154 Farm, Fisheries, Public Health, Consumer, and Environmental Groups Send Secretary Vilsack Joint-Letter on Potential Threats to Human Health, American Farms Public Comment Period Ends Friday, April 27 Over 150 groups and more than 365,000 citizens from across the country are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reject a Dow Chemical application seeking [...]
Filed under: GE Crops, GE Food, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently deciding whether or not to approve an application by Dow Chemical for its controversial genetically engineered (GE) corn crop that is resistant to the highly toxic herbicide 2,4-D, one of the main ingredients in Agent Orange. If approved, CFS has vowed to challenge USDA’s decision in court, as [...]
Filed under: Food Safety, GE Crops, GE Food, Politics and Policy, Take Action | 2 Comments »
Center for Food Safety Calls on the U.S. FDA to Stop Review of GE “EnviroPig” The Center for Food Safety (CFS) welcomed reports that the University of Guelph, the Canadian university that developed the genetically engineered (GE) “Enviropig,” is closing down its research. CFS is now calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [...]
Filed under: Cloning, GE Animals, GE Food, Good News | Leave a Comment »
