Gates Foundation Gives $10 Million to GMO Research

July 21st, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

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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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Almost Human? GMO Brown Rice Contains Blood Protein

November 5th, 2011 - Jill Ettinger

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Human serum albumin—a blood protein—has been added to genetically modified brown rice by researchers in a new study conducted at the Yang He and Daichang Yang at Wuhan University in China, and published in the recent issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

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Bayer To Pay $750 Million in GMO Rice Contamination Claims

July 6th, 2011 - Jill Ettinger

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Eleven thousand U.S. farmers celebrated victory as word came that they will receive a settlement of $750 million due to crop drift from Bayer’s genetically modified LibertyLink rice that contaminated their crops in 2006.

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