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Is Genetically Modified Food Really Safe For Us To Eat?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer agriculture, biotech, biotechnology, bug, engineering, European Commission, GE, genetic, genetically, GM, GMO, modified, Monsanto, Non-GMO, organisms, super, weed, Whole Foods

Many environmentalists still question whether all the genetically modified organisms in our food supply is good for us or the environment…

Eating Right

Monsanto’s Superweed, the Ancient Superfood

Ian Graber-Stiehl Amaranth, antibiotic resistance, crops, huauhtli, pigweed, Roundup, superweed, weed

“The superweeds are coming! The superweeds are coming!” This has been the environmental community’s adamant cry ever since international agribusiness decided to throw our crops into a clingy, interdependent relationship with Roundup. Well, we might need a less outdated banner, because that particular winter isn’t coming, it’s here. After sustaining agriculture with a steady drip […]

Toxins & Pollution

Shiny Green Poison?

Ethan Goffman Canada, grass, invasive, lawn, Maine, Maryland, Montgomery County, Ogunquit, Ontario, pesticide, Rachel Carson, San Francisco, Silent Spring, species, Takoma Park, weed, weeds

An emerald-green lawn is a beautiful lawn. At least many Americans think so. Yet this kind of lawn, relying on heavy pesticide use to kill weeds, may have poison beneath its shiny surface. Pesticide exposure may increase the chances of cancer, cardiac disease, reproductive system problems, afflictions of the nervous system such as Parkinson’s disease […]