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The Fox (Monsanto) Buys the Chicken Coop (Beeologics)

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“Why would one of the largest purveyors of pesticides, genetically engineered seeds and agrochemicals want to buy a company which has been seeking solutions to the escalating threats to the world bee population?  The root of the problem, however, may not be the virus targeted by Remembee, but the herbicides and insecticides that agro-chemical giants like Monsanto, Dow and Bayer have themselves been hawking to farmers around the world. This is the conclusion of three recent studies which implicate a class of pesticides known as ‘neonics’ which coat a massive 142 million acres of corn, wheat, soy and cotton seeds in the U.S. alone.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-schiffman/the-fox-monsanto-buys-the_b_1470878.html

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Bunnies glow green in the dark, join lots of other glowing animals

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“Earlier this week, a litter of bunnies were born in Istanbul. Scientists were pleased. That’s because two of the bunnies have been successfully genetically engineered to glow in the dark, a feat that the team of scientists from the University of Hawaii and a Turkish lab say demonstrates advanced genetic modification. These are not the first glow-in-the-dark rabbits: In 2000, artist Eduardo Kac commissioned a French lab to create for him a luminescent rabbit, Alba, also using borrowed genes from jellyfish. He called that rabbit art. The scientists called it science. A philosophical tussle ensued. And then a legal one. The glowing rabbit died before the matter was settled.”

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0813/Bunnies-glow-green-in-the-dark-join-lots-of-other-glowing-animals

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‘Safe’ sugar levels in humans are toxic to mice

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“Sugar is toxic for mice in dosages that in humans would equal a ‘safe’ diet that includes three cans of soda per day, scientists said Tuesday. Mice fed a diet in which sugar contributed a quarter of their daily calories did not become obese or ill, yet died younger and had fewer babies than animals on a healthy diet, said the team — raising red flags about ‘added sugar’ levels some consider safe for humans. ‘Added sugar’ is a term used for the refined stuff that is added to sweet drinks, baked goods and candy rather than the natural sugars found in fruit, vegetables and milk products. Sugar consumption in the American diet had increased by 50 percent since the 1970s.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/13/safe-sugar-levels-in-humans-are-toxic-to-mice/

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Footage of distressed cows stir questions about growth drugs

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“Tyson Foods Inc declared it would no longer accept cattle that had been fed the most popular brand of the feed additive, called Zilmax, a powerful and fast-selling product from pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. The debate over Zilmax follows a similar dispute over ractopamine. China and Russia have banned the import of meat from ractopamine-fed animals, and the U.S.-based pork giant Smithfield Foods in May announced it will stop feeding ractopamine to half its pig herd, a move seen as an effort to recapture the lucrative China market.  The FDA has deemed beta-agonists safe both for farm animals and for human health.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/13/footage-of-disabled-cows-stir-questions-about-growth-drugs/

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Filipino farmers destroy genetically modified ‘Golden Rice’ crops

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“A group of activist farmers in the Philippines stormed a government research facility and destroyed an area of genetically modified rice crops the size of 10 football fields. ‘The Golden Rice is a poison,’ said Willy Marbella. The farmers attacked the fields at the research facility in Pili, Camarines Sur out of concern that their own crops could be pollinated and thereby contaminated by the GMO plants, possibly resulting in a boycott of their products like U.S. farmers of soft white wheat saw when a strain of Monsanto herbicide-resistant wheat abruptly appeared in an Oregon field. South Korea and Japan both halted imports of U.S. wheat.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/10/filipino-farmers-destroy-genetically-modified-golden-rice-crops/

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Google’s Sergey Brin bankrolled world’s first synthetic beef hamburger ‘for animal welfare reasons’

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“The man who has bankrolled the production of the world’s first lab-grown hamburger has been revealed as Google co-founder Sergey Brin. The internet entrepreneur has backed the project to the tune of €250,000 (£215,000), allowing scientists to grow enough meat in the lab to create a burger – as a proof of concept – that will be cooked and eaten in London on Monday. Brin, a computer scientist who set up Google with university colleague Larry Page, is one of the wealthiest men in the world and has a history of backing projects that sound as though they belong in science fiction movies.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/05/revealed-googles-sergey-brin-bankrolled-worlds-first-synthetic-beef-hamburger-for-animal-welfare-reasons/

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Scientists cook world’s first lab-grown, in-vitro hamburger

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“The in-vitro burger, cultured from cattle stem cells, will be fried in a pan and tasted by two volunteers.  The burger is the result of years of research by Dutch scientist Mark Post, a vascular biologist at the University of Maastricht, who is working to show how meat grown in petri dishes might one day be a true alternative to meat from livestock. The meat in the burger has been made by knitting together around 20,000 strands of protein that has been cultured from cattle stem cells in Post’s lab. The tissue is grown by placing the cells in a ring, like a donut, around a hub of nutrient gel, Post explained.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/05/scientists-cook-worlds-first-lab-grown-in-vitro-hamburger/

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Get ready for the ‘War on Sugar’

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“The ‘metabolic syndrome’ maladies associated with insulin resistance and obesity – many authorities now just use the term ‘diabesity’ – are expected soon to overtake tobacco as the leading cause of heart disease in the world. And perhaps of cancer, too.   Farmer Mike Small has high hopes for the campaign for a Scottish tax on sugar-sweetened beverages: he and his sustainable food campaign, the Fife Diet, will launch a new manifesto for it in September. Forms of sugar-sweetened beverage tax have already started in Denmark, France, Finland and Hungary. Scotland, Small says, is in the mood to follow.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/04/is-fruit-juice-as-bad-for-you-as-soda-get-ready-for-the-war-on-sugar/

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French president promises to keep ban on Monsanto GMO corn despite court ruling

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“French President Francois Hollande said Friday that a ban on growing GM corn sold by US giant Monsanto would remain in place, despite a court ruling reversing the suspension. ‘The moratorium will be extended,’ he said on a visit to the southwestern department of Dordogne. France’s Council of State court ruled Thursday that the French moratorium imposed on growing MON810 corn since March 2012 failed to uphold European Union law.  MON810 includes an inserted gene that makes the corn plant exude a natural toxin that is poisonous to insect pests. This offers a potential financial gain for farmers, as they do not have to use chemical pesticides.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/02/french-president-promises-to-keep-ban-on-monsanto-gmo-corn-despite-court-ruling/

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FDA: ‘Gluten-free’ foods now must legally have less than .002 percent gluten

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“The FDA began examining potential regulations more than six years ago when Congress passed the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act, requiring the FDA to develop guidelines for gluten-free labels. The agency proposed gluten-free regulations in 2007 but did not finalize them. The delay came from scientific assessments, interaction with the celiac community and a safety assessment to validate 20 parts per million as a safe cut-off level, Taylor said.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/02/fda-gluten-free-foods-now-must-legally-have-less-than-002-percent-gluten/

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