DARK Act defeated?

[Plastic]

HR Bill 1599, also known as the DARK ACT (Monsanto’s favorite bill that would effectively ruin the food supply and halt GMO labeling initiatives) has been stopped cold (http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/12/16/food-policy-budget-bill) in Congress.

http://naturalsociety.com/breaking-monsantos-dark-act-stopped-dead-congress/


First I have heard of it being defeated, not sure I believe it tbh..

[Cebu_4_2]

defeated in the EU I heard, I did not follow up on it.

Would like to hear about it.

[Glass]

Don't things that sit on the table for a period of time get passed by default? Is this one of those?

[mick silver]

http://naturalsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/gmo-crops-pesticides-toxic-dark-acts-735-250-735x250.pngAfter thousands of letters and activists railing against this dangerous legislation, no anti-GMO labeling provisions were allowed in the must-pass Omnibus spending bill.
What’s even better? A provision requires the FDA to develop labeling guidelines before it’s sold in America. Though Bill 1599 was titled the ‘Safe and Accurate Labeling Act,’ (https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/114-2015/h462) it is nothing short of a way for Monsanto and Big Food companies to keep Americans from observing their democratic right to know if their food contained genetically modified ingredients (http://naturalsociety.com/anti-gmo-labeling-dark-act-could-soon-slip-through-lets-stop-it/).

This bill would have also blocked states from having their own laws which would either force GM labeling or GM bans, affecting Vermont, Connecticut and Maine, who have already passed such legislation.


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[mick silver]

US FDA Deregulates 2 More GE Corn Strains, Unleashing More Toxic Crops on AmericaWhat happened to stricter protocols?
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by Christina Sarich (http://naturalsociety.com/author/christina/)
Posted on December 8, 2015









The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently made it a little easier for Monsanto and Syngenta to push their poison. The agency has deregulated two more strains of genetically engineered corn.
Though the FDA stated in September that it planned to implement more strict protocols for permitting GE wheat strains (http://www.courthousenews.com/CNSNEWS/Story/Index/82712) due to non-GMO crops being contaminated (http://naturalsociety.com/gmo-crop-contamination-cannot-be-stopped/) through cross pollination, they have apparently decided the two more GMO corn varieties don’t pose the same exact threat!

The agency’s comparative laxity in deregulating the GE corn strains is in stark contrast to increasing worldwide concern over GE crops and the increased pesticide use they reportedly bring.
Here’s the big shocker – the infiltrated US FDA decided that Monsanto’s rootworm and glyphosate-resistant strain, MON 87411, merits a non-regulated status (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-10-27/html/2015-27284.htm). The agency also sold us all out to the Swiss biotech company by deregulating (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-10-27/html/2015-27296.htm) Syngenta’s glyphosate-resistant strain, MZHGOJG.
And another ‘coincidence?’ APHIS’ corn deregulation notices were published the same day that the environmental groups Center for Food Safety (CFS), Earthjustice, and 5 others filed a brief challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of Dow AgroSciences’ glyphosate pesticide, Enlist Duo, which pairs glyphosate with 2,4D, a doubly toxic, carcinogenic herbicide that will make cancers likely double in the next decade. Though the registration of Enlist Duo was recently reversed (http://naturalsociety.com/us-epa-reverses-decision-on-dows-toxic-enlist-duo-registration/).
CFS says the EPA approved (http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/4103/lawsuit-challenging-epa-approval-of-harmful-herbicide-advances#) the duel pesticide due to the explosion of glyphosate-resistant super weeds resulting from overuse of glyphosate on crops genetically engineered to resist the pesticide’s effects.
Earthjustice attorney Paul Achitoff said:

“Allowing this 2,4-D/glyphosate cocktail to be sprayed on the up to 150 million acres of corn and soybean acreage found in these states may harm or kill dozens of imperiled species, as well as increase the health risk to humans. EPA is supposed to be our watchdog, not the chemical industry’s lapdog.”
Perhaps deregulating two more herbicide-‘resistant’ corn strains makes the agency more than just Biotech’s supporter.
CourtHouseNews (http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/10/27/usda-deregulating-two-more-ge-corn-strains.htm)




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[mick silver]

thanks plastic that site loaded with info on Monsanto click the link http://naturalsociety.com/tag/monsanto/