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Borlaug Dedication Ignores Human and Environmental Consequences of the Green Revolution
(Washington, DC)—Today, as the U.S. Congress honors Normal Borlaug with a statue in the Capitol, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and its international allies challenge the legacy of the Green Revolution ...
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Borlaug Dedication Ignores Human and Environmental Consequences of the Green Revolution
(Washington, DC)—Today, as the U.S. Congress honors Normal Borlaug with a statue in the Capitol, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and its international allies challenge the legacy of the Green Revolution ...
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Planned Release of Genetically Engineered Mosquitos Ignores Science, Public Health and Environmental Risks
WASHINGTON—In defiance of science and public health concerns, today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the mass release of billions of experimental genetically engineered (GE) ...
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CFS Sues FDA to Regulate Genetically Engineered GloFish
RT @protesterrabbit: Always buy seeds or use your own from previous year. I get mine from Mother Nature of Powell River, B.C. ! https://t.c… The legal battle around #chlorpyrifos continues. The 9th ...
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Not Ready for Prime Time: FDA's Flawed Approach to Assessing the Safety of Food from Animal Clones
CFS wrote this report in response to the FDA 2006 risk assessment on food from animal clones. In its assessment, the FDA suggests that food from animal clones is safe, and while the agency claims this ...
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USDA Policy Fails to Address GE Contamination of Organic Crops
As a nation, we have become accustomed to paying relatively little for our food as a percentage of overall income.[i] While this cheap food may on the face of it seem like a good thing, it actually co ...
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Legal Action Seeks to Force EPA to Protect People, Wildlife, Waterways From Atrazine Pollution
Washington, DC – On Tuesday, EPA released a long-awaited draft report demonstrating that toxic "forever chemicals" in sewage sludge applied to farmland can cause cancer and other diseases in people wh ...
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Why Hydroponics Should Not Be Certified Organic
Hydroponics are crops that are grown in nutrient-rich solutions rather than soil. The United States Department of Agriculture currently allows hydroponic production to be certified organic. However, ...
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FEDS ANNOUNCE RECALL OF UNAPPROVED GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CORN, 'EVENT 32' BY DOW AGROSCIENCES
This afternoon, the Center for Food Safety voiced grave concern regarding news of yet another contamination episode involving an unapproved, genetically engineered (GE) crop. Known as ‘Event 32,’ the ...
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Infographic: Nutrition Facts for GE AquAdvantage Salmon
What’s the nutritional difference between AquAdvantage genetically engineered (GE) salmon and non-GE salmon? Check out our new “Nutrition Facts” infographic to find out!
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Meet the New Monsanto: Dow Chemical... and Their New 'Agent Orange' Crops
If you're like me, then you are probably overwhelmed with emails and articles opining on the evils of Monsanto -- and for good reason. Monsanto is a chemical company that began genetically engineering ...