GMOs IN THE NEWS (Last Issue)

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GMOs IN THE NEWS

This is the last issue of GMOs In The News.  This newsletter will be replaced by an expanded Earth Action In The News.

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We know we are winning when megalithic Cargill contacts the Non-GMO Project to initiate ​verification and took buckets of flack from Monsanto and others in the biotech industry!  Cargill... Non-GMO Project verified... things are definitely shifting:​

1) GMO Supporters Have a Fit as Cargill Offers Non-GMO Products

http://www.ecowatch.com/cargill-non-gmo-products-2398678278.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=6030d15754-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-6030d15754-86095421

2) Judge: EPA's Approval of Bee-Killing Pesticides Violated Federal Law

http://www.ecowatch.com/neonicotinoids-epa-violation-2401492224.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=6030d15754-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-6030d15754-86095421

​3) Monsanto Hires Internet Trolls to Cover Up Roundup’s Cancer Risk

http://www.ecowatch.com/monsanto-hires-internet-trolls-2401703407.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=ad41a14b82-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-ad41a14b82-86095421

​4) FDA Refuses to Ban Toxic Chemical Used in Baby Food Packaging

http://www.ecowatch.com/fda-food-packaging-perchlorate-2394432532.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=d47ba78720-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-d47ba78720-86095421

​5) Maine Bill Would Outlaw Local Pesticide Laws

http://www.ecowatch.com/maine-pesticides-bans-2392547898.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=60dd3e0249-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-60dd3e0249-86095421

​6) Major Blow to Soy Industry as Chinese Grow Wary of GMOs

http://www.ecowatch.com/china-gmo-soy-industry-2383186061.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=a7d2f6627f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-a7d2f6627f-86095421

7) GM crops stalled in 2016

http://gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/17612

 

8) European Commission Delays Glyphosate Re-License Decision to ‘Discuss’ with Member States

http://sustainablepulse.com/2017/05/17/european-commission-delays-glyphosate-re-license-decision-to-discuss-with-member-states/#.WSfQPzHLdlR

 

9) Detox Project offers residue-free certification

http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/96684-detox-project-offers-residue-free-certification

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