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Tell Whole Foods to Label Its GMOs -- By 2015, Not 2018

It has been revealed that Whole Foods executives have financial ties to politicians who promote GMOs and work to further the interests of Monsanto.

(WASHINGTON DC Causes.com) - We are encouraged by Whole Foods Markets' plan to support consumers' right to know by requiring labeling of all foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in its U.S. and Canadian stores by 2018.

Whole Foods Market claims to be "America's Healthiest Grocery Store."

Agent Orange Legacy In Washington D.C.

My mother and I have embarked on a journey as advocate for the rights of the children of Vietnam Veterans whose biological parent(s) were exposed to Agent Orange.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The children of Vietnam Veterans, who answered the call of duty, have been left without proper medical intervention. Some are dying, some are already dead.

Many of the children of Vietnam Veterans have lost their parent(s) due to exposure to Agent Orange which is laced with the toxic chemical, dioxin.

OSGATA President Keynotes at Public Interest Environmental Law Conference

Jim Gerritsen Speaks About OSGATA et al. v. Monsanto at One of the Oldest and Largest Environmental Law Conferences.

(WASHINGTON DC) - OSGATA President Jim Gerritsen will deliver a keynote speech on the OSGATA et al. v. Monsanto lawsuit before a plenary session of the 31st Annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC).

It takes place at the University of Oregon School of Law in Eugene, OR, on March 1.

Agent Orange & Tongue Cancer

The lack of a general association between exposure and disease does not rule out that there may be direct proof of causation.

(WASHINGTON DC) - We run into this problem with base of the tongue cancer cases. The VA always takes the position that because general causation can't be shown, direct evidence can never exist.

The Loggerhead Which is Killing People Exposed to Agent Orange Herbicides on Guam

Veterans: Please Write to Diane Zumatto National Legislative Director.

(WASHINGTON DC) - It is not hard to see in reports from the Guam Cancer Registry that there is something bad going on on Guam.

Are we going to allow this terrible injustice to continue to be swept under the rug? These results do not include veterans, they are for Guam residents only.

Agent Orange Campaign --- Experiences from Vietnam and Australia

Meet delegation from Vietnam Association for the Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) - Hear from campaigns in Tasmania, Victoria & New South Wales.

(DA NANG Vietnam) - Dear friends of AOJ, you are warmly invited to a meeting on Monday March 4 to meet with a high level delegation from the Hanoi-based non-government organisation Vietnam Association for the Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) that will be headed by its president Nguyen Van Rinh, and director of external relations Nguyen Minh Y.

The delegation is visiting Australia March 3-10 to help raise awareness on the plight of the millions of victims/survivors of Agent Orange in Vietnam...

Kadena Kept Agent Orange: `71 Army Paper

The U.S. government already admits that it stored military herbicides in Thailand during the Vietnam War but it denies their presence in Okinawa.

(WASHINGTON DC Japan Times) - A single sentence buried among 7,000 pages of documents recently released by the Pentagon might well be the needle in the haystack that conclusively proves the U.S. military stored toxic herbicides, including Agent Orange, in Okinawa during the Vietnam War.

American veterans have long claimed that large volumes of these chemicals were present on Okinawa Island and hundreds of them are suffering serious illnesses they believe were triggered by their exposure. But the U.S. government has repeatedly denied the allegations by insisting it has no records related to the issue.

Farmers Join Hundreds Protesting Outside Hearing, Demanding End to Monsanto`s Campaign of Intimidation in Rural America Over GMO

Protesters also call on President Obama to halt approval of Genetically Modified Crops until Completion of long term safety tests.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Family farmers and activists gathered before the White House today after a hearing on the landmark Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association et al. v. Monsanto case.

Family Farmers Travel to Washington D.C. to Take on Monsanto

They will attend a US Court of Appeals Oral Argument in Appeal of Dismissal OSGATA et al v. Monsanto.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Dozens of family farmers will visit Washington, D.C. next week to take on Monsanto and demand the right to farm.

The case is the landmark lawsuit.

US Used Agent Orange Against Environment, Humanity in Vietnam

The remnants of Agent Orange from the US war against Vietnam continue the legacy of death by defoliant.

(DENVER) - During its war against Vietnam, the US sprayed the countryside with herbicides containing carcinogenic chemicals to destroy tropical forest foliage and agricultural crops.

The objectives of this diabolical program, which perhaps should be called “death by defoliant,” were threefold...