Conflicts of interests, confidentiality and censorship in health risk assessment: the example of an herbicide and a GMO Gilles-Eric Séralini1,2*, Robin Mesnage1,2, Nicolas Defarge1,2 and Joël Spiroux de Vendômois2 Abstract We have studied the long-term toxicity of a Roundup-tolerant GM maize (NK603) and a whole Roundup pesticide formulation at environmentally relevant levels from 0.1 ppb. Our …
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Why We Want The FDA To Revisit GRAS For GMOs
Potential Rationale for revising FDA’s current GRAS policy governing regulation of Genetically Engineered Foods In 1991, then Vice President Dan Quayle’s Council on Competitiveness called for regulation of Genetically Engineered products based on their performance, not the processes by which they are produced. These directives resulted in a system in which the USDA, EPA and …
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Back To The Fight Against GMOs
If you think this country is run by corporations rather than the will of the people, here’s a great opportunity to take some of our power back! Despite the fact that U.S. polls consistently show that over 90% of Americans want labeling of genetically engineered foods (GMOs), neither the federal government nor any state government …
A $10 gift: Make someone smile & help the bees by funding education on GMOs
When I started traveling around the state in 2011 for Prop 37 one of the people I met early on was a woman named Mary, from Santa Barbara. She was an early supporter of GMO labeling and was particularly concerned by the plight of the bees. Mary and her husband have spent more than a year working …
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Santo: Our Possible Future?
The GMO Movement has generated a large number of documentary films that are currently being used to educate people around the world about the issues surrounding GMOs. And while these films are invaluable, we need to reach out to the people who don’t normally watch documentaries, but who do enjoy watching mainstream feature films. Up until now, …
Ban GMOs for Environmental Health and Safety
Those who voted “No” on Proposition 37 should be rethinking their choice. Since the failure of Prop 37 in California, the world has been awakened to the presence and consequences of genetically engineered food on their tables, grocery store shelves, and in their fields. It appears that Ag-biotech bought the “No” vote with the same …
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