The Gaia Reports

By Theodora Filis In the US, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) fall under the regulatory jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Environmental Protection Association (EPA). Now, more than ever, environmentalists are complaining that policies and regulations are insufficient and poorly organized. Many worry corporate influence over policy has led to a dangerous level of "self-regulation" by biotech companies like Monsanto, Syngenta, and Scotts. Mandatory labeling of GMOs and biotech companies allowed to self-regulate are causing heated debates. Debates have caused a significant increase in the amount of valuable information regarding GMOs, but have not helped to stop the planting of the “gene flow” of GMO seeds worldwide. Gene flow, the process by which a gene will move through wind-blown pollen and work its way into non-modified varieties, has already been well-established for GMO corn, GMO ...

By Theodora Filis Monsanto, whose executives have publicly said that they want Monsanto to become the only producer of genetically modified (GM) seeds in the world, is now joined by a smaller company, in California, that has the same hope. That company is Epicyte, whose president, Mitch Hein, announced at a press conference in 2001, “We have a hothouse filled with corn plants that make anti-sperm antibodies.” Epicyte's GM corn is financed, in part, by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Hein claims that it is a possible solution to world “overpopulation.” A concealed contraceptive embedded in corn meant for human consumption? In the US, GE-corn, GE-soy, GE-cotton seed oil, and GE-canola, are in most processed foods. Consumers have no idea they are there, and no means to distinguish them from other items. GM foods have never been tested for human safety consumption. Yet, studies in animals repeatedly show severe organ damage and infertility/sterility. Last May, Codex I...

By Theodora Filis On April 2, 1998, Steve Wilson & Jane Akre filed a landmark lawsuit using 'whistle-blowers protection' to seek compensation for being fired for refusing to distort the news. The link below is a ten-minute video of the two FOX NEWS reporters, who, in the late 1990's uncovered that most of the milk in the US and across some parts of the world is unfit to drink. They were fired for attempting to inform people of the health risks posed by the use of Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) developed and manufactured by the Monsanto Corporation. How frequently do news organizations insist their reporters 'slant' the story in favor of the special interests that may threaten to sue or cancel advertising? How many news organizations have been pressured not to tell the truth by those who stand to profit most from the continued use of rBGH? Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone – r-BGH, is a synthetic form of growth hormone injected into cows to increa...