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Frakenfish: Genetically Engineered Salmon, Would You Eat It?

The Food and Drug Administration Continues to Debate Over Genetically Engineered Salmon Some critics call it 'Frakenfish', while supporters see it as a safe and marketable food source. The FDA is holding two days of...

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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mtippett

Obama looks to Monsanto ally to oversee food safety

This is an alarming development for anyone who has a serious interest in food safety in America. "The person who may be responsible for more food-related illness and death than anyone in history has just been made...

created by mtippett | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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illustir

German court allows ban on Monsantos toxin producing seeds

The German government has been fighting Monsanto to prevent the company from introducing a genetically modified seed into the country. "A German court on Tuesday rejected an attempt by the world's leading seed...

created by mtippett | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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karenc2510

University Students Craft Anti-Cancer "BioBeer" With Resveratrol

A group of undergraduate and graduate students at Rice University have formulated a "BioBeer," a genetically engineered cancer-fighting beer infused with resveratrol, a chemical that has reduced cancer and heart...

created by Terri Potratz | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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UPDATE: What's the Latest News on GARDASIL?

Update: Effective July 1, 2008, in a press release dated July 24, 2008, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, adding human papillomavirus to the required list of vaccinations required when...

created by Karen Hatter | 3 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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uncleweed

MLA wants labels on potentially toxic food

This seems so commonsensical that I can't believe it isn't the case already. "Vancouver-Fairview MLA Gregor Robertson plans to introduce a private member's bill in the legislature today making it mandatory...

created by mtippett | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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How Biotech and Gene Modification is good for the environment

This is a little old now, but clearly demonstrates that genetic engineering is good for the environment. It's now just used in plants, but on them as well. Biotechnology = less chemicals Australia is leading the world in the move away from conventional chemical...