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GMO corn is no longer resistant to pests, Brazilian farmers say. The growers maintain that the genetically modified corn seeds are no longer protected from “voracious tropical bugs” and therefore require enhanced use of pesticides, Reuters reported. Dow, Monsanto and ...

Will Dow Chemical’s GMO “Agent Orange” seeds be the next crop in a field near your home? According to the Center for Food Safety, which is the group circulating the petition to be presented to the USDA, Dow Chemical is ...

The FDA trans fat ban may be more than simply a health-based initiative. The proposed Food and Drug Administration rule would ban trans fats (partially hydrogenated oils – PHOs) in processed food. But the Alliance for Natural Health is but ...

Genetically modified (GMO) corn has been rejected by China because Beijing officials considered the genetically engineered crop strain “contaminated.” The specific type of corn, Syngenta AG’s Agrisure Viptera, had not been approved by China. The rejection of the corn led ...

GMO corn may be to blame for the Monarch butterfly population decline. A steep drop in numbers occurred in 2013, according to the World Wildlife Fund and Mexican governmental officials. Approximately 60 million Monarch butterflies spent the winter in Mexico ...

Genetic engineering uses genes from bacteria or viruses. The genes are artificially injected into plant cells’ DNA, and then these cells are cloned into plants. For example, some genetically modified corn has a gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis ...

Monsanto GMO crops have successfully invaded your “all natural” and organic breakfast cereal. Some of the most popular organic cereals have reportedly been infused with GMO corn and other genetically modified particles. According to Center for Food Safety statistics, up ...