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Green Revolution

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Conventional Agriculture: Far From A Green Revolution

Georgina Guiney agriculture, EPA, farm, farming, fields, glysophate, Green Revolution, health, herbicides, Local Harvest, organic, pesticides, Roundup, spraying, standards, WholeFoods, workers

You call this a revolution? Spraying fields with synthetic chemicals to keep pests down is no way to take care of the planet and its inhabitants’ health.

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Peanut Allergy Rise Worries Environmentalists

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer allergen, allergies, allergy, GE, genetic engineering, genetically, genetically modified organism, genetics, glysophate, GMO, nut, peanut, peanut allergy, Roundup, vaccination, vaccine, vaccines

Do scientists think there’s a big environmental component to the huge rise in peanut allergy cases in the U.S. and beyond in recent years?

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