by Sam Husseini Many people are dismissing the possibility that the COVID-19 pandemic might have come from a lab. It is possible that they are unaware of the frequency of biohazards escaping from laboratories. On Feb. …
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Did this Virus Come from a Lab? Maybe Not — But it Exposes the Threat of a Biowarfare Arms Race
By Sam Husseini This article first appeared at Salon There is no scientific finding that the novel coronavirus was bioengineered, but its origins are not entirely clear. Deadly pathogens discovered in the wild can be …
Continue readingCOVID-19: A wake-up call for biosafety
by Jonathan Matthews of GMWatch Like many of our readers, we may be sheltering-in-place, but please don’t think we’re taking our eye off the ball. Although other issues may not seem so important at the …
Continue readingAnother Disease Outbreak Threatens U.S. Pigs, But Big Ag Would Rather Talk About Bacon Prices
By Martha Rosenberg There’s a lot the industrial factory farm industry prefers to keep consumers in the dark about, including what happens when millions of confined, stressed out animals with weakened immune systems are exposed …
Continue readingThe Battle for the Future of Food in Africa
by Million Belay and Timothy Wise Last month in Ghana, Agnes Kalibata, President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, congratulated an illustrious group of corporate and government leaders for “leapfrogging into the future” …
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