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Maine newspapers support LD 718

Bangor Daily News: Give consumers a choice and label genetically modified foods

"LD 718, sponsored by Rep. Lance Harvell, R-Farmington, and co-sponsored by 123 Republicans, Democrats and independents, would require that foods containing genetically modified organisms be labeled as such. It should pass." Read the full editorial

 

Portland Press Herald: Legislature should pass GMO labeling bill

"Consumers have a right to know whether their food has genetically engineered ingredients. Free markets work best when consumers have what they need to make informed choices. That is the concept behind L.D. 718, the genetically modified organism labeling bill now before the Legislature. That is also the reason that lawmakers should pass this law this year." Read the full editorial


Organic and Sustainable Agriculture News
Push to mark food containing GMOs gains traction in Q-C, Iowa
Quad-City Times - 12/22/2012.
Deirdre Cox Baker – A Quad-City group that is part of a movement to require food labels listing genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, was born in August when LeeAnn Felder moved to Davenport from Arizona.
Mapping the Global Transition to a New Economy
New Economics Institute - 12/22/2012.
What would a green and fair world look like? We don't have the answer yet but we do know that people all around the world are working on it … right now! And we can prove it.
White House stalls critical EPA report highlighting chemical dangers to children
Investigative Reporting Workshop - 12/21/2012.
By Sheila Kaplan – A landmark Environmental Protection Agency report concluding that children exposed to toxic substances can develop learning disabilities, asthma and other health problems has been sidetracked indefinitely amid fierce opposition from the chemical industry. America’s Children and the Environment, Third Edition, is a sobering analysis of the way in which pollutants build up in children’s developing bodies and the damage they can inflict.
Consumers Union Says FDA Assessment of GE Salmon Is Flawed and Inadequate
Consumers Union - 12/21/2012.
Consumers Union, the advocacy and policy arm of Consumer Reports, criticized the Environmental Assessment of the Aquabounty genetically engineered salmon released today by the Food and Drug Administration, as flawed and inadequate. “We are deeply concerned that the potential of these fish to cause allergic reactions has not been adequately researched. Further, there have been no safety testing of fish grown in Panama, where Aquabounty intends to raise the salmon.”
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