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New Study Shows GM Genes Can Pass from Food to Human Blood

A new study shows that contrary to reassurances from industry and regulators, complete genes – including GM genes – can pass from food into human blood. Source: GM Watch For many years, the public and scientists have been concerned that GM genes might be incorporated into animal products like...

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Oregon Governor Signs Ban on GM Canola in Willamette Valley

Late yesterday, Governor John Kitzhaber (D-OR) signed into law a bill banning commercial production of canola (rapeseed) until 2019 inside the three million...

Is There Anything Safe About Ghana’s Biosafety Committee?

Ghanaians may wish to ask, just whose interests does Ghana’s Biosafety Committee represent? Are they interested in safety? Or are they just interested...

African Food Alliance Meets in Ethiopia to Oppose GM Products

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) will next week meet in Ethiopia to discuss strategies for resistance against genetically modified...

‘You Have Quit Europe – Now Quit India!’ Farmers Tell Monsanto

Close on the heels of transnational seed company Monsanto abandoning its programme for development of genetically modified (GM) crops in Europe last month,...

Philippine Farmers Uproot Syngenta’s GMO Golden Rice Field Tests

More than 400 farmers coming from all over Bicol stormed the ongoing field testing of Golden Rice at the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit...

Genetically Engineered Bt Cotton In Ghana: The Hidden Agenda Exposed

After several years of apparent short term success in Burkina Faso of Bt cotton in increasing yields, and improving profits of small scale cotton farmers,...

French President Confirms Ban on Monsanto’s GM Maize MON810

François Hollande confirmed Friday an extension of the moratorium on the cultivation of Monsanto’s GM maize MON810, despite the cancellation yesterday...

Controversies over GMOs in Brazil

In practice, the advantages of GMOs have been shown to be weak or even misleading in the US, Argentina and Canada. Naturally, the situation repeats itself...

Monsanto’s Roundup to Blame for Worldwide Male Infertility Crisis?

The world is on the edge of an ‘infertility disaster’ with the global sperm count having crashed over the past few decades. Is Roundup partly to blame? Brazilian...

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