(Organic Slant) The debate continues whether genetically modified organisms are out to save the world or destroy it. But the argument from either side is far from cut-an-dry. Learn the backstory on a few of the most pressing issues. Here’s the crazy thing about GMOs (genetically modified organisms) – it’s very difficult to know when […]
14-Year Old Anti-GMO Activist Agitates Monsanto Schill, Kevin O’Leary
A 14-year GMO activist responds to Kevin O’Leary after he claims Monsanto is a hero. Kevin O’leary was recently challenged by a 14 year old GMO activist, Rachel Parent. She is the founder of gmo-news.com. She would like an opportunity to speak with him on the CBC show “The Lang and O’leary Exchange”. Kevin O’Leary […]
Monsanto Corporation gets owned by 11 year old boy Birke Baehr: What’s wrong with our food system?
(Organic Slant) Monsanto Corporation gets owned by 11 year old boy Birke Baehr: What’s wrong with our food system? 11-year-old Birke Baehr presents his take on a major source of our food — far-away and less-than-picturesque industrial farms. Keeping farms out of sight promotes a rosy, unreal picture of big-box agriculture, he argues, as he […]
Pigs fed a GMO diet exhibited health problems more than pigs fed a comparable non-GMO diet
Organic Slant) Pigs fed a diet of GM corn and soy experienced numerous adverse health effects, including sever stomach inflammation and an enlarged uterus according to a new peer-reviewed long-term feeding study. Published in the Organic Systems Journal, the peer-reviewed study analyzed 168 just-weaned commercial pigs for 22.7 weeks, or just over 5 months. Half of the […]
Genetic Engineering Contamination Found in Washington Alfalfa
(Organic Slant) An export shipment of alfalfa from Washington State was rejected after the shipment tested positive for contamination from genetically engineered (GE), herbicide-resistant alfalfa. The news follows on the heels of yet another contamination episode involving GE wheat in Oregon, highlighting the inadequacy of the U.S. regulatory structure for GE crops. Like the vast majority of all GE crops, […]
USDA approves Non-GMO label for meat and liquid egg products
(Organic Slant) The USDA has approved a label for meat and liquid egg products that includes a claim about the absence of genetically engineered products. It is the first time that the department, which regulates meat and poultry processing, has approved a non-G.M.O. label claim, which attests that meat certified by the Non-GMO Project came from animals […]
New Study Links GMO Food to Leukemia
Organic Slant) A new study, yet to receive any media attention, reveals the “leukemogenic” properties of the Bt toxin biopesticides engineered into the vast majority of GMO food crops already within the US food supply. Last September, the causal link between cancer and genetically modified food was confirmed in a French study, the first independent […]
The World According to Monsanto
(Organic Slant) Monsanto controls Congress, the Senate, the President, and they control most political entities around the world. They have unlimited money and the power to control regulations enacted by the USDA, the FDA, and who knows what departments around the world. There’s nothing they are leaving untouched: the mustard, the okra, the bringe oil, […]
Human Genes Engineered into GMO Rice
(Organic Slant) Unless the rice you buy is certified organic, or comes specifically from a farm that tests its rice crops for genetically modified (GM) traits, you could be eating rice tainted with actual human genes. The only known GMO with inbred human traits in cultivation today, a GM rice product made by biotechnology company Ventria […]
FDA List of Completed Consultations on Bioengineered Foods
(Organic Slant) The FDA provides a list of such foods in its inventory of completed consultations on bioengineered foods. The inventory below lists all completed consultations on bioengineered foods evaluated under FDA’s 1992 Statement of Policy: Foods Derived from New Plant Varieties. More information about this inventory is available on the Introduction page to the FDA List of Completed […]