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SUPPORT THE PROTECT AMERICA’S CHILDREN FROM TOXIC PESTICIDES ACT: The most significant legislation in nearly a quarter century, to protect the nation against toxic pesticides

SUPPORT THE PROTECT AMERICA’S CHILDREN FROM TOXIC PESTICIDES ACT: The most significant legislation in nearly a quarter century, to protect the nation against toxic pesticides Urge your U.S. Senators and Representatives to co-sponsor and pass the  Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act (PACTPA), originally introduced by Senator Tom Udall and Representative Joe Neguse in 2020.
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Glyphosate Exposure Linked to Severe Depression and Cognitive Decline in American Adults

POSTED BY ANNE TEMPLE  Reposted from Sustainable Pulse A new peer-reviewed study released by a group of scientists in Taiwan has revealed an astonishingly strong link between severe depression, cognitive decline and exposure to the world’s most used herbicide, glyphosate. The study was fully published last Tuesday in the highly respected Elsevier Journal, Environmental Research, and was met with
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Busting the Myths on New GMOs

As the European Union is preparing to decide on whether and how to deregulate new GMOs, Slow Food look sat the most frequent claims made by the biotechnology and seed industry to promote new GMOs and their deregulation. Spoiler: they’re misleading, if not deceptive. Myth #1: Changes brought by new GM techniques (or “genome editing”) to
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Reimagining Food, Farming & Humanity: Ecomodernism’s Dystopia

Colin todhunter “Ecomodernists offer no solutions to contemporary problems other than technical innovation and further integration into private markets which are structured systematically by centralized state power in favour of the wealthy…”Chris Smaje In 2017, the then Monsanto Chief Technology Officer Robb Fraley argued that his company made a mistake in not reaching out to the public
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EXCLUSIVE Mexico to proceed with GMO corn ban, seeks international grain deals -official

By Cassandra Garrison  and Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Mexico is considering direct agreements with farmers in the United States, Argentina and Brazil to secure non-genetically modified yellow corn imports, the country’s deputy agriculture minister said, adding that a 2024 ban on GM corn would not be amended. Deputy Agriculture Minister Victor Suarez told
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WE ARE NOT THE UNITED STATES OF BAYER-MONSANTO

Stop forcing GMO corn on Mexico October 30, 2022 by GMO/Toxin Free USA Staff In late 2020, Mexico announced that the country would be phasing out the use of glyphosate herbicides, the cultivation of GMO corn, and the import of GMO corn for human consumption and livestock feed by the end of 2024. The reasons for the
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Bill Gates’ ‘Magic Seeds’ Won’t Solve World Hunger But Will ‘Create Ecological Disaster’

Bill Gates’ ‘Magic Seeds’ Won’t Solve World Hunger But Will ‘Create Ecological Disaster’ Bill Gates is rebranding genetically engineered seeds as “magic seeds” and says they’re the answer to world hunger, but according to Vandana Shiva, Ph.D., a “failed, clumsy crude manipulation of living systems does not create ‘magical seeds.’ It creates an ecological disaster.”
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