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- EU imposes 2-year ban on pesticides believed responsible for mass bee deaths (RT, May 24, 2013):

The European Commission has adopted a two-year-long moratorium on the use of three necotinoid pesticides believed to be one of the reasons behind a 30 percent annual decrease in bee populations since 2007.

EU member-states will now have to amend their existing legislation on the use of pesticides by September 30 to comply with the ban adopted by the EC on Friday.

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Tags: Bees, CCD, colony collapse disorder, Efsa, Environment, EU, Europe, Global News, Pesticides, Politics

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- FIRST LONG-TERM GMO STUDY: Monsanto GMO Corn & Roundup Cause Massive Tumors In Lab Animals (Video)

- French Scientists: Monsanto GM Corn Causes Tumors And Severe Liver & Kidney Damage In Rats

- Shocking GMO Study: Rats Fed Lifetime Of GM Corn Grow Horrifying Tumors, 70% Of Females Die Early

And here goes the first long-term study on the safety of GMOs:

- EU sides with Monsanto in ‘GMO Cancer Corn’ word war (RT, Oct 5, 2012):

The European Food Safety Authority has rejected a controversial study by French scientists linking GM corn to cancer. Many in Europe are already calling for stricter controls on GMOs, as farmers weigh the lucrative crops against health concerns.

­In September, French scientists from the University of Caen released a study claiming that rats fed on a diet containing NK603 – a corn seed variety made tolerant to amounts of Monsanto’s Roundup weed-killer – or given water mixed with the product at levels permitted in the United States died earlier than those on a standard diet.

The study elicited calls for stricter controls on already unpopular genetically modified (GM) crops in Europe. France had already issued a temporary ban on another Monsanto corn seed (MON810) in May due to a similar study.

However, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) claimed the study lacked enough specific information on Friday, and asked the scientists who conducted it to provide more details on their testing methods. The move adds to the constant back and forth in the debate over genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

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Tags: Corn, Efsa, EU, Europe, Food, Genetically Modified Organisms, Global News, GMO, Government, Health, Monsanto, Politics, Roundup, Roundup Ready, Science

Must-see … for those who understand German and/or French.

Tags: Aspartame, Brain, Cancer, DNA, Documentary, Donald Rumsfeld, Efsa, Endocrine system, Environment, EU, Europe, FDA, Food, Global News, Government, Health, Herbicides, Immune System, Marie-Monique Robin, Monsanto, Notre Poison Quotidien, Pesticides, Politics, Science, Scientists, Society, U.S., Unser täglich Gift

Artificial food colours are set to be removed from hundreds of products after a team of university researchers warned they were doing as much damage to children’s brains as lead in petrol.

Academics at Southampton University, who carried out an official study into seven additives for the Food Standards Agency (FSA), said children’s intelligence was being significantly damaged by E-numbers. After receiving the advice last month, officials at the FSA have advised their directors to call for the food industry to remove six additives named in the study by the end of next year.

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Tags: Children, Coca Cola, damaging, Diet Coke, E-numbers, Efsa, Food Additives, FSA, IQ, Lead, petrol