A major reason why consumers shop for products that are certified organic is to avoid the hazardous and unlabeled Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), toxic chemicals, and now the most recent, and likely most dangerous hi-tech poison of them all: nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is now a multi-billion dollar Frankenstein monster industry churning out a vast menu of untested [...]
Archive for the ‘Nanotechnology’ Category
NOSB to USDA: Keep Nanotechnology Out of Organic! Please Ask the USDA to Enforce the National Organic Standards Board’s Recommendation
Posted in Health Issues, Nanotechnology, Organic Foods, Petitions on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
U.S. should follow Europe and put the brakes on nanotech food and other products
Posted in Health Issues, Nanotechnology, News Articles on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One month ago, the Committee on Environment, Health and Consumer Protection of the European Parliament voted in favor of excluding nanotechnology from the EU list of novel foods allowed on the market. This committee vote represents one of the first times ever that a legislative body has weighed in on the issue of nanotech particles in [...]
SOS: Safeguard Organic Standards
Posted in Articles, Climate Change, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Nanotechnology, Organic Foods, Petitions, Sustainable Agriculture on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Over the last twelve years the OCA has been forced to organize a series of national campaigns to safeguard organic standards. While the OCA and our allies have basically been able to prevent the standards from being significantly watered down, constant vigilance and mobilization have been necessary. Read the rest of this entry. Take action. [...]
Tell the National Organic Standards Board to Prohibit Nanotechnology in Organics
Posted in Health Issues, Nanotechnology, Organic Foods, Petitions on October 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Organic is under threat yet again. This time it’s by the use of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies in organic production systems. The National Organic Standards Board has as of yet failed to recommend a ban on nanotechnologies and nanomaterials in organic, despite strong evidence of health and environmental risks from some nanomaterials and overwhelming public sentiment that [...]
Keep Nanotechnology Out of Organic!
Posted in Health Issues, Nanotechnology, Organic Foods, Petitions on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A major reason why consumers shop for products that are certified organic is to avoid the hazardous and unlabeled Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), toxic chemicals, and now the most recent, and likely most dangerous hi-tech poison of them all: nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is now a multi-billion dollar Frankenstein monster industry churning out a vast menu of untested [...]
