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Trojan Tomato: A New GMO Is Designed to Infiltrate America’s Gardens
Gardeners can buy a new seed, a genetically modified tomato the FDA barely looked at and GMO proponents hope will win Americans over to more modified foods.
May 4, 2024
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Sina McCullough
They’re Coming for Our Bananas
A Bill Gates-backed GMO banana can withstand Panama disease and is being considered for sale to the public.
November 6, 2023
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Nicole James
IN-DEPTH: Questions About Genetically Modified Crops as Agriculture’s ‘Silver Bullet’ Solution to Climate Change
The argument for using genetically modified crops to fight climate change unravels amid contradictory evidence from people working ...
August 29, 2023
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Autumn Spredemann
New Purple Tomato Reaching Grocery Shelves This Year
A new tomato, genetically engineered to produce very high levels of the cancer-fighting antioxidant “anthocyanins”, which as a ...
April 24, 2023
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Jessie Zhang
Commercial Development of Gene-Edited Food Legalised in England Despite Public Opposition
The growth and sale of gene-edited food have now been legalised in England after the Genetic Technology (Precision ...
March 24, 2023
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Alexander Zhang
Do Claims About GMOs Hold Up to Reality?How Do GMO Crops Rate Across 3 Key Measures?
The “science” tells us GMO crops have higher yield, nutrition, and herbicide resistance than organic. Nowadays, you could ...
October 12, 2022
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Brendon Fallon
The Concerning Rise of GMO Food Animals
The health conscious and safe food advocates are well aware of genetically modified organisms (GMO) such as the ...
June 30, 2022
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Martha Rosenberg
Labeling Requirements for Bioengineered Crops in US
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) newest food labeling rule regulating the disclosure of genetically modified ingredients in ...
June 8, 2022
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Janis Siegel
GMO Foods to Be Labeled ‘Bioengineered’ as New Rule Takes Effect
Products in the United States containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will now be labeled as "bioengineered" under new ...
January 1, 2022
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Zachary Stieber
Gene Editing Industry Grows As Food Regulation Loosens
Most people are familiar with the term genetically modified foods (GM foods or GMOs), but not so with ...
October 27, 2021
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Anne Zhang
Bayer Blasts ‘Unscientific’ Rejection by Mexican Regulator of GMO Corn Permit
MEXICO CITY—Bayer is evaluating its legal options after Mexican health regulators for the first time rejected a GMO ...
October 9, 2021
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Reuters
Top 10 Reasons to Eat Organic
Eating organic isn’t a fad. In fact, a 2019 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture stated that sales ...
May 30, 2021
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Zuri Star
8 Reasons to Avoid GMOs
Are you wondering if GMOs are bad for you? Maybe you don't even know whether or not you're eating genetically ...
June 24, 2019
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Andrea Donsky
Beware the Drug Industry’s Lucrative GMO Drugs
The drug industry is employing several tricks to stay a Wall Street darling. Drugs priced at five and ...
May 8, 2019
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Martha Rosenberg
12 Reasons Why Even Low Levels of Glyphosate are Unsafe
Proponents of GMOs and Glyphosate-based herbicides and staunch believers in the EPA have long argued that low levels ...
January 17, 2019
BY
Zen Honeycutt
GM Moths Released in US for First Time: A Major Step for ‘Frankenbugs’
Biotech company Oxitec announced on Sept. 5 that it has started releasing genetically modified (GM) moths in Geneva, ...
September 5, 2017
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Tara MacIsaac
USDA Approves Release of GM Moths in New York
A precedent-setting release of genetically engineered insects could soon take place in Geneva, New York. On July 6, ...
July 20, 2017
BY
Tara MacIsaac
GMO 2.0: A New Kind of Modified Food Escapes Regulation
A new kind of GMO is going by different names, and largely escaping regulation as it enters grocery ...
May 4, 2017
BY
Tara MacIsaac
Glyphosate for Breakfast?
Glyphosate is by far the most heavily used chemical weed killer in human history. It's so pervasive, it's ...
December 23, 2016
BY
Conan Milner
New Device Could Detect GMOs That Have Escaped Into Environment
Researchers led by Rice University Professor Scott Egan have received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department ...
October 11, 2016
BY
Tara MacIsaac
New Technology Spurs Consolidation in Seed Industry
Genetic engineering is about to enter into overdrive.
September 27, 2016
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Andrea Hayley
Where Science Ends and the GMO Debate Really Begins
Opponents and proponents of genetically modified food have invoked science in their arguments, but science has no definitive ...
August 22, 2016
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Petr Svab
How One Company Used an Enzyme to Turn Food Waste Into a Superfood
One of the most plentiful waste products in the world was also most difficult to recover.
August 16, 2016
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Andrea Hayley
Organic Industry at Odds Over National GMO Labeling Bill
Organic supporters are dismayed by what happened.
July 18, 2016
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Andrea Hayley
Mandatory GMO Labeling Passes Senate Vote, Not Ideal for Consumers, Says Expert
Two out of three Americans favor GMO labeling on food items. In fact, it's more important to people ...
July 8, 2016
BY
Petr Svab
Eating in the Dark
I'm sick of writing about labeling genetically engineered foods. I'm sick of it because there's really [only] one ...
March 20, 2016
BY
Jill Richardson
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