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Controversial Pesticide Worries Scientists
June 26, 2010 – 5:18 pm | 7 Comments
Controversial Pesticide Worries Scientists

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Odds are most supermarket strawberries come from California — that’s where 90 percent of the berries are produced. And if the strawberries are not organic, they were likely grown in fumigated soil, which is creating …

Monsanto sues Oakhurst Dairy over advertising
June 18, 2010 – 9:16 pm | 70 Comments
Monsanto sues Oakhurst Dairy over advertising

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Oakhurst Dairy Inc. is being sued by Monsanto Co., which alleges that Oakhurst’s marketing campaign that touts its milk as being free of artificial growth hormones is misleading. The suit, filed …

Obama’s USDA to deceive Americans over GM crops
June 2, 2010 – 10:47 am | 55 Comments
Obama’s USDA to deceive Americans over GM crops

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Don’t believe Monsanto’s green-washing. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs), aren’t meant to feed the world or survive the evermore frequent droughts and floods brought on by global warming – they’re designed to sell Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup …

USDA downplays own scientist’s research on ill effects of Monsanto herbicide
May 5, 2010 – 7:07 pm | No Comment
USDA downplays own scientist’s research on ill effects of Monsanto herbicide

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What would happen if a USDA scientist discovered that one of the most commonly used pesticides on the planet with a reputation for having saved millions of tons of US soil from erosion was — …

The Death of High Fructose Corn Syrup
April 19, 2010 – 3:44 pm | 33 Comments
The Death of High Fructose Corn Syrup

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The back-to-back, double whammy announcements that PepsiCo (PEP) is ditching high fructose corn syrup in Gatorade along with the results of a scathing new study from researchers at Princeton make it official — allies of …

GM crops cause liver and kidney damage
March 31, 2010 – 11:26 pm | 5 Comments
GM crops cause liver and kidney damage

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(NaturalNews) A report published in the International Journal of Microbiology has verified once again that Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) crops are causing severe health problems. A legal challenge issued against Monsanto forced the multi-national agriculture …

End the War on Fat
March 31, 2010 – 9:21 am | No Comment
End the War on Fat

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By Melinda Wenner Moyer
Thirty years ago, America declared war against fat. The inaugural edition of Dietary Guidelines for Americans, published in 1980 and subsequently updated every five years, advised people to steer clear of “too …

Chef Jamie Oliver: Why the U.S. Is One of the Unhealthiest Countries in the World
March 30, 2010 – 1:20 am | One Comment
Chef Jamie Oliver: Why the U.S. Is One of the Unhealthiest Countries in the World

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The following is a transcript of Jamie Oliver’s speech to TED. Scroll to the bottom of the article to watch the video.
Sadly, in the next 18 minutes when I do our chat, four Americans who …

Court Rules in GMO Sugar Beet Case
March 26, 2010 – 11:28 am | 2 Comments
Court Rules in GMO Sugar Beet Case

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Today, federal district Judge Jeffrey White of the Northern District of California denied a request by a coalition of organic seed growers, and conservation and food safety groups seeking a temporary ban on genetically engineered …

A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain
March 26, 2010 – 10:07 am | No Comment
A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain

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A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to …