soybean Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 07:54:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Monsanto Begs to Keep “Cancer-causing” Glyphosate on Market https://www.greenoptimistic.com/monsanto-glyphosate-market-20160608/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/monsanto-glyphosate-market-20160608/#respond Thu, 09 Jun 2016 07:54:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=60060 Monsanto seeks to renew its glyphosate license for another 15 years despite an International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) 2015 study that predicted the chemical could cause cancer. In the United States and Brazil, Monsanto sells genetically modified glyphosate-resistant corn and soybean seeds. Unfortunately the herbicide glyphosate may present health problems. The majority of […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/monsanto-glyphosate-market-20160608/feed/ 0 60060 The Discovery of Soybean's Genetic Code to Improve Biodiesel Production https://www.greenoptimistic.com/the-discovery-of-soybeans-genetic-code-to-improve-biodiesel-production-20100115/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/the-discovery-of-soybeans-genetic-code-to-improve-biodiesel-production-20100115/#respond Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:34:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6300 The genome sequence was published in the journal Nature, and its main purpose was to better understand the plant's capacity to turn sunlight, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water, into concentrated energy, protein, and nutrients for human and animal use.

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