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Biohackers Are Kickstarting Some Unregulated Experiments

L. Jim Thomas | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Arabidopsis, Synthetic Biology, Gmos, Synthetic Life, Bioeconomy, Kickstarter, Green, Biotech, Convention on Biological Diversity, Crowd Funding, Biotechnology, Biodiversity, Bioengineering, Environment, Usda, Gmo, Canada Business News
L. Jim Thomas

Three biohackers from California have hijacked the Kickstarter machinery -- they have made Kickstarter the conduit for a nationwide release of untested, unregulated and unmonitored bioengineered organisms.

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What I Learned This Week: How to Modify Your Perception

Andy Nulman | Posted 05.05.2013 | Canada
Read More: Behaviour Modification, Kraft, expresso.com, Ruth's Chris, Nabisco, Texas Christian University, Chips Ahoy!, Ritz Crackers, Changing Perspectives, Gmos, Trx, Canada News
Andy Nulman

Right now, in an effort at consumer education for best health practices, many restaurants are providing calorie count info on their menus. The end result is that people still aren't ordering fewer calories...in fact, some order an extra glass of wine to help them forget just how many they are consuming.

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Something Fishy?

CP | Dene Moore, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.15.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Salmon FDA, Gmos, Genetically Modified Salmon, Fda, Cp, Gm Salmon, AquaBounty Salmon, Gmo Salmon, Canada Business News

UNDATED, - Almost 30,000 comments have poured into the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about Canadian genetically modified salmon since the agency a...

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Seedless Fruits and Vegetables Don't Do Us Any Favours

Josh Gitalis | Posted 04.09.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Grapefruit, Cholesterol, Sloan-Kettering, Antioxidants, Seeds, Laxatives, Josh Gitalis, Healing, Digestive Healing, Ralph Moss, Gses, Apricots, The Cancer Industry, Atherosclerosis, Laxative, Cancer Industry, Cancer, Candida, Gmos, Varicose Veins, Pumpkin Seeds, Parasites, Laetrile, Seed, Josh, Parasite, Gse, Digestion, Genes, Papaya, Jeffrey Smith, Proanthocyanidins, Pumpkin, Vitamin C, Genetics, Retina, Immune, Gmo, Vitamin E, Canada Living News
Josh Gitalis

Seeds contain the book of life. They have all of the genetic information necessary to create a new life. But what happened to all of the seeds? One word... convenience. We have bred our foods to make them more convenient by eliminating the most important part of the food.

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Agriculture Misconceptions Run Rampant, But I'm Here To Change That

Teresa Falk | Posted 03.30.2013 | Canada Alberta
Read More: Prairies, Pesticides, Crops, Farmers, Agriculture, Food, Gmos, Organic, CropLife Canada, Canada Alberta News
Teresa Falk

In the last several years I have become more and more aware of how disconnected the average consumer is from agriculture. Most people are now living in urban centres and have no connection to the farm. This stranger was a perfect example of this. He had many questions and many misconceptions about modern agriculture.

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How Canadians Became Mice in a GMO Study

Nydia Dauphin | Posted 11.26.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: GMO Health Risks, Gmos, Health Canada, Organic Food, Monsanto, Monsanto Canada, GMO Health Risk, GMO Canada, Health Canada GMO, Canada Politics News
Nydia Dauphin

Last week, a ground-breaking study revealed that Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) pose a serious threat to our health. Among the obvious stingers of these findings lies the fact that one of the GMO crops used during this study, the Monsanto NK603, has been allowed in the Canadian food system by Health Canada since 2001. How did our government allow us to become the mice of Monsanto's own experiments?

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