Archive for the 'Biotechnology' Category
State of Texas Saving Newborn DNA Samples
December 2nd, 2009Via: KXAN: When Andrea Beleno was expecting her first child, she never dreamed his blood would become the focus of a federal lawsuit. Neither did the other families who are suing the State of Texas to protect the medical privacy of their children. Each year, more than 400,000 babies are born in Texas. State law […]
U.S. Antitrust Investigation of Monsanto
November 30th, 2009Oh sure. Obama Chooses Monsanto Creature, Tom Vilsack, for Secretary of Agriculture Obama Chooses Former Monsanto Lobbyist for Food Safety Post Has anyone tried to calculate how much public money Monsanto winds up with each year due to corrupt, broken and bat shit insane agricultural subsidies? I’d guess that the answer to that question would […]
Congressional Statements Ghostwritten by Genentech Lobbyists
November 15th, 2009Via: New York Times: In the official record of the historic House debate on overhauling health care, the speeches of many lawmakers echo with similarities. Often, that was no accident. Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest […]
The Frankenfood Industry’s Strong Arm Tactics with Researchers
October 13th, 2009Via: GM Watch: The increasingly fractious relationship between public sector researchers and the biotech seed industry has come into the spotlight in recent months. In July, several leading seed companies met with a group of entomologists, who earlier in the year had lodged a public complaint with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over restricted […]
Why are Monsanto Insiders Now Appointed to Protect Your Food Safety?
October 12th, 2009Via: Mercola: The New Secretary of Agriculture is a Fan of Factory Farms, GM Crops and More Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack is now the Secretary of Agriculture, an appointment that took place despite massive public outcry. What was needed for an effective Secretary of Agriculture was someone who would develop and implement a plan […]
FrankenpHood Seeds Will Cost Up to 42% More
August 19th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed maker, plans to charge as much as 42 percent more for new genetically modified seeds next year than older offerings because they increase farmers’ output. Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans will cost farmers an average of $74 an acre in 2010, and original Roundup Ready soybeans will […]
Britain: GM Crops Grown in Secret
July 27th, 2009Via: Telegraph: Genetically-modified crops are being grown in Britain for the first time in a year after controversial trials of the plants were “secretly” restarted. Cultivation of a field of potatoes designed to be resistant to pests were abandoned over a year ago when environmental protesters ripped up the crop But, without alerting the public […]
Obama Chooses Former Monsanto Lobbyist for Food Safety Post
July 24th, 2009Via: Organic Consumers: Michael Taylor is a lawyer who has spent the last few decades moving through the revolving door between the employ of GMO-seed giant Monsanto and the FDA and USDA. Taylor is widely credited with ushering Monsanto’s recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) through the FDA regulatory process and into the milk supply — […]
As Farmers Battle Weeds ‘Conventionally,’ the Chemical Treadmill Speeds Up
July 24th, 2009Via: Grist: I’m an ag nerd, so sometimes you’ll catch me reading stuff like Delta Farm Press—a trade publication for large-scale farmers in the deep south. I find the damnedest things on those reading jags. Here’s one: farmers down there—which is cotton, soy, and corn country—are having a hell of a time controlling weeds, and […]
Doctors Warn: Avoid Genetically Modified Food
June 10th, 2009The full text of this chilling article is below. Via: Seeds of Deception: Doctors Warn: Avoid Genetically Modified Food By Jeffrey M. Smith On May 19th, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) called on “Physicians to educate their patients, the medical community, and the public to avoid GM (genetically modified) foods when possible and […]
