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07/13/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Monsanto bullies “fought science” to hide cancer risks, lawyer charges

California resident Dewayne Johnson’s landmark court case against Monsanto has begun, and his attorney Brett Wisner is on the prowl. Johnson, father of three, is the first individual to bring the biotech behemoth to trial over the allegations that Monsanto’s flagship herbicide, Roundup, contains cancer-causing chemicals. Thousands of people in the U.S. have launched similar […]

06/14/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Scientists WARN: Genetic editing of humans with “CRISPR” technology may lead to generation of cancer sufferers

CRISPR-Cas9 is a budding technology, with proponents singing its praises for the last few years. But it turns out this “promising” advancement comes with some unintended side effects – like the potential to cause cancer in a whole generation of humans (if not more). It appears the more we learn about CRISPR, the darker and […]

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