By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze The latest country in Africa to approve GMO cultivation has recently announced its plan to begin cultivating both Bt Cotton and “biotech maize.” Ethiopia is approving the new genetically modified crop as growing expansion of GMOs threatens to overtake the African continent…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Troubling amounts of off-target injury reports are coming from across the South and Midwest of the United States from 2, 4-D dicamba spraying. The new reports are forcing weed scientists and regulators to urge farmers that are going to utilize dicamba to…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Surprisingly, many French politicians have supported a new proposal for the mandatory labeling of both meat and dairy products produced from animals raised on genetically modified feed. The proposal for mandatory labeling is listed in the first draft of French President Emmanuel…
June 15, 2018. Halifax – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced the discovery of unapproved genetically modified (GM, also called genetically engineered) wheat near a farm in Alberta, but says the contamination is an isolated event.(1) “We’re relieved this is an isolated contamination…
By Gary Ruskin When vital public health research reports are published in refereed journals, there is a heightened expectation that they meet professional standards of scientific integrity. But a new paper published in the Journal of Public Health Policy finds that those standards have been egregiously and intentionally…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Despite claims from Big Biotech that GM golden rice will save the hungry world from its vitamin A deficiencies – surprise, surprise, it offers no nutritional benefits. But the real eye opener is – the FDA has not tried to cover up this…
By Stacy Malkan This fact sheet describes the contents of Monsanto’s confidential public relations planto discredit the World Health Organization’s cancer research unit, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in order to protect the reputation of Roundup weedkiller. In March 2015, the international group of…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Oh, how prognosticating words about Monsanto apparently have come true! And people say there’s nothing to astrology! Moneywatch published online on June 5, 2018, “As Bayer Monsanto merger closes, a toxic corporate name to be retired” not quite five years after…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Monsanto: Your name is erased but your history still haunts the world today. Called the “merger from hell,” the newly approved mega-merger of Bayer and Monsanto is sending waves of dread through the health conscious community. Turns out, it’s causing Bayer a little…
Ottawa – Canada’s Competition Bureau has approved a merger between seed and pesticide companies Bayer and Monsanto, creating the largest seed and pesticide company in the world. “This is an unprecedented level of corporate control over seeds and pesticides,” said Lucy Sharratt of the Canadian…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze A new study coming out of the University of Guelph appears to have discovered why exposure to pesticides increases a person’s risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. While many studies in the past have demonstrated a link between Paraquat and Maneb (two commonly used…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze The US Department of Justice, once considered the office that would protect the American economy from the fatal cancer of monopoly has now officially become the office that facilitates monopoly through legal loopholes. It’s hard to argue with the consistency of the…
In the quest for answers, RTD’s Ekaterina Yakovleva embarks on a journey to meet the people who lift the lid on the perils of GMOs and the chemicals used in the industry. The investigation takes her to India, where farmers have been driven to suicide…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze A 46-year-old school groundskeeper is now at the forefront of the fight against Monsanto, despite the fact that he may not have much longer to live. Monday, June 25th marks the historic date that the terminally ill man will be in…
By Stacy Malkan Update May 2018: Tax records show that the Council for Biotechnology Information, a chemical industry trade group, paid Ketchum public relations firm more than $11 million from 2013-2016 to to run GMO Answers. GMO Answers is billed as a forum where consumers can get straight answers from…
By Heather Callaghan, Natural Blaze Millennials lead the charge against GMOs and have more in common with their grandparents than their parents’ generation. Millennials are reviving the art of gardening, local food and food preservation so it shouldn’t be surprising to find thousands of them at…
By Heather Callaghan Glyphosate-based herbicides like Monsanto’s Roundup are used the world over. In fact, Roundup is still the most popular and widely used weedkiller in the entire world. Pesticide propagandists are fond of leaning on the idea of “safe” dose, but can there really be…
By Andrea Germanos “The images are just as insulting to consumers as the law, which the chemical and junk food industry lobbyists spent $400 million to pass.” –Katherine Paul, Organic Consumers Association The public comment period is now open on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s just unveiled proposal for…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Arctic Apples are fruit that has been genetically modified not to brown when they are cut. Because the genetic modification process is what prevents the browning, these apples are now being sold on places like Amazon as “preservative free.” In addition, they are being…
Beyond Pesticides (BP) and The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) today responded to a federal judge’s ruling against Monsanto Co.’s motion to dismiss the groups’ lawsuit, filed in April, 2017. Jay Feldman, executive director of Beyond Pesticides, the lead plaintiff in the case, said: “In the face…
