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Genetic Changes to Food May Get Uniform Labeling in USA - Owned and Dictated by the GMO Giants

Genetic Changes to Food May Get Uniform Labeling in USA - Owned and Dictated by the GMO Giants | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
From www.nytimes.com - February 1, 3:38 AM

Jan 31, 2013 NEW YORK TIMES

A move by Wal-Mart to require labels on products that contain genetically engineered ingredients could be influential in developing a national labeling program...

For more than a decade, almost all processed foods in the United States — like cereals, snacks and salad dressings — have contained ingredients from plants with DNA that has been manipulated in a laboratory. The Food and Drug Administration, other regulators and many scientists say these foods pose no danger. But as Americans ask more pointed questions about what they are eating, popular suspicions about the health and environmental effects of biotechnology are fueling a movement to require that food from genetically modified crops be labeled, if not eliminated.

Impending F.D.A. approval of a genetically modified salmon and the Agriculture Department’s consideration of genetically engineered apples have further intensified the debate.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/business/food-companies-meet-to-weigh-federal-label-for-gene-engineered-ingredients.html?hp&_r=2&;

 

UPDATE: JAN 11, 2014 GMO CORPORATIONS TRY AND RUN AROUND PUBLIC LABELING: A SNEAKY LEGAL MOVE KNOWN AS "PRE-EMPTION"  http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3995991716/gmo-corporations-try-end-run-around-public-labeling-a-sneaky-legal-move-known-as-preemption

 

THE HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA PROKP 37

 

Big Pesticide, Food Companies Spend Millions to Fight Honest Food Labels http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2410023720/big-pesticide-food-companies-spend-millions-to-fight-honest-food-labels

 

Big Food puts its back into fighting GMO labeling in California http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2289706075/big-food-puts-its-back-into-fighting-gmo-labeling-in-california

 

 

 

 

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COMMENT: "Good piece--but the FDA has never formally declared that "these foods pose no dangers"; it merely accepts industry statements that they are not different from their non_GE counterparts"...Philip L. Bereano, Professor Emeritus
University of Washington

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RSPB demands ban on deadly pesticides linked to bee decline

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From www.independent.co.uk - February 21, 5:44 AM

Feb 21, 2013 The Independent

Controversial nerve-agent pesticides widely linked to decline in bees around the world should be banned, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) says today.

More than 30 separate scientific studies in the last three years have shown adverse effects on insects from neonicotinoids, which are "systemic" insecticides, meaning they enter every part of the target plants – including the pollen and nectar which bees harvest.... http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/rspb-demands-ban-on-deadly-pesticides-linked-to-bee-decline-8503950.html

 

April 10, 2013 - The Organic View - June Stoyer
ARE NEONICOTINOIDS TOO BIG TO BAN? http://www.theorganicview.com/environment/are-neonicotinoids-too-big-to-ban/

 

HOW DO NEONICOTINOIDS WORK? http://www.buzzaboutbees.net/how-do-neonicotinoids-work.html

 

28 March,2013 - The Guardian Environment

THE FOX GUARDING THE HEN HOUSE? PESTICIDE MAKERS PROPOSE PLAN TO "HELP" BEES TO FORESTALL EUROPEAN UNION BAN ON PRODUCTS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/28/pesticide-makers-plan-help-bees

 

PESTICIDE LOBBY SPENDS MILLIONS TO DEFEND CHEMICALS TIED TO BEE DEATHS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/pesticide-lobby-bees_n_2980870.html

 

April 11, 2013 Corporate Europe Observatory
PRIVATE LETTERS REVEAL SYNGENTA AND BAYER'S FURIOUS LOBBYING AGAINST BEE PESTICIDE BAN  http://corporateeurope.org/publications/pesticides-against-pollinators

 

April 8, 2013 Earth First
PESTICIDES HAVE KILLED OFF SO MANY BEES, NOW ROBOTIC BEES TO POLLINATE MONSANTO CROPS http://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/robotic-bees-to-pollinate-monsanto-crops/

 

 

April 23, 2013 Moyers & Company
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SHORT VIDEO "DANCE OF THE HONEY BEE Narrated by Bill McKibben http://truth-out.org/news/item/15896-dance-of-the-honey-bee

 

 

March 25, 2013 - Chemical and Engineering News

GMO CORN: AT LEAST THEY'RE ADMITTING PESTICIDES PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN BEE KILL AND DISAPPEARANCE  http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i12/Curtailing-Honeybee-Losses.html

 

28 March, 2013 Inter Press Service
USA PESTICIDE APPROVAL PROCESS "GRIEVOUSLY FLAWED"

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a key government regulator, may have been haphazardly approving thousands of pesticides for decades, some of which pose risks to both human and environmental health.

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/03/u-s-pesticide-approval-process-grievously-flawed/

 

 

 +++ WATCH +++EXCELLENT SHORT VIDEO ON THE EFFECTS MULTIPLE PETICIDES ARE HAVING UPON BEES - by Nature Video - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-fXYR9FTfM

 

NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO'S ROUNDUP - THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE http://sco.lt/8iHda5

 

 

 

EUROPE IGNORING WARNING SIGNS OF BEE DEATHS, GM NANOTECHNOLOGY DANGERS AND INDUSTRY COLLUSION  U.S. http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3995419038/europe-ignoring-warning-signs-of-bee-deaths-gm-food-nanotechnology-dangers-and-industry-collusion

 

Bee Strawbridge: WHY IS BEE DECLINE NOT A NATIONAL EMERGENCY? http://beestrawbridge.blogspot.com/2013/02/why-is-bee-decline-not-national.html

 

BEE SHORTAGE MAY INCREASE SOME FOOD PRICES  | KGET TV 17 http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Bee-shortage-may-increase-some-food-prices/MQR93TcM5kincZPHgA3sOg.cspx

 

HONEY BEE ARE LOSING THEIR WAY  http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3997154773/are-honeybees-losing-their-way

 

April 1, 2013 Yale Environment 360

TRACKING THE CAUSES OF SHARP DECLINE OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY by Richard Conniff http://e360.yale.edu/feature/tracking_the_causes_of_sharp__decline_of_the_monarch_butterfly/2634/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29

 

SAVE THE BEES, SAVE THE BERRIES, SAVE ME http://sco.lt/89uHUv

 

 

 

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pdjmoo's insight:

Common Sense and critical thinking do not require a Scientific Ph.D.   If these highly toxic pesticides and chemicals are destroying our biodiverity and beneficial insects, what do you think they might be doing to our human body.  FEB 23, 2013 MONSANTO's "ROUNDUP" IS MORE TOXIC THAN DECLARED PROVES NEW SERALINI STUDY http://www.occupymonsanto360.org/2013/02/23/roundup-is-more-toxic-than-declared-proves-new-seralini-study/ Could they be having the same impact resulting in Alzheimer's and other neurological deficits?  And what about the food we eat that have been sprayed with these poisons?  And what about the honey that these poor bees produce?  Is that contaminated too?  Time for the big global chemical companies to take responsibility for what they're doing to our planet and we humans with little or no disclosure, regulation or oversight, like gigantic ships in the night slipping under the safety radar screen.

Susan Davis Cushing's curator insight, February 21, 11:41 AM

Fantastic summary of the #bee #neonicotinoids catastrophy from pdjmoo. If you can't read it now, bookmark this amalagamation of posts for later reading! 
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OUR CHEMICAL-LADEN WORLD: Are the Bees the Canary in the Coal Mine for Human Health and Well Being

OUR CHEMICAL-LADEN WORLD: Are the Bees the Canary in the Coal Mine for Human Health and Well Being | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
From www.economist.com - April 1, 2012 5:03 AM

IN THE winter of 2006 beekeepers in America noticed something odd—lots of their hives were dying for no obvious reason." And the pesticide/chemical industry is still in denial.

Evidence is growing that commonly used pesticides, even when employed carefully, are bad for bees (and us?)

(It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that as bees move from flower to flower they are gathering more and more of these toxic chemicals.  Their little immune systems can't handle it and this weakness makes them vulnerable to all sorts of viruses and illness. Beyond this, we humans eat the honey they work so hard to make.  Connecting the dots could it be that the same pesticides sprayed on the food we eat be a cause for the massive alzheimers epidemic also? pdjmoo)

 

 

27 March 2013 - Seed Daily

USA REGULATORS UNDER FIRE OVER RISKY PESTICIDES THAT PUT PEOPLE AND VALUABLE CROP POLLINATORS, LIKE BEES, IN PERIL http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/US_regulators_under_fire_over_bee-toxic_pesticides_999.html

 

 

 

 

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Is Your Garden Pesticide Killing Bees?

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From motherjones.com - January 21, 2012 1:36 AM
Bee-killing pesticides aren't just for big ag. They're in many popular home gardening products too.
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The Tragic Mistake That Now Threatens 1 Out of Every 3 Bites You Eat

The Tragic Mistake That Now Threatens 1 Out of Every 3 Bites You Eat | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
From articles.mercola.com - April 22, 2012 3:48 AM

The documentary film "Vanishing of the Bees" unveils the phenomenon called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and the real causes of bee death all over the U.S."

The danger of accumulated pesticides in the environment and the lack of USA federal agency oversight in favor of manufacturers's studies without independent review is a major cause for concern.  90% of food we eat is treated with pesticides, over a billion pounds of these toxic chemicals are used annually on the huge agricultural western monocrop farms.

Before releasing these highly toxic chemicals into our environment, a responsible nation would ensure that independent interdisciplinary studies are carried out to determine affects on both our ecosystems AND human health.

 

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OUR POLLINATORS ARE GOING...Are Pesticides Pushing Honeybee Die-offs Past the Tipping Point?

OUR POLLINATORS ARE GOING...Are Pesticides Pushing Honeybee Die-offs Past the Tipping Point? | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
From organicconnectmag.com - January 21, 2012 3:04 AM

Although news about honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has died down, commercial beekeepers have seen average population losses of about 30 percent each year since 2006. More than 70 crops they pollinate -- from almonds to apples to blueberries -- are in peril...http://organicconnectmag.com/wp/are-pesticides-pushing-honeybee-die-offs-past-the-tipping-point/#.UL1ZXYXZ03Z

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