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Buzz Off, Monsanto 19.6.2013 Organic Consumers Association News Headlines

Last week, the term "bee-washing" emerged in public conversation. It doesn't refer to some new bee cleaning service, but to the insidious efforts of Monsanto and other pesticide corporations to discredit science about the impacts of pesticides on bees - especially neonicotinoids - by creating public relations tours, new research centers and new marketing strategies.

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Ecosystem and Food Supply Threatened by Toxic Neonicotinoids 19.6.2013 Organic Consumers Association News Headlines

Research has shown that many pesticides are neurotoxic and can cause disruptions to your neurological system and your brain. The reason why neurotoxins still enjoy widespread use on our food supply is really more about the bottom line for farming operations than it is about the science of human health.

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Buzz Off, Monsanto 18.6.2013 Commondreams.org Views

Last week, the term “bee-washing” emerged in public conversation.

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Buzz Off, Monsanto 18.6.2013 Commondreams.org Views

Last week, the term “bee-washing” emerged in public conversation.

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Monsanto is Not the Only Corporate Thug: Syngenta's Campaign to Protect Atrazine, Discredit Critics 18.6.2013 Organic Consumers Association News Headlines

To protect profits threatened by a lawsuit over its controversial herbicide atrazine, Syngenta Crop Protection launched an aggressive multi-million dollar campaign that included hiring a detective agency to investigate scientists on a federal advisory panel, looking into the personal life of a judge and commissioning a psychological profile of a leading scientist critical of atrazine.

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Some L.A. County bus drivers say pesticides are making them ill 17.6.2013 LA Times: Top News
Some L.A. County bus drivers say pesticides are making them ill
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Carole Bartolotto: Is the Movement to Label GMOs Anti-Science? 15.6.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
The research related to GMOs can be hard to sort through. One study may find health problems in animals, but then proponents and biotech scientists say the study is flawed. But are there any scientists that question the safety and effectiveness of GMOs?
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Bats And Man: Our Love-Hate Relationship 14.6.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
NEW YORK -- A projected image of baby bats swaddled in blankets earned a collective "awww" from the audience. It apparently came as a welcome...
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Today on New Scientist 13.6.2013 New Scientist: Sex and Cloning
Today on New Scientist
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Genetically Engineered Feeds Severely Damage Animal Health 12.6.2013 Organic Consumers Association News Headlines

A significant number of genetically modified (GM) crops have been approved to enter human food and animal feed since 1996, including crops containing several GM genes 'stacked' into the one plant.

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Analysis: Biotech wheat furor shows GM food safety debate far from settled 11.6.2013 Yahoo: US National
By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - The refusal of some foreign buyers to purchase U.S. wheat after an unapproved genetically modified strain was discovered growing in a farm field in Oregon is the latest demonstration that the issue of biotech food safety is far from settled. Japan and South Korea canceled purchases of U.S. wheat after the discovery of the experimental wheat developed by Monsanto Co. The furor erupted just days after a May 25 protest in cities around the world targeting Monsanto, the leading developer of crops with transgenic DNA. At the crux of the concerns is the question of ...
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OCA Calls for Immediate Moratorium on Open-Air Field Testing of GE Crops 11.6.2013 Organic Consumers Association News Headlines

FINLAND, Minn. - The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) today called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately end all open-air field testing of genetically engineered crops (GMOs). The request comes in response to last week’s discovery by an Oregon farmer of an unapproved, illegal variety of wheat, genetically engineered by Monsanto to withstand the company's toxic RoundUp herbicide, growing on his property.

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The Horrific Truth About Monsanto's Roundup Herbicide 10.6.2013 Organic Consumers Association News Headlines

In recent weeks, we've learned some very disturbing truths about glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's broad-spectrum herbicide Roundup, which is generously doused on genetically engineered (GE) Roundup Ready crops.

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OCA Calls for Immediate Moratorium on Open-Air Field Testing of GE Crops 6.6.2013 Commondreams.org Newswire

The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) today called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately end all open-air field testing of genetically engineered crops (GMOs). The request comes in response to last week’s discovery by an Oregon farmer of an unapproved, illegal variety of wheat, genetically engineered by Monsanto to withstand the company's toxic RoundUp herbicide, growing on his property.

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Genetically Altered Crop in Oregon No Surprise 6.6.2013 NY Times: Business
Genetically Altered Crop in Oregon No Surprise
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Meghan Telpner: Down With Toxic Cleaning Products 31.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Common chemicals found in everyday cosmetics and cleaning products are dousing us in poison. It's easy to get hooked on the stuff. Imagine how your liver, skin and other detox organs would sing if they didn't have to be choking on the chemicals we throw at them daily.
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USDA: Unapproved modified wheat found in Oregon 30.5.2013 Seattle Times: Nation & World
Unapproved genetically engineered wheat has been discovered in an Oregon field, a potential threat to trade with countries that have concerns about genetically modified foods.
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Genetically Engineered Wheat Found in Oregon Field 30.5.2013 NY Times: Science
Genetically Engineered Wheat Found in Oregon Field
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Other voices: On genetically engineered food, let the market decide 29.5.2013 Twincities.com: Opinion

The movement to force the labeling of genetically engineered food is gaining momentum. In November 2012, an initiative to require the labels in California was on the ballot; it was defeated. Now, federal legislation carried by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., would mandate labeling most bioengineered food nationwide.

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Pesticides, Rural Living Linked With Higher Parkinson's Risk 29.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
By Jeffrey Kopman Bug and weed killers are designed to attack bugs and weeds, not farmers and those who live in the country. Unfortunately,...
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