SustainablePulse – Alleged Illegal GM Rice Trial On Chinese Students Leads To Leukemia Boom – 17 August 2014

According to reports from Huazhong Agricultural University in China, an alleged illegal GM rice trial on the University students has led to an incidence rate of acute leukemia of up to three times the normal rate in China.

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SustainablePulse – US Experts Push Congress To Reject Toxic Herbicide Mix ‘Enlist Duo’ – 25 July 2014

Prominent doctors, scientists and business leaders today urged Congress to pressure the Obama administration to reject an application to market “Enlist Duo^TM,” a new toxic herbicide mix of 2,4-D and glyphosate.

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SustainablePulse – New Séralini Study Shows Roundup Damages Sperm – 11 July 2014

 

A new study in rats found that Roundup altered testicular function after only 8 days of exposure at a concentration of only 0.5%, similar to levels found in water after agricultural spraying, writes Claire Robinson, Managing Editor of GMO Seralini.

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SustainablePulse – The Glyphosate Toxicity Studies You’re Not Allowed To See – 3 July 2014

On opposite sides of the globe, pesticide regulators are refusing to release to the public the key industry studies on glyphosate that underpin regulatory authorizations and safety limits set for the herbicide.

Source: GM Watch, by Claire Robinson

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SustainablePulse – UK Parliament Meeting Brings ‘Dangers’ Of Roundup Into Public Focus – 3 July 2014

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Agroecology, Chaired by the Countess of Mar, met in the Houses of Parliament in London on June 18, to discuss the possible harm caused by the world’s most popular herbicide – Roundup.

In what was one of the most comprehensive meetings ever held in Europe on Glyphosate and Roundup, experts from around the World gathered in London to share their expertise with the media, members of a number of UK political parties, NGO representatives and members of the general public.

SustainablePulse – Monsanto And Pioneer Continue To Pull-Out GM Crops From EU – 2 July 2014

Although an EU Commission decision on the cultivation of genetically engineered maize 1507 has been expected for several months, it has still not been published.

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SustainablePulse – Reactions To Republication Of Landmark Seralini GMO Study – 25 June 2014

Sustainable Pulse welcomes the republication of the Séralini et al. study on the “Long-term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize” by Environmental Sciences Europe.

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SustainablePulse – Steve Marsh To Appeal Australia GM Canola Contamination Case – 19 June 2014

The Safe Food Foundation welcomes Steve Marsh’s decision to appeal the decision against him in the Western Australian Supreme Court last month. He lodged his appeal on Wednesday 18 June and the appeal will be heard in the next six to twelve months before the court of appeal made up of three judges.

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SustainablePulse – Kyrgyzstan Bans All GMO Products And GM Crops – 12 June 2014

Kyrgyzstan has Wednesday become one of the first countries in the World to ban the cultivation of GM Crops alongside the import and sale of all GMO products, the news agency 24.kg has announced.

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SustainablePulse – U.S. Government Ties El Salvador USD 277 M Aid Package To Monsanto’s GMO Seeds – 8 June 2014

The President of the El Salvadoran Center for Appropriate Technologies (CESTA), Ricardo Navarro, has demanded that the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, Mari Carmen Aponte, stops pressurizing the Government of El Salvador to buy Monsanto’s GM seeds rather than non-GMO seeds from domestic suppliers.

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