Environmental Health

Stop Monsanto: Sign This Petition Today To Save Our Foods

15/05/13

Monsanto — the largest US manufacturer of genetically modified (GM) foods and pesticides — claim on their website that they are an agricultural company that applies innovation and technology to help farmers around the world produce more while conserving more. They also claim to help farmers grow their crops sustainably so they can be successful, [...]

Pesticides: Big Pharma Stoops To A New Low

13/05/13

Pesticides seem to be the new ‘disease mongering tool’ for Big Pharma… and the victims are not our insects — bees in particular — but also humans. Killing off our insect population affects the ecology in the long run and effectively changes the way Mother Nature was designed to function. Thhe truth is, some of the ‘diseases’ [...]

Who Benefits From Genetically Engineered Food?

26/02/13

Yesterday, I told you about genetically engineered food, like the salmon called AquAdvantage, which is designed to grow five times faster than normal salmon. The fact is that once this Frankenfish hits our waters it won’t matter how you like your salmon. Your preference between picking normal or genetically engineered food from the supermarket shelves will [...]

Dangers Of Genetically Engineered Salmon

25/02/13

I wonder how this latest ‘invention’ or should I say ‘creation’ will sit with consumers?  Brace yourself for the first genetically engineered farm animal – genetically engineered salmon… straight from the lab, to the fish farm, to your dinner plate! Genetically Engineered Salmon: Something’s fishy It was a quiet Friday afternoon — the perfect time [...]