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April 09, 2014
GMO bill reignites labeling fight

By Benjamin Goad

Business-backed legislation establishing voluntary labeling standards for food made with genetically modified ingredients was introduced Wednesday to groans from safety advocates, who call it a thinly veiled effort to block mandatory requirements.

The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, offered by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), comes amid calls from consumer rights and food safety groups for increased federal regulations governing the ingredients – known as GEs or GMOs – which are present in about 80 percent of food in the United States.

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The Pompeo bill “codifies a broken voluntary labeling system,” said Scott Faber, senior vice-president of government affairs at the Environmental Working group.

“Americans overwhelmingly want the right to know whether there are GE ingredients n their food,” he said.

Faber called the bill a “legislative hail Mary,” unlikely to gain traction in the Senate.

http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/business/203106-gmo-bill-reignites-labeling-fight

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Significant Concentrations Of Glyphosate AKA ‘Roundup Herbicide’ Found In Urine Of People Across Europe

September 4, 2013 by Arjun Walia

http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/09/04/significant-concentrations-of-glyphosate-aka-roundup-herbicide-found-in-urine-of-people-across-europe/

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