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Beverages, meats, fruits and vegetables: CRISPR poised to offer more sustainable alternatives
Although vegetarian and vegan diets have risen in popularity over the years, humankind’s appetite for meat is still insatiable. By ...
A nutritionist reflects on the sad state of health education about GMOs and farming at schools and universities
Ruth MacDonald, PhD, Author, Professor and Chair, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, and Interim Senior ...
Viewpoint: Why do some people readily believe climate scientists but reject the view of crop geneticists? Austrian survey provides some clues
Fortunately, vaccine and climate skeptics prefer to hang out on social media, but not – at least at the moment ...
Viewpoint: Ramazzini Institute — Exposing the the shadowy, dark money and tort lawyer funded anti-pesticide research organization manipulating the media and policy organizations
Peer review came about to ensure new scientific claims are vetted by scientists prior to publication. The practice is captured ...
Bill Gates and bug-eating: Conspiracy theory claims billionaire wants to replace cattle industry with insect protein. What’s the truth?
“Bill Gates wants to get rid of the cattle industry, and have people eat his FAKE MEAT,” writes one commenter, ...
GLP podcast/video: Too much cleanliness makes us sick? Protect your genetic data; Against ‘green-neocolonialism’
Good hygiene is important, but too much of it might be contributing to chronic disease in developed countries. A data ...
Viewpoint: Whitewash — How four obstructionist journals and their academic enablers are corrupting reporting on the science of chemicals and crop biotechnology
In 2022 and 2023, two papers analyzing the intersection of genetic engineering and disinformation were published. Neither were in very ...
Part II — Viewpoint: A case study of how organic advocates massage data from meta-studies to promote their ideological agenda
What is the magnitude of the data fraud polluting scientific research and what are the sources of it? ...
Viewpoint: What’s the science (if any) behind the regenerative agriculture movement?
As interest in regenerative agriculture reaches fever pitch across the value chain, NIAB is preparing the ground for a major ...
Part I — Viewpoint: Why is trust in scientific research at an all time low?
The validity of much published scientific research is questionable – so how much trust should we place in it? ...
Anti-GMO Advocacy Funding Tracker: Vast network of donors and NGOs seed doubt about crop biotechnology
Who is David and who is Goliath when it comes to the GMO debate? Anti-biotech activists have long maintained that ...
‘Cell-based meat grows like a tumor’: A new ad campaign targeting cultivated meat industry criticized as ‘deceptive and unscientific’
A new public information campaign against cultivated—or “lab-grown”—meat is being run by a group with close links to a controversial ...
Patenting plants: Here’s why the oft-criticized system enables innovation
Intellectual property rights can be classified as copyrights and industrial property rights. Copyrights cover intellectual and artistic works. Industrial property ...
How China’s decision to aggressively expand GMO soybean planting and imports is reshaping geopolitical trade and food wars
China’s recent decision to expand the pilot planting of genetically modified soybeans has the potential to reshape the global soybean ...
GLP podcast/video: Yes, BPA is safe; ‘Fake sugar’ promotes real weight loss; How long does it take to develop a pesticide?
A decades-long campaign alleges that BPA, a chemical used to manufacture many plastic products, is dangerous. There is no evidence ...
Swiss consumers are more resistant to gene-edited crops than Americans. What could change the status quo?
This study investigated what consumers from the United States of America (i.e., a country where gene technology is legal and ...
Mother Jones joins science-literate chorus criticizing the American Academy of Pediatrics’ bungled critique of GMOs and glyphosate
Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued new guidelines for doctors fielding parents’ questions about the risks of foods containing genetically modified ...
Viewpoint: Are corporations and Western countries shackling African agriculture to suit their interests, as anti-GMO groups claim? Or are the activists doing the shackling?
Genetically enhanced (GE) crops, pesticides, and fertilizers have fueled an explosion in food production over the last six decades. Following ...
Viewpoint: Nobel laureates and 1,000 other scientists plead with European parliamentarians to ‘reject the darkness of anti-science fearmongering’ over gene editing
As the European Parliament prepares for a key vote on gene editing regulations next week, an open letter signed by 35 Nobel ...
Viewpoint: Science or scare-mongering? How many pieces of misinformation can you find in this disgraceful American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) attack on GMO crops and glyphosate?
On Dec 11, 2023, a clinical report titled, “Use of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) – Containing Food Products in Children” ...
Video: 10 of the most prominent anti-vaccine celebrities, from Jim Carrey to Jenny McCarthy
Why do many celebrities reject science? Watch the video below to find out which Hollywood stars are anti-vaccine. 1. Jenna ...
Are children and pregnant women risking their health by eating “GMO” foods? The American Association of Pediatrics controversially says ‘yes’. The real question: Is the AAP endangering the food vulnerable?
Are foods grown using genetically modified seeds hazardous to our health? Scientists, nutritionists and the global medical establishment say ‘no’. ...
GLP podcast/video: Lab-grown meat divides scientists; The rise of ‘Big Weed’; American Academy of Pediatrics goes anti-GMO?
Sustainable agriculture advocates are split over the potential benefits of cell-based meat. Why are these longtime allies divided over this ...
Viewpoint: Organic farming and sustainable agriculture are often in conflict. Here’s why
hen it comes to denying science, California leads America, and sometimes the world. In early 2020, for example, when the ...
European organic farming pioneer on why agricultural sustainability supporters need to drop their opposition to gene edited crops
For years, as director of the Swiss Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Urs Niggli fought against the genetic modification ...
African scientists challenge activist claims that crop biotechnology revolution spreading across Africa threatens continent’s plant biodiversity
Do genetically modified (GM) pose a threat to the Africa’s plant biodiversity? ...
Viewpoint: Anti-biotechnology, pro-organic dark money web — Tort lawyer-funded, Charles Benbrook-created Heartland Health Research Alliance co-opts academic and government institutions to subvert independent science
The Heartland Health Research Alliance (HHRA) an ideologically-focused research groups funded by ‘dark money’ support from the organic industry and ...
