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GM food a ‘good thing’: UK Environment Secretary
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson on Monday called for genetically modified food to be grown more widely and said opposition to it was “complete nonsense”, in an interview printed in the Daily Telegraph. The coalition government has allowed small-scale cultivation trials for GM food, raising speculation that it could end the…
Passage of California’s Prop. 37 would make it first state to label genetically modified food
Prop. 37: Will California be first state to label genetically modified food? (via The Christian Science Monitor) Another multimillion-dollar fight over a ballot initiative – with big implications for the country – is brewing here in California. The initiative, which is on the ballot this November, has a mouthful of…
Senate rejects bid to label genetically modified food
The Senate on Thursday rejected an amendment to the farm bill that would have given states the power to require labels on genetically modified food. “This is the very first time a bill on labeling genetically engineered food has been brought before the Senate,” said Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I),…
Sen. Sanders: Consumers should know if food is genetically modified
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) on Thursday introduced an amendment to the farm bill that would give states the power to label genetically modified food. “I personally believe, and I think most Americans believe, that when a mother goes to the store and purchases food for her…
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