Glyphosate and Roundup disturb gut microbiome and blood biochemistry at doses that regulators claim to be safe Details
New study reveals evidence for potential cancer-causing damage. Report: Claire Robinson
Glyphosate and the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup disrupt the gut microbiome by the same mechanism by which the chemical acts as a weedkiller, and these effects happen even at low doses that regulators claim to be safe, a newly published study has found.[1]
The new study was conducted by an international team of scientists based in London, France, Italy, and the Netherlands, led by Dr Michael Antoniou of King’s College London. It is published today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
No sooner had Brexit been approved, than the GMO lobby shifted up a few gears Details
Discussion around new GMOs should be chance to ask uncomfortable questions about research and innovation, not sneer at non-GMO-believers, say professors
In the article below from the Belgian press, four professors (from schools of law, philosophy of science, and bioengineering) warn that Brexit shouldn t be a reason for deregulating new GMOs.
They make a number of extremely important points. Among them, that the driving force behind deregulation in Britain and parts of Europe – they focus on Belgium – is not really the issues that are flagged up (the hype about silver-bullet solutions to agricultural problems), but the lobbying power of Big Ag, together with an obsession at the national level with competitive advantage.
energy. i looked at the numbers and although that s a great goal and we need to get there, there s no one that believes it more than me, it wasn t going to happen right away. we were importing gas to massachusetts from russia, where there are no climate protections whatsoever. i got a lot of heat for that from my own party. i was trying to make a decision based on the facts. another was these are the tough issues in congress when we had an issue on gmo labelling for example. and a lot of people gave me heat to agreeing to a compromise deal, because they wanted better gmo labelling. i said, it s better to have some gmo labelling than nothing at all. that s what i did. thanks. thank you. there s also on the issue of marijuana legalization, there s the marijuana justice act that was proposed in the senate, five senators who are running for the nomination have approved it, you ve signed on as co sponsor,
spend so much money on trying to avoid gmo labelling and the movement is getting bigger and bigger. sarah slayman, women s rights activist from texas. when this bill first passed, you said you considered leaving texas. you planned to stay and fight. and what about the response of women in the state to this? the people are exhausted. we have done our part. and that s why i join you in demanding reform of the filibuster in the senate. we cannot allow another generation to be salddled with these 5-4 ideological votes. we need reform now. i read a really en couraging article today that some female senators are open to change. just because the senate lives by 18th century laws does not mean that the rest of the united states and that people in need of abortion should live by 18th century laws. i think we have hit the bottom in texas when it comes to the denial of health care access