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A New European Report Claims Pesticides Make Us Stupid, Depressed, and Infertile
In Europe, the tide is turning against the use of potentially toxic pesticides. In response, big chemical producers are attempting to convince EU authorities to suppress evidence of the dangers of using their products.
The Monarch Butterfly Might Soon Be Listed As An Endangered Species
The US Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Monday it will begin a year-long evaluation of whether or not the insect should be placed under federal protection due to habitat loss, disease, and climate change.
Reverend Billy Talen Thinks Monsanto Is the Devil
The colorful actor and performance artist may seem silly, but he's dead serious about the targets of his activism: unfettered capitalism, racism, and, now, GM seed giant Monsanto.
We Spoke to a Monsanto Exec About Solving the World's Food Crisis
Best known for its genetically modified seeds, Monsanto is increasingly styling itself as an information technology company. And it may well hold the future of a hungry humanity in its hands.
Your Favorite Halloween Candy Is Chock-Full of GMOs
As you sink your no-longer-young-and-cavity-free teeth into your favorite treats tonight, consider this: Pretty much everything you’re eating is confected from sweet, sweet GMOs.
Big Ag Is Ruining Everyone’s Canadian Thanksgiving
One in eight Canadians is having a bummer Thanksgiving. With food insecurity rampant in Canada, who's to blame? Probably the Big Ag bigwigs who are threatening local farmers and buying out land—and store shelves.
Why Soccer Players Hate AstroTurf
For fifty years, AstroTurf has been the bane of many an athlete's existence.
Why Soccer Players Hate Astroturf
Every World Cup game ever played has been played on real, living, photosynthesizing grass. Until now.
This GMO Scientist Plays God with Your Corn
No matter what side of the line you stand on, GMOs are deeply rooted in the average American diet. To put a human face on genetic modification, we tracked down a biotechnologist who is currently working for an undisclosed biotech firm and spoke to him...
Big Data Is Headed to Pasture, and Farmers Want to Cash In
As Monsanto and DuPont buy into the big data game, farmers wonder if collecting all this data leaves them vulnerable to an "overall-clad Snowden."
Monsanto’s Herbicide Might Be Killing Farmers
Deaths from a mysterious kidney disease are in the tens of thousands, and might be caused by the world’s bestselling chemical weed killer.