Tag: Biodiversity
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Three Arrested Blockading Bus at Genetically Engineered Tree Conference
Three demonstrators were brutally arrested yesterday at the controversial Tree Biotechnology 2013 conference. They attempted to use genetically engineered …
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Swine Flu Discovered in Marine Mammals
This is the first time that this virus has been discovered in marine mammals, establishing northern elephant seals as vectors for human pandemics and determining that this strain of influenza can travel between species.
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Illinois Officials Surrender to Fracking Industry, Residents Outraged by Negligence
The concerned residents emphasized that the regulatory bill was crafted by lobbyists and lawyers, without scientists or medical professionals, and with no public health or environmental studies.
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We Know Who You Are: 71 Senators Reject States’ Right to Label GMOs
And we will make sure that every one of those Senators knows that if they support any amendment or rider to the Farm Bill that would preempt state labeling laws, that if they fight labeling laws in any of their home states, we’ll support efforts to recall them where possible, or oppose them if recall…
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Study Shows Pesticide Exposure Dramatically Increases Risk of Developing Parkinson’s Disease
“This report is the first to show that there is a positive relationship between not only insecticides and herbicides but also some other solvent chemicals to which many people are exposed and the development of Parkinson’s syndrome …