By Sayer Ji Contributing Writer for Wake Up World The mystery of what is causing thousands to die each year from a fatal kidney disease may now be solved, with evidence pointing to the...
Category - Plants and Agriculture
Wake Up World’s articles on plants and agriculture, with a focus on issues and solutions surrounding ‘modern’ agricultural practices.
GMO Golden Rice: Miracle or Menace? Top Activists Speak Out
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Supporters of genetically modified crops have a new darling to advocate, this time under the name “Golden Rice”...
GMOs and the Dwindling Bee Population: The Deadly Connection
3rd March 2014 By Mary West Guest Writer for Wake Up World The nightmarish consequences of tampering with nature through GMOs continue to unfold, as one of the worst fears associated with...
Roundup Weedkiller Found In 75% of Air and Rain Samples, Gov. Study Finds
2nd March 2014 By Sayer Ji Contributing Writer for Wake Up World The GM farming system has made exposure to Roundup herbicide a daily fact of our existence, and according to the latest US...
How Roundup Weedkiller Can Promote Cancer, New Study Reveals
15th November 2013 By Sayer Ji Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Roundup herbicide (glyphosate) is in our air, rain, groundwater, soil and most food in the U.S., and an increasing...
New Study Links Roundup ‘Weedkiller’ To Overgrowth of Deadly Fungal Toxins
19th September 2013 By Sayer Ji Contributing Writer for Wake Up World A new study reveals that Roundup herbicide enhances the growth of aflatoxin-producing fungi, lending an explanation for the...
Indian Supreme Court Panel Recommends Halt To All GM Field Trials
21st August 2013 By Sayer Ji Contributing Writer for Wake Up World In a landmark recommendation, an Indian Supreme Court-appointed committee has called for a halt on all further genetically...
Warning: Genetically Modified “Agent Orange Corn” Coming Soon to a Plate Near You
14th July 2013 By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Remember Agent Orange, the herbicide sprayed in Vietnam linked with devastating birth defects, cancer and...
Extreme Toxicity of Roundup Debunks GMO / Non-GMO “Substantial Equivalence” Argument
By Sayer Ji Contributing Writer for Wake Up World If Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide were actually ‘safer than table salt’ as they once advertised, the consumption of GM food...
Glyphosate (Roundup) Carcinogenic In the PARTS PER TRILLION Range
By Sayer Ji Contributing writer for Wake Up World An alarming new study finds that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup weedkiller, is estrogenic and drives breast cancer cell...
Study Suggests Lethality of Roundup ‘Weedkiller’ Extends Beyond Plants To Humans
7th June 2013 By Sayer Ji Contributing Writer for Wake Up World A shocking new study finds that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, “…may be the most...
China Destroys Three US Shipments of GM Corn
30th May 2013 By Sayer Ji Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Could the global tide in support of GMO’s be turning? A new report reveals that the formerly pro-GMO Chinese...