By Dr Joseph Mercola Guest Writer for Wake Up World If the biotech industry has its way, 184 million acres of native forests around the world will be bulldozed down and replaced with plantations of...
Category - Genetic Engineering
Wake Up World’s articles on the science, environmental impacts, and sociopolitical landscape of Genetic Engineering.
Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes and Moths Ready to Spread Like Wildfire
21st December 2015 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Guest Writer for Wake Up World While countries around the globe are still assessing the risks – and experiencing the environmental backlash...
FDA Approves Genetically Engineered Salmon – Here’s What You Need To Know
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World In November 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first genetically modified food animal [1] — an...
How GMO Foods Turn Your Intestines Into an Insecticide Factory
By Marie Be Guest writer for Wake Up World The rise of GMOs in our food supplies raises a variety of issues, from environmental degradation to nutrient depletion, dependency on toxic agro...
The GMO Cookie is Crumbling (The Time to Act Is NOW!)
27th November 2015 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Guest Writer for Wake Up World In March 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is the research arm of the World Health...
How GMOs and Glyphosate (RoundUp) Impact Soil Biology
8th November 2015 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Guest Writer for Wake Up World Robert Kremer Ph.D, co-author of the book Principles in Weed Management, is a certified soil scientist and professor of Soil...
Roundup Ready, Bt-Toxin and GMOs — A Dangerous Trinity That Encourages Gluten Intolerance and Celiac Disease
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World In 2012, at least 283.5 million pounds of glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup Ready) was used in U.S. alone...
Another Blow For Monsanto — Judge Upholds Genetically Engineered Crop Ban in Jackson County
3rd June 2015 By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World In an era where big money is tossed around by biotech and pesticide behemoths like Monsanto, Syngenta, Dow, DuPont...
FDA Approves New GMO Foods Apples and Potatoes
9th April 2015 By Dr. Edward F. Group Guest Writer for Wake Up World Genetically-modified food is one of the most controversial subjects today. Not only are regulations loose and...
Former Pro-GMO Scientist Speaks Out on Dangers of Genetically Modified Food
By Dr. Thierry Vrain Guest Writer for Wake Up World The whole paradigm of the genetic engineering technology is based on a misunderstanding. I retired 14 years ago after a long career as a research...
Is ‘Organic Ready’ Corn a Solution for GMO Cross-Contamination?
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World With increasing demand on the global market for foodstuffs free of genetically modified organisms, U.S. farmers face a serious economic...
Report Finds Cancer Deaths Have Doubled in Argentina’s GMO Growing Regions
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World A recent report by the Ministry of Health in Cordoba, Argentina, has documented a disturbing trend for those who live in areas where...
