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Why GMOs Might Not Be Such a Bad Thing After All
With little scientific data supporiting the claim that GMOs can cause adverse health effects, an increasing number of pro-GMO activists are speaking up to defend the potential benefits of allergy-free peanuts and other modified foods.
Monsanto Was Just Bought by One of the World’s Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies
If the merger of Bayer and Monsato is approved, the megacorporation would control more than a quarter of the world’s seeds and pesticides.
Nobody Knows Where This Field of Genetically Modified Wheat Came From
Genetically modified wheat, like the plants found in Washington, is not approved for “sale or consumption” in the United States, and who planted the outlaw wheat remains a total mystery.
The New Laws on Labeling GMOs Please Pretty Much No One
The fight over whether food makers should label their products that contain GMOs has been raging for years, and with this new legislation, nobody's happy.
This Is the GMO Peanut That Could Rid the World of Nut Allergies
By decoding the DNA of peanuts, a group of scientists from the University of Western Australia say they can make an allergy-free peanut.
Genetically Modified Crops Are on the Decline for the First Time
The decline in GM crops wasn’t large—just 1 percent—but it breaks a growth trend that’s lasted for 20 years. Here's why things have changed.
Environmental Groups Are Suing The FDA For Approving GM Salmon
Some environmental groups worry that if GM salmon were to escape into the wild, they would wreak havoc, outcompeting wild salmon for resources and spreading disease.
A Controversial GMO Study Is Going Bananas
Iowa State University is offering a whopping $900 to people to eat genetically modified bananas that could provide nutritional benefit to people in Africa—but not everyone's happy about it.
Genetically Modified Salmon Is Stuck in a Labelling Limbo
The FDA recently cleared GM salmon for human consumption after a 20-year approval process, but it can't hit shelves until officials decide how to label it.
Campbell's Is Going to Voluntarily Label the GMOs in Its Foods
Campbell Soup Company, the maker of everything from its iconic soups to V8 to Goldfish and Pace Salsa, has turned heads by announcing it will begin to voluntarily label its products that contain GMOs.
The EU Remains at Odds with Its Members Over the Safety of GM Food
The great GMO debate rages on as the EU shuts down draft legislature that would allow individual European nations to ban the use of GM food or animal feed.
Mexico's Chefs Are Fighting a Future of Genetically Modified Corn
In August, a Mexican federal district judge repealed a two-year-old ban on genetically modified maize, leading many of the country's chefs to worry about GM corn replacing indigenous varieties.