(EnviroNews World News) — Montreal, Quebec — Many tea makers are substituting plastic for paper with their top-of-the-line, pyramidal tea bags. These expensive, “silken” bags have more room to allow larger leaves to expand, which results in better tasting tea. But these smooth tea bags contain no silk at…
(EnviroNews World News) — On July 23, 2015, two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Neil Young released a new documentary short titled “Seeding Fear.” On top of melancholy music, the film begins with these words: Since Monsanto began selling their patented “Roundup Ready” genetically modified (GM)…
(EnviroNews World News) — Tromso, Norway — Monsanto has been falsely claiming its genetically modified (GMO) Intacta Roundup Ready 2 Pro soybeans are safe — that was the finding from a new study commissioned of the Genok Centre for Biosafety by the Norwegian Government. The research was made…
(EnviroNews World News) — Paris, France — “Someone in France accidentally ate a fluorescent lamb with jellyfish DNA,” The Verge has reported. The animal in question named Rubis, was the offspring of a lamb named Emeraude — and both were part of a science-fiction-like experiment called “Green Sheep”…
(EnviroNews World News) — Mila De Mier is a South Florida real estate businesswoman and mother who launched a petition on Change.org nearly three years ago. The cause: Stop the release of the OX513A genetically modified mosquito into Key Haven before it happens at all. That petition is…
(EnviroNews World News) — Key West, Florida — EDITOR’S NOTE: The “Yellow Fever Mosquito” discussed in this article is the same species that transmits Zika Virus. Mosquitos can be one helluva a nuisance — and with those pesky little critters comes myriad illnesses, but two in particular have…
(EnviroNews World News) — Washington D.C. — When House Bill 2407, a.k.a. School Milk Nutrition Act of 2015, was introduced in mid-May by U.S. Representatives Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA) and Joe Courtney (D-CT), it was followed by a hail of firebombs from the media and activist groups alike.…
(EnviroNews World News) — PETITION WATCH — There’s a petition traveling around out there online that is attempting to put pressure on Quaker, and its parent company Pepsi Co. The goal is to see the companies do a complete 180 on their position on the labeling of genetically…
(EnviroNews World News) — The organization Pollinator Partnership is at it again. What’s that? Doing its best to save another species in peril of course. The group announced in a press release on May 28, 2015, its launch of the “Monarch Wings Across Ohio” campaign — a movement…
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