Every year, hundreds of children tragically succumb to food allergies, raising alarm bells over the lack of labeling of genetically modified foods (GMOs). These products contain proteins from other plants, and as a result, allergy sufferers are unknowingly exposed to substances that can trigger reactions. Studies have shown that the prevalence of peanut allergies has […]
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Deregulation by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) means Roundup Ready crops can now be grown commercially, endangering non-GMO alfalfa and sugar beet crops by transgenic contamination through the increased use of herbicides. Under the Bush administration, the USDA approved Roundup Ready sugar beet crops, produced and sold by Monsanto, without preparing a standard Environmental
Monsanto, whose executives have publicly said that they want Monsanto to become the only producer of genetically modified (GM) seeds in the world, is now joined by a smaller company, in California, which has the same hope. That company is Epicyte, whose president, Mitch Hein, announced at a press conference in 2001: “We have a
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