In nutrient solution, rhizobox and pot experiments this Hohenheim University research shows that foliar applied glyphosate to target plants is released into the rhizosphere after a fast translocation from shoots to roots. (more…)
GMO Genocide – A Farmer Suicide Every 30 Minutes
An important 2015 paper by respected researchers deconstructs the false hype around Bt (GM) insecticidal cotton in India. The paper shows that Annual suicide rates in rainfed areas are inversely related to farm size and yield, and directly related to
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Canada – GM Toxin in Human Blood
Scientists from the University of Sherbrooke, Canada, have detected the insecticidal protein, Cry1Ab, circulating in the blood of pregnant as well as non-pregnant women. They have also detected the toxin in fetal blood, implying it could pass on to the
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India – Allergic Reactions from GM Cotton
Indian investigators found that farmers who had a direct contact with genetically modified Bt cotton suffered allergic reactions in various body parts which included hands, feet, face, eyes and nose, with some having fallen seriously ill. (more…)
Iowa – Infertility in Pigs from GM Corn
After long research, Jerry Rosman discovered his pigs couldn’t reproduce because of genetically engineered corn. They produced sacs of water—false pregnancies. As a result, he’s become an organic farmer and proponent of organic foods. (more…)
Vanishing Bees – Monsanto’s Roundup
Terrence Ingram claims some 250 of his colonies have been killed off over the years by Monsanto’s broad-spectrum herbicide Roundup, used in large quantities on both conventional- and genetically engineered crops. Ingram’s research shows that Roundup can lead to
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Argentina – Birth Defects from GM Soy
Argentina has become a giant experiment in farming genetically modified (GM) Roundup Ready (RR) soy, engineered to be tolerant to Roundup, Monsanto’s formulation of the herbicide glyphosate. (more…)
India Dead Sheep – GM Cotton
At least 1 820 sheep were reported dead in 2006 after grazing on post-harvest Bt cotton crops; the symptoms and post-mortem findings strongly suggest they died from severe toxicity. (more…)
US Tryptophan Disaster – GM Bacteria
The tryptophan disaster in the end of the 1980′s and beginning of 1990′s killed 37 and permanently disabled 1,500 people in the United States in a disease called eosonophil myalgia syndrome (EMS). (more…)
Germany Dead Cows – GM Corn
Between 2000 and 2002 Gottfried Gloeckner, whose dairy farm was then in North Hessen near Frankfurt, witnessed the mysterious death of 65 of his cows after he had fed them genetically manipulated Bt176 corn from the Swiss company, Syngenta.
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