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Legislation regulating New Zealand’s organic sector is about to pass through its final stages in Parliament and will be a major boost for exporters meeting the global demand for safe, ‘clean’, GE-free organic products. The Organic Products Bill helps bring New Zealand into line with international organic certification under which Genetically Engineered (GE) organisms are prohibited. The Organic Products Bill aims to give businesses clarity around product claims and to reassure consumers a...

Thursday, 25 February 2021, 2:58 pm Legislation regulating New Zealands organic sector is about to pass through its final stages in Parliament and will be a major boost for exporters meeting the global demand for safe, clean, GE-free organic products. The Organic Products Bill helps bring New Zealand into line with international organic certification under which Genetically Engineered (GE) organisms are prohibited. The Organic Products Bill aims to give businesses clarity around product claims...

Monsanto owner Bayer and US officials pressured Mexico to drop glyphosate ban Details Internal government emails show actions similar to those by Bayer and lobbyists to kill a proposed ban in Thailand in 2019 EXCERPT: “We’re seeing more and more how the pesticide industry uses the US government to aggressively push its agenda on the international stage and quash any attempt by people in other countries to take control of their food supply,” said Nathan Donley, a...

Bill Gates, Climate Warrior – and Super Emitter Details Bill Gates has a new book out: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. But some people are less than amused at having to take lessons on the climate crisis from a billionaire who, in the words of the ETC Group, “made a fortune skirting government regulations with monopolistic practices, and holds a significant financial stake in the continued expansion of the fossil fuel industry.”   The following article by Tim...

How many gene-edited GMOs have you eaten this week? Unfortunately, it may be hard to say given the way the FDA is approaching these foods. Gene-edited foods include those that have undergone [...]

Glyphosate and Roundup disturb gut microbiome and blood biochemistry at doses that regulators claim to be safe Details New study reveals evidence for potential cancer-causing damage. Report: Claire Robinson Glyphosate and the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup disrupt the gut microbiome by the same mechanism by which the chemical acts as a weedkiller, and these effects happen even at low doses that regulators claim to be safe, a newly published study has found.[1] The...

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No sooner had Brexit been approved, than the GMO lobby shifted up a few gears Details Discussion around new GMOs should be chance to ask uncomfortable questions about research and innovation, not sneer at non-GMO-believers, say professors In the article below from the Belgian press, four professors (from schools of law, philosophy of science, and bioengineering) warn that Brexit shouldnt be a reason for deregulating new GMOs.   They make a number of extremely importa...

Close People suffering from a rare red meat allergy finally rejoiced as they might finally get the chance to eat pork products without worrying about allergic attacks soon. (Photo : Photo by Bob van Aubel on Unsplash) Last December 14, 2020, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) finally approved the first GE (Genetically Engineered) pig safe for human consumption. The approval serves as a greenlight for producers to mass-produce the GE pigs. Known as GalSafe pigs, these pigs do not have the al...

January 12, 2021 | Instead of considering this text as an opinion article, research paper or report, it is my humble request to consider this as either a conversation or an open letter that may serve as a mode of awareness about an impeding existential threat to the people of the Indian sub-continent in general and freedom of humanity as we currently know. In present times we are staring at a grim future which will be nothing in terms of social or economic order like the one we inhe...