GMO / Toxin Free USA
Better Health. Cleaner Future.
It is with sadness that the staff of GMO/Toxin Free USA learned of Ronnie Cummins’ passing in Mexico on April 26, 2023, after recently diagnosed bone and lymph cancer. Ronnie was the International Director of Organic Consumers Association (OCA). GMO Free USA got its start thanks to a shout-out from OCA in 2012, introducing our …
Happy Earth Day 2023! This April 22nd is the 53rd anniversary of Earth Day, a day to come together and take action for a greener, cleaner planet. This is a list of things you can do this weekend, or any other day, to take part. While there could be literally hundreds of things you can …
Moving the needle towards a PFAS-free future.
This week, REI Co-op made an announcement that the company would be phasing out toxic PFAS “Forever Chemicals” from cookware and textile products as outlined in their Product Impact Standards Version 3.0, February 2023. The new policy will have a far reaching impact, affecting REI’s 1,000+ brand partners and suppliers. REI stated, “The new version …
With the usual fanfare, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its most recent annual Pesticide Data Program (PDP) report with data gathered from the agency’s annual testing program during 2021. The test selections are limited and the foods and commodities tested are rotated each year. The program includes tests for an extensive but incomplete …
Stop forcing GMO corn on Mexico
In late 2020, Mexico announced that the country would be phasing out the use of glyphosate herbicides, the cultivation of GMO corn, and the import of GMO corn for human consumption and livestock feed by the end of 2024. The reasons for the decree given by Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador are to protect …
The company’s profits will sustain these efforts in perpetuity. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Ash Enrici, Indiana University Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, his wife and their two adult children have irrevocably transferred their ownership of the outdoor apparel company to a set of trusts and nonprofit organizations. From now on, the corporation’s profits will fund …
National Public Radio defies mission statement, uses supporters’ donations to air unscientific, one-sided GMO mosquito misinformation. Call on NPR to produce a show that is truly informative. National Public Radio’s WAMU 1A show, produced by Amanda Williams, aired “Pest Control: Mutant Mosquitoes Come To Florida” to cover the highly controversial issue of the experimental release …
How long do we really need chemicals to last? Sura Nualpradid/EyeEm via Getty Images A. Daniel Jones, Michigan State University and Hui Li, Michigan State University PFAS chemicals seemed like a good idea at first. As Teflon, they made pots easier to clean starting in the 1940s. They made jackets waterproof and carpets stain-resistant. Food …
And what you can do to help
On July 22, 2022, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) added the migratory monarch butterfly to its “red list” of threatened species and categorized it as “endangered” — two steps from extinction. Known for its spectacular annual journey of up to 3,000 miles across the Americas, the monarchs are threatened by habitat …
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