http://qbit.cc Wed, 23 May 2012 01:38:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://qbit.cc/obama-gives-key-agriculture-post-to-big-agri-chem-lobbyist/ http://qbit.cc/obama-gives-key-agriculture-post-to-big-agri-chem-lobbyist/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:20:42 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1599 Gary Ruskin |  Green Change |  03.27.2010 Today, President Obama announced that he will recess appoint Islam A. Siddiqui to the position of Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Siddiqui is a pesticide lobbyist and Vice President for Science and Regulatory Affairs at CropLife America, an agribusiness lobbying group that represents Monsanto. Following [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/obama-gives-key-agriculture-post-to-big-agri-chem-lobbyist/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/fury-as-eu-approves-gm-potato/ http://qbit.cc/fury-as-eu-approves-gm-potato/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:20:56 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1446 The introduction of a genetically modified potato in Europe risks the development of human diseases that fail to respond to antibiotics, it was claimed last night.]]> http://qbit.cc/fury-as-eu-approves-gm-potato/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/mcdonalds-public-school-lunch-beef-treated-with-ammonia/ http://qbit.cc/mcdonalds-public-school-lunch-beef-treated-with-ammonia/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:15:32 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1197 Eight years ago, federal officials were struggling to remove potentially deadly E. coli from hamburgers when an entrepreneurial company from South Dakota came up with a novel idea: injecting beef with ammonia.]]> http://qbit.cc/mcdonalds-public-school-lunch-beef-treated-with-ammonia/feed/ 4