Tag: GMOs

Syngenta Merger Must Be Blocked

China's state-owned ChemChina tendered a $43 billion bid for Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta today as part of a...

Seedy 40 Ton GMO Shipment in Egypt Shrouded in Mystery

A new report published by a non-for-profit organization that promotes crop biotechnology has cast doubt on the status of...

Small American Farmer Sends Monsanto Seed Patents to Supreme Court

Vernon Hugh Bowman, farmer vs Monsanto, billion dollar seed and biotech company. It sounds like something from a book about the...

Pink Slime Beef Bankruptcy First Step to Improved Global Diet

Major pink slime company files for bankruptcy protection in the US. Dubbed 'Pink Slime' by activists and 'finely textured...

Can GM Foods Be ‘Halal’? Or Kosher?

Investigating the profit-motivated push to make genetically modified food 'halal' Back in December 2010, a conference held in Penang, Malaysia...

Human-Based Gelatin? Yum!

Human genetic material and human gelatin - coming to your marshmallows and Jello soon? Reading the ingredients list in any...

Udderly Creepy? ‘Humanized’ Milk From a Cow

Chinese biotech researchers hope consumers will develop a taste for their GM-altered bovine milk. Attitudes towards public breastfeeding in Israel...

Syngenta: Use GMOs To Boost Turkey’s Agricultural Sector

Though hunger is a compelling reason to consider GMOs, we are introducing too many genetic unknowns and defying...