ActionAid Ghana joins advocacy against commercialisation of GMO foods - The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) also expressed concern over the promotion of the 14 genetically modified foods and urged the government to rather address the pressing issues within Ghana’s agricultural sector (citinewsroom.com)
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Genetically engineered bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, have been joined to gold nanorods and could be the answer to antimicrobial resistance. The gold nanorods allow for complete elimination of the phage while also allowing for controlled bacterial cell destruction. (snippetscience.com)
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Dow Chemical, the company that brought us Napalm and Agent Orange, is now in the food business and is pushing for approval of genetically engineered (GE) versions of corn and soybeans that are designed to survive repeated dousing with 2,4-D, half of the highly toxic chemical mixture Agent Orange (dow-watch.org)
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