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A poll by The New York Times in 2013 showed that 93% of Americans wanted labeling of GM food. [68] The 2013 vote, rejecting Washington State's GM food labeling I-522 referendum came shortly after [69] the 2013 World Food Prize was awarded to employees of Monsanto and Syngenta. [70] The award has drawn criticism from opponents of genetically ...
This initiative statute would have required labeling of genetically engineered food, with some exceptions. It would have disallowed the practice of labeling genetically engineered food with the word "natural." [3] This proposition was one of the main concerns by the organizers of the March Against Monsanto in May 2013.
The charge that big food interests take advantage of poverty to open new markets for GM food is restated by conspiracy theorists, who describe a deliberate macroeconomic creation of food shortages in impoverished nations in order to open the door to GM food. The food industry's opposition to GM food labeling and precautionary measures fuels ...
The best way to avoid pesticides, if that’s a health concern, is to go with organic food, as unlike organic foods, conventional, non-GMO foods are still likely exposed to pesticides.
But conscious consumers may not connect the lack of a "non-GMO" label with the presence of GMOs, and by making suppliers label their own GM products, Whole Foods can highlight the stores' large ...
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The March Against Monsanto was an international grassroots movement and protest against Monsanto, a producer of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide. [1] The movement was founded by Tami Canal in response to the failure of California Proposition 37 , a ballot initiative which would have required ...
In 1982, the FDA approved the first genetically modified product, insulin, for public use in the United States. In 1994, a genetically modified tomato was approved for public use by the FDA in the United States. [4] Common genetically modified foods include corn, soybeans, potatoes, and squash. [5]