Roundup Red Alert! What You Need to Know About the Pesticide Poised to "Push Us All Off of the Cliff"
The USDA just approved another GMO crop dependent on dousings of the pesticide Roundup. Here's what scientists say everyone who eats needs to know about this not-so-benign chemical.
By Leah Zerbe, 3/02/2011
http://www.rodale.com/roundup

(...) "Huber, one of the world's top researchers of glyphosate, says we're in "epidemic mode" right now in terms of plant diseases induced by Roundup use. These plant diseases could affect humans and livestock eating the diseased plants, too. As Jeffrey Smith, founder of the Institute for Responsible Technology, points out, some of the fungi that thrive on glyphosate produce harmful toxins that can enter the food chain, either in human food or animal feed.  Smith cites a UN Food and Agriculture Organization report that links one such fungus, Fusarium, in the food chain to certain cancers, a blood disorder, and infertility in animals. Smith says USDA researchers have found a 500 percent increase in Fusarium root infection when glyphosate is used on Roundup Ready soybeans. (This toxin can also appear in corn, wheat, and other crops.) "Like glyphosate, Fusarium toxins accumulate in our bodies, too," says Huber."(...)

Commissioner Dalli gave false testimony concerning long-term tests on GMOs-lawyer
GM Watch, 4/02/2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqjbSL1ou3I
http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12855:commissioner-dalli-gave-false-testimony-concerning-long-term-tests-on-gmos-lawyer

U.S. looks to Monsanto to feed the world
Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, 2/02/2011
http://www.panna.org/blog/us-looks-monsanto-feed-world

The last thing our hungry world needs is more food
By Fred Pearce, 6/02/2011
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1353810/Beddingtons-perfect-storm-Last-thing-hungry-world-needs-food.html#ixzz1DBsGK0Y4