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06/06/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Despite links to cancer, the EU proposes a 10-year license renewal for key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans,” which is the second-highest classification for substances that can cause cancer. Glyphosate is the main ingredient of Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide Roundup. Instead of protecting public health and removing it from their products, Monsanto […]

06/05/2017 / By JD Heyes

Health Ranger vindication: New study finds pesticides are much more neurotoxic than previously reported

For years Natural News founder/editor Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, has been warning about the toxic effects modern pesticides have on the human body, especially the brain. Now, new research has vindicated Adams and other natural, organic food experts and proponents (yet again): Pesticides are actually more neurotoxic than ‘mainstream’ scientists have believed. As reported […]

04/14/2016 / By D. Samuelson

Monsanto and EFSA being hit legally by six NGOs over glyphosate poisoning across Europe

Germany’s Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is one of six non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that have filed a legal complaint against the groups that are responsible for providing safety assessments for Monsanto’s patented herbicide glyphosate. These agencies – the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) are also in charge of renewing Monsanto’s license to […]

03/10/2016 / By Julie Wilson

The Netherlands, France, Italy and Sweden block vote to renew Monsanto’s glyphosate license, calling for further safety assessments

Biotech giant Monsanto is finally suffering the consequences of poisoning people and the environment with their cancer-causing herbicide, Roundup. Monsanto, which is on record for operating like a vicious mafia, was called out by the World Health Organization last spring when it declared that Roundup’s primary ingredient, glyphosate, is “probably carcinogenic.” Since then, a string […]

01/13/2016 / By Julian Kramer

Swiss seed giant Syngenta granted patent on pepper

In a move that further cemented Big Ag’s control over our food supply, the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich just recently granted Swiss seed giant Syngenta a patent on seedless chili peppers and their use “as fresh produce, as fresh cut produce, or for processing.” The patent also covers the plants, their cultivation, harvesting […]

11/11/2015 / By Julie Wilson

Division over GMOs intensifies as EU officials strike down opt-out clause

A draft law proposed last spring allowing individual European Union member countries to opt-out of growing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) was shot down by the European Parliament recently in Strasbourg, France. “In a Strasbourg plenary vote Wednesday [October 28] afternoon, 579 of 751 MEPs said the Commission should withdraw it, which the Commission refused to do. Following […]

10/09/2015 / By Julie Wilson

More than half of European Union bans GM crops

Members of the European Union continue to take a stand against genetically modified (GM) agriculture, creating a domino effect as dozens of countries ban GM crops due to their health and environmental effects – and the general distaste among Europeans toward GMOs. Poland is the latest country to utilize an “opt-out” clause that was recently […]

10/06/2015 / By Vicki Batts

New EU guidelines leading shift away from artificial coloring

Coloring Foods supplier GNT suggests that the global confectionery market will begin to shy away from artificial and additive colors as the industry shifts to conform to new EU guidelines. These new guidelines define exact criteria to differentiate between Coloring Foods and artificial colorants. And, after November 29, all products used to color food and […]

10/05/2015 / By Carol Young

IMF and World Bank triggered war and intentionally ousted Ukrainian President to expand Monsanto’s GMO empire

Is it possible that the conflict in Ukraine is really just a front for a Monsanto land grab? Before Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was forcibly removed from office, he had repeatedly rejected agreements and loan packages from international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF, which padded their deals with conditions that […]

09/21/2015 / By Greg White

EU to begin investigating HPV vaccines linked to permanent brain damage in children

The European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European Union agency responsible for protecting the public by supervising medicine, announced last Monday that it would conduct an investigation regarding the safety of human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines. HPV vaccines are purportedly intended to prevent genital warts and cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is one of the most common […]

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