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Greenpeace laboratory results reveal that U.S. rice being sold in the Mexican supermarkets Chedraui and Soriana is contaminated with an unapproved genetically engineered variety. The unapproved variety, called LLRICE601 and developed by Bayer CropScience, has been at the center of a global contamination scandal since August 2006. The experimental rice was last grown in 2001, but neither Bayer nor the U.S. government has yet been able to explain how the contamination happened. The contamination scandal was compounded this week when the USDA announced the discovery of another as of yet unidentified gene adulterating U.S. rice supplies.

Unos resultados de labatorio de las pruebas hechas a diversas marcas de arroz revelan que arroz estadounidense vendido en los supermercados mexicanos Chedraui y Soriana está contaminado con una variedad transgénica no aprobada por el gobierno. Dicha variedad, llamada LLRICE601, fue desarrollada por Bayer CropScience, y desde el agosto 2006, ha estado al centro de un escándalo mundial sobre la contaminación genética. El arroz experimental fue sembrado en 2001, y desde entonces ni Bayer ni el gobierno estadounidense puede explicar cómo pasó la contaminación. El escándalo de contaminación se expandió esta semana cuando el Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA) anunció el descubrimiento de un otro geno que está presente en el arroz estadounidense.

An independent laboratory analysis released today has identified high levels of three toxic chemicals in the popular brand of Omega-3 fish oil nutritional supplements known as OmegaPure.

As Barack Obama arrives in Asia for his first visit to the region as President and while the United States continues to block progress ahead of the critical UN climate negotiations at Copenhagen next month, a 50-strong international team of Greenpeace activists issued him an urgent call to action from the heart of Indonesia's threatened rainforests.

In response to the recent hazardous waste fire in Apex, NC, Greenpeace has submitted letters to the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) and the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources(NCDENR) requesting comprehensive testing of homes, schools and day care centers that includes the scientific sampling of surface areas as has been done in similar chemical fires.

WASHINGTON—As the deadline for an international climate treaty in Copenhagen draws near, a report launched today by Greenpeace International and the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC), shows the world stands to gain 6.9 million jobs by 2030 in the clean energy sector if a strong deal is reached.

Kogelo, Kenya, 20 August 2009 – Young Kenyans working with Greenpeace’s Solar Generation are tackling the twin problems of energy poverty and climate change today, by installing solar panels on the Senator Barack Obama School in Kogelo and on the roof of the house of Mama Sarah – the US President’s grandmother.

Grandparents, parents and others representing a coalition of polluted communities rallied at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to outline the gravity of actions by President Bush to weaken the Clean Air Act, endangering the health of young and old alike.

Mexican community groups, environmental organizations and Greenpeace launched an appeal before the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) under NAFTA to investigate the damage caused by widespread contamination of Mexican corn with genetically engineered (GE) corn from the United States.

This morning, 11 daring Greenpeace climbers hung a banner on Mount Rushmore challenging President Obama to show real leadership on global warming. The banner, measuring sixty-five feet high by thirty-five feet wide, features an unfinished portrait of Obama with the message, "America honors leaders not politicians: Stop Global Warming.” The demonstration comes as President Obama meets other G8 leaders in L’Aquila, Italy today to discuss the global warming crisis in the lead-up to UN climate treaty negotiations in Copenhagen this December.