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New GMO ‘Agent Orange Soy’ Silently Backed by USDA
'Millions of pounds of herbicides are applied to crops around the nation each year. In one single year, 2006, 96.7 million pounds of glyphosate was sprayed on soybeans alone; this is a 20-fold increase from the 4.9 million pounds in 1994, the year before Monsanto’s Roundup Ready seeds were introduced. Well now, biotechnology giant and creator pesticides and herbicides, Dow AgroSciences is bringing forth brand new GMO soybeans and GMO corn to the market that will ultimately cause more herbicides than ever to be sprayed across the nation. What’s more, the USDA is all over the idea.'
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Disease Producing Bacteria Genetically Engineered to Make Biofuel from Algae
'The depravity of the energy industry knows no bounds. It isn’t bad enough that people are now starving to death because food-producing land has been turned over to grow biofuel. It isn’t bad enough that genetic engineering of species has resulted in “unforeseen” negative effects, such as sterility and super weeds.
The two fields of biofuels and genetic modification are being combined with an utterly callous lack of concern for the potential risks.'
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America's farmlands to be carpet-bombed with Vietnam-era Agent Orange chemical if Dow petition approved
'A key chemical of one of the most horrifying elements of the Vietnam War -- Agent Orange -- may soon be unleashed on America's farmlands. Considered by world nations to be a "Weapon of Mass Destruction" (WMD), Agent Orange was dropped in the millions of gallons on civilian populations during the Vietnam War in order to destroy foliage and poison North Vietnamese soldiers. The former president of the Vietnamese Red Cross, Professor Nhan, described it as, "...a massive violation of human rights of the civilian population, and a weapon of mass destruction."'
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Dirty Dozen Update: The 12 Fruits And Vegetables With The Most Pesticides
"Picking five servings of fruits and vegetables from the 12 most contaminated would cause you to consume an average of 14 different pesticides a day," the group reports in its findings, which were based on data collected by the United States Departure of Agriculture of food samples that often were ready to be eaten (meaning that they had already been peeled or washed as necessary).
On the flip side, EWG writes that choosing foods from their counterpart "Clean 15" list will slash the pesticide volume by more than 90 percent. Topping the "Clean 15" were onions, sweet corn[non-GMO, organic only]' pineapples and avocado (check out the full list here).
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