MONSANTO: USDA Approves GMO Alfalfa Despite Scientist Warning

USDA Approves GMO Alfalfa Despite Scientist Warning

“I believe the threat we are facing from this pathogen is unique and of a high risk status. In layman’s terms, it should be treated as an emergency.”

Court overturns order to destroy GM sugar beets

Court overturns order to destroy GM sugar beets

A federal appeals court in San Francisco has overturned a previous ruling to destroy genetically modified (GM) sugar beets, ruling in favor of Monsanto and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Monsanto in the News: Local and organic food, farming: Here's the gold standard

Local and organic food, farming: Here's the gold standard

Often, growers at farmers markets will say, "I don't use pesticides, I only use chemical fertilizers." Sadly, what many people do not realize is that chemical fertilizers are extremely hazardous.

Frequently, local chemical farmers claim that they only use "less toxic" pesticides or herbicides such as Monsanto's Roundup. Unfortunately, "less toxic" is a dangerously relative term! Roundup is a powerful weed-killer, and is now sprayed so heavily on the nation's 150 million acres of genetically engineered crops that it is poisoning our water supplies, killing the soil, and creating superweeds that can only be killed with super-toxic herbicides such as 2,4 D, arsenic and paraquat.

Farmers in the U.S. have used everything from arsenic, lead, cyanide, fluorine, DDT, and nerve poisons since the 1860s, and they still use massive amounts. More than 80 percent of all the pesticides currently used in vegetable, fruit, and flower production are nerve poisons that were used on insects and also on concentration camp victims during the first and second World Wars.

Unfortunately, meat, dairy, or eggs coming from CAFOs in North America are not required by law to be labeled as such. Greenwashing CAFO products as "natural" or "local" is a major source of profits for Wal-Mart, Cargill, Conagra, Perdue, Land O' Lakes, Kraft, McDonalds, KFC, Monsanto and chemical/GMO farmers and ranchers. Organic consumers, farmers, and retailers need to educate the public about the hazards of factory farms and CAFOs.

Millions of consumers are still in the dark about how "conventional" foods - especially the cheaper brands of animal products, processed, fast, and fake foods - are produced. We must educate the public about the need to fight for Truth-in-Labeling so that CAFO products, derived in great measure from Monsanto's GMO crops, are no longer greenwashed as "local" or "natural."

Fortunately, locally and nationally, farmers have worked out strategies of how to grow fresh foods in the middle of the winter with better technology and a minimum of heat, even in extremely cold places like Maine, Vermont, Minnesota, and Montana. Consequently, farmers and consumers are growing and storing food throughout the year so that they are not responsible for so many food miles on their tables.

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Chemical farmers are not inspected or reprimanded by the federal or state governments as to their use or abuse of pesticides or fertilizers unless there is an accident, whether they are local farmers or factory farmers from California, Florida, or China. By contrast, organic growers are inspected every year and can be inspected at any time the certifying agency or the federal government (USDA) deems it appropriate.

MONSANTO in the News: Do you believe genetically modified foods should be labeled?

Do you believe genetically modified foods should be labeled?

If you have been affected by agent orange then you should be concerned about what Monsanto is doing now. Once the largest producer of agent orange Monsanto is now the leader of the genetically modified food industry. Monsanto continues to use the same kind of tactics they have have always used to avoid taking responsibility for the harmful products they continue to produce. GMOs are not safe and we should have the right to know if they are in the products we buy.

If you believe in the 'Right to Know' then follow the link above and vote.

MONSANTO: Pathogens Allegedly Found in Major U.S. Food Staple

Pathogens Allegedly Found in Major U.S. Food Staple

Two weeks before the FDA deregulated Monsanto’s Roundup Ready alfafa, Dr. Don Huber, a plant pathologist and retired Purdue University professor, alerted the FDA to a possible connection between Monsanto’s herbicide and livestock infertility.

Huber’s letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack notes:

“A team of senior plant and animal scientists have recently brought to my attention the discovery of an electron microscopic pathogen that appears to significantly impact the health of plants, animals, and probably human beings. Based on a review of the data, it is widespread, very serious, and is in much higher concentrations in Roundup Ready (RR) soybeans and corn—suggesting a link with the RR gene or more likely the presence of Roundup. This organism appears NEW to science!”

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Dealing with the Agent Orange Legacy in America

Reuben Perry, our two daughters; Danielle and Lisbeth
VVA Faces of Agent Orange - Sharon Perry

When are we going to deal with the agent orange legacy in America? When? I know my children and grandchildren have been affected by my husband's exposure to agent orange when he served in Vietnam. Although I knew this in my heart. It took his death to compel me forward in order to fight for the rights of my children and grandchildren.

The biggest obstacle in my way was fighting the thought that perhaps, what was happening to our oldest daughter, wasn't real. Especially when you consider the all the years the doctors, school officials, counselors, and other professionals, supposedly helping our daughter, believed her illness was all in her head. That notion gnawed at me more than almost any of the other things combined. All of it ruined our oldest daughter's life.

Danielle Reyes, our oldest daughter and her daughter, Carole.
Danielle has been plagued with illness all of her life.

My husband's death, however, was very real. It was his death that rocked my world. I feel as though the proof is in the pudding, the gig is up, the final nail in the coffin has been laid, or any other semblance of cliques one can muster up, sums it up for me.

His death made all of this a reality. It didn't matter what others had to say or have said. They won't change my mind.

Reuben 'Bud' C. Perry III - 8/2/1948 - 6/3/2005

The final blow came when, after my husband's death, our daughter began to experience new symptoms from illnesses. Illnesses which were physiological and not psychological. Those two things: my husband's death and our daughter's new health problems propelled me into action.

I was 'burned out' and utterly devastated by all the years of suffering caused by my husband's untreated PTSD, survivor's guilt and bitterness toward a country that mistreated him when he came home. Our family life was enveloped in it, yet there was more: including suspicious illnesses which plagued our daughter and my husband - over the years.

Finally, in the last six years of his life, a plethora of illnesses robbed my husband of his independence, his identity and his dignity; right up until his death.

Reuben Perry, our grandson at Junior Special Olympics Event - 2010.
Reuben was diagnosed with autism at age 2.

Our youngest struggled with severe learning problems while growing up. Only to give birth to a son who was diagnosed with autism by age 2. Our grandson's diagnosis lead to his mother's diagnosis of Aspergers at age 26. All of this - is - all to real to be dismissed off hand by those who should be helping us find answers not ignore the problem(s).

Lisbeth Perry, our youngest daughter diagnosed with Aspergers.
Lisbeth is also plagued with many other undiagnosed health problems.

What will it take for the families of Vietnam veterans, their children and grandchildren to come forward? I don't know but what I do know is that our suffering has been ignored. If we don't do something about it we will continue to be ignored.

It's time to be heard!!

Take the risk. Tell us how agent orange has affected your life!! If you are the child or grandchild of a Vietnam veteran exposed to agent orange; Then you have a story to tell.

Be sure to visit Heather Morris Bowser's website: Agent Orange Second Generation Victim and member of Agent Orange Legacy to read her story!! Heather has been very active and vocal about her own life and struggle as an American agent orange victim.

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Report has new details on Agent Orange tests

Report has new details on Agent Orange tests

Military records are shedding new light on Agent Orange testing decades ago at Maryland military installations and raising new concerns about health hazards from the Vietnam War-era chemical defoliant.

The Army says it also tested Agent Orange outdoors at the former Fort Ritchie near Cascade, a disclosure that is expected to further delay redevelopment of the property by its private owner, Corporate Office Properties Trust.

CALIFORNIA: Toxic chemical rules are on Brown's agenda

Toxic chemical rules are on Brown's agenda

As Congress struggles to reform the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, California in the next few months is expected to issue comprehensive rules curbing chemicals in consumer products such as toys, cosmetics and plastics.

Under current law, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has required testing on just 200 of the nearly 80,000 existing chemicals, and restricted only five.

Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families - a coalition of nearly 300 health groups - is urging federal restrictions on substances already known to be dangerous, including persistent and bio-accumulative chemicals. It wants the government to require that industry provide health and safety information for all chemicals in order for them to enter or remain on the market. And it wants a guarantee that peer-reviewed science - including the latest recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences - is used to assess risks.

Chemicals are more strictly regulated in Europe than in the U.S. and many international companies have changed their products to conform to European Union rules. But the chemical industry is mounting ferocious opposition to stricter regulation in the U.S.

ICELAND: People Tested for Dioxin Pollution

People Tested for Dioxin Pollution

Dioxin is created, among other ways, by the production of chemicals that contain chlorine, waste burning—mostly when hospital waste is burned—in the recycling of aluminum and in various other metal industries.

As reported in January, dioxin pollution from Funi measured 20 times over the authorized limit in 2007. Meanwhile, the waste burning station at Kirkjubaejarklaustur emitted 95 times more dioxin than permitted and the dioxin emission from the waste burning station in the Westman Islands was 84 times higher than the allowable limit.

Briem explained that a medical examination of people from these municipalities will be conducted to determine whether their health may have been compromised by the dioxin pollution. “The execution of the procedure has not been planned in detail but it will be conducted in consultancy with scientists at the University of Iceland.”

MONSANTO: Kraft Admits It Uses Genetically Engineered Bovine Growth Hormone

Kraft Admits It Uses Genetically Engineered Bovine Growth Hormone

Thank you to the OCA activist who shared a recent e-mail she received from Kraft Foods which admits "We are not rejecting milk from BGH/BST supplemented herds." BGH/BST is the genetically modified Bovine Growth Hormone developed by Monsanto and now marketed by Eli Lilly.

Tell Kraft You're Joining the Boycott of their Genetically Modified Foods!

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MONSANTO: Climate Change & Agriculture

Combat Monsanto

Climate Change & Agriculture

Genetic engineering is embedded in an industrial model of agriculture based on fossil fuels. It is falsely being offered as a magic bullet for dealing with climate change.

Monsanto claims that Genetically Modified Organisms are a cure for both food insecurity and climate change and has been putting the following advertisement across the world in recent months.

9 billion people to feed.
A changing climate
Now what?
Producing more
Conserving more
Improving farmers lives
That’s sustainable agriculture
And that’s what Monsanto is all about.

All the claims this advertisement makes are false.

Introducing toxins into a plant through herbicide resistance or Bt. Toxin increases the “yield” of toxins, not of food or nutrition.

Monsanto’s GMOs, which are either Round Up Ready crops or Bt toxin crops do not conserve resources. They demand more water, they destroy biodiversity and they increase toxics in farming. Pesticide use has increased 13 times as a result of the use Bt cotton seeds in the region of Vidharbha, India.

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Agent Orange exposed in toxic genocide targeting Indian communities

Agent Orange exposed in toxic genocide targeting Indian communities

Agent Orange was used in the US, BC and Ontario, prior to and after the Vietnam War

John H.W. Hummel is pressing for an investigation of the use of Agent Orange in and around Indian communities in Canada and the United States.

The spraying at Kapuskasing reveals the pattern of the US and Canada of targeting areas with Indian communities. Kapuskasing was not only the site of Agent Orange spraying, but was also the site of a WWI prisoner of war camp and later a power plant.

In a pattern of toxic genocide, areas near and on Indian communities have been used as prisoner of war camps, power plant sites and toxic waste dumps.

H.R.812 Latest Title: Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011

H.R.812
Latest Title: Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011

Sponsor: Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 2/18/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 2/18/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

TEXT OF THE BILL:

H.R.812 -- Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011 (Introduced in House - IH)

HR 812 IH

112th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 812

To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 18, 2011

Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011'.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIONS OF EXPOSURE FOR VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE VICINITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM.

(a) Clarification- Section 1116 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in subsections (a)(1) and (f), by striking `a veteran who, during active military, naval, or air service, served in the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975' and inserting `a veteran described in subsection (g)'; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

`(g) A veteran described in this subsection is a veteran who--

`(1) during active military, naval, or air service--

`(A) served in the Republic of Vietnam (including the inland waterways, ports, and harbors of such Republic, the waters offshore of such Republic, and the airspace above such Republic) during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975; or

`(B) served in Johnston Island during the period beginning on April 1, 1972, and ending on September 30, 1977; or

`(2) received the Vietnam Service Medal or the Vietnam Campaign Medal.'.

(b) Effective Date- The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as of September 25, 1985.

Ontario Hydro sprayed Agent Orange

Ontario Hydro sprayed Agent Orange

“We had no protection,” he said. “The drift would come back into your face. You’d finish the day with your clothes soaked.”

Hydro’s own records, obtained by the Star, boast that in one 12-year period, the power company dropped enough chemicals in Ontario to cover a 30- metre-wide swath travelling “four-fifths the distance around the world.”

“The guy on the middle hose got it bad,” he said. “Sometimes we’d start to gag because the spray was so thick.

“Every power line in Ontario was sprayed,” said Sidney Rodger, a former Hydro supervisor who worked in Eastern Ontario from 1958 to 1968. “All this spraying was done in urban and rural areas with no regard for creeks and streams or residents and wildlife.”

After a day spent in the thick of chemical fog, the workers rarely bathed.

“If you cleaned up at night, you’d get eaten alive by black flies,” he said. “You would wash the palm of your hands and your mouth and that’s it!

“We stunk like hell.”

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Canadian Province To Probe Alleged Use Of Banned Herbicide

Canadian Province To Probe Alleged Use Of Banned Herbicide

The minister's remarks came after Toronto Star revealed last week that Agent Orange, a Vietnam War-era defoliant, was used extensively in the province in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s to keep the side of highways free from vegetation.

New and Enhanced VA Benefits Provided to Caregivers of Veterans

New and Enhanced VA Benefits Provided to Caregivers of Veterans

VA will also begin providing enhanced benefits and services to caregivers of Veterans of all eras who are already enrolled in VA care, including:

1) Access to VA’s toll-free Caregiver Support Line: 1-855-260-3274,

2) Expanded education and training on caring for Veterans at home,

3) Other support services such as counseling and support groups and referral
services; and

4) An enhanced website for caregivers.

VA will take the opportunity to report to Congress in the future on the feasibility of expanding the enhanced services to family caregivers of Veterans of all eras.

CANADA: Premier accuses Tories of hiding Agent Orange use

Premier accuses Tories of hiding Agent Orange use

“We are going to make efforts to ensure we uncover what happened during those years of Conservative government, when there was the use of this harmful chemical,” McGuinty said.

“This is a shameful commentary of the government’s handling of the situation,” she added. “They are the ones that said, ‘We are going to dig into this, that we will be transparent and provide all information that we have.’”

Image compliments of Danielle Reyes

Until now, most Ontarians had no idea these same cancer-causing chemicals were being used in a big way much closer to home.

The Star so far has received hundreds of emails and calls from former balloon men and other forestry workers who participated in the aerial spraying program.

Many wonder if their exposure to the chemicals has contributed to their health problems, such as low-sperm count, various cancers and curious skin conditions.

Mounting Evidence That Agent Orange Exposure Ups Prostate Cancer Risk

Mounting Evidence That Agent Orange Exposure Ups Prostate Cancer Risk

"This is an especially important finding," Mr. Ansbaugh explained, "because . . . Vietnam veterans are reaching the age when we would consider them at highest risk of developing prostate cancer." He said clinicians would do well to keep the association in mind when screening Vietnam veterans for prostate cancer.

Vietnam veterans who were exposed to the defoliate Agent Orange are 49% more likely than nonexposed veterans to be diagnosed with prostate cancer. That's according to results from one of the largest studies to date examining that association.

The study was presented here at the 2011 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, and adds to a mounting body of evidence implicating the defoliate in the development of prostate cancer.

"Even when numerous other risk factors were accounted for, exposure to Agent Orange increased risk significantly," principal author Nathan Ansbaugh, MPH, told Medscape Medical News in an interview. "In our study it carried just as much risk as positive family history and even more risk than age," he said.


Why is Agent Orange associated with the development of prostate cancer? "It's not at all clear," said Mr. Ansbaugh, "since many men were exposed and haven't developed prostate cancer. We think there are probably some host factors at work here. It could be that exposure to Agent Orange functions as more of a promoter, a trigger mechanism for prostate cancer."

He added that "with ever more information becoming available on the human genome, I wouldn't be surprised if we find out that there are certain genetic traits or genetic translocations that are necessary to interact with Agent Orange and trigger the development of prostate cancer."

CANADA: Startling revelation

Startling revelation

"Certainly to God, when they found out it causes cancer, they had an obligation to to tell people."

"I'm not pointing a finger at anyone, but the issue here is the conspiracy of silence," Bisson said. "This is a democracy and we don't work that way in a democracy. Now that they know, they have an obligation to investigate this.

CANADA: Agent Orange used on Ont. highways: NDP

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Agent Orange used on Ont. highways: NDP

Transportation minister says she was briefed Thursday morning

"It would appear that there was a good chance that if you were an employee, you were exposed," said Bisson. "And if you were the travelling public walking along the roads — blueberry picking, doing whatever — you might have been exposed to these chemicals."

"I did not have any information about how the herbicide had been used in the [Ministry of Transportation]. We're just asking those questions now. And we're going to work closely with [the Ministry of Transportation] to make sure we get A, the right questions asked and B, the answers," she said.

CANADA: Agent Orange 'used to clear Canadian roads until 1980s'

Agent Orange 'used to clear Canadian roads until 1980s'

Canadian officials have acknowledged the country used Agent Orange to clear roadside brush as late as the 1980s.

Fort Detrick, Gagetown, Love Canal, Fort Ritchie, Camp Lejeune, Times Beach, Vietnam - Connect the Dots

Fort Detrick, Gagetown, Love Canal, Fort Ritchie, Camp Lejeune, Times Beach, Vietnam - Connect the Dots

Some of the veterans say they have serious health problems, including liver failure and deteriorating autoimmune systems, because of being exposed to Agent Orange.

In Vietnam, they were exposed to it directly. But in Frederick, no one knew Agent Orange was sprayed at Fort Detrick until recently.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers readjusts estimate of amount of Agent Orange used by Fort Detrick

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers readjusts estimate of amount of Agent Orange used by Fort Detrick

Curtis said the areas identified with Agent Orange are not the same ones leased to the public, though he cannot be 100 percent sure that future land research will not identify those plots as contaminated.

Agent Orange Protesters Line the Streets Around Fort Detrick

Agent Orange Protesters Line the Streets Around Fort Detrick

"I had an idea to come up and do a little protest because of the lack of information that I've received from Fort Detrick concerning other military bases where Agent Orange was tested around the United States," said Lou Krieger, a Vietnam veteran.

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VIETNAM: Make it glow

Make it glow

Genetically engineered firefly cells could make it a lot cheaper to assess dioxin hotspots in Vietnam

For nearly forty years, the US government and the Agent Orange manufacturers have refused to take responsibility for these problems. Efforts are only now underway to clean some of these hot spots up.

“The problem with dioxin analysis is that you need to have pretty expensive instrumentation,” he said, noting that there was only one gas chromatograph in all of Vietnam when he first visited. “[The cells] give you a relatively rapid way to say: these compounds are present in a sample.”

New Outrage: Republicans and Tea Party Extremists Cut Veterans' Right to Attorneys

New Outrage: Republicans and Tea Party Extremists Cut Veterans' Right to Attorneys

“It’s going to adversely affect a lot of veterans” said Ronald Smith, another attorney with long experience before the court. “It would hurt a lot of veterans, that is for sure.”

Adopted by 232-197, the budget amendment imposes a seven-month moratorium on all legal fees paid under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), a Reagan-era law designed to help the little guy battle Washington by making it easier for him to afford an attorney.

But thousands of veterans and elderly found themselves swept under in the process, losing their ability to retain counsel in disputes with government agencies.

Robert Chisholm, a Rhode Island attorney prominent in veterans’ law, told POLITICO: “We’re in the middle of two wars right now and to make it harder for a veteran — fighting for his benefits — to have an attorney is a horrible thing. That’s not what this country is about.”

Monsanto Shifts ALL Genetically-Modified Liability To Farmers

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Monsanto Shifts ALL Genetically-Modified Liability To Farmers

BEWARE UNSUSPECTING FARMERS

Here is the paragraph that defines Monsanto's limit of liability that shifts it to the farmer:

"GROWER'S EXCLUSIVE LIMITED REMEDY: THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF THE GROWER AND THE LIMIT OF THE LIABILITY OF MONSANTO OR ANY SELLER FOR ANY AND ALL LOSSES, INJURY OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OR HANDLING OF SEED (INCLUDING CLAIMS BASED IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, PRODUCT LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE THE PRICE PAID BY THE GROWER FOR THE QUANTITY OF THE SEED INVOLVED OR, AT THE ELECTION OF MONSANTO OR THE SEED SELLER, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SEED. IN NO EVENT SHALL MONSANTO OR ANY SELLER BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES."

Monsanto's Technology Stewardship Agreement shifts responsibility to growers for any and all losses, injury or damages resulting from the use of Monsanto seeds. There is no expiration date on the contract. The grower may terminate the contract, but: "Grower's responsibilities and the other terms herein shall survive...".

This includes contamination of other farms. Growers are purchasing seed for Spring planting right now. Alfalfa, America's 4th largest crop, is a particular problem because it is a perennial plant and the seeds may lie dormant in the ground for 10-20 years, and WILL contaminate non-GM plants. Contaminated alfalfa cannot be recalled from the environment. The liability burden can follow the grower for decades. Farmers must be made aware of the danger of being sued before they plant GM crops (especially alfalfa because it is used for cattle feed and will affect dairy farmers).

Is Monsanto's Roundup Herbicide Causing Miscarriages in Animals?

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Is Monsanto's Roundup Herbicide Causing Miscarriages in Animals?

The chemical in Roundup is called glyphosate, and Don M. Huber, a plant pathologist who deals with protection against biological warfare, thinks there may be a link between glyphosate in feed and a new self-replicating, micro-fungal, virus-sized organism.

The organism may be causing spontaneous abortions and infertility in livestock. In addition, it may be linked to plant disease.

Basically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allowing Monsanto to use new technology that we don't know is safe, with livestock, farmers, and consumers playing the role of guinea pigs in this dangerous experiment.

If Roundup Ready alfalfa is planted, we may lose organic options when it comes to beef and dairy. And that's just the tip of the iceberg — there are way too many unknowns when it comes to how Roundup Ready crops may impact people and the planet.

Report details Agent Orange use at Fort Detrick

Report details Agent Orange use at Fort Detrick

Fort Detrick announced the 17-pound figure in November but was met with criticism from the Kristen Renee Foundation and its supporters, who didn't believe the Army would acknowledge the full extent of the problem. A National Academy of Sciences panel is set to review data suggesting that the Agent Orange tests from decades ago have not led to a cancer cluster, but Kristen Renee Foundation founder Randy White said during a Tuesday news conference that he had no confidence the NAS panel would get to the bottom of the problem.

"I believe the Department of Defense is worse than the Mafia," he said, explaining that the military wasn't likely to allow access to all its documents related to Agent Orange testing.

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