U.S. workers sue Monsanto claiming herbicide caused cancer
A U.S. farm worker and a horticultural assistant have filed lawsuits claiming Monsanto Co.'s Roundup herbicide caused their cancers and Monsanto intentionally misled the public and regulators about the dangers of the herbicide. The lawsuits come six months after the World Health Organization's cancer research unit said it was classifying glyphosate, the active weed-killing ingredient in Roundup and other herbicides, as "probably carcinogenic to humans." One suit, filed in U.S
Gwyneth Paltrow went to Washington to fight the organic fight
Gwyneth Paltrow went to Washington on Wednesday to fight for what's on your plate.The actress, GOOP founder and famed conscious uncoupler spoke on Capitol Hill, pushing for mandatory labeling of foods made with genetically modified ingredients or GMOs."Much the way that I want to know if my food is farm-raised or wild, or if my orange juice is fresh or from concentrate, I believe that we also have the right...as Americans to know what’s in our food," said Paltrow. Paltrow’s a
HEALTH RISKS OF GMO SOY - THEY AREN'T THE SAME. SO WHY DOES OUR GOV'T CONTINUE TO ALLOW THEM
Genetically modified soybean is made by genetic engineering techniques. According to the latest research, it accumulates formaldehyde which is a chemical carcinogen. Research published in the peer reviewed journal of Agricultural Sciences stated that genetically modified soy, greatly affects the ability of the plant to deal with the stress. An MIT trained biologist Dr. V. A. Shiva utilizes “Cytosolve”, a computational systems biology method to integrate the experimental res
