November 13, 2012 - EcoWatch
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE ENVIRONMENTAL, HUMAN HEALTH TRAIN WRECK HITS?
The USDA’s hands-off approach to regulating GE technology means these crops are entering the market with virtually no independent review and once deregulated, the USDA conducts no monitoring to see if a GE crop has harmed the environment and sets no standards for minimizing contamination of non-GE crops.
Meanwhile, this summer, the House Agriculture Committee included controversial riders in their version of the 2012 Farm Bill that would make approval of GE crops even easier. According to the Center for Food Safety, the House Committee’s provisions would set unreasonably short deadlines for GE crop approval, create triggers for automatic approval of GE crops, set strict limitations on what the USDA can consider in environmental reviews, eliminate National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act protections and set “acceptable” levels of GE contamination that would provide no recourse for farmers who are contaminated.
Releasing GE crops without a full understanding of their impacts and without a plan to prevent contamination is gambling with our health, our environment and livelihoods of family farmers. Moreover, despite overwhelming support, the FDA has failed to require labeling that protects a consumer’s right to make informed decisions and know whether foods contain GE ingredients... http://ecowatch.org/2012/usda-allows-ge-foods/
Obama - Monanto Man: Wants a Synthetic Genetically Engineered Future...Gives Free Rein to BioTech Industry http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2256142450/obama-monanto-man-wants-a-synthetic-genetically-engineered-future-gives-free-rein-to-biotech-industry
WHEN FOOD BECOMES A COMMODITY FOR PROFITS, NOT HEALTH - VIDEO http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3506145890/when-food-becomes-a-commodity-for-profits-not-health-video
Placing Profits Ahead of Wellbeing: Challenging the destructive power of agro-chemical industry http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3070968001/placing-profits-ahead-of-wellbeing-challenging-the-destructive-power-of-agro-chemical-industry
PESTICIDE OVERLOAD: 1.1 billion pounds used per year... AND .. New USA legislation bans retaliation http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/986291397/pesticide-overload-1-1-billion-pounds-used-per-year-and-new-usa-legislation-bans-retaliation
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