those crops. Yep, you read that right. If a farmer downwind of you is using GMO seeds, and they happen to go up in the air and pollinate your organic non-GMO crops, the patent owner (most likely Mosanto) now OWNS YOUR CROPS. Don’t believe me? See Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser. Sounds fair, right? How about the new breed of these seeds that they are trying to get into the market called “Terminator” seeds that require yearly application of chemicals in order for that same seed to germinate
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the realm of the EPA, and since in this day and age it is acceptable to act in defiance of Congressional inquiry, my changes would be far reaching and highly effective. My first ruling as administrator of the EPA, would be the destruction of all Monsanto research and production facilities as they are the devil incarnate and destroy all that they see and touch. Their man-made poison and their man-made foods will no longer be allowed to pollute our bodies, the air we breathe, nor the soil and water
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Case Analysis Nestlé Group 3 11 February 2010 David Chol, Whitney Drost, Raynard Geason, Sarah Laborde, Casey Landers, Darren McNeely, Vanessa Robicheaux, Nicholas Knight, Taylor Mendel, Jonathan Bush, John Priola, William Ratcliff Table of Contents Introduction3 Goals3 Constraints3 Introduction Through the years, Nestlé has emerged as a multi-national company that serves as a brand in itself as well as an umbrella company for many well-recognized processed food commodity
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environmental goods, the prices for organic fabrics will significantly decrease and designers will have more organic textiles to choose from. U.S. textiles manufactures have monopolized the organic market for a little more than a decade. “Companies like Monsanto, DuPont/Pioneer Hi-Bred, Syngenta, and Dow Agro Science own 80% of the US corn market and 70% of the soybean business.” Such
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GMO MYTHS AND TRUTHS An evidence-based examination of the claims made for the safety and efficacy of genetically modified crops Michael Antoniou Claire Robinson John Fagan June 2012 GMO Myths and Truths An evidence-based examination of the claims made for the safety and efficacy of genetically modified crops Version 1.3 by Michael Antoniou Claire Robinson John Fagan © Earth Open Source www.earthopensource.org 2nd Floor 145–157, St John Street, London EC1V 4PY, United Kingdom Contact email:
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Cyclamate (also known as Sodium N-cyclohexylsulfamate) This is a synthetic food additive and a sugar substitute that was synthesized in 1937, but wasn’t used by the masses until later. There are two varieties, sodium cyclamate and calcium cyclamate. Unlike some other sweeteners, it doesn’t have a metallic aftertaste. Cyclamate is 30 to 50 times sweeter than table sugar, making it the lesser sweet of the synthetic sweeteners. Studies have liked it to causing cancer. This sweetener is not recommended
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Rene Neal-De-Stanton Eng1A Dr. Nahas Annotated Bibliography Works Cited Khan, S.J. "GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOs): FOOD SECURITY OR THREAT TO FOOD SAFETY." Pakistan Journal of Science 64.2 (2012): 6.-12. Santa Rosa Junior College Academic Search Complete. Web. 12 Oct. 2015. <HTTP://santarosa.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=78909697&site=eds-live&scope=site>. This article examines how Biotechnology is a vital
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needed to be said. 2. “This book is the confession of a man who, back when I was an EHM, was part of a relatively small group. People who play similar roles are more abundant now. They have more Euphemistic titles, and they walk the corridors of Monsanto, General Electric, Nike, General Motors, Wal-Mart, and nearly every other major corporation in the world. In a very real sense, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is their story as well as mine. It is your story too, the story of your world and
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