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GM food toxins found in the blood of 93% of unborn babies

Thu, 05/26/2011 - 04:15 -- apc secretariat

Toxins implanted into GM food crops to kill pests are reaching the bloodstreams of women and unborn babies, alarming research has revealed.

A landmark study found 93 per cent of blood samples taken from pregnant women and 80 per cent from umbilical cords tested positive for traces of the chemicals.

Millions of acres in North and South America are planted with GM corn containing the toxins, which is fed in vast quantities to farm livestock around the world – including Britain.

Central Luzon farmers demand immediate prosecution of GMA

Sat, 04/30/2011 - 06:12 -- apc secretariat

April 30, 2011

Central Luzon, Philippines -- Farmers belonging to Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson (AMGL, Peasant Alliance in Central Luzon) demand the immediate prosecution of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo after the resignation of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez. The group asserted that Arroyo is responsible for massive corruption and gross human rights abuses brought about by her counter-insurgency program Oplan Bantay Laya (OBL).

Message to the “National Consultation on Agrarian Reform and Food Sovereignty" held on March 25, 2011 in the Philippines

Wed, 04/13/2011 - 04:33 -- apc secretariat

Message to the “National Consultation on Agrarian Reform and Food Sovereignty: ODA for Foreign Dominance, Counter-Insurgency and Corruption in the midst of the worsening poverty, hunger and landlessness”
By Anakpawis Rep. Rafael V. Mariano

Warmest greeting to all the delegates to the “National Consultation on Agrarian Reform and Food Sovereignty: ODA for Foreign Dominance, Counter-Insurgency and Corruption in the midst of the worsening poverty, hunger and landlessness”

Saving Doha: Polly wants a trade deal

Sun, 04/03/2011 - 08:55 -- apc secretariat

Given the stakes for the global economy, the Doha Round trade talks must be saved, writes Columbia University professor and international trade expert Jagdish Bhagwati. Pressure must be applied to U.S. politicians to prevent a breakdown in the critical trade negotiations.

By Jagdish Bhagwati
Special to The Times
Originally published Friday, April 1, 2011 at 3:18 PM

ELLEN M. BANNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Cranes lift containers off a ship at the Port of Tacoma. Thousands of Northwest jobs are dependent on global trade.

Syngenta’s bestseller ‘Gramoxone’ on the way to be listed as Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulation by the Rotterdam Conventio

Sun, 04/03/2011 - 08:52 -- apc secretariat

Rome, April 1st 2011. The Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention – a group of 31 designated experts – agreed to recommend that pesticides containing Paraquat (20% or above) should be listed in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention. The proposal was made by Burkina Faso due to the high amount of poisonings related to the use of the Syngenta product Gramoxone Super (Paraquat 20%). There is hope that through this step the countless Paraquat victims could be significantly reduced worldwide.

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