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WHEAT: Modern Wheat Isn’t Really Wheat At All
At some point in our history, this ancient grain was nutritious in some respects, however modern wheat isn’t really wheat at all. Once agribusiness took over to develop a higher-yielding crop, wheat became hybridized to such an extent that it has been completely transformed from it’s prehistorical genetic configuration. All nutrient content of modern wheat depreciated more than 30% in its natural unrefined state compared to its ancestral genetic line. Read more…
OREGON TEMPORARILY RESTRICTS PESTICIDES TO SAVE BEES
Oregon Temporarily Restricts Pesticide Use Following Bee Deaths
State officials in Oregon are temporarily restricting the use of more than a dozen pesticide products following the deaths of an estimated 50,000 bumblebees in the Portland area this month.
The measure, effective immediately, will last for 180 days while the Oregon State Agricultural Department investigates incidents of a mass bee die-off in the Portland suburb of Wilsonville, and a much smaller die-off in neighboring Hillsboro.
Eighteen pesticide products containing the active ingredient dinotefuran and used for ornamental, turf and agricultural applications have been banned for now. Read more…
CONNECTICUTT & MAINE: Mandatory GMO labeling passes both houses (JUNE 1013)
Connecticut’s mandatory labeling bill easily passed both the House and the Senate. Governor Dannel Malloy (D) has said he will also sign off on the bill.
However, while the state looks like it will be the first in the country to require labeling of GMOs, it does have stipulations that will take time to allow its passage. To actually go into effect, labeling initiatives must become law in four other states, including one bordering state. On top of that, the clause indicates that these states must include Northeast states with total populations of more than 20 million. READ MORE…
GMO milk: rBGH marketing on the rise again having been sold to Ely LIlly by Monsanto
The fight over rbGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone) continues, even under new ownership.
After acquiring rbGH from Monsanto, Elanco (part of Eli Lilly) has stepped up efforts to convince milk processors and the wider food industry that milk from rbGH-injected cows is safe. Central to their new campaign is a paper, commissioned through PR company Porter-Novelli, from eight prominent experts and academics in medicine and dairy science (Recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST): a safety assessment). Critics point out the false endorsements of the paper demanding clarification and adjustment. One of the authors seems unconcerned with the flagrant falsity…saying.. “Its only a scientific paper”. Read more…
Dr. Mercola: Parkinson Disease: Ecosystem and Food Supply Threatened by Gross Underestimate of Toxicity of Neonicotinoid Pesticides
A single kernel of corn treated with this type of pesticide can kill a songbird. In this latest analysis, exposure to pesticides was linked to a 58 percent increased risk of developing Parkinson’s. Some pesticides were clearly worse than others. Paraquat (a non-selective plant killer) and two fungicides, maneb and mancozeb, were found to double your risk. READ MORE…
PUT NEONICOTINOID PRODUCTS INTO GOOGLE AND SEE WHAT COMMON PRODUCTS YOU ARE USING PUTTING YOU AT RISK OF PARKINSON DISEASE: In this latest analysis, exposure to pesticides was linked to a 58 percent increased risk of developing Parkinson’s. Some pesticides were clearly worse than others. Paraquat (a non-selective plant killer) and two fungicides, maneb and mancozeb, were found to double your risk. One of the study’s authors told Reuters that8:
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Raw Milk: New Studies Confirm: Raw Milk A Low-Risk Food 6/11/13
Washington DC, June 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Three quantitative microbial risk assessments (QMRAs) recently published in the Journal of Food Protection have demonstrated that unpasteurized milk is a low-risk food, contrary to previous, inappropriately-evidenced claims suggesting a high-risk profile. READ STUDY…
Will Detection of Unapproved Genetically Modified Wheat Decimate US Economy?
About 50 percent of the wheat grown in the US is exported. The finding of illegal GE wheat contamination may dramatically alter this ratio however.
Japan and Korea has already suspended orders of US wheat4 in response to the findings. The EU has ordered member states to test imported wheat for contamination.
The economic impact to wheat farmers could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Washington and Kansas wheat farmers have already filed lawsuits against Monsanto due to the immediate harm this disaster has created.