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Should GMO companies be held liable when your gut starts producing pesticides?
2015-08-30 11:21:06| Chemicals - Topix.net
On Monsanto's website , this multinational seed conglomerate makes the claim that Bt toxin engineered into its genetically-modified corn and cotton crops is "naturally occurring" and poses no threat to "humans, other mammals, birds, fish or beneficial insects." But a closer look at the science reveals that Bt toxin can survive and replicate in the human gut following ingestion, which begs the question: Should Monsanto and other purveyors of GM crops bearing this transgenic trait be held responsible for potential health damage caused by this patented pesticide? Contrary to industry claims, horizontal gene transfer and DNA absorption of GM crops bearing the artificially engineered Bt trait can and does occur.
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Banks 'not liable' for vishing fraud
2015-07-06 01:00:06| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
People who are the victims of so-called 'vishing' scams cannot always rely on their bank to compensate them, a study suggests.
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Railroad not liable for worker's heart attack death
2015-05-05 23:24:37| Railroads - Topix.net
CSX Transportation Inc. was not liable for the 2006 death of a conductor from a heart attack, a Florida appeals court has ruled, upholding a lower court ruling. Florida's First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee on Monday ruled that the lower court was correct in granting a motion for directed verdict in the case after ruling that railroads have no duty to anticipate potential medical emergencies not caused by workplace hazards.
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Philippines: Climate walkers' post-Yolanda message: make big polluters liable
2014-11-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InterAksyon: They made it as scheduled, Saturday morning, to Ground Zero of Yolanda's most devastating landfall, after walking over a month from Manila's Kilometer Zero at Rizal Park. As the Philippines marked the first anniversary of the super typhoon historic landfall in Tacloban City, over 500 Filipinos joined a solidarity event demanding climate justice, vowing to hold big polluters accountable for climate change impacts. Tacloban marks the end of a 1,000 kilometer, 40-day walk for climate justice organized...
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Court reaffirms BP is liable in Gulf oil spill
2014-11-06 19:22:41| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A federal appeals court panel has re-affirmed its ruling that BP is liable for federal Clean Water Act damages stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments that there were errors in its June 4 ruling.
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