

Food

What’s the main selling point of the GMO potato? Its flesh stays white and doesn’t oxidize when cut. It doesn’t turn green, brown or black when exposed to air or light, or when it’s bruised or di…

From GM Potatoes to Glyphosate: Regulatory Delinquency and Toxic Agriculture

October 15, 2018

Opinion

Food and environment campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason has just produced the report ‘Shockingly high levels of weedkiller found in popular breakfast cereals marketed for British children’. In this 68-page …