‘PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO BE A GMO EXPERIMENT’
313 Mile March for GMO Labeling Ended on World Food Day
Support of FDA Petition JustLabelIt.org Exceeds 300,000
GREENPEACE TAKES ON MONSANTO OVER ’PESTICIDES ARMS RACE’
Main ingredient of Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer is being linked to cancer, birth defects and Parkinson’s disease and should be banned, according to campaigners behind new report
The use of the popular weedkiller, ’Roundup’, in public parks and on agricultural crops is a danger to public health, according to a new analysis of scientific evidence.
ANTI-GM PROTESTORS GATHER AT PARLIAMENT
ABOUT 60 people attended an anti-genetically modified (GM) protest on the steps of Parliament House last week.
Protestors came from throughout the State, before a 5000-signature petition was tabled in the Legislative Council by Greens GM spokesperson Lynn MacLaren and Labor MP Sally Talbot.
The petition called for an inquiry into the government decision to lift the GM canola ban and the process behind the recent sale to Monsanto of a 19.9 per cent stake in the government-owned crop breeding company Intergrain.
UGANDAN FARMERS REJECT GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS
Farmers in the eastern districts of Uganda that constitute the Elgon zone have rejected a proposal by Mr. Arthur Makala, the executive director at Science Foundation for Livelihoods and developments, to start engaging in the cultivation of genetically modified crops that are drought resistant and give high yields.
Mr. Arthur Makala who was meeting the farmers at Resort Hotel in Mbale had suggested that farmers should embrace the Genetically Modified Crops [GMC] for better yields but the farmers rejected it saying GMCs are contaminated with chemicals that may be harmful to their health.
FAMILY FARMERS AMPLIFY COMPLAINT AGAINST MONSANTO’S GMOS, REINFORCING THEIR ARGUMENTS WITH ADDITIONAL PLAINTIFFS
Monsanto’s Failure to Provide Binding Legal Covenant To Protect Family Farmers Threatened by GMO Contamination Necessitates New Complaint
