TAG: EU

GMOs: Ban Them or Label Them?

Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association Waking Times Since the controversial introduction in the mid-nineties of genetically engineered (GE) food and crops, and the subsequent fast-tracking of those crops by the federal government—with no independent safety-testing or labeling required—there has been a lively debate among activists, both inside and outside the U.S., about how to drive

Activists Disagree On Legitimacy Of Poland’s GM Crop Ban

Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer Waking Times The recent news of a Polish ban on GM Crops was celebrated by some activists and supported by Greenpeace International, but, a vocal and well-organized grass roots organization in Poland, the International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside, (ICPPC) has been crying foul. Not only do these grass roots

Poland Bans Genetically Modified Crops

Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer Waking Times The North-Eastern European country, Poland, has become the latest EU nation to ban the production of genetically modified (GM) crops, although, the European Food Safety Authority has approved GM crops as being safe for cultivation. Poland’s Ministry of Agriculture has opted to take advantage of  a special ‘safeguard clause’

Is This What Successful Peaceful Protest Looks Like?

Isaac Davis Waking Times As worldwide protests against the avarice of the banking elite and the brutality of conflict-driven governments escalate globally, we see how all too often this results in violent conflict between the forces of the State and its own unarmed citizens.  Sadly, this is the norm, and we wonder if peaceful revolution


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