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2026 Credibility and Reputation Report

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Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker

Our interactive GLP global map explains the status of each country’s regulations for human and agricultural gene editing and gene drives.

GLP 2021 Annual Report

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Viewpoint: Hijacking Jesus: How anti-vaccine fanatics are exploiting religious exemptions and killing children

Viewpoint: Hijacking Jesus: How anti-vaccine fanatics are exploiting religious exemptions and killing children

Widely condemned as unethical, hepatitis B vaccine study funded by RFK Jr’s CDC gets a final greenlight

Widely condemned as unethical, hepatitis B vaccine study funded by RFK Jr’s CDC gets a final greenlight

31 states have passed a patchwork of laws to limit election deepfake commercials. They’re not working very well.

31 states have passed a patchwork of laws to limit election deepfake commercials. They’re not working very well.

Stefani Langehennig

Scaremongering or legitimate safety concerns? The political dogfight over America’s food safety system

Scaremongering or legitimate safety concerns? The political dogfight over America’s food safety system

Stephanie Armour

GLP Features

Widely condemned as unethical, hepatitis B vaccine study funded by RFK Jr’s CDC gets a final greenlight

Widely condemned as unethical, hepatitis B vaccine study funded by RFK Jr’s CDC gets a final greenlight

Viewpoint: Hijacking Jesus: How anti-vaccine fanatics are exploiting religious exemptions and killing children

Viewpoint: Hijacking Jesus: How anti-vaccine fanatics are exploiting religious exemptions and killing children

31 states have passed a patchwork of laws to limit election deepfake commercials. They’re not working very well.

31 states have passed a patchwork of laws to limit election deepfake commercials. They’re not working very well.

Stefani Langehennig

Scaremongering or legitimate safety concerns? The political dogfight over America’s food safety system

Scaremongering or legitimate safety concerns? The political dogfight over America’s food safety system

Stephanie Armour

Trump wants an AI Force like Space Force, but that could make AI’s risks harder to manage

Trump wants an AI Force like Space Force, but that could make AI’s risks harder to manage

‘Forever chemical’ concerns: Separating hysteria from reasonable concern in the debate over PFAS danger

‘Forever chemical’ concerns: Separating hysteria from reasonable concern in the debate over PFAS danger

Susan Goldhaber

Should fossil fuel companies be shielded from lawsuits over climate change damage? The Supreme Court takes up the question

Should fossil fuel companies be shielded from lawsuits over climate change damage? The Supreme Court takes up the question

Patrick Parenteau

Viewpoint: Wellness movement activists reposition nicotine from a killer addictive drug into a cure-all for brain ills

Viewpoint: Wellness movement activists reposition nicotine from a killer addictive drug into a cure-all for brain ills

Hasmeena Kathuria

The kooky logic behind the raft of spurious cancer claims from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The kooky logic behind the raft of spurious cancer claims from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Adam Stein, Deric Tilson

Viewpoint: Food cults: Online ‘nutrition communities’ can pose unique dangers

Viewpoint: Food cults: Online ‘nutrition communities’ can pose unique dangers

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Infographic: Global regulatory and health research agencies on whether glyphosate causes cancer

Infographic: Global regulatory and health research agencies on whether glyphosate causes cancer

Does glyphosate—the world's most heavily-used herbicide—pose serious harm to humans? Is it carcinogenic? Those issues are of both legal and ...

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A New Transparency Tool from the Genetic Literacy Project

Who is David and who is Goliath in the lobbying battle over agricultural biotechnology? Activists? Agro-business? In a commitment to transparency, the GLP has mined 5 years of data to help the public understand the funding network that shapes the biotechnology debate.

Explore donor and recipient interactive maps

Science Literacy Project Daily Digest

Science Controversies in the Media

Convinced COVID shots cause widespread harm, Kennedy plans federal initiative to incentivize doctors to report alleged injuries

Should we be afraid of our food?

5 deaths, 1,000 reported cases: These horrific numbers underestimate the consequences of the anti-vax movement

Washington Post

How the tobacco industry conspired with conservative activists to kill the Biden administration’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes

Viewpoint: RFK Jr.’s new CDC head Erica Schwartz greenlights hepatitis B vaccine study critics call “unethical and designed to cast doubts on its safety”

Tearful onions? CRISPR has a solution for that

Global Agriculture

Countries around the world are rushing to pass teenage social media bans. Could they backfire?

Think Global Health

Personalized mRNA vaccines are poised to revolutionize cancer treatments. Here are the barriers.

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Widely condemned as unethical, hepatitis B vaccine study funded by RFK Jr’s CDC gets a final greenlight

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How the tobacco industry conspired with conservative activists to kill the Biden administration’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes

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Viewpoint: RFK Jr.’s new CDC head Erica Schwartz greenlights hepatitis B vaccine study critics call “unethical and designed to cast doubts on its safety”

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Scaremongering or legitimate safety concerns? The political dogfight over America’s food safety system

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Personalized mRNA vaccines are poised to revolutionize cancer treatments. Here are the barriers.

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Viewpoint—“Miracle molecule” debunked: Why acemannan supplements don’t work

Cross and Syringe Standoff

Viewpoint: Hijacking Jesus: How anti-vaccine fanatics are exploiting religious exemptions and killing children

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Tearful onions? CRISPR has a solution for that

Convinced COVID shots cause widespread harm, Kennedy plans federal initiative to incentivize doctors to report alleged injuries

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Should we be afraid of our food?

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5 deaths, 1,000 reported cases: These horrific numbers underestimate the consequences of the anti-vax movement

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For millions with peanut allergies, Nurtured Nuts’ CRISPR gene-edited peanuts could ease the fear of accidental exposure

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‘Forever chemical’ concerns: Separating hysteria from reasonable concern in the debate over PFAS danger

Deepfake Democracy Media Mosaic

31 states have passed a patchwork of laws to limit election deepfake commercials. They’re not working very well.

Convinced COVID shots cause widespread harm, Kennedy plans federal initiative to incentivize doctors to report alleged injuries

Should we be afraid of our food?

5 deaths, 1,000 reported cases: These horrific numbers underestimate the consequences of the anti-vax movement

Widely condemned as unethical, hepatitis B vaccine study funded by RFK Jr’s CDC gets a final greenlight

How the tobacco industry conspired with conservative activists to kill the Biden administration’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes

Viewpoint: Hijacking Jesus: How anti-vaccine fanatics are exploiting religious exemptions and killing children

Viewpoint: RFK Jr.’s new CDC head Erica Schwartz greenlights hepatitis B vaccine study critics call “unethical and designed to cast doubts on its safety”

Tearful onions? CRISPR has a solution for that

Countries around the world are rushing to pass teenage social media bans. Could they backfire?

Personalized mRNA vaccines are poised to revolutionize cancer treatments. Here are the barriers.

GLP Library Search

The GLP Library contains over 37,000 articles—it is among the largest online repositories of articles about science communication.

Ag Biotech Comms

Ag Gene Editing

Agricultural Regs & Ethics

Alternative Proteins

Ancestry & Evolution

Newly approved GMO chestnut trees planted across from the White House are stirring debate

Newly approved GMO chestnut trees planted across from the White House are stirring debate

We are entering a new era of personalized medicine—if you’re white

Facts & Fallacies podcast: The ‘woke’ crusade against anthropology? Dr. Elizabeth Weiss

Artificial Intelligence

Trump wants an AI Force like Space Force, but that could make AI’s risks harder to manage

Trump wants an AI Force like Space Force, but that could make AI’s risks harder to manage

Utah becomes first state to empower AI to bypass doctors and prescribe certain drugs

Rural revival or corporate windfall? Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill tax law opens the door to big breaks for data centers—but tech giants aren’t cashing in

Brain / Neuroscience

Chemical Controversies

‘Forever chemical’ concerns: Separating hysteria from reasonable concern in the debate over PFAS danger

‘Forever chemical’ concerns: Separating hysteria from reasonable concern in the debate over PFAS danger

Trump administration clears the way for speedy approvals of once-restricted tobacco vapes and pouches

Viewpoint: How to ecologically damage America’s forests: Ban glyphosate

Tearful onions? CRISPR has a solution for that

Tearful onions? CRISPR has a solution for that

Scaremongering or legitimate safety concerns? The political dogfight over America’s food safety system

GAHA: The corporate-created “healthier America” movement challenging what it claims is MAHA misinformation about modern farming, chemicals, and food

5 deaths, 1,000 reported cases: These horrific numbers underestimate the consequences of the anti-vax movement

5 deaths, 1,000 reported cases: These horrific numbers underestimate the consequences of the anti-vax movement

How the tobacco industry conspired with conservative activists to kill the Biden administration’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes

Widely condemned as unethical, hepatitis B vaccine study funded by RFK Jr’s CDC gets a final greenlight

Human Gene Editing

Medical Misinformation

Medical Regs & Ethics

Personalized Medicine

Synthetic Biology

Sustainability & Climate

Is organic farming really more sustainable? 100 recent studies say ‘no’

Is organic farming really more sustainable? 100 recent studies say ‘no’

Jump-starting global warming: Rising temperatures are driving up emissions from wildfires, fermenting wetlands, and melting permafrost

Should fossil fuel companies be shielded from lawsuits over climate change damage? The Supreme Court takes up the question