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micro-organisms

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  • noun Plural form of micro-organism.

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Examples

  • A critical mass of research reveals that genetically engineered crops, now covering almost 40% of U.S. cropland (173 million acres of GM crops) and 10% of global farm acreage (321 million acres), pollute the environment, kill essential soil micro-organisms, generate superweeds and pests, decrease biodiversity, aid and abet seed monopolization, encourage massive use of toxic pesticides and chemical fertilizer, spew out massive amounts of climate-destabilizing greenhouse gases, and seriously damage animal and human health.

    Ronnie Cummins: Industrial Agriculture and Human Survival: The Road Beyond 10/10/10 Ronnie Cummins 2010

  • A critical mass of research reveals that genetically engineered crops, now covering almost 40% of U.S. cropland (173 million acres of GM crops) and 10% of global farm acreage (321 million acres), pollute the environment, kill essential soil micro-organisms, generate superweeds and pests, decrease biodiversity, aid and abet seed monopolization, encourage massive use of toxic pesticides and chemical fertilizer, spew out massive amounts of climate-destabilizing greenhouse gases, and seriously damage animal and human health.

    Ronnie Cummins: Industrial Agriculture and Human Survival: The Road Beyond 10/10/10 Ronnie Cummins 2010

  • In the latter approach to safety, which focuses on the presence of micro-organisms, a vegetable that has been boiled at high heat and vacuum packed in a can is inherently "safer" than a raw vegetable.

    Alison Rose Levy: Will the Food Safety Bill Make Food Safe? Alison Rose Levy 2010

  • A critical mass of research reveals that genetically engineered crops, now covering almost 40% of U.S. cropland (173 million acres of GM crops) and 10% of global farm acreage (321 million acres), pollute the environment, kill essential soil micro-organisms, generate superweeds and pests, decrease biodiversity, aid and abet seed monopolization, encourage massive use of toxic pesticides and chemical fertilizer, spew out massive amounts of climate-destabilizing greenhouse gases, and seriously damage animal and human health.

    Ronnie Cummins: Industrial Agriculture and Human Survival: The Road Beyond 10/10/10 Ronnie Cummins 2010

  • In the latter approach to safety, which focuses on the presence of micro-organisms, a vegetable that has been boiled at high heat and vacuum packed in a can is inherently "safer" than a raw vegetable.

    Alison Rose Levy: Will the Food Safety Bill Make Food Safe? Alison Rose Levy 2010

  • In the latter approach to safety, which focuses on the presence of micro-organisms, a vegetable that has been boiled at high heat and vacuum packed in a can is inherently "safer" than a raw vegetable.

    Alison Rose Levy: Will the Food Safety Bill Make Food Safe? Alison Rose Levy 2010

  • In the latter approach to safety, which focuses on the presence of micro-organisms, a vegetable that has been boiled at high heat and vacuum packed in a can is inherently "safer" than a raw vegetable.

    Alison Rose Levy: Will the Food Safety Bill Make Food Safe? Alison Rose Levy 2010

  • In the latter approach to safety, which focuses on the presence of micro-organisms, a vegetable that has been boiled at high heat and vacuum packed in a can is inherently "safer" than a raw vegetable.

    Alison Rose Levy: Will the Food Safety Bill Make Food Safe? Alison Rose Levy 2010

  • In the latter approach to safety, which focuses on the presence of micro-organisms, a vegetable that has been boiled at high heat and vacuum packed in a can is inherently "safer" than a raw vegetable.

    Alison Rose Levy: Will the Food Safety Bill Make Food Safe? Alison Rose Levy 2010

  • A critical mass of research reveals that genetically engineered crops, now covering almost 40% of U.S. cropland (173 million acres of GM crops) and 10% of global farm acreage (321 million acres), pollute the environment, kill essential soil micro-organisms, generate superweeds and pests, decrease biodiversity, aid and abet seed monopolization, encourage massive use of toxic pesticides and chemical fertilizer, spew out massive amounts of climate-destabilizing greenhouse gases, and seriously damage animal and human health.

    Ronnie Cummins: Industrial Agriculture and Human Survival: The Road Beyond 10/10/10 Ronnie Cummins 2010

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