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Monsanto changes strategy to get GMO into EU
Biotechnology giant Monsanto is scrapping plans to win approval to grow new types of genetically modified crops in the European Union. However, it will look to get EU approval to import its genetically modified crop varieties from the US and South America into Europe. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23356054 In Europe there have been concerns about the use of […]
Potential GMO spread alarming
Even with extensive precautions, gene-altered plants turn up in unwanted places regularly enough that farmers have come to consider a few of them weeds, and even a threat to their livelihood. Experts say the boom in so-called transgenic crops should prompt even more careful evaluation of future varieties with an eye to the prospect that […]
UK sprays aerial poison on forest
Birds, bats and rare insects were affected by UK Forestry Commission aerial sprays to kill a moth larvae. It was the first aerial spraying of its kind in the UK and was considered more effective than ground treatments as the caterpillars are attracted to leaves at the top of the trees, the Forestry Commission said. […]
Two countries left for Coca-Cola and capitalism to conquer
Coca-Cola has opened a bottling plant in Burma – the first time it has had a production facility there for more than 60 years. The world’s largest soft-drink maker is one of the first US firms to invest in Burma following Washington’s decision to suspend sanctions against the country. There are now only two countries where […]
Portland votes no again on water fluoridation
Despite the recommendation of “public health experts”, voters in Portland, Ore., defeated a measure on Tuesday to add fluoride to the water supply by a 60-to-40 percent margin. The result marks the fourth time since 1956 that Portland has rejected fluoridation efforts, and means the city will continue to be the largest metropolitan area in […]
Soylent Green and the In-Vitro hamburger
The hamburger, assembled from tiny bits of beef muscle tissue grown in a laboratory and to be cooked and eaten at an event in London, perhaps in a few weeks, is meant to show the world — including potential sources of research funds — that so-called in-Vitro meat, or cultured meat, is a reality. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/science/engineering-the-325000-in-vitro-burger.html?ref=science […]
Agri-Biz to shut down US farm investigations
“Ag-gag” laws are designed to limit undercover investigations on factory farms by campaigning groups. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22098224 Concerns over the conditions in which cattle, pigs and poultry are raised and slaughtered have prompted many animal welfare groups to mount undercover investigations. There is no single US federal law that protects animals, welfare investigators have played a significant […]
Gatorade to remove additive
PepsiCo Inc. was putting an obscure vegetable oil in its Gatorade. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/03/14/us/ap-us-food-ingredients.html?ref=us A 16-year-old from Hattiesburg, Miss. wanted to know how an oil that contains a chemical also found in flame retardants got into her favorite sports drink. “I just wanted to make sure it was something that I could drink,” Previously unnoticed ingredients are […]
Dirty Babylon 