02.03.16
Posted in America, Europe, Patents at 5:13 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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… remains in tact.
Consider this new analysis from a patent lawyers’ site. It is titled “Monsanto Patent On Virus-Resistant Melon Revoked” and it says: “The patent application was filed with the EPO on 21 December 2006 and the grant of the patent became effective on 4 May 2011. The patent has since been opposed by, inter alia, numerous NGOs.”
Do NGOs and persistent political pressure need to act as oversight for greedy offices where there’s insatiable aspiration to increase …
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02.02.16
Posted in Europe, Patents at 5:24 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
… sue in order to suppress this hard evidence). That’s where large foreign corporations (such as Monsanto in the case of melons) are more likely to benefit. █
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01.31.16
Posted in News Roundup at 1:13 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
… research into the safety of genetically modified food is often funded by agribusiness giants like Monsanto, but the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has emerged as one of the biggest backers of so-called “frankenfood”, as part of its efforts to promote cheap fodder for the masses in Africa.
Zuckerberg’s ‘Donation’ Pledge May Have Misguided Goals, Not Charity [Ed: older, the Bill Gates modus operandi ]
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan …
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01.20.16
Posted in Europe, Patents at 8:45 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
… Interestingly enough, only hours ago the article titled “European Patent Office revokes Monsanto patent on melons” got published. Surrendering to pressure? Is the EPO also saving face after Parliament fumed ? Patents on life on their death throes? Either way, this new article says: “Monsanto was claiming melons with a natural resistance to plant viruses as its own invention, derived from breeding without genetic engineering. The resistance was detected in Indian melons. The …
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01.18.16
Posted in News Roundup at 5:54 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
… Gov. Snyder should resign,” Sanders said.
Campbell’s Decision to Label GMOs Destroys Monsanto’s Main Argument Against Labeling
Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) have long defended their die-hard positions against mandatory GMO labeling laws, often by feigning concern about the financial impact labeling laws would have on consumers. Labeling will be costly for manufacturers, who will pass those costs on to consumers, they argue (despite studies …
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01.17.16
Posted in News Roundup at 5:45 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
… This Bee-Killing Pesticide Is Terrible at Protecting Crops
In 2011, agrichemical giants Monsanto and Bayer CropScience joined forces to sell soybean seeds coated with (among other things) an insecticide of the neonicotinoid family. Neonics are so-called systematic pesticides—when the coated seeds sprout and grow, the resulting plants take up the bug-killing chemical, making them poisonous to crop-chomping pests like aphids. Monsanto rivals Syngenta and DuPont also market …
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01.16.16
Posted in News Roundup at 6:23 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
… them to protect your health.
Campbell’s Will Label GMOs—and the Sky Will Not Fall
Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) have long defended their die-hard positions against mandatory GMO labeling laws, often by feigning concern about the financial impact labeling laws would have on consumers. Labeling will be costly for manufacturers, who will pass those costs on to consumers, they consistently argue (despite studies suggesting otherwise).
As if concern for …
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01.09.16
Posted in News Roundup at 6:33 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
… “significant win” for transparency.
“The decision by Campbell’s sends a clear message to Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association which have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to defeat GMO labeling laws,” Ronnie Cummins, the international director for advocacy group Organic Consumers Association, said in a statement.
Spike in Drug Shortages Worries ER Docs
Drug shortages have jumped more than five-fold from 2008 to 2014, following a 7-year decline, and …
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