Tag: GMO
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AquaBounty’s Experimental GMO Fish Operation Puts Wild Salmon, Environment at Risk
AquaBounty’s experimental production facility of genetically engineered salmon in Panama is missing a number of legally required permits and inspections, including a wastewater discharge permit, says an administrative claim filed today in Panama by the environmental group Centro de Incidencia Ambiental de Panama (CIAM). Food & Water Watch (FWW), Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Friends of…
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Kauai Council Overrides Veto to Mandate Disclosure of Genetically Modified Crops
Kauai has a ground-breaking new law that mandates disclosure of pesticide use and the presence of genetically modified crops by agrochemical companies on the Hawaiian island, and establishes buffer zones between these operations and schools, hospitals and residential areas. Kauai County Council on Saturday voted 5-2 to override a mayoral veto of the bill, which council…
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Outrage Follows World Food Prize Award to GMO Scientists
Petitions signed by more than 345,000 people were delivered to the World Food Prize headquarters Thursday opposing the awarding of this year’s prize to top researchers from agrichemical giants Monsanto and Syngenta whose contributions led to the development of genetically engineered (GE) crops. [caption id="attachment_308405" align="alignnone" width="500"] Non-GMO supporters delivered petitions to the World Food…
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Staunch GE Food Advocate Urges Industry to Embrace GMO Labeling
By Alex Formuzis Mark Lynas—maybe the most famous apologist for GMO foods ever—this week urged a gathering of food and biotech industry employees to stop battling the growing movement to label foods made with genetically engineered ingredients. Lynas shocked his audience, convened for a food packing and processing confab called the Center for Food Integrity Summit, when he…
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Kauai Council Approves Controversial GMO Bill
Kauai’s county council approved a proposed law Wednesday that mandates farms to disclose pesticide use and the presence of genetically modified crops. The bill now goes to the mayor, who has 10 days to sign it into law. [caption id="attachment_308212" align="alignnone" width="500"] A poster at a rally protesting GMOs in Kauai. Photo courtesy Hawaii News…