Oregon Law Banning GMO Crop Production Goes Into Effect

The law is the first of its kind in the state of Oregon though similar measures have been passed in various counties in California and in San Juan County, Washington.

Sydney Barakat | AntiMedia
By Sydney Barakat | AntiMedia

(ANTIMEDIA) Last May, Jackson County Oregon voters passed a law to ban the growing of GMO crops. This Saturday, that law came into effect. The law is the first of its kind in the state of Oregon though similar measures have been passed in various counties in California and in San Juan County, Washington. These kinds of laws have proven quite

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GMO-Labeling Proposal Illustrates Problems With Food Safety

A disjointed system of food inspection means about 48 million Americans contract a food-borne illness per year.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

In the U.S., the push to label foods produced with genetically-modified organisms has created a war of attrition between activists that demand full disclosure concerning the content of publicly-sold foods and an industry determined to sell the safeness of GMO-foods. With more than 60 genetically-modified variations of crops currently approved for

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Approval Of Herbicide-Resistant Crops Means Massive Surge Of Chemical Herbicide Use On American Crops

Researchers say they have evidence that suggests the herbicide 2,4-D is contaminated with dioxin.

Carey L. Biron
By Carey L. Biron
A "Do Not Enter" sign marks a field of head cabbage during the spraying of pesticides near Chualar, Calif., Monday, Sept. 16, 2002. (AP Photo/Mike Fiala)

WASHINGTON --- Federal regulators are moving toward the deregulation of three new genetically engineered crops that, for the first time, would be resistant to multiple herbicides. These would include a potent chemical linked to a spectrum of environmental and human health hazards and previously used in the Vietnam War-era defoliant Agent

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