Hillary Clinton GOES TO BAT For GMOs At Biotech Conference

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92. Embedded link I included states 90% of US soy is GMO but, of course, actual verification needed.

Otherwise, as you note, it's an assumption (or untested hypothesis) and I never claimed otherwise. Meanwhile, GMO labeling of baby formulas would provide that information, as CT is planning (below).

http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/04/superweeds-arent-only-trouble-gmo-soy

Tom Philpott| Wed Apr. 23, 2014

...According to the US Department of Agriculture, more than 90 percent of the soybeans churned out on US farms each year are genetically engineered to withstand herbicides, nearly all of them involving one called Roundup. Organic production, by contrast, is marginal—it accounts for less than 1 percent of total American acreage devoted to soy. (The remaining 9 percent or so of soybeans are conventionally grown, but not genetically modified.)

Americans don't eat much of these lime-green legumes directly, but that doesn't mean we're not exposed to them. After harvest, the great bulk of soybeans are crushed and divided into two parts: meal, which mainly goes into feed for animals that become our meat, and fat, most of which ends up being used as cooking oil or in food products. According to the US Soy Board, soy accounts for 61 percent of American's vegetable oil consumption.

Given soy's centrality to our food and agriculture systems, the findings of a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Food Chemistry are worth pondering. The authors found that Monsanto's ubiquitous Roundup Ready soybeans, engineered to withstand its own blockbuster herbicide, contain more herbicide residues than their non-GMO counterparts. The team also found that the GM beans are nutritionally inferior.

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http://goo.gl/XGTSgZ

PDF: MARKET NEWS - GMO Foods and Labelling - SGS

...Additionally, on 4 June 2013, the State of Connecticut passed Bill HB 65279 that requires infant formula, or baby food, that is produced from GMOs to be labelled as “produced with genetic engineering”. This labelling is to start 1 July 2015 and the compliance enforcement date is 1 July 2019. This law becomes effective 1 October 2013, providing four additional states pass similar legislation, one of which must border Connecticut and the total population of those states exceeds 20 million people.(10)

GMOs in baby formula discussed here:

http://www.gazettenet.com/home/11914998-95/bill-requiring-labeling-of-genetically-modified-foods-advances-in-massachusetts-house

Bill requiring labeling of genetically modified foods advances in Massachusetts House
May 13, 2014

http://naturallysavvy.com/eat/gmos-in-baby-food-what-you-need-to-know

GMOS IN BABY FOOD: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
By Eleanor Healy on March 25, 2014