Anti-GM Rally in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Video)
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Chile Fines Barrick Gold $16m for Pascua-Lama Mine
BBC News Chilean authorities have fined the world's largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold Corp. of CANADA, more than $16m for environmental offences. Details here. PLT: A fine, Canadian "role-model" for the world - poisoning Earth for profit and bling!
Terracide and the Terrarists
TomDispatch Courtesy of Common Dreams Destroying the Planet for Record Profits. Full story here.
You Need Phosphorus to Live—and We're Running Out
Mother Jones Pesticide sprayer on a farm in Manitoba, Canada. PLT photo. Industrial farming has played a part in sucking this critical element out of our soil. Details here.
Hungary Won't Tolerate GMO Seeds, Burns 1,000 Acres of Corn
MSN A GMO crop in Manitoba, Canada. PLT photo. Think you can plant genetically modified seeds with your crop and no one will notice? Better not try it in Hungary, where agriculture officials literally took a scorched-Earth approach to GMO seeds... Details here.
Toronto Star Investigation: Drugged Canadian Horses Slipping Through ‘Inadequate’ Food System
thestar.com The horse “passport” Canada relies on to keep toxic meat off dinner tables around the world is open to fraud and error, a Star investigation has found, confirming the findings of an international audit. Full story here. PLT photo.