This Little Piggy Went to Vomit: GMOs Make Pigs Sick, Scientists Refute Study Findings

June 14th, 2013 - Jill Ettinger

Pigs eat

Once again, research into the detrimental health effects of consuming GMOs has come under scrutiny by the scientific community.

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Could Monsanto Start the Next Cold War? GMO Corn Banned in Russia

September 28th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

GMO corn

Russian officials have announced a temporary ban on the import and sale of any of Monsanto’s genetically modified corn into the country as a result of a French study released last week connecting the corn with an increased risk of cancer.

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Could GMO Corn Be A Medical Breakthrough?

September 27th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

Lab

While no stranger to the pharmaceutical industry, genetically modified organisms could be used to mass-produce enzymes in treatment for rare diseases.

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Wal-Mart to Sell Monsanto’s ‘Sustainable’ GMO Sweet Corn

August 4th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

Sweet Corn

As the battle over labeling genetically modified foods heats up in California with Proposition 37 scheduled for a November vote, news that Wal-Mart will begin selling Monsanto’s GMO sweet corn adds more fuel to the fire.

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Gates Foundation Gives $10 Million to GMO Research

July 21st, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

Lab

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has made its support of genetically modified foods no secret over the years, and the recent $10 million grant awarded by the foundation to a team of British plant scientists makes it even more apparent.

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Scientists Remove Corn Steroids, Find Unsuspecting Results

December 5th, 2011 - Jill Ettinger

Corn cobs

New research out of Purdue University and published in a recent issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found what may be a money-saving discovery for the hybrid corn seed industry.

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The American Diet: 53 Gallons of Soda, 42 Pounds of Corn Syrup, 200 Pounds of Meat

September 17th, 2011 - Jill Ettinger

What are we eating?

The average American eats. A lot. As a new infographic points out, per year, food intake per person can amount to some 200 pounds of meat, 85 pounds of fat, 415 pounds of vegetables, 31 pounds of cheese, 53 gallons of soda and 42 pounds of high fructose corn syrup.

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Hungarian Farmers Lose Thousands of Acres of Illegal GMO Corn

July 23rd, 2011 - Jill Ettinger

GMO Corn

Nearly one thousand acres of genetically modified corn discovered growing throughout parts of Hungary were destroyed earlier this month, according to the deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development, Lajos Bognar.

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