No Labels or Safety-Testing of Frankenfoods

In CategoryFood and More
ByRuss Bianchi

These articles just in from our colleague Dr. Monica Marcu.

~ Uncle Russ

May 26 will mark 20 years since the FDA decided, at the behest of the biotech industry and corporate agribusiness, and under the leadership of Michael Taylor, to keep Americans in the dark about whether our food has been genetically engineered or not.

No Labels or Safety-Testing of Frankenfoods

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Pink Slime

In CategoryFood and More
ByRuss Bianchi

These articles just in from our colleague Dr. Monica Marcu.

~ Uncle Russ

The filler found in 70% of (non-organic) hamburger meat, dubbed “pink slime,” a “high-risk product” and an “economic fraud” by USDA scientists, is a mixture of leftover dog-food-grade beef scraps and ammonia.

Pink Slime

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Monsanto’s Foxes Guarding the Hen House

In CategoryGenetic Modification
ByRuss Bianchi

These articles just in from our colleague Dr. Monica Marcu.

~ Uncle Russ

In 2009, President Obama appointed the infamous Michael Taylor, a former Monsanto lawyer-lobbyist, as Food Safety Czar in the FDA (Food & Drug Administration), and Tom Vilsack, Iowa’s former Biotech Governor of the Year (an award from the industry organization representing Monsanto and the other genetic engineering companies), as Secretary of the US Department of Agriculture.

Monsanto’s Foxes Guarding the Hen House

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